Is Steam bigger than the Beatles, or Jesus, for that matter? I'm not qualified to answer that, but Valve's ubiquitous PC gaming platform is definitely bigger than Uzbekistan. As spotted by , Steam surged past 40 million concurrent users for the very first time today. Steam barrier back in December.
Steam's new high water mark is slightly different depending on who you ask. list it as 40,273,982 users, while pegs it at 40,270,997. Even with this slight discrepancy, both authoritative sources show Valve crossing the 40 million mark. On this day 10 years ago,
Steam clocked in at 8.9 million concurrent users and already felt like an inextricable part of PC gaming.
Back [[link]] to the countries comparison, Steam's 40.27 million concurrents this morning would constitute the , just behind Canada's 41 million, and smoking Uzbekistan's 37 million person population. For a more zoomed-out view of Steam's user base, we have to go back to —not to be confused with the Spotify Wrapped-style breakdown of individual player stats Valve has started offering. Valve reported 132 million active monthly players (that is, they used Steam within the month, as opposed to being logged in at exact the same time) at the end of 2021, with a peak concurrent record of 27.4 million at the time.
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