How many people play Apex Legends? 2024 [Apex Legends Player Count]
Apex Legends is a Battle Royale style game for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Origin on PC that is developed and supported by Respawn Entertainment and was released in 2019. You can explore a roster of Legendary characters, each with their personality, strengths, and abilities instead of uniform characteristics.
Despite Respawn’s timid expectations, the Apex Legends player count hit 1 million within the first 24 hours of release back on February 4, 2019. By the end of the first week, it had reached 25 million players, and then 50 million in the first month
In 2023, the Apex Legends player count is 18 million active monthly players. EA confirmed this in their FY2024 Q1 earnings call on August 1, 2023.
According to infoofficial.com, Apex Legends had 58,283,135 active players in the last 30 days (August 2023 – September 2023). During this time, the game’s all-time active players peaked at 4,297,483 while the average monthly count is over 64 million players.
Apex Legends Game Info:
| Game Name | Apex Legends™ |
| Developer | Respawn Entertainment |
| Publisher | Electronic Arts |
| Daily players: | 402,658 |
| Supported Systems | PC, PS5 / PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
| Last Change Number | 20526747 |
| Last Record Update | 3 October 2023 – 09:29:33 UTC () |
| Release Date | February, 2019 |
Apex Legends Player Count Summary:
Concurrent players
- 318,425 players live on Steam
- 332,560 24-hour peak
- 624,473 all-time peak
Twitch stats
- 26,552 viewers right now
- 51,567 24-hour peak
- 666,868 all-time peak
Store data
- 483,428 followers
- #9 in top sellers
- 579,389 positive reviews
- 145,339 negative reviews
- 79.95% positive reviews
Owner estimations
- ~19.87 M by PlayTracker
- ~21.72 M by VG Insights
- ~50.49 M by Gamalytic
- ~81.07 M by SteamSpy
Below you will find stats on the top five countries by active daily participation.
- United States – 38.92%
- United Kingdom – 7.18%
- Russia – 5.81%
- Brazil – 5.54%
- China – 3.73%
Apex Legends Player Count in Season 18 (October 2023)
According to Steam charts, an average of 186,495 people played Apex Legends every day in September 2023. The peak player count for Season 18 was set at 452,991 on September 23, almost a month and a half after Apex Legends Season 18 was released.
| Month | Avg. Players | Gain | % Gain | Peak Players |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last 30 Days | 186,312.6 | -181.9 | -0.10% | 452,991 |
| September 2023 | 186,494.4 | -2,397.4 | -1.27% | 452,991 |
| August 2023 | 188,891.8 | +22,692.7 | +13.65% | 451,223 |
| July 2023 | 166,199.1 | -22,901.9 | -12.11% | 349,762 |
| June 2023 | 189,101.0 | -38,846.4 | -17.04% | 446,463 |
| May 2023 | 227,947.4 | +5,198.0 | +2.33% | 584,294 |
| April 2023 | 222,749.5 | -33,042.7 | -12.92% | 562,634 |
| March 2023 | 255,792.2 | -1,624.5 | -0.63% | 603,290 |
| February 2023 | 257,416.7 | +59,447.7 | +30.03% | 624,473 |
| January 2023 | 197,969.0 | +27,086.3 | +15.85% | 413,670 |
| December 2022 | 170,882.7 | -1,462.8 | -0.85% | 411,891 |
| November 2022 | 172,345.5 | +168.8 | +0.10% | 403,157 |
| October 2022 | 172,176.7 | -49,649.9 | -22.38% | 386,994 |
| September 2022 | 221,826.6 | -8,606.2 | -3.73% | 497,242 |
| August 2022 | 230,432.9 | +47,271.6 | +25.81% | 510,286 |
| July 2022 | 183,161.3 | +5,424.9 | +3.05% | 347,314 |
| June 2022 | 177,736.4 | -17,815.2 | -9.11% | 352,659 |
| May 2022 | 195,551.6 | +2,953.1 | +1.53% | 411,183 |
| April 2022 | 192,598.5 | +9,001.8 | +4.90% | 370,651 |
| March 2022 | 183,596.7 | -20,057.1 | -9.85% | 353,623 |
| February 2022 | 203,653.8 | +58,070.8 | +39.89% | 392,998 |
| January 2022 | 145,582.9 | +23,474.7 | +19.22% | 264,287 |
| December 2021 | 122,108.3 | -14,137.6 | -10.38% | 242,823 |
| November 2021 | 136,245.9 | +7,716.5 | +6.00% | 318,330 |
| October 2021 | 128,529.4 | -11,118.5 | -7.96% | 248,669 |
| September 2021 | 139,648.0 | -29,880.2 | -17.63% | 273,617 |
| August 2021 | 169,528.2 | +38,377.1 | +29.26% | 330,476 |
| July 2021 | 131,151.1 | -5,288.8 | -3.88% | 262,129 |
| June 2021 | 136,439.9 | -27,798.1 | -16.93% | 266,591 |
| May 2021 | 164,238.0 | +39,332.9 | +31.49% | 330,879 |
| April 2021 | 124,905.1 | -1,215.9 | -0.96% | 217,728 |
| March 2021 | 126,121.1 | +5,138.4 | +4.25% | 228,439 |
| February 2021 | 120,982.6 | +49,215.9 | +68.58% | 196,799 |
| January 2021 | 71,766.7 | +7,297.0 | +11.32% | 129,928 |
| December 2020 | 64,469.8 | -10,487.5 | -13.99% | 112,076 |
| November 2020 | 74,957.3 | – | – | 117,193 |
Apex Legends player count in 2023: Twitch viewership (September)
TwitchTracker.com tells us that Apex Legends is currently the 5th most-watched game on Twitch as of September 2023, with an average of 75,894 viewers over the past seven days.
Apex Legends is always hovering around the top ten of the Twitch charts, and had a massive peak of 674,000 viewers on February 12, 2019, which is when it launched.
Apex Legends Player Count in Previous Seasons (Steam)
| Season | Season Name | Average Players (Steam) | Peak Players (Steam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Ascension | 73,893 | 129,928 |
| 8 | Mayhem | 124,002 | 228,439 |
| 9 | Legacy | 143,943 | 330,879 |
| 10 | Emergence | 145,901 | 330,476 |
| 11 | Escape | 134,645 | 318,330 |
| 12 | Defiance | 193,283 | 392,998 |
| 13 | Saviors | 185,483 | 411,183 |
| 14 | Hunted | 208,145 | 510,286 |
| 15 | Eclipse | 183,199 | 413,670 |
| 16 | Revelry | 253,617 | 624,473 |
| 17 | Arsenal | 194,415 | 584,294 |
| 18 | Resurrection | ——– | 452,991 |
The demographics in Apex Legends show that players are mostly male and under 35.
(Source: Newzoo)
- Players under 18 represent the majority with 14%, while players 18-34 take 6% of the cake (2019).
- The youngest professional players are 16, while the oldest is 35. It is interesting to note that there is only one 35-year-old.
- When it comes to the reasons why people are playing the game: 9% do it out of boredom, 23% because they like teamwork, 35% want to improve themselves and 24% wish to earn more recognition.
- The title received a PEGI 16 due to the moderate depictions of violence.
In April 2021, Apex Legends has officially hit 100 million registered users.
(Source: IGN)
- It only took one week after release to reach 25 million unique players, 3 days to hit over 10 million, and before that one million in less than eight hours.
- In March 2019, one month after its release, the game boasted a total of 50 million registered users.
- With the release of season 3, Apex Legends scored more users, reaching a total of 70 million registered players.
Apex Legends Player Count compared to other games:
If you’re wondering what a square up between the Apex Legends player count vs other games looks like, you’ll be happy to learn that this game is doing really well, even against the popularly hyped Halo Infinite which sat at 147,782 players for December and 9,000 players in total for the past month.
Warzone 2 is available on Steam as part of Modern Warfare 2. In November 2022, Warzone 2/MW2 reached 488,000 peak players on Steam, with an average of 177,000. However, in September 2023 it averaged just 60,000 players.
