The 2014 season is officially underway for League of Legends and Riot Games have provided an updated set of figures for their player numbers. It’s been a while since such figures were last released and the following update is intended to help better contextualize stories about League of Legends and esports.
Riot Games are tremendously appreciative of every single player who has contributed to this growth.
2014 League of Legends player numbers:
More than 67 million players play League of Legends every month (monthly active players) (October 2012 comparable: “more than 32M”)
More than 27 million players play League of Legends every day (daily active players) (October 2012 comparable: “more than 12M”)
During each day’s peak play time, more than 7.5 million gamers play League of Legends concurrently (March 2013 comparable: “more than 5M”), (October 2012 comparable: “more than 3M”)
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