Apex Legends has announced its player count and interesting stats about pings, respawns, and care packages. Compared to Fortnite, Apex is clearly ahead here.
How many people play Apex Legends? Today, just one month after the launch of the free battle royale shooter Apex Legends, there are already 50 million players. The developers rightly celebrate this number.
Apex Legends was released without much advertising beforehand. Suddenly it was there and spread massively. After just eight hours, a million players were already playing. After 24 hours, 2.5 million players were on board.
How does Apex Legends compare to Fortnite? The Twitter account of Roundhill Investments shared a graphic for this comparison. Fortnite took about four months to reach 45 million players.
However, one should also consider how Fortnite began in this comparison. Initially, it launched as a PvE game with “Save the World.” When the battle royale mode was released two months later, Fortnite became really popular. Since then, the player count has steadily grown and is now around 200 million. Recently, Fortnite celebrated a record of 7.6 million concurrent players.
What other numbers does Apex Legends reveal? The announcement of 50 million players was celebrated by Apex Legends with a highlight video. This shows strong and funny gameplay moments and reveals interesting statistics:
- 50 million players are participating
- 158 million finishers used
- 1.23 billion ultimates activated
- 31 billion pings placed
- 170 million respawns
- At least 16.5 million deathbox graves found
- Plus 3 no-scope kills from the Apex Legends Grandpa
And they’re also poking fun at their meme weapon. In the “Kills with the Mozambique,” the counter runs down instead of up and stays at “1?” The developers show humor here, as the worst weapon in Apex Legends is celebrated the loudest by players.
The video also discusses inspirations that can be found in the community of the game. These include many cool drawings and this player:
