Minecraft sees the number of players increase by almost a quarter in a year

Microsoft, as the owner of the game,said this in a conversation with Business Insider. According to Helen Chiang, who is in charge of the development of Minecraft at Microsoft, there are now 112 million players who log in at least once a month. This makes the game more popular than, for example, Fortnite.

The number of 112 million monthly active players also means an increase of almost a quarter compared to a year ago. In October last year, Microsoft announced that Minecraft has 91 million active players. That number also meant an increase of around 20 million compared to a year earlier.

The fact that Minecraft continues to grow even though it has been around for about 10 years may also be related to the fact that it is being offered on more and more platforms. In April this year, Microsoft also started offering Minecraft through the Game Pass subscription service.