The market size for the global metaverse was valued at an estimated USD 38.85 billion in 2021 and is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 39.4% from 2022 to 2030. The growth in revenue is expected to be driven by a focus on integrating the digital and physical worlds through the use of the internet, the increasing adoption of mixed, augmented, and virtual reality technologies, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent developments.