Head to head

World of Warcraft vs World of Warplanes

World of Warcraft

Live

680 – 320k daily

World of Warplanes

Live

440 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

November 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

680 – 320k

440 – 2k

Estimated players

566.3k0.7%

6586.0%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

World of WarcraftWorld of Warplanes

World of Warcraft

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~570.8k	Up 0.4%
August 2026	~568.6k	Up 14%
July 2026	~500.1k	—

World of Warplanes

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~626
August 2026	~626	Up 1.6%
July 2026	~616	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

World of Warcraft: 168.7kUp 2.1%
World of Warplanes: —

World of Warcraft currently has 168,731 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warplanes.

Reddit members

World of Warcraft: 3.2mUp 0.3%
World of Warplanes: —

World of Warcraft currently has 3,165,852 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warplanes.

Twitch viewers

World of Warcraft: 27.3kDown 24%
World of Warplanes: 8Up 33%

World of Warcraft currently has about 3412× as many live Twitch viewers as World of Warplanes — 27,297 vs 8.

YouTube subscribers

World of Warcraft: 1.9m
World of Warplanes: —

World of Warcraft currently has 1,940,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warplanes.

Steam concurrent players

World of Warcraft: —
World of Warplanes: 100Up 5.3%

World of Warplanes currently has 100 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft.

How these estimates are made

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is estimated to have 680 – 320k 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.

World of Warplanes

World of Warplanes is estimated to have 440 – 2k players a day. Around 120k – 310k 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.