Germany has the second-largest video games market in Europe, with 44.3 million gamers in 2018, after Russia. Consumers in Germany spent €4.4 billion on video games over the course of 2018, a 9 percent year-on-year increase from 2017. The video game market in Germany grew by 6 percent to €6.2 billion ($6.7 billion) in 2019. The annual Gamescom in Cologne is the world's largest video game expo by number of attendees.