Skillz identified the top mobile esports cities in the U.S.
Skillz identified the top mobile esports cities in the U.S.
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Skillz: Jacksonville tops list of 25 biggest U.S. mobile esports cities

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Mobile esports firm Skillz released data today that shows where the most skilled mobile esports players live in the U.S. And the study shows that Jacksonville, Florida, is the top city, followed by Chicago and Nashville, Tennessee.

Mobile devices are now in the hands of 4 billion people around the world, and Skillz is betting that mobile will become the biggest platform for esports over time. Skillz is running two million mobile esports competitions a day, and its revenue run rate is above $400 million.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.