Editing Gamer (section)

==Categories==
{{Further|Video game#Demographics}}
In the United States as of 2018, 28% of gamers are under 18, 29% are 18–35, 20% are 36-49 and 23% are over 50.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/189582/age-of-us-video-game-players-since-2010/|title=U.S. average age of video gamers 2018 {{!}} Statistic|website=Statista|access-date=2019-06-16|archive-date=June 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616124758/https://www.statista.com/statistics/189582/age-of-us-video-game-players-since-2010/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the UK as of 2014, 29% are under 18, 32% are 18-35 and 39% are over 36.<ref name="Facts and Figures">{{cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/04/29/gaming-advocacy-group-the-average-gamer-is-31-and-most-play-on-a-console/|title=Facts and Figures|publisher=Askaboutgames|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613033013/http://www.askaboutgames.com/?c=%2Fpages%2FfactsFigures.jsp|archive-date=June 13, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-07-16}}</ref> According to [[Pew Research Center]], 49% of adults have played a video game at some point in their life and those who have are more likely to let their children or future children play. Those who play video games regularly are split roughly equally between male and female, but men are more likely to call themselves a gamer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/gaming-and-gamers/|title=Gaming and Gamers|last=Duggan|first=Maeve|date=2015-12-15|website=Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech|access-date=2016-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629023751/http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/gaming-and-gamers/|archive-date=2016-06-29|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2019, the average gamer is 33 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theesa.com/esa-research/2019-essential-facts-about-the-computer-and-video-game-industry/|title=2019 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry|date=2019-05-02|website=Entertainment Software Association|access-date=2020-01-09|archive-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120101209/http://www.theesa.com/esa-research/2019-essential-facts-about-the-computer-and-video-game-industry/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Female gamer/gamer girl===
{{Main|Women and video games}}
A female gamer, or gamer girl or girl gamer, is any female who regularly engages in playing video games. According to a study conducted by the Entertainment Software Association in 2009, 40% of the game playing population is female, and women 18 or older comprise 34% of all gamers. Also, the percentage of women playing online had risen to 43%, up 4% from 2004. The same study shows that 48% of game purchasers are female.<ref name="Theesa.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp|title=The Entertainment Software Association – Industry Facts|publisher=Theesa.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128145706/http://www.theesa.com/facts/index.asp|archive-date=2014-11-28|url-status=dead|access-date=2010-07-16}}</ref><ref name="Facts and Figures"/>
According to a 2015 Pew survey, 6% of women in the United States identify as gamers, compared to 15% of men, and 48% of women and 50% of men play video games.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duggan |first1=Maeve |title=Who plays video games and identifies as a "gamer" |url=http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/who-plays-video-games-and-identifies-as-a-gamer/ |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=September 17, 2018 |date=December 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914122932/http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/12/15/who-plays-video-games-and-identifies-as-a-gamer/ |archive-date=2018-09-14 |url-status=live }}</ref> Usage of the term "girl gamer" is controversial. Some critics have advocated use of the label as a [[reappropriation|reappropriated term]], while others see it as non-descriptive or perpetuating the minority position of female gamers. Some critics of the term believe there is no singular definition of a female gamer and that they are as diverse as any other group. However it is generally understood that the term "girl gamer" implies that it is a girl who plays video games.<ref name="Heather Barefoot">{{cite web | url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/10699-In-Defense-of-the-Casual-Gamer | title=In Defense of the Casual Gamer | publisher=Escapist magazine | date=October 30, 2013 | access-date=March 9, 2014 | author=Heather Barefoot | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307122907/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/10699-In-Defense-of-the-Casual-Gamer | archive-date=2014-03-07 | url-status=live }}</ref>