Apex Legends Player Count 2026 [Active Players Stats]

Apex Legends has registered over 170 million users and is played by 111.6K players as of March 2026. 

Apex Legends launched in February 2019 and became the fastest FPS (first-person shooter) game to reach 10 million (3 days), 25 million (7 days), and 50 million (28 days) registrations. 

Even after years of ups and downs, Apex Legends is still holding a strong position among current games. Let’s know more about Apex Legends and its players across different sectors.

Apex Legends Player Count 2026 (Top Picks)

• Apex Legends has registered over 170 million total players.
• Apex Legends current players average 111.6K on Steam.
• Peak Apex Legends concurrent players hit 624,473 in February 2023. 
• Over 25.8% of the player base is from the United States.
• Nearly 70% of players are male. 
• The average age of Apex Legends players is 23.1 years. 

About Apex Legends 

(*Apex Legends is closing its services on Nintendo Switch by August 4, 2026. Existing players can migrate their account to Nintendo Switch 2, including all purchases and progress.)

How Many People Play Apex?

As per the last recorded data in 2024, Apex Legends has registered over 170 million users.

Out of all these registered players, only 20 to 22 million players are active on all platforms. The majority of them play Apex Legends occasionally. It is safe to say that only 10% of registered players play the game on a daily basis. 

EA does not publicly disclose granular platform breakdowns, but third-party estimates suggest:

• Steam: Roughly 30–40% of total traffic 
• PlayStation: The largest single platform share 
• Xbox & Nintendo Switch: The remainder, with Nintendo Switch holding the lowest share. 

Apex Legends is the top-performing game on Xbox and Steam by EA publisher.

Source: Rec0ded88, Statista

Apex Legends Players by Month

As of March 2026, Apex Legends concurrent players averaged 111,603. Meanwhile, the number of peak players reached 287,202 in this period.

In the last 30 days, the game hit a peak of 300K concurrent players for the first time in 20 months (last recorded this feat in August 2024). 

All-time peak players were recorded in February 2023, with 624,473 players, and an average concurrent players tally reached 257,416 in the same month. 

Here’s the table for Apex Legends monthly players from November 2024 to March 2026:

Note: The last 30 days’ data changes every day on SteamCharts. The table is last updated on 18th April. We will add the new players’ data as soon as SteamCharts updates it. 

Cross-platform players record 18 million monthly active players currently. The monthly active users peaked in June 2021 when the game recorded 22.6 million MAUs across all platforms. 

Source: SteamCharts, Newzoo

Apex Legends Player Count by Year

Apex Legends was launched on the Steam platform in November 2020. Since then, Steam Charts has recorded data on concurrent players and peak players by month. 

Here’s a table of average concurrent players by year: 

*2020 includes only November–December 

**2026 includes January–March 

Source: Steam Charts

Methodology: All averages are properly calculated and rounded to the nearest whole number (no decimals) from numbers recorded by Steam Charts every month since its launch on the platform.

How Many Players Play Apex Legends Daily?

Apex Legends’ daily active players range between 700k and 1.8 million players, combining players across all platforms. 

Active players fluctuate every month depending on season launches and event schedules. Steam alone records 85,000 to 120,000 average concurrent players. In the last 30 days, it recorded an average of 123,921 concurrent players. 

Source: TurboBoost, Steam Charts 

Apex Legends Players Over The Years

Apex Legends registered its first 10 million users in just 3 days of its official launch, and it took only 4 more days to reach 25 million registrations. Apex Legends touched the 100 million milestone in April 2021.

Here is the timeline of registered Apex Legends players over time:

Source: Statista, Dexterto 

Apex Legends Player Demographics

Apex Legends is one of the most played games on PC in the first-person shooter category, right behind Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG. That means the game attracts a global audience with multiple age groups and regions. 

Below is a detailed breakdown of Apex Legends’ player demographics. Including age, gender, and region. 

Apex Legends Players by Age

The majority of players (over 47%) fall in the 21-35 age group. 33% of players are aged between 10 and 20 years. However, the average age of ALGS (Apex Legends Global Series) is 23.1 years.

The youngest professional ALGS player recorded was 16 years old, and the oldest to participate was 35 years old.  

Age is not the only factor; the reasons for playing the game may also surprise you. 35% of players want to improve, 24% of them play for recognition. Only 9% of players play the game out of boredom, not being very competitive. 

Source: Pocket Gamer, Levvvel, eCharts

Apex Legends Players by Gender

According to a survey conducted in 2022, around 70% of Apex Legends players are identified as male. Meanwhile, 29% of players are female, and 1% of them come under the non-binary or other category. 

Source: Pocket Gamer

Apex Legends Players by Region

Around 55% of the Apex Legends count graph covers North America and Europe, which is quite similar to the Fortnite player base. 

More than one-fourth (25.8%) of players are from the United States, holding the largest share of the player base. Japan and the UK come in second and third place, with 14.2% and 7.8% share of the player base, respectively. 

Here is the table showing the percentage of players by country: 

Source: Rec0ded88

Apex Legends Players Distribution by Rank (Classic Battle Royale)

Around 28.21% of Apex Legends players are in the Platinum tier, with over 11.3% of them being the highest in the Diamond III rank. 1.12% of players are on the Master tier, while 0.45% are Apex Predators. 

Here is the tier-wise breakdown of players in the current season 28: 

Source: Apex Legends Status