Newzoo: American gamers play games more than any other leisure activity

Newzoo today released a report with new insights on American gamers. Not only do Americans prefer games over any other leisure activity (though not by a large margin), they also prefer games with puzzle-solving mechanics.

One of the points of data in the new report is that gaming is the most popular leisure activity for American under the age of 50. The amount of American respondents aged 10 to 20 who responded that their favorite leisure activity is gaming is around 26%. For respondents aged 21 to 35, it’s 25%.