League of Legends boasts 27 million daily players

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Riot Games reports that its League of Legends userbase has skyrocketed to 27 million players daily, more than doubling the 12 million daily players it reported in 2012.

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Riot Games additionally confirmed that up to 7.5 million users are playing League of Legends at the same time during peak hours, up from a high of 5 million concurrent users reported in March of 2013. League of Legends earned over $624 million in microtransaction revenue throughout 2013.

League of Legends enjoys continued popularity via streaming services like Twitch, and its widespread popularity led international players to be classified as professional athletes by the US government.

Posted: Jan 27, 2014 4:01 pm
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2014/01/27/league-of-legends-boasts-27-million-daily-players/

Comments

MaggardoPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

I've never played League of Legends, or even known how many players play on a daily basis. But this is insane!!

FountainsPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

Dong This is crazy. My friend plays LoL and it reminds me a lot of WoW, didn't like that game either...

I don't see why though, a friend of mine refuses to play it cause he thinks it's like WoW. And it's not at all the same lol but that's your opinion vs mine

DongPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

This is crazy. My friend plays LoL and it reminds me a lot of WoW, didn't like that game either...

TRSNPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

Kurumu I hope that no one is surprised by this, this game gets so many people playing it and watching it. Good job though for riot games.

This is true, but this could be surprising because not everybody knows the daily statistics.

TRSNPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

27,000,000. Let that sink in.

-CPPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

Jesus Christ, that is absolutely mind boggling!

Martin_Luther_PingPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

I wonder if I count as a player. I played for like 3 games and my KD was around 1/15. Lol

RomeoSantosPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

27 million is a lot of people! Whenever I go on Twitch there's about 34K watch League of Legends gameplay.

IntPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

never really played any game like starcraft lol or dota need to hop on and try it out brahh.

KatsumiPosted: Mon. Jan 27, 2014

Oh wow, 27 million daily players is pretty commendable for any game. Riot have really been doing well for themselves. I have player a few games of league of legends and while not for me i can acknowledge that it's pretty fun and i know why people play it so much (i have family members who play it non stop) so i hope to see it and e-sports in general grow in the future

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