UK mobile gaming 2023

A September to November 2023 survey of UK adults aged 16 years and older found that 34 percent of respondents had ever played games on their mobile phone, slightly down from a 36 percent mobile gaming penetration in the previous year. During the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile gaming made double digit gains across all demographic groups, with mobile gamers aged 35 to 44 years experiencing the biggest growth of 24 percentage points.

Mobile phone gaming penetration in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2009 to 2023

Characteristic	Share of respondents
2023	34%
2022	36%
2021	37%
2020/21	39%
2019	23%
2018	22%
2017	21%
2016	19%
2015	26%
2014	26%
2013	19%
2012	13%
2011	12%
2010	9%
2009	6%

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to November 2023

Number of respondents

3,643 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* n (2007) = 2,905; n (2009) = 1,824; n (2010) = 2,117; n (2011) = 1,823; n (2012) = 1,805; n (2013) = 1,642; n (2014) = 1,890; n (2015) = 1,841; n (2016) = 1,846; n (2017) = 1,875; n (2018) = 1,882; n (2019) = 1,479; n (2020/21) = 3,105; n (2022) = 3,651; n (2023) = 3,643.

2021 methodology: interviewing conducted using a mix of post-to-online and online panels. Paper questionnaires could also be requested by postal respondents and were returned by post. Any break column with a base size lower than 100 has been removed as margins of error become too great. Data is tested at the 99% confidence level.

Original survey question: Do you ever play games at home or elsewhere in any of these ways? (MULTI CODE) On a mobile phone or smartphone

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