Female esports fans are on the rise, with viewership jumping 6.5% in the past two years. Competitive gaming may be a male-dominated activity, but females actually make up most of the players for the mostly mobile genre of casual games, at 66%. Interpret’s findings gel with our State of Gaming report, which found that females prefer mobile games. As mobile becomes a bigger piece of the esports pie (thanks to democratized access to titles like Fortnite), the number of young women viewing and participating in esports should continue to level up. (Venture Beat)
