A 2024 survey revealed that gaming audiences in leading Western European markets spent an average of 9.4 hours per week playing video games. This is up from a peak of 9.3 hours per week during the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
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Video Games Europe, & EGDF. (August 20, 2025). Average time spent playing video games per week in Western Europe from 2012 to 2024 (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1410130/mean-time-video-games-europe-weekly/
Video Games Europe, und EGDF. "Average time spent playing video games per week in Western Europe from 2012 to 2024 (in hours)." Chart. August 20, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1410130/mean-time-video-games-europe-weekly/
Video Games Europe, EGDF. (2025). Average time spent playing video games per week in Western Europe from 2012 to 2024 (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1410130/mean-time-video-games-europe-weekly/
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Average time spent playing video games per week in Western Europe from 2012 to 2024 (in hours) [Graph], Video Games Europe, & EGDF, August 20, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1410130/mean-time-video-games-europe-weekly/
