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As the pandemic ceased, the competition among gaming platforms and the abundance of game choices dominated the entertainment market.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>Approximately 3.26 billion people worldwide play video games (40% of world population).<\/li>\n\n\t<li>89.5% of video game sales happen in the digital world.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>In 2022, there were approximately 90 billion mobile game downloads from app stores.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>People between 18 and 34 comprise 38% of gamers globally.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>By 2025, the mobile games industry will reach 138 billion US dollars.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Around 85% of all revenue in the digital game industry comes from free-to-play games.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>8.4% of children and teens have problems with game addiction<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Approximately 69% of US households have at least one member playing video games.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>Approximately 77% of parents play games with their children because it allows them to spend time together and to socialize with their kids.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Editor&rsquo;s Note: You can read the original article which cites many more statistics from a large number of sources <a href=\"https:\/\/truelist.co\/blog\/gaming-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tax_ctp_audience":[],"tax_ctp_authors":[],"tax_ctp_categories":[165],"tax_ctp_format":[171],"tax_ctp_illustration_types":[410],"tax_ctp_multimedia":[],"tax_ctp_point_editor":[433],"tax_publications":[140],"tax_ctp_tags":[3380,3406,3453,3513,3569,3655,3726,3808,3997,4112,4207,4272,4320,4374,4444,4654,4708,4999,5013,5038,5043,5080,5129,5130,5160,5235,5313],"tax_ctp_topics":[396,400],"class_list":["post-34845","sermon-illustrations","type-sermon-illustrations","status-publish","hentry","tax_publications-ct-pastors","tax_ctp_tags-addiction","tax_ctp_tags-alertness","tax_ctp_tags-attention","tax_ctp_tags-bondage","tax_ctp_tags-children","tax_ctp_tags-computers","tax_ctp_tags-culture","tax_ctp_tags-distractions","tax_ctp_tags-focus","tax_ctp_tags-habits","tax_ctp_tags-idols","tax_ctp_tags-internet","tax_ctp_tags-kids","tax_ctp_tags-lifestyle","tax_ctp_tags-media","tax_ctp_tags-play","tax_ctp_tags-priorities","tax_ctp_tags-sloth","tax_ctp_tags-social-trends","tax_ctp_tags-spiritual-bondage","tax_ctp_tags-spiritual-discipline","tax_ctp_tags-stewardship-of-time","tax_ctp_tags-technology","tax_ctp_tags-teens","tax_ctp_tags-time-management","tax_ctp_tags-video-games","tax_ctp_tags-young-people"],"acf":{"scripture_references":[{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null},{"first_verse":null,"add_second_verse":false,"second_verse":null}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Astonishing Video Gaming Statistics - CT Pastors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/astonishing-video-gaming-statistics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Astonishing Video Gaming Statistics - CT Pastors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The gaming industry, valued at around 257 billion US dollars as of 2024, is on a winning streak. 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