Among Us is a multiplayer ‘whodunnit’ space game that uses social deduction, teamwork, and a juicy slice of betrayal to solve a real-time murder mystery on board a spaceship. Created by Innersloth, the indie game skyrocketed in popularity from 2020 to 2021. It topped app stores and filled social media posts, video hosting websites, and streaming platforms.
After its popularity surge in social media and streaming platforms, Among Us is slowing down. The latest numbers warn that the developers need to implement new strategies to revitalize the game’s reach.
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- Among Us monthly players dropped 30% from 2021 to 2022.
- The space game has 10 to 15 million players every day.
- Among Us fans watched almost 18 million hours of the game’s Twitch streams.
- The USA owns 36.56% of the Among Us global player base–– that’s nearly half of it.
- In 2021, the game generated $86 million in revenue.
- Impostors win 57.69% of the time.
- The Red Crewmate is often considered ‘sus’.
- Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitch stream had almost half a million views.
- Most of Among Us’ players are young adults aged 20 to 30.
How Many People Play Among Us?
Among Us started with less than 100 players during its 2018 launch. The game was largely unpopular until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. This stimulated a massive rise in its player base. It peaked at an average of 235,274,394.75 monthly players in 2021.
Unfortunately, that didn’t last long. Here are a few interesting Among Us statistics that explain its current status and prove if those claims of its dwindling popularity are–– well, sus.
Among Us Usage Statistics
Among Us and its real-time space drama has millions of fans, not just players. The game’s design allows players to assign an alien Impostor to their space crew. Cewmates must complete tasks before the Impostor kills everyone. They can have huddles, find the Impostor’s identity, and shove them off to space.
Know more about Among Us and its popularity through the following statistics:
1. Among Us’ average monthly players dropped 30% from 2021 to 2022.
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In 2019, the number of Among Us monthly players climbed, eventually reaching an average of 87.9 million. From there, the figures spiked to an all-time high in the first half of 2021.
The hype died down. The influx of Among Us players dived in the remaining months of 2021 because people slowly lost interest. As a consequence, the monthly player count is 30% lower in 2022.
Below is a tally of Among Us’ average monthly player count:
| Year | Average Monthly Player Count |
| 2019 | 87,943,183.00 |
| 2020 | 136,659,397.33 |
| 2021 | 235,274,394.75 |
| 2022 | 163,552,366.92 |
2. An average of 217.2 million people played Among Us in January 2022.
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The continuous loss of interest is highly visible in 2022. Among Us’ monthly gamers slurred from 217.2 million in January to just 80.1 million in December 2022. Meanwhile, the max concurrent players decreased from 14.5 million to 5.3 million in the same months.
For comparison, Fortnite has an average of 233 million players per month. That’s about 107.27% larger than Among Us’ January figure.
The complete breakdown of the number of players for 2022 is as follows:
| Month | Monthly Players | Max Concurrent Players |
| January | 217,155,500.00 | 14,477,033 |
| February | 207,644,702.00 | 13,842,980 |
| March | 195,623,001.00 | 13,041,533 |
| April | 189,147,485.00 | 12,609,832 |
| May | 186,948,543.00 | 12,463,236 |
| July | 179,988,434.00 | 11,999,229 |
| July | 178,144,436.00 | 11,876,296 |
| August | 160,905,179.00 | 10,727,012 |
| September | 152,645,317.00 | 10,176,354 |
| October | 112,505,778.00 | 7,500,385 |
| November | 101,805,541.00 | 6,787,036 |
| December | 80,114,487.00 | 5,340,966 |
3. 10-15 million people play Among Us game daily.
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Among Us is still a well-designed game that has captured the attention of millions of players. It’s fast-paced but noob-friendly, so anyone can play it. That’s why, on average, it has a daily player base of 10 to 15 million.
| 💡 Did You Know? Among Us players are part of more than 3 billion active video gamers worldwide. The latest statistics show that gamers will also have a 6% growth year-on-year between 2020 and 2024, so the population is expected to inflate even further. |
4. Fans watched nearly 18 million hours of Among Us streams on Twitch.
(SullyGnome, Twitch Tracker, Twitchmetrics)
There are over 140 million active monthly users on Twitch, many of whom are Among Us fans.
As of August 2023, those fans have watched more than 18 million hours of the game’s streams, averaging 3,211 viewers and peaking at 162,975 per stream. This helped maintain the game’s popularity, as it ranked #79 among the most-watched games on the platform.
5. Among Us via Steam draws about 4,944 players per day.
(Steamdb, Steamcharts)
At its highest, the suspenseful space game raked 447,476. As of July 2023, it entertained an average of 4,944 daily players. Whether it’s Steam running on Mac or Windows, Among Us players number by the thousands on the online gaming platform.
6. Only 3% of all Among Us players use their PCs.
(Sportskeeda)
Mobile phone users have always outnumbered computer users globally. In fact, in 2022, 60.66% of all traffic on the Internet was from mobile devices, while only 37.08% was made by desktops. The same is true for the Among Us community.
Only 3% of all Among Us gamers play from their PC. Surprisingly, despite occupying only a meager percentage of the game’s player base, they contribute to 64% of its revenue as they tend to spend more.
7. Impostors win 57.69% of the time.
(Osgamers, Screen Rant)
It’s not just your imagination; Impostors do win more game rounds. Specifically, they win 57.69% of the time, while Crewmates only have a win percentage of 42.31%.
Screen Rant says Impostors win more simply because most players want to be them. This leads to an imbalanced number of gamers spending more time mastering the Imposter role and disconnecting when assigned to the Crewmate team.
8. The Red Crewmate is almost always considered ‘sus’.
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In the Players’ Lobby, participants choose one from 13 color choices. Since the game exploded in popularity, stereotypes have formed about certain spacesuit colors. In particular, many players have attached specific attitudes and behaviors toward Red.
“Red is sus” is a popular meme that has circulated online for years. This bias is mainly perpetrated by Among Us’ own development team, InnerSloth. They’ve constantly used the Red Impostor in promotional images and videos, reinforcing its ‘sus’ nature to users.
| 🎉 Fun Fact: Sus was officially adapted to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2022. The term has long been thought to pre-date Among Us. However, sus only gained viral usage when the game gained millions of players during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
9. Innersloth, Among Us’ official discord server, has 704,148 members.
(Beebom, Sortskeeda, Games Industry.biz)
Amidst Discord’s 514 million users are 704,148 Innersloth members. This is Among Us’ official discord server. It discusses updates, spoilers, metas, and hints. It also spearheads matchmaking for players looking for teams.
Other top discords of the game are Among Us LFG, Among Us, and Among Us Community. Each server has more than 100,000 members in 2023, proving that the indie game still has a solid following.
Among Us Revenue Stats
Among Us has several income streams. Firstly, it’s a shareware with unlockable premium upgrades for the paying user. The game also generates revenue from ads, YouTube videos, PC downloads, and popular merch.
To know how much money Innersloth has pooled from these income streams, here are the stats:
10. Among Us earned $86 million in 2021.
(PoketGamer, Business of Apps)
After its launch, Among Us only made $3.2 million in 2019. Three years later, those figures soared to a whopping 2,687.5% as the popular murder mystery game generated $86 million in global revenue.
With Among Us’ dropping popularity, only time will tell if it can still get those figures in 2023. However, considering that the global gaming market is expected to grow and reach $256.97 billion by 2025, it may have a chance.
11. Innersloth’s YouTube channel raked an estimated $2.45 – $3.44 million in 2023.
(PoketGamer, Business of Apps, Net Worth Spot)
Innersloth, a once-small Washington-based game development studio, became a multi-million-dollar company in 5 years. Although its total net worth may be unclear, its YouTube channel of 900k subscribers is estimated to have earned $2.45 to $3.44 million in 2023.
Among Us Market Share Stats
Even if Among Us’ popularity has dropped in 2022. Its player base was still just a step below Mincraft’s, which had over 172 million active players per month. This shows that the game has diminished reach but hasn’t lost it. It’s still being downloaded and played by millions of users across multiple countries.
Here are the specifics on Among Us’ influence on the global market:
12. Americans comprise 36.56% of Among Us’ player base, the biggest in the world.
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Unsurprisingly, Among Us is hugely popular in the US. The country has 36.56% of its player base, commanding the lion’s share of the game’s market.
The United Kingdom follows this with 5.11%, about 7 times smaller than the US.
Other top countries in the list are:
- India – 4.67%
- Canada – 4.12%
- Australia – 3.99%
Among Us is massively popular in its origin country because it took inspiration from US pop culture like the 1982 science fiction film, The Thing.
13. In 2023, Among Us had over 500 million downloads on Google Play.
(BusinessofApps)
With 264 million downloads, Among Us was the world’s most downloaded game in 2020. It was so popular that it even surpassed Roblox.
In 2023, the game had over 500 million downloads and 13.5 million reviews in Google Play Store. It also had 750.6k ratings on Apple’s App Store. Moreover, both stores featured the game in their Editor’s Choice section.
Among Us Player Facts
Any game would not be successful if not for its players. This article’s last round of statistics is centered on Among Us gamers and its demographics.
14. Sodapoppin (a.k.a. Shane Morris) was the first to boost Among Us’ popularity on Twitch.
(SullyGnome, PC Gamer, Twitch Tracker)
Forest Willard, co-founder of Innersloth, credits Shane Morris with popularizing Among Us during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the summer of 2020, Sodapoppin began streaming Among Us gameplay on Twitch. At that time, he had 2.8 million followers and 47,000 views per stream.
After that, thousands of channels streamed Among Us, peaking at 12,362 in 2020 but slowly slumping to an average of 300 in 2023.
15. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stream had nearly half a million views.
(The Guardian)
In October 2020, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez livestreamed her Among Us gameplay on Twitch. It garnered 439,000 concurrent, real-time viewers and about 5.2 million cumulatively.
The stream was three and a half hours long and aimed to reach younger voters. Its reception was mostly positive.
16. Young adults dominate Among Us’ player base.
(Levvvel)
Even though the prevailing opinion is that video games are for a younger audience, the statistics show otherwise.
The average gamer is 34 years old, and for Among Us, the majority of its players are adults aged 20 to 30. This is closely followed by 13 to 18-year-olds, and despite having a PEGI age rating of 7, players below 13 are rare.
| ⚠️ Security Warning: Among Us’ younger players should know that the game invites many black hat hackers. For instance, in 2020, a hacker with the alias Eris Loris, attacked Among Us and spammed its servers and chatboxes. This caused major confusion and inconvenience to all players. |
Wrap Up
Based on its latest statistics, Among Us is definitely not dead, but it’s not thriving either.
Its fun take on social deduction and beginner-friendly gameplay still rake in millions of loyal fans and players. However, that’s not enough to revive the game’s past glory days.
There’s still hope, though. Innersloth has introduced new updates to the game, like new roles, cubes, and features like the Friend List. The developers have also announced Among Us VR to keep up with the trends.
This will likely revitalize the game’s popularity, so the future of Among Us is uncertain but hopeful.
FAQs
Can I play Among Us on Google?
Among Us is available on all major platforms. However, the native version of the game is not available in Chrome OS. To play the game on a Chromebook, you can install the Android version of the game from Google Play Store.
How can I play Among Us without being online?
You can select “Practice”, formerly known as “Freeplay”. This is a game mode you can choose from the menu. It is a single-player mode and does not require an internet connection.
Why can’t I play Among Us?
Go to your phone settings and go to your apps. Select Among Us and clear your cache and data. You can also try uninstalling and re-installing the app.
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