How many people play Call of Duty Black Ops 6? Player count tracker

The latest installment in Activision’s flagship Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops 6, released on October 25 for consoles and PC, but just how successful has the subseries’ sixth entry been?

In 2024, FPS lovers are spoiled for choice, with Counter-Strike 2, Apex Legends, Valorant, and even older versions of CoD all vying for attention in the crowded genre.

Usually, a new entry for the latter ends up cannibalizing player numbers from older iterations, but early signs point to Black Ops 6 going above and beyond in not only retaining CoD’s core audience but growing it substantially.

After two years of declining player numbers on Steam, numbers are up and then some, but it’s worth crunching the available numbers to better discern how well Black Ops 6 is performing.

How many people play Black Ops 6?

Specific player numbers for Black Ops 6 across all platforms aren’t available yet, with Activision not publicly sharing that information. However, there are some statistics we can look at to get an idea of how popular the latest Call of Duty game is.

Per SteamDB, Call of Duty’s 24-hour peak between November 18-19 was 210,334. This is a decline from launch, where it reached over 300,000, but it’s still an impressive number given that BO6 has been out for nearly a month.

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Keep in mind that this figure isn’t solely an indication of Black Ops 6’s player count, as it covers multiple games, including Warzone, MW3, and MW2.

However, taking a look at the six-month average prior to BO6’s release helps to paint a clearer picture. Between May and October 2024, the total remained largely static at around 100k concurrent players. This figure only spiked twice during that period, once in May and then again in August, both of which were free-to-play weekends.

Based on the above, it’s safe to assume that Black Ops 6 has been responsible for a huge uptick in Call of Duty players, but it’s impossible to know exactly how many are playing the sequel. Also, this data only takes PC – more specifically Steam – into account and doesn’t include console at all.

The series has always been popular on Xbox and PlayStation, so expect the peak across all three platforms to be as much as 2 million, with Steam likely to account for only a fraction of that total. In other words, Black Ops 6 is an incredibly popular game and one of the most successful Call of Duty titles to date.

To see how Call of Duty stacks up against its competitors, check out the player counts for Valorant, Apex Legends, and Counter-Strike 2.