Here’s How Many People Are Playing Halo Infinite in 2024
Halo Infinite is one of the most popular Microsoft games today, as gamers who own Windows PCs or an Xbox console have enjoyed the game since it was released. Of course, you can credit its success to the popularity of the Halo series, which has been quite popular ever since it was released during the early 2000s. That said, do the numbers prove how successful Halo Infinite is? How many people are playing Halo Infinite?
Editor’s Note: This post was updated in February 2024 and represents the most up-to-date numbers related to player count.
How many people are playing Halo Infinite in 2024?
In the last 30 days, Halo Infinite has been played by 500,769 players on a monthly basis, with the number of daily active players standing at 135,207 players on average. The data is provided by ActivePlayer.io and overall shows an alternating trend between gaining and losing players.
Halo has always been one of the most popular video game titles during the turn of the new millennium and has been quite popular since the very first Halo game was released in 2001. This title is one of the premier Xbox and Microsoft titles out there, as it has been one of the flagship games released on Xbox consoles.
The newest installment in the Halo franchise is Halo Infinite, which was released on December 8, 2021, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows PC. While Halo Infinite still has the usual one-player story mode that makes this game so good for those who want to game on their own, it still is focused heavily on its multiplayer mode. And the best part is that it has crossplay, which means that those who play on Xbox consoles and PC.
Given that this is one of the newer Microsoft games and that it is also one of the most popular titles in video gaming history, how many players are playing Halo Infinite in 2024? To find that out we’re going to consult the table below.
| Month | Average Monthly Players |
|---|---|
| Last 30 Days | 500,769 |
| January 2024 | 424,502 |
| December 2023 | 500,700 |
| November 2023 | 913,096 |
| October 2023 | 504,807 |
| September 2023 | 578,841 |
Other sources of information reveal a different picture, SteamCharts which tracks player count across the Steam platform alone reports 4,606.9 players on average in the period of the last 30 days. Here are the numbers of the last six months:
| Month | Average Monthly Players |
|---|---|
| Last 30 Days | 4,606.9 |
| January 2024 | 4,201.0 |
| December 2023 | 4,650.1 |
| November 2023 | 5,485.6 |
| October 2023 | 5,529.8 |
| September 2023 | 3,057.1 |
Halo Infinite player count per console
As Microsoft claims, more than 20 million have played Halo Infinite since it was released. However, it is tough to truly verify that claim because Microsoft keeps that data secret, and most other aggregators online deal with PC stats only.
Speaking of consoles, the only other platforms that Halo Infinite is available on are Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. It is not available on either PlayStation or Nintendo because Halo is an Xbox or Microsoft exclusive title.
Unfortunately, there are no numbers regarding the people playing Halo Infinite on the Xbox consoles. Only Microsoft is privy to those numbers because Xbox doesn’t rely on third-party services for its multiplayer such as Steam. As such, considering that Microsoft has yet to release the number of players playing Halo Infinite, it is tough to say how many players are playing on the Xbox consoles.
Is Halo Infinite player count rising or falling?
The Halo Infinite seems to be alternating between gaining and losing players at the moment with great fluctuations in player numbers. Over the last couple of months, the game has seen a rising trend in the total number of players varying from an 80% gain in November 2023 to a 45.16% Loss in December 2023.
These numbers are however a far cry from Halo Infinite’s peak when the game has seen 256,619 players in a single day.
| Month | Monthly Gain / Loss | Monthly Gain / Loss % |
|---|---|---|
| Last 30 Days | +76,267 | +17.97% |
| January 2024 | -76,267 | -15.23% |
| December 2023 | -412,326 | -45.16% |
| November 2023 | +408,288 | +80.88% |
| October 2023 | -74,033 | -12.79% |
| September 2023 | +11,349 | +2.00% |
Of course, it is expected for any older game to have dwindling player counts because of the fact that some people will quickly grow tired of it. And you also have to consider the fact that we are living in a saturated online gaming market with plenty of competitors on the playing field.
So, even if it might be true that Halo Infinite players are meager, the numbers might see a bigger increase. Of course, we can also say that there will be more players joining the mix in the next few months due to the release of ‘Halo’ Season 2.
How many people watch Halo Infinite on Twitch?
Playing a game is not the only way to show interest in it, and Twitch is the greatest testament to that, and an awfully good tool to showcase just how much a game is popular currently. According to TwitchTracker Halo Infinite has been watched by an average of 2,564 players in the last 7 days, with 187 channels on average streaming it. In the last 7 days, 429,015 hours of Halo Infinite content was watched. The game is currently ranked #100 in terms of popularity on Twitch, which is a far cry from December 19, 2024, when the game recorded its peak viewership at 265,291 viewers in a single day.
The most recent trend, however, in February 2024 shows some signs of recovery as the game gained +698 viewers in the last 30 days or translated into percentages of +37.7%. All of this is also likely due to the release of the TV show.
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