Video Game Addiction Statistics

Gathering the stats on Gaming Addiction

There are no current agreed upon statistics on video game addiction as it is a relatively new subject (or at least it is getting more attention over the last few years). With that said, we will keep up with various video game addiction statistics as they become available and place them here with references to the sources.

Latest Video Game Addiction Statistics

From Wikipedia (Video Game Addiction):

McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts has set up Computer Addiction Services under the direction of clinical psychologist Dr. Maressa Orzack. She was interviewed August 8, 2006, speaking of the game World of Warcraft she said, "I'd say that 40 percent of the players are addicted." Note that the 40 percent figure was not derived from a scientific study overseen by Dr. Orzack, but rather came from "a forum that Nick Yee runs".[2] She added that "even if the percentage is 5 to 10 percent which is standard for most addictive behaviors, it is a huge number of people who are out of control."Ars Technica interview with Dr. Orzack, 8/9/2006 According to Dr. John Grohol, a colleague of Orzack's, "Dr. Orzack is not claiming that up to 40% of World of Warcraft gamers are addicted based upon any actual evidence or surveys of players. This is just her opinion, based upon her own experience and observation of the problem."PsychCentral - John M. Grohol, Psy.D., August 10, 2006.