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Top 86 Gaming genres in South Korea

This curated ranking covers the 86 largest gaming genres in South Korea, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Video games, Online games and Mobile game lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 11M people. Across all 86 entries the average audience size is 683k, and the largest, Video games, reaches around 4.5M people in South Korea. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with each gaming genre, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Korea and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 86, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Korea who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Korea. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Korea, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Korea. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Video games 4.5M 30.3 40.0% Gaming genre
2 Online games 3.4M 29.8 33.7% Gaming genre
3 Mobile game 2.9M 32.6 35.9% Gaming genre
4 Role-playing games 2.8M 29.8 25.7% Gaming genre
5 Massively multiplayer online role-playing games 2.7M 29.4 23.9% Gaming genre
6 First-person shooter games 2.5M 27.8 31.6% Gaming genre
7 Action games 2.4M 29.3 24.6% Gaming genre
8 Massively multiplayer online games 2.3M 29.9 24.1% Gaming genre
9 Adventure game 2.3M 29.7 27.3% Gaming genre
10 Action-adventure game 2.3M 30.3 30.0% Gaming genre
11 Strategy games 2.3M 31.0 25.3% Gaming genre
12 Action role-playing game 2.2M 29.4 25.0% Gaming genre
13 Board games 1.8M 29.1 34.4% Gaming genre
14 Puzzle video games 1.7M 31.2 41.6% Gaming genre
15 Simulation games 1.7M 30.5 32.4% Gaming genre
16 Real-time strategy 1.5M 30.1 29.1% Gaming genre
17 Card games 1.4M 30.3 28.6% Gaming genre
18 Sports games 1.3M 30.3 28.4% Gaming genre
19 Browser games 1.2M 31.7 37.4% Gaming genre
20 Racing games 1.2M 30.4 28.9% Gaming genre
21 Tabletop game 1.2M 31.7 33.1% Gaming genre
22 Word games 1M 29.9 34.4% Gaming genre
23 Online poker 863k 30.5 28.2% Gaming genre
24 Tabletop role-playing game 849k 29.2 40.5% Gaming genre
25 Exhibition game 830k 30.4 49.9% Gaming genre

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 86 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Korea and ranks each gaming genre by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest gaming genre in South Korea?

Video games currently leads with an estimated audience of 4.5M people in South Korea.

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