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[Craig of War]

Minecraft officially crosses over 141 million monthly active users

Minecraft is a noted superpower in the gaming industry, and shows absolutely no signs of slowing down throughout 2021. Mojang Studios revealed during Minecraft Live 2021 that Minecraft saw over 141 million monthly active users in Aug. 2021, among other impressive metrics.

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"In April, 2021, we reported that Minecraft had nearly 140 million monthly active users. It seems that momentum has impossibly managed to sustain and even grow since then, with Minecraft boasting over 141 million monthly active users in Aug. 2021. That means the number of people that actively played Minecraft just in Aug. approached and even surpassed the number of copies sold by some of the best-selling video games of all time. This shows that an incredible number of people are still investing plenty of time in Minecraft in 2021."

That's not all we learned, however. Below are some of the key statistics on Minecraft, all of which are up to date as of Aug. 2021. Unfortunately, Mojang did not provide an updated number for how many copies of Minecraft have been sold so far, meaning that number is still officially 238 million.

• There were over 141 million monthly active users in Aug. 2021
• Over $350 million in revenue has been generated by creators in the Minecraft Marketplace so far
• Over 67% of players actively customize their Minecraft experience using the Marketplace
• Over 1 billion hours have been logged in Minecraft multiplayer
• Over 201 billion hours of Minecraft YouTube videos were watched in 2020, making it the most-watched topic on YouTube that year

 

[hybrid_birth]

 

[Saint Boot]

Congratulations Minecraft makers and fans. Still prefer Dragon Quest builders though.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Biggest game on planet Earth. Maybe second to King of Glory.

 

[Kev Kev]

It’s such a simple but endlessly fun video game. I’m not surprised by its success at all.

 

[fermcr]

Biggest game on planet Earth. Maybe second to King of Glory.

Roblox likely has more players... "Roblox has 43.2 million daily active users worldwide"

 

[Plantoid]

Impressive. It's a fun game, I don't see myself playing it anymore, but it's the best thing ever for kids

 

[onQ123]

And still growing

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Kids have the best taste in games and are the reason I'm optimistic where the industry is headed.

 

[twilo99]

Not on gamepass for whatever reason..

 

[reksveks]

Not on gamepass for whatever reason..

Coming November 2 to Xbox Game Pass for PC: Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions - Xbox Wire

I couldn’t wait for the show to be over before posting this, I wanted to make sure we got the word out right away; if you didn’t hear it during Minecraft Live, let me be the first to tell you that Minecraft is coming to Game Pass for PC November 2! And even better, you’ll have access together...

news.xbox.com

Posted yesterday

 

[haveagood1]

Thought my kids were going to get sick of it 5 years ago. Definitely wrong on that

 

[Flintty]

Hah remember when people said MS would kill Minecraft? Those numbers are insane and to be fair, a testament to the ongoing development MS has put into the game to improve things.

 

[Robins]

And people thought Microsoft would never get that billion dollars back for buying Minecraft (including me). Fair play.

 

[TheDreadLord]

And people thought Microsoft would never get that billion dollars back for buying Minecraft (including me). Fair play.

Do we have an estimate on how long it took to MS to break even?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

141 Million? Thats a lot of people. Now wheres the fucking update?

 

[YukiOnna]

I mostly watch Hololive or Nijisanji Vtubers play it with their endurance runs and man, people get addicted easily it's no joke. It's not my kind of game, but the depth at what you can do is pretty insane.

 

[Schmick]

141 Million? Thats a lot of people. Now wheres the fucking update?

Is that the RTX update or the super dooper update?

 

[SatansReverence]

Always keep thinking Minecraft has had it's day then more news like this rolls around.

 

[Vasto]

141 MAU is crazy.

 

[Mattyp]

Do we have an estimate on how long it took to MS to break even?

The moment they bought it for such a bargain, buying the asset still means the asset is worth $x amount and can be sold off. If you mean doubled their investment I think it was 3 years, and I can only imagine the income it generates now absolute deal of the lifetime for gaming.

 

[reksveks]

Over 67% of players actively customize their Minecraft experience using the Marketplace

That's the goal imo for MS, FB and anyone whom says the word metaverse

 

[Great Hair]

• There were over 141 million monthly active users in Aug. 2021
• Over $350 million in revenue has been generated by creators in the Minecraft Marketplace so far

That´s like $2.48 per monthly user!

Even though Roblox has been available for over a decade, it has only started entering the mainstream in the last few years. It has seen its monthly active users increase from 35 to 150 million in three years, with 50 million of those added during the coronavirus pandemic.

That has saw its valuation increase dramatically, from $2.5 billion in 2018 to almost $38 billion when it debuted on the New York stock exchange in 2021. The developers will be hoping to continue its ascent post-COVID.

• Roblox generated $920 million revenue in 2020, a 111 percent increase year-on-year
• Over 150 million people play Roblox once a month, and 33.4 million use it daily
• Roblox paid $250 million to developers in 2020 as part of its Developer Exchange program
• User spending peaked on Roblox in Q2 2020, with $319 million spent
• Hours engaged: 8,600 million to 9,000 million hours, representing year-over-year growth of 76% to 85%.

Roblox Revenue and Usage Statistics (2022)

For anyone who has watched Ready Player One, Roblox feels like the closest thing to a 0.01 version of that multi-layered, user generated video game platform. For those that haven't watched the film, Roblox is a massively-multiplayer online platform, which hosts millions of worlds created by...

www.businessofapps.com

Roblox Expects Approximately $1.5 Billion of Revenue, $2.1 Billion in Non-GAAP Bookings For Year Ending December 31, 2021

Roblox Corporation (the “Company”), a global online platform bringing people together through play, today issued guidance for its first quarter ending March 31, 2021, its second quarter ending June 30, 2021 and for the full year ending December 31, 2021. For more information, see below or visit...

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[SoloKingRobert]

Roblox likely has more players... "Roblox has 43.2 million daily active users worldwide"

That's because Roblox is a Free to Play game.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

That´s like $2.48 per monthly user!

Roblox is much more aggressively monetized because it's a F2P game. Minecraft made billions just in pure sales.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

The moment they bought it for such a bargain, buying the asset still means the asset is worth $x amount and can be sold off. If you mean doubled their investment I think it was 3 years, and I can only imagine the income it generates now absolute deal of the lifetime for gaming.

I remember when I thought that Notch made off like a bandit because who the fuck pays 2 billion for a single game. Now, Minecraft as an asset is probably worth ten times that. What a great deal for Microsoft.

 

[Hendrick's]

All that money and the game still feels like it has a 10 man dev team. I adore MC, but it’s time for a facelift, and improved UI, and to not control like shit.

 

[Negotiator101]

I wonder how much it would cost to buy the game now?

 

[Bernd Lauert]

I wonder how much it would cost to buy the game now?

Roblox market cap is $44b. Minecraft should be at least half that.

 

[reksveks]

MS probably has some work to get as much creators making 'games' but it's still a great base. I do wonder if it will ever go F2P.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Is that the RTX update or the super dooper update?

I think that was the super duper, but even RTX was meant to be a thing. It's vanished into thin air..

 

[Schmick]

I think that was the super duper, but even RTX was meant to be a thing. It's vanished into thin air..

I'm pretty sure the release of the Super Duper update was cancelled.

 

[yurinka]

These are massive numbers

 

[Punished Miku]

Still never tried it, or GTA V.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I'm pretty sure the release of the Super Duper update was cancelled.

Well that sucks! Badly.

 

[Hendrick's]

Well that sucks! Badly.

They cancelled the Super Duper update, but then they promised us ray tracing, which was imo better. The obvious problem is that they have now gone silent on that.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

When MS bought Minecraft, it was at 15 million copies sold. Now at 238 million. Insane.

I dont follow the creative community or MC, but I didn't know at the time what big momentum it had back then. I thought it would be a typical game and slowly fizzle out into nothing, where paying $2.5 billion(!) would hade been the biggest waste of money ever.

Buy since then they've sold 223 million more copies + all the mtx revenue. And it till seems to be going and going.

 

[twilo99]

The moment they bought it for such a bargain, buying the asset still means the asset is worth $x amount and can be sold off. If you mean doubled their investment I think it was 3 years, and I can only imagine the income it generates now absolute deal of the lifetime for gaming.

This was more about exposure/growth for the xbox ecosystem than making money on the actual sale..

 

[Mattyp]

This was more about exposure/growth for the xbox ecosystem than making money on the actual sale..

I think it’s more of just a lifetime asset, it for basic terms is Lego for PC. Like Lego something that never ages and always has new kids every year to play it phenomenons like that just don’t come up for sale, I’m surprised they don’t use it more to push xbox to be honest but.

 

[The_Mike]

Roblox likely has more players... "Roblox has 43.2 million daily active users worldwide"

 

[Bernkastel]

I mostly watch Hololive or Nijisanji Vtubers play it with their endurance runs and man, people get addicted easily it's no joke. It's not my kind of game, but the depth at what you can do is pretty insane.

Hololive streamers play Minecraft so much that at this point I won't doubt if someone told me Hololive is sponsored by Minecraft.