Minecraft User and Revenue Statistics (Updated 2025)

Report highlights. By 2023, Minecraft had sold over 300 million copies worldwide. This widespread popularity makes it one of the highest selling video games of all time.

Minecraft has over 166 million monthly active players.
Minecraft earns $415 million in revenue annually.
Overall, the game has generated over $1 billion in lifetime earnings, including $98.02 million in mobile revenue alone in 2024.
Minecraft Pocket Edition—now Bedrock Edition—earned $99 million in 2022.
Minecraft's revenue continued to grow through 2024, earning $8.79 million in December 2024, about half a million more than 2024's monthly average.
Minecraft's monthly users increased to 204.33 million globally in 2024, up from 172 million in 2023.
The United States has the largest Minecraft player base with over 21% of Minecraft’s global players. This translates into around 35 million monthly active users.
The UK and Germany have 5.06% and 4.6% of total global users, which translates to approximately 8.4 million and 7.6 million monthly active users, respectively.
Minecraft China Edition reached 700 million registered users by September 2023 and has the largest active user base in a single market.
The average Minecraft player is 24 years old, and the split is almost even between genders: 54% male and 46% female.

Minecraft sales: How much money has Minecraft made?

Minecraft has sold over 300 million copies worldwide since its debut in 2011, which makes it the top-selling video game of the 21st century. Its total all-time earnings equal $4.2 billion.

Chart showing the top ten best-selling video games fo the 21st century.

In terms of sales, Minecraft has outperformed legendary titles such as Grand Theft Auto V, which sold 205 million units by 2025, and Wii Sports, which sold 82.9 million.
Minecraft's mobile version, Minecraft Pocket Edition, earned $99 million in player spending in 2022, from Android and iOS users.
In just one month, December 2024, Minecraft’s mobile app made $8.79 million in in-app purchase revenue.
Minecraft’s total estimated earnings across all platforms stand at around $4.2 billion.
Over time, Minecraft's mobile app has generated around $1 billion in total earnings.
On consoles, Minecraft continues to shine as one of the most downloaded games in 2022 on PlayStation 4.

How much money does Minecraft make per year?

Minecraft's yearly earnings from its mobile version have shown a steady income. In fact, the growth has been consistent over the past decade, with the demand rising every year.

In 2024, Minecraft’s mobile app generated $98.02 million globally from in-app purchases. This shows that the game still has a strong fan base who are willing to spend money on mobile features.
In 2023, the total mobile app revenue reached $83.55 million, showing a 17.32% year-over-year increase in 2024.
Minecraft’s best year for mobile revenue was 2021, when it earned a record $157.78 million. This was mainly influenced by an increase in mobile gaming during the pandemic.
In 2021, Minecraft generated $380 million in global revenue.
In 2020, the game earned a massive $139.87 million on mobile.
From 2015 to 2019, Minecraft’s annual mobile revenue gradually increased, rising from $89.27 million in 2015 to $112.58 million in 2019.
In 2018, Minecraft mobile made $82.85 million, a slight increase from 2017, when it earned $80.75 million.
In 2018, Minecraft reached its peak global revenue, generating $500 million worldwide.
One of the only setbacks came in 2016, when mobile earnings dropped slightly to $75.87 million, compared to $89.27 million in 2015. This represents a difference of about $13 million.
Minecraft’s mobile version has now reached an estimated $1 billion in lifetime mobile revenue.

How many people play Minecraft worldwide?

Globally, Minecraft has observed a steady increase in users. By the end of 2024, Minecraft had 204.33 million monthly active players around the world.

Chart depicting the active-player growth of Minecraft from 2016-2024

In 2023, the game had an average of 172 million monthly active players.
While users only grew by 2 million from 2022 to 2023, Minecraft's active users grew by 26 million from 2021 to 2022.
As of August 2021, Minecraft had 144 million active users. By 2022, numbers had risen to 170 million.
A few months earlier, in March 2021, the game had 140 million active players. This is a huge jump from June 2016, when only 40 million people played the game each month. That means Minecraft more than tripled its user base in just five years.
In January 2018, Minecraft had 74 million players worldwide.
In 2019, the average number of active users each month was 91 million.
The year 2020 saw global monthly active users cross the 100-million-player mark.

Number of Minecraft Players in the United States

Minecraft has over 166 million monthly active players worldwide, and the United States accounts for more than 21% of this global player base.

Over 204.33 million people play Minecraft every month worldwide, and the United States makes up more than 21% of that total.
About 43 million Americans play Minecraft actively each month, making US users the largest group of Minecraft players worldwide.
The second-largest group of Minecraft players is in Brazil, which is home to 6.17% of users, followed by Russia, with 5.59%, and the United Kingdom, at 5.06%.
In the US, about 80% of all video game players in the country recognize the Minecraft brand; it is one of the most widely recognized game franchises in America.
Between 500,000 and 800,000 people are actively playing Minecraft at any given time. A large number of these players are from North America, especially the US.
Around 27% of US gamers said they had played Minecraft at least once in the two years between 2021 and 2023.
Among younger players, Gen Z gamers are the most engaged; 41% of them say they have played Minecraft in the last two years.
About 1 in 5 (20%) Millennials says they know about the game through ads or social media.
The US also leads in hosting Minecraft servers. As of 2023, it has approximately 4,073 Minecraft servers, more than any other country. These servers let players join together in multiplayer games and build worlds as a community.
Globally, over 10,000 Minecraft servers connect players around the world, and the US hosts about 40% of them.

Number of Minecraft Players in the United Kingdom

Minecraft has over 204.33 million monthly active players globally, and the United Kingdom is home to just over 5% of them.

Bar graph showing Minecraft's standing among the top ten most popular games in the UK.

The United Kingdom accounts for 5.06% of Minecraft's 204.33 million active users, or around 10 million monthly active players.
In 2024, Minecraft sold 153,464 physical copies in the UK. It trails eight other games in UK popularity, including the top three's EA Sports FC 25, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Hogwarts Legacy.
Minecraft is especially popular among British children; 83% of kids aged 12 to 15 have played online games like Minecraft.
As of 2023, the UK is home to 502 active Minecraft servers, second only to the United States among countries that host Minecraft servers.

Number of Minecraft Players in Germany

Minecraft has over 204.33 million monthly active players globally, and Germany accounts for 4.6% of this global player base, making it one of the key European markets for the franchise.

Out of the 204.33 million people who play Minecraft each month worldwide, around 4.6% of them are based in Germany. That translates into 9.4 million monthly active players in the country.
The country is home to 220 active Minecraft servers, according to 2023 stats.
Minecraft is especially popular with children in Germany, where 60% of children play video games each week. It continues to be the most played game among German kids.

Number of Minecraft Players in China

Minecraft officially entered the Chinese market when Microsoft, Mojang, and NetEase collaborated. As a result, NetEase was given a five-year license to operate Minecraft Bedrock Edition in mainland China.

As of September 27, 2023, Minecraft China Edition had over 700 million registered users. This makes China the biggest single market for Minecraft in the world because no other country has come close to these numbers.
The game was released in China in 2016, when Microsoft, Mojang, and NetEase entered a partnership.
By October 2017, Minecraft China had already attracted 14 million users on Android, showing early signs of its impressive growth.
The number of registered users continued to increase rapidly. By January 2018, there were 60 million users in China.
Just four months later, by May 2018, that number reached 100 million. By October 2018, it had grown to 150 million.
By November 2020, it had increased to 400 million users.
The growth did not stop there, and 500 million users were recorded in May 2022, 600 million by October 2022, and, finally, 700 million by September 2023.

Growth of Minecraft

As of October 2023, Minecraft had sold over 300 million copies worldwide. This makes it one of the most successful video games ever.

The game’s sales have grown at an incredible annual growth rate of around 17% since 2016, when it had only sold 100 million copies.
By May 2020, that number had doubled to 200 million, and by April 2021, 238 million copies had already sold.
From February 2017 to April 2021, the number of people actively playing the game each month more than doubled, reaching 141 million monthly active users around the world.
The mobile "pocket" edition of Minecraft, which launched in late 2011 for Android and iOS, played a huge role in expanding the game’s reach, earning $99 million in revenue in 2022 alone.
Also in 2022, the PlayStation 4 version of the game was the most downloaded PS4 game in the US, Canada, and the European Union, proving that Minecraft’s popularity isn’t slowing down any time soon.

Bar graph showing Minecraft unit sales growth from 2016 to 2024.

Demographics of Minecraft Players

Minecraft players represent a diverse demographic, especially when it comes to age. The game is popular across multiple generations, from young kids and teens to middle-aged and older adults.

Pie chart showing the age breakdown of Minecraft players.

The average Minecraft player is 24 years old.
Players between the ages of 15 and 21 comprise the largest Minecraft user base.
Only 20.59% of players are under the age of 15, which suggests that the Minecraft community is growing older and staying with the game as they grow up.
Minecraft's male users make up 54% of players.
Players aged 22 to 30 make up 21% of the total, and another 15% are between the ages of 30 and 65.
Only 0.5% of Minecraft players are over the age of 65.
When it comes to how people play, about 50% of all Minecraft players prefer to play solo, especially adult users.
80% of kids usually play with others, such as friends or family members.
11% of parents play Minecraft with their kids.

Minecraft User and Revenue Statistics (Updated 2025)

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Minecraft User and Revenue Statistics (Updated 2025)

Minecraft sales: How much money has Minecraft made?

How much money does Minecraft make per year?

How many people play Minecraft worldwide?

Number of Minecraft Players in the United States

Number of Minecraft Players in the United Kingdom

Number of Minecraft Players in Germany

Number of Minecraft Players in China

Growth of Minecraft

Demographics of Minecraft Players

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