Head to head

The Lord of the Rings Online vs World of Warcraft

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

5k – 17k daily

World of Warcraft

Live

810 – 380k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2007 · 19 years ago

November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

5k – 17k

810 – 380k

Estimated players

21.5k1.5%

582.8k1.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

The Lord of the Rings OnlineWorld of Warcraft

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

World of Warcraft

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
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

The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.6kUp 14%
World of Warcraft: —

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 1,567 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft.

Discord members

The Lord of the Rings Online: 23.7kUp 1.4%
World of Warcraft: 167.7kUp 2.0%

World of Warcraft currently has about 7.1× as many Discord members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 167,677 vs 23,678.

Reddit members

The Lord of the Rings Online: 86.7kUp 1.2%
World of Warcraft: 3.2mUp 0.3%

World of Warcraft currently has about 36× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 3,162,019 vs 86,722.

Twitch viewers

The Lord of the Rings Online: 179Down 26%
World of Warcraft: 96.6kUp 243%

World of Warcraft currently has about 540× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 96,576 vs 179.

YouTube subscribers

The Lord of the Rings Online: 24.9kUp 0.4%
World of Warcraft: 1.9mUp 0.5%

World of Warcraft currently has about 78× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,940,000 vs 24,900.

How these estimates are made

The Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 5k – 17k players a day. Around 410k – 1m 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 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.