This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in Sweden in 2016 on the children's time spent on watching video games online, by gender. Among other things, this included tournaments or video clips on famous gamers. In total, the most of Swedish respondents (51 percent) stated to have watched video games online just less than one hour per week. Boys spent more hours on viewing digital games on the internet than the female ones - 6 percent of boys interviewed answered to have watched video games online more than 10 hours on a weekly basis; it was only 1 percent of girls.
How many hours do you watch video games online per week?
exclusively households with chidren who live at home
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* The share of girls watching games online less than 1 hour was not given by the source and had to be calculated.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: Hur mycket tid lägger du på att…titta på andra som spelar datorspel online (t.ex. turneringar, klipp på kända spelare etc)?"
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Com Hem. (April 5, 2017). How many hours do you watch video games online per week? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/706455/hours-spent-watching-video-games-online-among-children-in-sweden-by-gender/
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