Mojang developer Nathan Adams took to Twitter today to tell the world that Minecraft For the first time ever, we finally have the capability to see how many people are currently playing Minecraft right now. Holy crap. There are currently over 998,000 people playing Minecraft right at this moment. It is not even remotely close to being a peak time.
" target="_blank">can now track the number of concurrent users online and that the number is staggering.
" target="_blank">According to Adams, this morning "over 998,000 people" were playing Minecraft and it was "not even remotely close to being a peak time." The number doesn't even include users playing on consoles, dedicated handheld systems or mobile devices, as Adams clarified that the number "is PC (win/osx/linux) only, versions 1.3 and higher, modded or vanilla."998,000 concurrent players is more than the combined concurrent users for the top seven games on Steam as of writing (Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Football Manager 2015, Garry's Mod, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Civilization V), which is pretty nuts considering it's not a peak number. If you add in the number of offline games and the console and mobile market the number could very well be over two million users, speaking volumes about the game's extreme popularity.Minecraft is available now on PS3, PS4, PS Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC, Android, iOS and Windows Phone.