Even in its third year, VALORANT has maintained its popularity. If you’re curious about how many people play VALORANT in 2023, this article has you covered.
Riot Games, popularly known as the developer of League of Legends, launched their version of the Hero-based competitive shooter titled VALORANT in 2020. Since its release, VALORANT has attracted a large number of players from all over the world.
The developer’s approach of making the game free to play and beginner friendly than its counterparts also helped to attract a huge number of players. Moreover, Riot Games constantly updates the game, so the game meta keeps changing. This helps the game to feel afresh and keeps the player base gradually increasing.
Since its beta launch, VALORANT has steadily maintained its player base. Even in 2023, it is one of the most popular games among people. So let’s have a look at the player count of VALORANT in 2023.
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VALORANT Player Count in September
The exact player count of VALORANT is difficult to figure out as Riot Games doesn’t publish the data to the mass audience. But according to tracker.gg a total number of 19.884 Million people played VALORANT in August 2023.
As September month is ongoing, it is impossible to measure this month’s overall player count. However, on September 5, VALORANT has already seen over 10 million players. As a result, the player count is easily expected to grow a lot by the end of September compared to last month.
According to tracker.gg, VALORANT had seen a daily average player count of 641,337 for the month of August 2023. By the end of the month, it succeeded in reaching up to 19,881,447. However, this was 2.6 percent lower than the peak player count of the previous months.
VALORANT Player Count in Previous Months
Here we will list a chart to provide you an estimated data on how the player count of VALORANT has changed during the previous months. The chart will include the number of total players and an average daily player count for the month as well as the gain achieved compared to previous months from January 2023 to September 2023.
| Date | Players Count | Gain | Daily Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | 17,650,723 | … | … |
| August 2023 | 19,881,447 | -520,448 | 641,337 |
| July 2023 | 20,414,751 | +347,922 | 658,540 |
| June 2023 | 20,066,829 | +231,720 | 668,894 |
| May 2023 | 19,835,109 | -264,966 | 639,842 |
| April 2023 | 20,100,075 | -24,180 | 670,002 |
| March 2023 | 20,124,255 | +1,827,859 | 649,169 |
| February 2023 | 18,296,396 | -590,127 | 653,442 |
| January 2023 | 18,886,523 | +1,165,671 | 609,242 |
August 2023 was the month of VALORANT’s biggest event VCT 2023 CHAMPIONS. Yet it has seen a noticeable decrease in the player base. But the stats might have seen a drastic change for September as the new patch 7.04 has just arrived with major changes and a new map Sunset.
UPDATE: Player count data updated till September 25, 2023
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