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Paintball Statistics

Statistics from 2000

Five most popular Extreme Sports in USA

These statistics have been taken from a study of sports participation undertaken by American Sports Data Inc., which monitored 102 sports and fitness activites to come up with these results.
(I have taken this information from the Feb 2000 issue of Paintball Games International magazine.)
Sport Frequent Participants Tried it at least once
1 - Inline Skating32,010,000 10,617,000
2 - Mountain Biking6,611,000 2,254,000
3 - Skateboarding 7,190,000 1,262,000
4 - Paintball 5,923,000 793,000
5 - Snowboarding 5,461,000 1,145,000

Older Statistics

I came by these general Paintball Statistics curtesy of Paul Mavor on the Australian Paintball site. Check it out.

If you are interested in Paintball Safety statistics check out the Safety Stats page.

General Statistics

First Played: 1981, New Hampshire,12 player game
Number of Countries Where Played: (1998)200
Growth Rate of Industry:15-20% per year
Paintballs Produced Worldwide per year: 1,500,000,000

Estimated number of Players:

USA (1990)2 5,000,000
Canada600,000
UK500,000
Europe1,000,000
Australia 200,000

Estimated No. of Sites (commercial and private)

USA (1991)21000
Canada2100
UK2 400
Europe400
Australia60

Player Statistics

Number of Individual Participants/Year: 980,000(USA)1
Number of Days Played/Year, Occasional Recreational Players4-6
Estimated Percentage Female Players: 3 to 15% (USA)
Players Income:29% over $50,000/year

Sources: Companies in the paintball industry unless otherwise noted.

1American Sports Data Inc. To determine the number of participants, a player was counted once no matter how many times he/she might play during the year.

2 International Paintball Players Association

3Have Paintgun Will Travel. Statistics gathered from July 1990 to January 1991 in USA and Canada while Joe Tong and Miriam Earls visited paintball fields, stores and manufacturers. Players' age statistics do not equal 100% due to some non responses by players.

Last Updated 7:36 pm, 6 Sep 2006