Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

4 top gamer insights from 2022

24 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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In this YouTube commentary, the presenter walks through key findings from a 2022 gamer survey conducted by Robin Guo, a games investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz. The survey sampled over 2,000 gamers, revealing a demographic split of roughly 59% male, 38% female, and 3% non‑binary, with age distribution data also presented. The narrator highlights that mobile platforms dominate daily gaming habits. The top game genres identified are shooters, action‑adventure, battle royale, puzzle, and builder, with the builder genre notably popular among the 13‑17 age group. Finally, the video outlines dominant monetization methods, emphasizing in‑game currency and the purchase of new content as the highest‑spending categories. The tone is conversational and enthusiastic, aiming to share the most interesting insights from the survey.

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I found this 2022 gamer survey online by Robin Guo, who's a games investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and I thought it was super cool. Let me show some of my favorite insights that he found. Okay, here's the survey demographics. So it's like 2,000+ people interviewed, 59% male, 39— 38% female, and 3% non-binary. And here's their age differences. Anyways, you can pause that if you want to read it, but let me get into the insights. Okay, so the majority of everyday gamers were on mobile. That was one cool thing I found. And here's like 3 of the top like game types. So we have shooters, action-adventure, battle royale, puzzle, and builder. But what I thought was super interesting is like builder is actually the one of the most popular genres listed by folks that are like 13 to 17, which is like, I would say a lot of people that game. Here's some of like the dominant monetization methods. Like the biggest one is in-game currency and unlocking new content is one of the highest spenders, along