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We Are Social, & DataReportal, & Meltwater. (February 5, 2025). Share of video gamers worldwide who have played games in select gaming genres in the past 12 months as of 3rd quarter 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 19, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/240990/global-online-games-genre-breakdown/
We Are Social, und DataReportal, und Meltwater. "Share of video gamers worldwide who have played games in select gaming genres in the past 12 months as of 3rd quarter 2024." Chart. February 5, 2025. Statista. Accessed October 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240990/global-online-games-genre-breakdown/
We Are Social, DataReportal, Meltwater. (2025). Share of video gamers worldwide who have played games in select gaming genres in the past 12 months as of 3rd quarter 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 19, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/240990/global-online-games-genre-breakdown/
We Are Social, and DataReportal, and Meltwater. "Share of Video Gamers Worldwide Who Have Played Games in Select Gaming Genres in The past 12 Months as of 3rd Quarter 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Feb 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240990/global-online-games-genre-breakdown/
We Are Social & DataReportal & Meltwater, Share of video gamers worldwide who have played games in select gaming genres in the past 12 months as of 3rd quarter 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/240990/global-online-games-genre-breakdown/ (last visited October 19, 2025)
Share of video gamers worldwide who have played games in select gaming genres in the past 12 months as of 3rd quarter 2024 [Graph], We Are Social, & DataReportal, & Meltwater, February 5, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/240990/global-online-games-genre-breakdown/
