Minecraft Revenue And Usage Statistics (2022)

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Between 2016 and 2017, Telltale Games launched Minecraft: Story Mode, which was the first attempt to stretch the IP beyond the sandbox experience. In 2020, Mojang would follow up Telltale with its own expansion, Minecraft Dungeons, a dungeon-crawler available on consoles and PC.

Mojang has said it is not interested in building a Minecraft 2, so we should expect more branches out of the IP instead of a new base game. It will also continue to add more detail and modding is still very active.

We have collected statistics about Minecraft. Read on to find out more.

Key statistics for Minecraft

- Minecraft generated $380million revenue in 2021, while mobile revenue accounted to $110 million. - Minecraft was played over 130 million times per month in 2020. - Minecraft has been purchased in all formats more than 200 million times. - Minecraft's Chinese edition has been downloaded more than 400 million times.

Overview of Minecraft

Minecraft revenue

Microsoft does not separate Minecraft revenues from its Xbox Game Studios. Our estimate is based on Minecraft Pocket Edition sales and other revenue sources.

Minecraft annual revenue 2012-2021 ($mm).

Sources: GamesBrief, PC Gamer, The Verge, VentureBeat

Minecraft mobile revenue

Minecraft's mobile edition was responsible for 42% revenue in 2021. It made $161 Million.

Minecraft mobile revenue 2012-2021 ($mm).

Source: Sensor Tower

Minecraft users

Minecraft had an estimated 93 million MAUs in 2021. Its peak MAUs were 131 million in 2020.

Minecraft Monthly Active Users 2016 to 2021 (mm).

Note: This only covers monthly active users. Sources: EuroGamer. PC Mag. Polygon. VG247

Minecraft sales

Since its launch in 2009, Minecraft has been downloaded 238 million times. This includes Pocket Edition and spin-offs.