Head to head
Elite: Dangerous vs iRacing
Side by side
Values shared by both games are highlighted.
Status
Released
Daily players
Estimated players
Available on
- Windows
- macOS
- PlayStation
- Xbox
- Windows
Categories
Player activity
Smoothed estimated players over time.
Elite: Dangerous
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~91.8k | |
| October 2026 | ~91.7k | Up 1.1% |
| September 2026 | ~90.7k | Up 0.5% |
| August 2026 | ~90.2k | |
| July 2026 | ~90.3k | — |
iRacing
| Month | Estimated players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | ~55.2k | Down 0.4% |
| October 2026 | ~55.4k | Up 0.5% |
| September 2026 | ~55.2k | Up 1.1% |
| August 2026 | ~54.6k | |
| July 2026 | ~54.6k | — |
Community breakdown
Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.
Steam concurrent players
- Elite: Dangerous
- 3.2kDown 45%
- iRacing
- 752Down 18%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 4.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as iRacing — 3,207 vs 752.
Discord members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 70.2kDown 1.0%
- iRacing
- —
Elite: Dangerous currently has 70,244 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for iRacing.
Reddit members
- Elite: Dangerous
- 391.2kUp 0.4%
- iRacing
- 247.6kUp 0.6%
Elite: Dangerous currently has about 1.6× as many subreddit members as iRacing — 391,200 vs 247,570.
Twitch viewers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 399Up 14%
- iRacing
- 1.5kDown 22%
iRacing currently has about 3.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Elite: Dangerous — 1,471 vs 399.
YouTube subscribers
- Elite: Dangerous
- 171k
- iRacing
- 289kUp 0.3%
iRacing currently has about 1.7× as many YouTube subscribers as Elite: Dangerous — 289,000 vs 171,000.
How these estimates are made
Elite: Dangerous
Elite: Dangerous is estimated to have 13k – 47k players a day. Around 2m – 4m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.
iRacing
iRacing is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 160k – 410k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.