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[[File:Player count 2022.webp|thumb|Player count graphic from 2022]]

The '''player count''', or '''player base''', is the number of people playing ''[[StarCitizen:Star Citizen]].''

== Player count ==

=== Star Citizen ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
!Registered accounts
!Copies sold
! scope="col" | Unique Players Per Year
! scope="col" | New Accounts per Year
! scope="col" | Daily Active Users
! scope="col" | Monthly Active Users
! scope="col" | Average playtime
! scope="col" | Total hours played
|-
| 2016 
| 
| || Almost 600 000.<ref name=":1">{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/SCW/17936-API|text=Letter from the Chairman|accessdate=2020-12-23}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/19078-Letter-From-The-Chairman|text=Letter From the Chairman|accessdate=2022-12-30}}</ref>|| Over 500 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />||
|
|32 minutes.<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 2017 
| 
| || Over 400 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />|| Over 200 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />||
|
|56 minutes.<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 2018 
| 
| || Over 450 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />|| Over 200 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />||
|
|81 minutes.<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 2019 
| 
| || Over 450 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />|| Over 200 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />||
|
|114 minutes.<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 2020 
| 
| || Over 740,000.<ref name=":1" />||Over 400 000.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
| 30 000.<ref name=":1" />
|
|2 hours and 25 minutes.<ref name=":1" />
|26 576 364.<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 2021 
| 
| || Almost 800 000.<ref name=":2" />|| Over 500 000.<ref name=":2" />||
|160 000.<ref name=":2" />
|
|-
| 2022 
| Over 4 000 000.<ref name=":3">[https://youtu.be/z-XotXbBXs4?feature=shared&t=342 CitizenCon 2952: Full Broadcast], Star Citizen, Youtube, 14 oct. 2022</ref>
|Over 1 700 000.<ref name=":3" />|| Over 1 000 000.<ref name=":2" />|| Over 800 000.<ref name=":2" />||
|240 000.<ref name=":2" />
|
|46 000 000.<ref name=":2" />
|-
| 2023 
| 
| || || ||
|
|
|-
| 2024 
| 
| || Over 1 000 000.<ref name=":0">{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/20371-Letter-From-The-Chairman|text=Over one million of you have played 32 million hours in the game this year, and our ranks have swelled by almost half a million Citizens.|accessdate=2024-12-19}}</ref>|| Almost 500 000.<ref name=":0" />||
|
|
|32 000 000.<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2025
|
|
|
|
|Tens of thousands.<ref>CitizenCon 2025</ref>
|
|
|
|}

==== Top 20 countries ====
Top countries of origin based on unique ''Star Citizen'' players.
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!
! colspan="2" |Year
|-
! scope="col" |Position
! scope="col" |October 2019<ref name=":4">{{Cite RSI|url=https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link/transmission/17329-Playable-Now-The-Stats|text=Playable Now - The Stats|accessdate=2018-10-28}}</ref>
!2023<ref>[https://x.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/1740341919689867340 CIG infographic, top 5 star citizen player regions], @RobertsSpaceInd, Twitter, Dec 28, 2023</ref>
|-
|1
|United States
|United States
|-
|2
|Germany
|Germany
|-
|3
|France
|France
|-
|4
|United Kingdom
|United Kingdom
|-
|5
|Canada
|Canada
|-
|6
|Australia
|
|-
|7
|Russia
|
|-
|8
|Spain
|
|-
|9
|Netherlands
|
|-
|10
|Switzerland
|
|-
|11
|Italy
|
|-
|12
|Sweden
|
|-
|13
|Belgium
|
|-
|14
|Norway
|
|-
|15
|China
|
|-
|16
|Austria
|
|-
|17
|Denmark
|
|-
|18
|Brazil
|
|-
|19
|Czechia
|
|-
|20
|New Zealand
|
|}

=== Squadron 42 ===
No data for [[StarCitizen:Squadron 42|''Squadron 42'']] is yet available.

== See also ==

* [[StarCitizen:Server meshing]]
* [[StarCitizen:Shard]]
* [[StarCitizen:MMO]]

==References==
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[[Category:Financials]]
{{Short description|Known player numbers}}