Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends, announced today that 15 million players have registered for the title with 1.4 million players logging on every day. Season One of the competitive homage to Warcraft 3’s DOTA map has come to a close, having been wildly successful for the company.
In addition, Riot had more statistics to reveal about the game’s community:
- Every day, over a million games of League of Legends are played, most consisting of two teams of five players.
- 3.7 million hours have been spent in-game each day.
- The official website receives over 6 million page views per day.
- 1.4 million people like League of Legends on Facebook, and LoL videos have nearly 100 million views on YouTube.
- Over 1,690,000 viewers tuned into the online broadcast of the League of Legends Season One Championship, with concurrent viewership peaking at over 210,000.
“We are extremely proud and appreciative of the devoted League of Legends community which has grown substantially over the last year and a half,” said Brandon Beck, CEO of Riot Games. “We’re committed to continuing to match their dedication with our relentless focus on ongoing enhancements to the player experience with great new features, content, and polish – and we have some very exciting surprises in store just around the corner.”
Riot, who was acquired by Chinese publisher Tencent in February, plans to launch League of Legends in China, Southeast Asia, and other regions this year.
