Apex Legends Season 16 is ongoing. So, let’s find out what the actual player count is for Apex Legends in Season 16.
Apex Legends was published in 2019 as a battle royale spin-off of Respawn’s successful FPS game Titanfall, and it quickly established itself as the greatest battle royale game in the BR genre. Because the game was free to play, it attracted a large number of players in a short amount of time.
Since its release, Respawn has brought a ton of new content into Apex Legends every season, including Legends, Maps, Weapons, Heirlooms, Skins, Limited Time Game Mode, and more. Most of the time, they also take user feedback into account when adjusting features and content.
As a result, Apex Legends’ player base keeps on rising. According to Respawn, Apex Legends’ player base had crossed 100 million in April 2021, and since that, more than 30 million players have joined Apex Legends. And it shows no signs of stopping in 2023.
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Apex Legends Player Count in Season 16
Apex Legends was released in early 2019. Since then, the number of players getting into the game has only risen. As mentioned earlier, there are currently more than 130 million total players for Apex Legends as of Season 16.
According to Steamcharts, there were an average of 257,416 people playing Apex Legends every day in February 2023. And the peak player count on Steam alone reached 624,473 at one point.
The previous record for the most active concurrent player on Steam was set at 510,286 on August 10, 2022, in Season 14. Since then, the player count has followed a very steady trend, with more than 200,000 average concurrent players.
Unfortunately, Apex Legends failed to keep following the trend of breaking the record for the most active player count in Season 15. The highest count in Season 15 was 413,670, which is about 100,000 fewer players than Season 14’s highest player count.
However, in Season 16, Apex Legends broke its previous record with 114,187 more players compared to Season 14. Moreover, the highest player count in Season 16 is 50% more than
However, Steam players do not represent the total Apex Legends player base. So, we can use Activeplayers.io to get an idea of Apex Legends’ overall player count in Season 16. According to Active.io’s data, Apex Legends maintained an average of 2.1 million daily players.
However, Activeplayers.io doesn’t provide accurate data, and most of the data is based on the estimation of its built-in algorithm. So, it can not be used as a factual reference.
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