The United States officially recognised esports in 2013. That brought with it the official qualification of professional🌈 esports competitors as athletes entitled to apply for the country's temporary worker P1A visa.

On 7 July 2024, The Ministry of🌈 Sport decided to add cybersport the into sport registry and on 13 April 2024, esports become an official sport discipline🌈 once again. China was another one of the first countries to recognize esports as a real sport in 2003, despite🌈 concerns at the time that video games were addictive.