{"id":8945,"date":"2022-10-23T22:14:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T22:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/23\/steam-sets-new-record-with-30-million-users-online-at-once\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T22:14:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T22:14:19","slug":"steam-sets-new-record-with-30-million-users-online-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/23\/steam-sets-new-record-with-30-million-users-online-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam sets new record with 30 million users online at once"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steam has broken its prior records, and today on Sunday, October 23rd has hit a total of 30,012,957 users online at the same time. This is courtesy of Steam’s own charts<\/a>, though SteamDB<\/a> scores a bit higher: 30,032,005.<\/p>\n

That’s roughly the population of Ghana, the 48th most populous country in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Steam has been rising for a long time, but exponentially so since 2020, when Covid lockdowns spiked numbers in big waves. While it’s impossible to tell without a thorough study, those gaming habits have stuck with some far longer than might be expected. \u00a0Steam’s rapid growth in recent years far outstrips its past growth: For comparison, it took 14 years for Steam to grow to a 15 million concurrent user peak in 2017, but only 5 years for the next 15 million.<\/p>\n

Back in January 2021 Steam broke past the 25 million mark following a year of spikes and new records. At the time I swore off writing more stories about Steam records, we’d been writing them all year and I was sick of it. It wasn’t news anymore, just a given. “With this barrier cracked, it seems like Steam’s numerical exploits are becoming more ‘inevitability’ than ‘news.’ I’ll get back to you when Steam reaches something like 30 million players,” I said.<\/a><\/p>\n

True to my word, here I am. We’re at 30 million after another<\/a> few<\/a> years<\/a> of<\/a> growing highs. (All reported by my colleagues, I note. If I sound sanctimonious that’s because I am, and you would be too if you remembered to do that.)<\/p>\n

And, well, there you have it. A remarkable new high for a section of our hobby.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Valve Software)<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[#item_image]Steam sets new record with 30 million users online at once<\/p>\n

Steam has broken its prior records, and today on Sunday, October 23rd has hit a total of 30,012,957 users online at the same time. This is courtesy of Steam’s own charts<\/a>, though SteamDB<\/a> scores a bit higher: 30,032,005.<\/p>\n

That’s roughly the population of Ghana, the 48th most populous country in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Steam has been rising for a long time, but exponentially so since 2020, when Covid lockdowns spiked numbers in big waves. While it’s impossible to tell without a thorough study, those gaming habits have stuck with some far longer than might be expected. \u00a0Steam’s rapid growth in recent years far outstrips its past growth: For comparison, it took 14 years for Steam to grow to a 15 million concurrent user peak in 2017, but only 5 years for the next 15 million.<\/p>\n

Back in January 2021 Steam broke past the 25 million mark following a year of spikes and new records. At the time I swore off writing more stories about Steam records, we’d been writing them all year and I was sick of it. It wasn’t news anymore, just a given. “With this barrier cracked, it seems like Steam’s numerical exploits are becoming more ‘inevitability’ than ‘news.’ I’ll get back to you when Steam reaches something like 30 million players,” I said.<\/a><\/p>\n

True to my word, here I am. We’re at 30 million after another<\/a> few<\/a> years<\/a> of<\/a> growing highs. (All reported by my colleagues, I note. If I sound sanctimonious that’s because I am, and you would be too if you remembered to do that.)<\/p>\n

And, well, there you have it. A remarkable new high for a section of our hobby.<\/p>\n

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(Image credit: Valve Software)<\/span><\/p>\n

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