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BlackMUD vs World of Warcraft

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Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE
ACTIVE

Released

December 1993 · 33 years ago
November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

0 – 180
810 – 380k

Estimated players

48Down 0.8%
592kDown 5.6%

Available on

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Windows
  • macOS

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

BlackMUDWorld of Warcraft

BlackMUD

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
September 2026~49Down 2.0%
August 2026~50Down 2.0%
July 2026~51

World of Warcraft

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
September 2026~590.7kUp 3.9%
August 2026~568.6kUp 14%
July 2026~500.1k

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Discord members

BlackMUD
170
World of Warcraft
172.8kUp 3.7%

World of Warcraft currently has about 1017× as many Discord members as BlackMUD — 172,849 vs 170.

Reddit members

BlackMUD
World of Warcraft
3.2mUp 1.1%

World of Warcraft currently has 3,193,962 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for BlackMUD.

Twitch viewers

BlackMUD
World of Warcraft
128.6kUp 89%

World of Warcraft currently has 128,582 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for BlackMUD.

YouTube subscribers

BlackMUD
World of Warcraft
2mUp 1.5%

World of Warcraft currently has 1,970,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for BlackMUD.

How these estimates are made

BlackMUD

BlackMUD is estimated to have 0 – 180 players a day. Around 430 – 48k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is estimated to have 810 – 380k players a day. Around 130k – 13m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

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