India is a global leader in non-fungible token gaming. However, play-to-earn players in developed countries such as the U.S., France, and other parts of the world are significantly lower than those in many of the rest, according to the most recent data from Finder.
More people plan to play in the Future
According to Finder’s latest NFT gaming statistics, India is the country with the highest number of respondents (34%) that have played a P2E game. Hong Kong is the next highest country with 29%, while the United Arab Emirates is third with 27%.

While P2E is growing in popularity, data from Finder suggests that there is a difference in the level and interest of respondents from Western countries and other parts of the world. To illustrate, in the United States, where nearly 14% of the respondents said they know what P2E is, only 9.4% played at least one game. Only 4.3% of respondents from Sweden said they had played.
However, in the study wherein Finder sought to determine the NFT gaming habits of internet users in 26 countries, the research firm said it found that more respondents in the U.S. plan to play in the future. Finder commented on the anticipated growth in the U.S. population that plans to play P2E in the future.
That figure is expected to increase 1.8 times by the end of 2022, with the percentage of people in the US expected to hit 16.5%.
In France, where only 6% of the respondents have played a P2E game, the figure is expected to rise to 15%. The other big movers are Peru (going from 13% to 29%) and Spain (8% to 17%).
Nigeria Leads Africa
Meanwhile, the survey also found respondents under the age of 35 to be leading the way in NFT gaming. India again leads in this category with 41.7% while Germany, Sweden, and France all had less than 10%.
In Africa only two countries participated in the study — Nigeria and South Africa. In Nigeria, 16% of the respondents said they played a P2E game and a further 16.9% plan to do so in the future. In South Africa, about 10.2% said they played an NFT game while 10.6% plan to do the same in the future.
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Terence Zimwara
Terence Zimwara, a Zimbabwean journalist, author, and writer has been awarded the Zimbabwe Journalism Award. He has written extensively on the economic problems of certain African countries and how digital currencies can offer an escape route.
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