Market intelligence firm Newzoo recently published an updated ranking of the top 100 countries by game revenues, utilizing April 2017 data. The global game revenue estimates used for the ranking are based on “a combination of primary consumer research, transactional data, quarterly company reports, and census data,” according to the company.
Worth noting that the figures mentioned below are based on consumer revenues and exclude hardware sales and online gambling/betting revenues.
Without further ado, here are the top 25 from the list:
- China – $27,547,039,000
- US – $25,059,883,000
- Japan – $12,545,659,000
- Germany – $4,378,066,000
- UK – $4,217,715,000
- Republic of Korea – $4,187,711,000
- France – $2,967,052,000
- Canada – $1,947,371,000
- Spain – $1,913,050,000
- Italy – $1,874,608,000
- Russian Federation – $1,485,205,000
- Mexico – $1,427,974,000
- Brazil – $1,334,205,000
- Australia – $1,234,393,000
- Taiwan – $,028,511,000
- Indonesia – $879,740,000
- India – $817,819,000
- Turkey – $773,888,000
- Saudi Arabia – $647,424,000
- Thailand – $597,173,000
- Malaysia – $586,682,000
- Netherlands – 567,372,000
- Poland – $489,208,000
- Iran – $431,917,000
- Argentina – $423,405,000
Switzerland is just outside the top 25, followed by Sweden and Vietnam. You can find the full list, which also mentions population and internet population in each country, by following the link below.
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