Workforce · Europe
2022
24.4%
of workers in the European video game sector are women.
Based on industry totals provided to EGDF. Covers EU & EEA regions. Shows gradual year-on-year gains.
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Year Latest available
Region Multi-region
Categories Workforce · Leadership · Ownership · Safety
Designed as an evolving index. New segments (pay, esports, pipelines) added as vetted data is ingested.
Workforce · Global
2021
30%
of the global games workforce identify as women.
Employer- and self-reported data consolidated internationally. Treated as “global indicative”.
Identity · Global
2021
8%
identify as other / non-binary in global workforce surveys.
Report presents inclusive gender identity breakdowns. “Other / non-binary” shown separately from male/female categories.
Workforce · United Kingdom
2022
30%
Women in UK games workforce, rising from 28% in 2020.
Large voluntary census. Measures identity, roles, backgrounds across the UK games sector.
Players · United States
2025
52%
Women make up more than half of U.S. gamers.
ESA’s annual consumer study. Women represent 52% of U.S. players in this edition.
Harassment · United Kingdom
2023
49%
of British female gamers report abuse while playing online.
Includes stronger prevalence among women aged 18–24 (75%).
Leadership · Global
Top companies
16%
Women executives at major global gaming companies.
Based on top fourteen global gaming companies’ executive teams reviewed in a Forbes-linked dataset.
Leadership · Seniority
21+ yrs exp
87%
Men in the most senior experience bracket (21+ years).
Women in Games highlights that senior leadership roles dramatically skew male — a structural barrier in progression pathways.
Leadership teams · UK
2025
6.6%
of UK game companies have all-women leadership.
Nearly 77% of UK games companies have all-male leadership. The 6.6% figure highlights the scarcity of all-women executive teams.
Ownership · Game startups
2024
12.1%
Female founders involved in game VC deals.
Covers participation in game-related VC deals, not full ownership of studios. Derived from corrected PitchBook data, removing duplicates.
Ownership · Funding value
2024
6.96%
of game VC deal value goes to startups with female founders.
Even when women appear as founders in gaming startups, the share of total VC dollars captured is significantly lower.
Ownership · Venture capital
All sectors
2%
Women founders receive under 2% of global VC funding across all sectors.
Although this is not gaming-specific, Women in Games uses it to contextualise the systemic underfunding female founders face when trying to scale.
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