PLAYING VIDEO GAMES

HOW DO PEOPLE PLAY VIDEO GAMES?

ON AVERAGE, PEOPLE IN BELGIUM SPEND

8:55h

per week playing video games

11- -1 h

per week on social media*

21- 0 h

per week on watching TV/streaming*

*Social media: We Are Social/DataReportal/Meltwater report 2025.
TV/streaming: IP Video Observer 2024 report published in 2025 Global TV Deck (incl linear TV, BVOD, SVOD and YouTube but excl social video)

BELGIUM VS EUROPE

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players

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players

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of the 6-75 years old population in Belgium

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of the 6-75 years old population in the surveyed countries

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average age

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average age

8:55h

verage time spent on video games per week (in hours)

8:59h

average time spent on video games per week (in hours)

Gamers in Belgium
100000

23% OF THE VIDEO GAME PLAYERS IN BELGIUM ARE CHILDREN AGED 6-17

FEMALE

0 %

MALE

0 %

Other / non-binary <1%

Average age

0 years old
Almost half of Belgian players are older than 35 years

TIME SPENT ON VIDEO GAMES

HAS PLAYED VIDEO GAMES IN THE PAST YEAR

MALE 66%
FEMALE 59%

HOURS PLAYED PER DAY AND PER WEEK ON AVERAGE, BY AGE AND GENDER

MALE GAMERS SPEND ALMOST 4 HOURS MORE PER WEEK PLAYING VIDEO GAMES THAN FEMALE GAMERS

GENDER SPLIT AND VOLUME

PER DEVICE

SMART DEVICE PLAYERS HAVE AN EVEN GENDER SPLIT, WHILE CONSOLE AND PC PLAYERS SKEW MALE

MOST POPULAR GENRES

SPLIT PER DEVICE
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