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How many people play League of Legends? – UPDATED 2021

Spezzy by Spezzy
January 12, 2021
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You've probably asked yourself: "How many people play League of Legends?" Well, we managed to find the official numbers. Here's a total League of Legends player count
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We all know that League of Legends is one of the most popular online games in the world, but we never really knew how big League of Legends really is. It’s time to find out the total League of Legends player count. League of Legends player count in 2021 is no joke. Its player count has grown year by year and is now one of the most played multiplayer games in the world and the most played Esport in the world.

League of Legends, a game developed by Riot Games in 2009 has gained heavy popularity in recent years. It started in 2009 with a few hundred thousand players, quickly gained traction, and reached 11 million players by 2011, which then again takes a huge leap to 65 million players in 2014 and a further bigger leap 100 million players in 2017. After that, the League of Legends player base had a slight drop in its player count to 75 million in 2018 but has made a comeback in 2020 with a range of 100-120 million players. 

League of Legends player count in 2011 – 11.5 MILLION

Have you wondered about How many people play League of Legends? Well, you no longer need to worry about that since we have the official numbers.
League of Legends Player Count Graph

This is the year Riot Games first announced an official statement with the number of players they had. It showed us in a cute little League of Legends player count graph

What we understand from that graph is that League of Legends in 2011 had:

  • 32.5 Million registrations 
  • 11.5 Million monthly players
  • 4.2 Million daily players 
  • 1.3 Million players playing at the same time. 

But League of Legends wasn’t the only thing that had grown during the period, Riot Games the Developer of League of Legends had also grown five times their size to 300 total employees. 

They had also included cool nifty stats such as how many minions were killed, how many champions were killed, how much gold was earned etc. as you can see in the infographic below.

League of Legends Player Count Graph

League of Legends player count in 2012- 32 MILLION

Moving into the next year Riot Games released another statement about League of Legends player count. They had again given a nifty infographic to help understand the state of the game in 2012.

What we can take away from the League of Legends graph is that League of Legends had

  • 70 Million registrations
  • 32 Million monthly players
  • 12 Million daily players
  • 3 Million concurrent players.

They had also given other information such as League of Legends has been played for more than 1 Billion play hours every month, the main age group from 16-35 and more information as you can see below.

Here are some stats of the League player count

League of Legends player count in 2014 – 65 MILLION

Here's the total number of League of Legends monthly players

Fast-forwarding two years into the future, Riot Games released another official statement giving details about the state of League of Legends. This time they had not come with any infographics but rather straight up information.

From the statement released by Riot Games, we understand that League of Legends now had

  • 65 Million monthly players
  • 27 Million daily players
  • 8 Million peak concurrent players

Although Riot didn’t release as much information as before it was still apparent League of Legends was still growing. It had taken a lot longer than previously, but Riot had managed to double their monthly and daily players bringing the total monthly players to 67 million.

League of Legends player count in 2017- 100 MILLION

Riot did not release any statement when they reached this mark, but according to analytical data and certain League of Legends graphs, we understand that the League of Legends player count had reached about 100 Million monthly players in 2017. 

If League of Legends was a country, it would be ranked at the 15th Position as the population per country out of the 200+ countries in the world. That is right, there are only 15 countries in 2020 that have a population of over 100 million.

League of Legends player count in 2018 – 75 MILLION

As to how all games have, League of Legends also had its drop in its player count. But not to worry as League of Legends has gained back its position in 2020 because of the number of Events they held and the amount of marketing that had been done. By now, we had amazing cinematics and also music by many popular creators such as Linkin Park.

League of Legends Player Count 2020 (NOW)

Here's a newest and total number of League of Legends players in 2020. It's not a bit declining, but League is still one of the most popular online games

League of Legends has reached a total of 115 Million monthly players according to recent data and has become the King of Games. With constant releases of new Events, Tournaments, and Champions, League of Legends has become one of the most played games in the world. League of Legends literally has at least one game started every second. Can you imagine?

Are you still wondering if League of Legends is big or not?

League of Legends has had a total of $75 MILLION as price pool money in all of their Tournaments held all over the world. To be exact, they have had $5,580,255.87 as Prize Money for Online Tournaments so far and $69,363,810.93 as Offline/LAN Tournaments so far. Having a $75 Million Esports investment so far really shows how big League of Legends is and if that is not enough to convince you, let us compare League of Legends with other games.

League of Legends vs Dota 2

A never-ending battle. League of Legends vs Dota 2 in numbers!

League of Legends has a 115 Million monthly player count and a peak of 50 Million daily players. Dota 2 only has an 11 Million Monthly player count and a 1 Million Daily player count. League of Legends is about ten times the size of its direct competitor, Dota 2.

League of Legends vs Minecraft

Minecraft is one of the most popular game categories in Youtube, and one of the most famous games all over the world only has 10 Million more players than League of Legends. That really puts a good perspective on how big League of Legends really is.

League of Legends vs CS:GO

CSGO is one of the biggest FPS games in the world and still has only 26 Million monthly players. League of Legends almost has 100 Million more than that!

Now you know how popular League of Legends is and I hope this article can help you convince that friend who keeps saying League of Legends is a small indie game made by a small indie company.

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Just another League of Legends addict. I've been playing the game for 8 years now, and my highest rank was Master (231 LP). I was also rank #3 on LeBlanc last season.

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