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.
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The year-on-year decline of 0.1 points, while statistically insignificant, suggests a stagnation in payment performance
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