Number of gamers in China 2014-H1 2024

China, the world’s second-largest economy, is already home to one of the largest gaming populations in the world, a number reaching 674 million in the first half of 2024. However, the growth rate of gamers in China was expected to stagnate over the coming few years, given the existing challenges of improving internet access in rural regions. Online gaming in ChinaChina has become one of the world’s largest and most rapidly growing online gaming markets. Its video game revenue was forecasted to pass the 90 billion U.S. dollar mark by 2026. As of June 2023, approximately 550 million Chinese internet users had engaged in online gaming. With an internet user base of 1.09 billion in China, online gaming still possesses a massive market potential that is yet to be unlocked.Mobile gaming on the riseMobile games have overtaken PC-online games as the largest sector in the Chinese online gaming market. Driven mainly by smartphone and other handheld device sales, the Chinese mobile game market has grown exponentially. In 2023, the mobile gaming market in China reach 227 billion yuan, seeing a double-digit annual growth. Tencent, one of the leading Chinese internet players, has been dominating the online gaming market in China. Other major online game companies in China include NetEase, miHoYo, Bilibili, and 37 Interactive Entertainment.

中国，作为世界第二大经济体，已然成为全球最大的游戏人群之一，其数量在2024年上半年已达到6.74亿。然而，鉴于农村地区互联网接入改善的现有挑战，预计中国游戏玩家的增长率在接下来的几年中将趋于停滞。中国在线游戏市场中国已成为全球最大且增长最快的在线游戏市场之一。预计到2026年，其视频游戏收入将超过900亿美元。截至2023年6月，约有5.5亿中国互联网用户参与了在线游戏。在中国拥有10.9亿互联网用户的基础上，在线游戏市场仍具有巨大的市场潜力，尚未完全释放。移动游戏兴起移动游戏已超越PC在线游戏，成为中国在线游戏市场最大的部门。受智能手机和其他便携式设备销售的推动，中国移动游戏市场呈指数级增长。2023年，中国移动游戏市场达到2270亿元人民币，实现了两位数的年增长率。腾讯，作为中国领先的互联网企业之一，一直主导着中国的在线游戏市场。中国其他主要的在线游戏公司包括网易、miHoYo、哔哩哔哩和37互娱。