The Ecosystem League of Legends exceeds the 180 million monthly active players, according to the announcement made by Riot Games in October 2021.
This figure includes Five games from the Runeterra universe : League of Legends (PC, released in 2009), Wild Rift (mobile), Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra and Fight for the Golden Spatula (Chinese version of TFT).
Riot has not made any new official announcements since 2021: the estimates come from third-party sources such as data.ai and Sensor Tower.
A worldwide triumph in downloads in 2023
League of Legends is among the best free PC games. Two teams of five champions face off to destroy the enemy base, in true MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena).
Its mobile version Wild Rift It is also among the most downloaded games worldwide.
By mid-2022
In July 2022, Wild Rift registered 994,921 downloads worldwide. The Chinese version, for its part, has generated 730,334 downloads during the same period.
By comparison, the direct competitor Mobile Legends: Bang Bang remained in the lead with 4.7 million downloads that month. Riot was therefore still trying to make a comeback in the mobile segment.
September 2022 to August 2023
During this period, downloads of League of Legends: Wild Rift have risen dramatically. The China is driving the numbers up, fueled by the iOS downloads, followed by the Vietnam and Brazil.
Result: a a total of 22.4 million downloads for the mobile version only during this period.
League of Legends: Number of Active Players Between 2022 and 2023
This data covers the entire game ecosystem, including Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra and Teamfight Tactics. It's helpful to keep this in mind when reading the figures that follow.
In August 2022, the average number of monthly active players was around 151 million. Over the same period, the community had accumulated nearly 130 million viewers on Twitch.
The milestone of 180 million active players Monthly figures reached a record high as early as October 2021, a historic peak that was sustained through part of 2022, according to third-party estimates.
In 2023, third-party estimates put the player base at around 130 to 153 million monthly active players, with a daily peak of about 10 million players logged in simultaneously. Riot has not made any new official announcements since 2021.
In terms of global distribution, here is a breakdown of the community:
The China remains by far the largest market, with approximately 55 % monthly active players, followed by the Korea from South (~15 %). Europe of the West, l'North America and the Brazil round out the list of the most active regions.
LoL's Profitability in 2023
On the first half of 2023, League of Legends ranked Ranked third in the world for MOBA games the most lucrative. It generated a total of more than 188 million dollars of global spending during this period.
This revenue does not come solely from downloads. It comes mainly from in-game purchases, generated by millions of active players.
These are the players Chinese who spent the most, contributing nearly $141 million. The UNITED STATES come next, but far behind, with about $8.2 million during the same period.
League of Legends records
Beyond downloads, League of Legends has racked up a string of records that explain its status as a cult classic. These statistics are drawn from third-party sources, in the absence of an official announcement from Riot :
- The 2022 World Championship Final brought together more than 5 million viewers simultaneously.
- In February 2023, the game has accumulated 112 million hours viewing on Twitch.
- In December 2022, League of Legends was the most-watched online game of Twitch, ahead of all the competition.
- In September 2022, Wild Rift had already generated more than 750 million dollars in revenue since its launch.
- On the year 2017, LoL reached a record annual revenue of $2.1 billion.
To give you an idea of the scale, Steam claims approximately 132 million monthly active users, peaking at about 33 million concurrent players in early 2023. LoL is clearly in the same league.
For comparison, you can also take a look at the Number of downloads for Fortnite to put it in context LoL up against another industry giant.
These figures are still estimates and are subject to a margin of error. One thing is certain: the player base of League of Legends ranks among the largest in the video game industry.
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