La rivista finanziaria Forbes ha pubblicato la classifica dei 30 under 30 più influenti nel mondo videoludico. Nella classifica troviamo al primo posto lo youtuber Jordan Maron con i suoi video visualizzati da ben 2 miliardi di persone. Trova spazio anche Zoe Quinn, sviluppatrice indipendente e causa del Gamergate. C’è anche un italiano, Tommaso Checchi, sviluppatore di Mojang e figura di rilievo dietro alla versione mobile di Minecraft. 

1. Jordan Maron, 23 – YouTuber, Founder of Xreal
2. Alex Beaucum, 27 – Creative director, Mobius Digital
3. Finn Brice, 28 – Founder, Chuckflish Limited
4. Tommaso Checchi, 26 – Game developer, Mojang AB
5. Adriaan de Jongh, 25 – Game designer, Self-employed
6. Eefje Depoortere, 28 – Esports host, Riot Games
7. Andy Dudynsky, 25 – Community manager, 343 Industries
8. Mark Essen, 29 – Co-founder, Messhof LLC
9. Carl-Arvid Ewerbring, 27 – Founder, Resolution Games
10. Christopher Floyd, 28 – Co-founder, Indie Megabooth
11. Nina Freeman, 25 – Game designer, Fullbright
12. Tyler Glaiel, 25 – Owner, Eyebrow Interactive
13. Devin Horsman, 29 – Technical director, River Studios Canada
14. Meg Jayanth, 28 – Writer, Self-employed
15. Ben Kane, 29 – Co-founder, Steel Crate Games
16. Trent Kusters, 29 – Co-founder, League of Geeks
17. Naomi Ladizinsky, 29 – Chief creative officer, Nix Hydra
18. Aradhya Malhotra, 25 – Co-founder, Skyless Game Studios
19. Nate Mitchell, 28 – Co-founder, Oculus VR
20. Zoe Quinn, 28 – Co-founder, Crash Override Network
21. Sonja Reid, 24 – Content creator, Self-employed
22. David Rosen, 29 – CEO, Wolfire Games
23. Ashley Ruhl, 28 – Cinematic designer, Telltale Games
24. Thomas Silloway, 29 – Director of development, Psyonix
25. Andy Sum, 25 – Co-founder, Hipster Whale
26. Jordan Tayer, 29 – Influencer relations manager, Twitch
27. Adriel Wallick, 29 – Game developer, MsMinotaur
28. Gavan Wilhite, 27 – Co-founder, Altspace VR
29. Lydia Winters, 28 – Brand director, Mojang
30. Matt Zitzmann, 29 – Co-founder, Kamcord