On the 19th, GMO Media (6180) announced that the programming education portal site 'Coeteco by GMO' had conducted a '2024 Programming Education Market Size Survey' in collaboration with Funa International Research Institute, a subsidiary of Funa Consultants (9757).

The theme of the survey is the forecast of the size of the 'programming education market' in Japan, the method is through hearing from market stakeholders by 'Coeteco by GMO' and Funa International Research Institute, the analysis is based on the data collected and held by 'Coeteco by GMO' and Funa International Research Institute, the period is from March 1st to 31st, 2024, and the target is the programming education/school for children (from toddlers to high school students) that operates tuition-based, continuous enrollment-type 'Robot-Programming Classroom' that combines robot production and programming, and 'Programming Classroom' that specializes in learning programming.

As a summary of the survey results, the company cited that the market size in 2024 would be 25.38 billion yen, an increase of 114.5% compared to the previous year, the market has been growing continuously for six years from 2018 to 2024, and the children's programming education market may grow rapidly into a market that exceeds 100 billion yen by 2030. In addition, the company specifically mentioned the increase in participation rate of girls, and predicted that the number of girls attending programming classrooms as exam preparation would increase in the future, and that the participation rate of girls in programming/information education would increase as IT-related occupations are easy to adapt to women's life plans.