CS:GO Continues to Break Player Count Records on Steam

CS:GO has broken its previous record of concurrent players by over 300,000, with 1,818,773 players recorded in-game just before the start of the BLAST Paris Major. The game's average player count has risen by 40% since last year, and it has recorded an average of over 900,000 players daily. The factors affecting CS:GO's rise are numerous, including the announcement of Counter-Strike 2, the return of the Major and the viewer pass, Paris Major sticker capsules, the new Anubis case, and year-over-year growth since the game's "revival" following COVID.