Minecraft Statistics 2026: Sales, Players, Revenue & Records

Minecraft has sold 350 million copies — making it the best-selling video game of all time. Explore the latest stats on players, revenue, the 2025 movie, and more.

Oliver Grant Updated:

Fifteen years after launch, Minecraft is not just surviving — it is officially the best-selling video game of all time, a Guinness World Record confirmed in April 2025. It has sold 350 million copies, generated nearly $1 billion at the box office with its 2025 film, and still counts tens of millions of monthly players. Here are the verified numbers.

Minecraft key statistics

  • 350 million+ copies sold — the best-selling video game in history (Guinness World Records, 2025).
  • 62 million monthly active users in 2024.
  • 141 million peak monthly active users, reached in 2021.
  • 490 million downloads of the free Chinese edition as of July 2023.
  • $220 million in total revenue in 2024.
  • $500 million peak annual revenue in 2018.
  • ~$4.2 billion in estimated lifetime revenue from game sales.
  • $955 million worldwide box office gross for A Minecraft Movie (2025).

Minecraft sales

Minecraft has sold over 350 million copies — the best-selling video game of all time

(Source: Guinness World Records; Mojang, April 2025)

  • Mojang confirmed 350 million+ copies sold in the official Minecraft Annual 2026, published April 2025.
  • Guinness World Records certified it as the best-selling video game in history.
  • The game crossed 300 million copies in October 2023 and added another 50 million in under two years.
  • Sales milestones: 100M (2016), 154M (2018), 200M (2020), 242M (2021), 300M (2023), 350M+ (2025).

No other video game has sold more copies across all platforms combined. Tetris, which previously held the record when accounting for mobile and bundled versions, has been surpassed on verified paid sales.

The Pocket and Bedrock Edition accounts for 155 million of those sales

(Source: Business of Apps)

  • As of 2023, the Pocket/Bedrock Edition had sold 155 million copies — over half of all paid Minecraft sales.
  • Mobile is also the platform where Minecraft earns the most revenue, accounting for approximately 52% of annual income.
  • The US, UK, and Japan are the largest markets for the Bedrock Edition on mobile.

Minecraft players

Minecraft peaked at 141 million monthly active users in 2021

(Source: Mojang / Windows Central, 2021; Business of Apps)

  • Monthly active users reached 141 million in 2021 — the all-time high — driven by pandemic-era engagement.
  • MAUs have since declined: 93M (2021 year-end), 90M (2022), 75M (2023), 62M (2024).
  • The 2020 pandemic surge produced a 25% increase in active users and a 40% jump in multiplayer sessions year-over-year.

The post-pandemic decline is significant but the floor remains high. At 62 million monthly active users, Minecraft still outperforms most live-service games that launched in the same era.

The Chinese edition has been downloaded 490 million times

(Source: Mojang / Business of Apps, July 2023)

  • The free Chinese edition, developed in partnership with NetEase and launched in 2016, reached 490 million downloads by July 2023.
  • Growth by year: 75M (2017), 150M (2018), 300M (2019), 400M (2020), 490M (2023).
  • The Chinese edition is free to play with exclusive content unavailable elsewhere.

China’s download total dwarfs Minecraft’s global paid sales figure. It represents the single largest concentration of Minecraft players anywhere in the world, despite generating no direct revenue for Mojang through game sales.

Minecraft revenue

Minecraft generated $220 million in revenue in 2024

(Source: Business of Apps)

  • Total Minecraft revenue across all platforms reached $220 million in 2024.
  • This is down from the peak of $500 million in 2018 and $415 million in 2020.
  • Annual revenue by year: $415M (2020), $380M (2021), $315M (2022), $250M (2023), $220M (2024).

Revenue has declined steadily since the pandemic peak, largely tracking the drop in monthly active users. At $220M, Minecraft still generates more annual revenue than most games that have launched in the past five years.

Mobile accounts for 52% of Minecraft’s annual revenue

(Source: Business of Apps)

  • Mobile revenue reached $115 million in 2024, accounting for 52% of total annual revenue.
  • Mobile peaked at $161 million in 2021 and has stabilised in the $110–$115M range since 2023.
  • Lifetime revenue from game sales across all platforms is estimated at approximately $4.2 billion.

Microsoft paid $2.5 billion to acquire Mojang in 2014. On lifetime game-sale revenue alone, the acquisition has since returned roughly 1.7x that figure — before accounting for in-game transactions, Marketplace revenue, and licensing.

A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie grossed $955 million worldwide in 2025

(Source: Box Office Mojo; Forbes)

  • A Minecraft Movie earned $955,149,195 in worldwide box office gross during its theatrical run.
  • Domestic (US/Canada) gross: $424 million (44.2%); international: $531 million (55.8%).
  • It set the record for the biggest opening weekend of 2025 in North America with $157 million domestically in its first weekend.

Nearly $1 billion at the box office makes A Minecraft Movie one of the highest-grossing video game film adaptations ever made, behind only the Super Mario Bros. Movie ($1.36B, 2023).

Minecraft Marketplace and mods

The Minecraft Marketplace has over 91,000 free mods available

(Source: Mojang)

  • More than 91,000 mods are available for free for Minecraft.
  • The Marketplace launched in 2017 with just 9 approved creators; it has since expanded to thousands of active content creators globally.
  • 67% of players actively buy products sold on the Marketplace.
  • Content creators receive 50% of their sales revenue from Marketplace transactions.

Minecraft Dungeons

Minecraft Dungeons surpassed 10 million players

(Source: Mojang / Windows Central, 2021)

  • Minecraft Dungeons, the ARPG spin-off released in 2020, surpassed 10 million players across all platforms.
  • The final boss has been defeated 5.9 million times; the Redstone Monstrosity was defeated 7 million times across 19.5 million attempts.
  • Players have used over 1.1 billion health potions and spent a combined 6,660 years fighting enemies.

Minecraft historical milestones

  • 2009 — Minecraft alpha launches on PC; created by Markus “Notch” Persson.
  • 2011 — Official release; 4 million copies sold by year end.
  • 2014 — Microsoft acquires Mojang for $2.5 billion.
  • 2016 — Crosses 100 million copies sold; free Chinese edition launches with NetEase.
  • 2018 — Peak annual revenue of $500 million; 154 million copies sold.
  • 2020 — 200 million copies sold; MAUs surge to 131 million during COVID-19 lockdowns.
  • 2021 — Peak MAUs reach 141 million; Minecraft Dungeons crosses 10 million players.
  • 2023 — Crosses 300 million copies sold; first video game to reach this milestone.
  • April 2025 — Guinness World Records confirms 350 million+ copies sold — the best-selling video game of all time.
  • 2025 — A Minecraft Movie earns $955 million at the worldwide box office.

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