BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
To put it in perspective 33M was the record in early 2024
incredible growth in the last 5 years or so. I would've guessed it would peak during Covid then slide a bit.
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Steam hit a new peak of users online today, crossing 41M CCUs
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To put it in perspective 33M was the record in early 2024
incredible growth in the last 5 years or so. I would've guessed it would peak during Covid then slide a bit.
Liopleurodon
Member
Steam, or rather PC gaming in general is simply so convenient.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
They're both tracked on SteamDB. Monthly active users is the metric everyone wants to track now.
Holammer
Member
I seriously expected the Covid record peaks to last for years (how naive!). But it turns out it brought a ton of new users to the platform and they stayed.
2015 peak was 8.4M, an average increase of 3.3M per year.
2015 was the same year Steamspy started tracking stuff and it became fashionable to check the numbers. At the time an average CCU of 40k was indicative of a successful multiplayer game and secured you a spot in the Top 10 most played list. Now you earn a spot in the mid/high 30's with a paltry 40k.
2015 peak was 8.4M, an average increase of 3.3M per year.
2015 was the same year Steamspy started tracking stuff and it became fashionable to check the numbers. At the time an average CCU of 40k was indicative of a successful multiplayer game and secured you a spot in the Top 10 most played list. Now you earn a spot in the mid/high 30's with a paltry 40k.
Sept Terrion Of Nothing
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TrebleShot
Member
Who knew being transparent and focusing on services would equal success
Holammer
Member
Don't tell Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony... But that's actually the secret sauce and it feeds the trending algorithms.
The open access to data makes Steam/PC the yardstick from whence everything else is judged. You don't see social media posts, forum posts or articles about console Game X having 400k CCU on consoles. At best you see Microsoft offer some absolutely meaningless metrics. It's considered trade secrets so it's obfuscated as much as possible.
lh032
I cry about Xbox and hate PlayStation.
Gabe casino business does help steam alot.
Senua
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MrTroubleMaker
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mèx
Member
People acting like this is the second coming of gaben because a number went up again.
Half of that is people with Steam minimized while they watch YouTube.
Don't let the this fool you, this isn't 41 million gamers...
Valve isn't doing anything revolutionary here either. No new features, no real competition, they are a monopoly.
PC gaming stronger than ever, sure thing. Meanwhile, it's the same 10 live service games carrying the entire thing.
41M? Half of those users are just background processes and crappy sub PS4 gaming rigs in sleep mode. And bots too.
These numbers are fake.
MMaRsu
Member
Some people don't like hearing that. steam CCU counts even when not interacting with steam but just booting up your PC. It's why the green line (using PC) is growing faster than the blue one (in game). Ingame one set a record in March, in game is lower today than march but the green one (using PC) set a record the 8th of this month
it may beat the March record near Christmas.
Guilty_AI
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Let's all update our drivers in his honour
Magic Carpet
Gold Member
All those canceled Gamepass players are going to the Steam backlog.
Senua
Member
Mex already made the rofif jokeSome people don't like hearing that. steam CCU counts even when not interacting with steam but just booting up your PC. It's why the green line (using PC) is growing faster than the blue one (in game). Ingame one set a record in March, in game is lower today than march but the green one (using PC) set a record the 8th of this month
it may beat the March record near Christmas.
ITT PC users mad at PC and console user who provided context to numbers that they don't like hearing. I have a 5090 PC, PS and Nintendo consoles.
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