Blizzard Player Numbers Keep Falling

Blizzard - Monthly Active Users WORLD OF WARCRAFT LEGION WORLD OF WARCRAFT BATTLE FOR AZEROTH WORLD OF WARCRAFT SHADOWLANDS 20 33 42 26 41 46 42 40 38 37 37 35 32 32 33 32 32 32 30 29 27 26 2016 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2017 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2021 Q1 2021 Q2

A line chart titled “Blizzard - Monthly Active Users” shows World of Warcraft’s monthly active users rising to a peak of 46 and then steadily declining to 26 across the Legion, Battle for Azeroth, and Shadowlands eras. The joke is the bleak visual of player numbers continuously falling, making it useful as a reaction to a game, project, or community losing its audience. EN: A line chart titled “Blizzard - Monthly Active Users” shows World of Warcraft’s monthly active users rising to a peak of 46 and then steadily declining to 26 across the Legion, Battle for Azeroth, and Shadowlands eras. The joke is the bleak visual of player numbers continuously falling, making it useful as a reaction to a game, project, or community losing its audience.

• @dustinthehead / 3439 2021-08-10