Digital Entertainment Sees Marginal Improvement in Payment Practices: 2023 Score of 72.2 vs. 2024 Score of 75.7

The Comparison

• 2023: 98 companies assessed, yielding an average payment practices score of 72.2 out of 100.
• 2024: 105 companies assessed, resulting in an average payment practices score of 75.7 out of 100.

What This Means

While the digital entertainment sector shows a positive trend, the 3.5-point increase year-over-year signals only a slight improvement in overall payment practices. A larger sample size in 2024 suggests a broadening awareness or increased scrutiny of payment behaviors within the industry, but this improvement might not be felt evenly by all businesses, especially smaller studios and freelancers for whom delayed payments can have big impacts (see late payment calculator).

Industry payment practices improved by 3.5 points, from an average score of 72.2 in 2023 to 75.7 in 2024.