Money spent on video games today

How much people worldwide spend on video games in one day and which parts of the games market the Newzoo estimate includes.

Continuously calculated
WORLD
$ 322,191,781
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What lies behind this number

Global consumer games revenue across consoles, personal computers and mobile devices.

What we count

Global consumer games revenue across consoles, personal computers and mobile devices.

How the source derives it

Newzoo estimates the market from sales, digital stores, company reporting and market modelling.

What one number cannot show

The definition may exclude hardware and some advertising or adjacent revenue; it is a market estimate.

Source value

The calculation uses the annual value published by Newzoo Global Games Market 2025 final estimate for 2025 (final market estimate). It is the latest value published by this source.

How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time elapsed since midnight.

Annual value201,600,000,000USD
Period
2025 (final market estimate)
Status
published
Primary data source
Newzoo Global Games Market 2025 final estimate

How the number is calculated

We convert the latest published annual value into the average share corresponding to time elapsed since midnight.

Formula usedV(t) = Vyear × elapsed seconds today ÷ seconds in the year

Annual reference value201,600,000,0002025 (final market estimate) · USD

Average per day551,962,053even annual distribution

Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated

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Source value

Newzoo Global Games Market 2025 final estimate reports the latest published value used by the calculation for 2025 (final market estimate).

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Elapsed share

We calculate the share corresponding to time elapsed since midnight. The counter restarts at midnight in the visitor's device time zone.

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Smooth display

The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.

Where the data comes from

The source value comes from Newzoo Global Games Market 2025 final estimate and refers to 2025 (final market estimate). We use it because it is the latest value published by this source. Newzoo estimates the market from sales, digital stores, company reporting and market modelling.

Latest published and verified source value
Primary data source

Newzoo Global Games Market 2025 final estimate

Source edition: 2026

Open source
Publisher
Newzoo Global Games Market 2025 final estimate
Data period
2025 (final market estimate)
Verified
12 August 2026
Coverage
Worldwide
Use
Even time-based calculation