Head to head

Eve Online vs World of Warcraft

Eve Online

Live

12k – 41k daily

World of Warcraft

Live

650 – 300k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2003 · 23 years ago

November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

12k – 41k

650 – 300k

Estimated players

66.7k4.1%

563.3k2.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Eve OnlineWorld of Warcraft

Eve Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~68.3k	Up 2.2%
August 2026	~66.8k	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~66.4k	—

World of Warcraft

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~571.5k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~568.6k	Up 14%
July 2026	~500.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 3.4kDown 32%
World of Warcraft: —

Eve Online currently has 3,351 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft.

Discord members

Eve Online: 51.3kUp 2.1%
World of Warcraft: 168.5kUp 2.0%

World of Warcraft currently has about 3.3× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 168,487 vs 51,298.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 222.6kUp 0.7%
World of Warcraft: 3.2mUp 0.3%

World of Warcraft currently has about 14× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 3,165,228 vs 222,643.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 718Down 66%
World of Warcraft: 16.3kDown 55%

World of Warcraft currently has about 23× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 16,275 vs 718.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 230kUp 1.8%
World of Warcraft: 1.9m

World of Warcraft currently has about 8.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Eve Online — 1,940,000 vs 230,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

Eve Online is estimated to have 12k – 41k players a day. Around 640k – 2m 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.

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is estimated to have 650 – 300k players a day. Around 120k – 12m 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.