Talk:List of most-played mobile games by player count

Installs and downloads
I understand installs are not desired because installs do not exclude people installing it again or on another PC.

Similarly, one might say that people can download a game more than once without installing it. Although usually on mobile, once the game is downloaded, it is also installed.

I'm not trying to argue here, I'm just trying to understand the kind of things the editors should keep in mind when editing this list. Avram25 (talk) 21:29, 26 April 2020 (UTC)

More games
This is what I've found for December 2019:
 * Subway Surfers - 1.5 billion downloads — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avram25 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Candy Crush Saga - 1.2 billion downloads
 * Clash of Clans - 700 million downloads
 * Fruit Ninja - 600 million downloads
 * Minion Rush - 600 million downloads

In case anyone feels like updating (top half) and adding (top bottom) those games to the list. Avram25 (talk) 22:00, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Temple Run 2 - 800 million downloads
 * My Talking Tom - 800 million downloads
 * Pou - 600 million downloads
 * Hill Climb Racing - 600 million downloads
 * 8 Ball Pool - 600 million downloads

Avram25 (talk) 01:35, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Mini World is a 3D sandbox game with 400 million registered users and 80 million monthly active players.
 * Rules of Survival - by October 2018, the game had reached 230 million players worldwide


 * Sources need to state the number of players, not the number of downloads. Maestro2016 (talk) 18:12, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Roblox
I cannot see the given source saying it's has 2 billion player count. Game for Game (talk) 15:42, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I've removed it. I could not find any suitable sourcing to use for Roblox mobile counts. I did find a source saying that Roblox had more than $2 billion in player spending, so that might be where someone got it from, but that's not what this list shows. -- ferret (talk) 16:23, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2021
Add SimCity Buildit to the list. The app has 100M+ downloads as of April 2021. 185.130.146.30 (talk) 20:47, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌ I can't find any news articles which say the number of downloads, and we can't rely on the numbers the app stores give. Uses x (talk • contribs) 00:25, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2021
Asphalt 9 is most downloaded game in the world

Sonic Dash
Should be 400 million

https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/1253344766416297984


 * Why was this ignored?172.250.105.188 (talk) 03:58, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Because that's by downloads. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 14:54, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 May 2021
Add Brawl Stars to this list. It has over 100.000.000 downloads in the Google Play store. 82.169.24.222 (talk) 18:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 18:49, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
 * https://sensortower.com/blog/brawl-stars-revenue-first-six-months
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Blogs are not reliable sources. Also the list deals with confirmed players, not downloads. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:01, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Call of Duty: Mobile
Hey, I was just reading the article and found out there is mistake in Call of Duty:Mobile downloads, they surpassed 500 million downloads recently. Fodorjiri (talk) 17:55, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
 * We don't add games by downloads. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 14:55, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * The column is labelled "Downloads" so this is probably really confusing to users asking for changes on the talk page. And by and large, most of the table seems to be downloads. -- ferret (talk) 15:17, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * , I could have sworn we discussed not adding games that only report downloads a while back. Either I missed newer discussion or it's always been allowed and I'm thinking of something else. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 15:20, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Likely thinking of the related List of most-played video games by player count -- ferret (talk) 15:21, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Seems like it, yeah. ~ Dissident93 (talk) 02:50, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

List is confusing
It is written 'Downloads' but as i have seen in other talks editors told that it is 'registered players'. Please change it to 'player count ' or something else as this is creating confusion among other and people are giving editing requests without knowing that it is not 'downloads' LotyTotypie (talk) 09:19, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
 * , the original scope of the list was to mirror the list of most-played video games by player count, which does differentiate between the type of figure being cited. Seems like it has changed overtime, although not intentionally. ~ <b style="color: #660000;">Dissident93</b> (<b style="color: #D18719;">talk</b>) 19:37, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

So why don't you change it to 'Number '. I think it would be better LotyTotypie (talk) 03:36, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
 * That doesn't solve anything because not every one of these games are by downloads. ~ <b style="color: #660000;">Dissident93</b> (<b style="color: #D18719;">talk</b>) 05:14, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Ok. I see. Some games are by downloads while some are by MAU. Shoudln't they be classified on same basis??. LotyTotypie (talk) 05:44, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Ok. I am closing the talk now. LotyTotypie (talk) 17:15, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Temple Run
Hello, I excepted to find on the list game Temple Run, which nowdays is not already very popular but certainly as the same league what Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds in 2010-2015. I remember that five years ago I mentioned in this discussion about this source. Is this possible to find more reliable and include temple run to that list? Cheers Dawid2009 (talk) 07:58, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * If we can find a more recent source, sure. That one from 2013 doesn't seem to give an actual figure, just a rank order that is eight years outdated now. ~ <b style="color: #660000;">Dissident93</b> (<b style="color: #D18719;">talk</b>) 08:03, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

links
Just a question. Why some most downloaded games like Helix Jump do not have red link on that page? How it is proved that they are not enough notable to be even inked or have an article on Wikipedia. Cheers. Dawid2009 (talk) 08:02, 18 October 2021 (UTC)


 * See WP:GNG, which basically means they have to be notable enough to warrant having an article. ~ <b style="color: #660000;">Dissident93</b> (<b style="color: #D18719;">talk</b>) 08:05, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2022
On the game "Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle", please change: As of August 2019 to August 2021 300 million downloads to 350 million downloads https://twitter.com/dokkan_global/status/1431632666298777604 ^ A link to a tweet by the developers showing that they have 350 million downloads Ashwindar10101 (talk) 20:09, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Twitter is not exactly the world's most reliable source.

casualdejekyll 23:53, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 March 2022
Garena Free Fire reached nearly 1.4 billion downloads as of 2022 if we combine garena free fire and garena free fire max (enhanced version). If pubg mobile is considered as whole combining all the versions, free fire should be done the same Reoladon Fury (talk) 14:43, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Happy Editing-- IAm Chaos  04:49, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

The 5 most played games of 2022
1st is Pubg Mobile (known downloads 550m+) 2nd is Minecraft (known downloads 500m+) 3rd is among us (known downloads 100m+) 4th is clash of clans (know downloads 95m) 5th is call of duty mobile (known downloads 94.9m) 185.82.111.9 (talk) 21:49, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

There is an error with a source i used
This is my first time putting a source on something it says there’s an error someone help fix this DumbAAC7784 (talk) 12:32, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Nevermind I fixed it myself DumbAAC7784 (talk) 13:01, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Consolidate list to only games with 40 million players and above
This list is very long, and it should be consolidated into a shorter list. A shorter list is easier to read, and is easier to update and upkeep. "List of best-selling video games" only lists the top 50 games by copies sold, the lowest selling on that list has 22 million copies sold, and it is much easier for mobile games to hit download counts higher than 22 million. Hence, I propose editing this list so it only shows games with 40 million players and above. Theknine2 (talk) 10:13, 26 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I don't really agree this is particularly long, but why not just go with "top 50" then? There's about 95 entries currently. -- ferret (talk) 13:14, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It's easier to set a hard limit based on player count, but "top 50" would be a good option too. "List of most-played video games by player count "currently uses a 25 million players minimum. Theknine2 (talk) 15:16, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

Garena Free Fire and Free Fire Max are missing
Garena Free Fire downloads (Google Play): 1,391,206,052

Free Fire Max downloads (Google Play): 413,638,520

Total: 1,804,844,572

Sea Ltd March Quarter 2023 Results: 491.6 Million Quarterly Active Users. Fury999io (talk) 19:37, 8 August 2023 (UTC)