Head to head

Final Fantasy XI Online vs World of Warcraft Classic

Final Fantasy XI Online

Live

250 – 120k daily

World of Warcraft Classic

Live

870 – 410k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

May 2002 · 24 years ago

August 2019 · 7 years ago

Daily players

250 – 120k

870 – 410k

Estimated players

7511%

79.7k0.5%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XI OnlineWorld of Warcraft Classic

Final Fantasy XI Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~89	Down 14%
September 2026	~104	Down 12%
August 2026	~118	Up 44%
July 2026	~82	—

World of Warcraft Classic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~79.5k	Up 3.3%
September 2026	~77k	Up 2.8%
August 2026	~75k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~74.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XI Online: 395Up 34%
World of Warcraft Classic: —

Final Fantasy XI Online currently has 395 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft Classic.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XI Online: —
World of Warcraft Classic: 797.6kUp 5.6%

World of Warcraft Classic currently has 797,557 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Final Fantasy XI Online.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XI Online

Final Fantasy XI Online is estimated to have 250 – 120k players a day. Around 53k – 5m 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 Classic

World of Warcraft Classic is estimated to have 870 – 410k players a day. Around 200k – 19m 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.