Mobile Legends: Bang Bang statistics 2026: Players & esports

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is Moonton’s flagship mobile MOBA and one of the most-played competitive mobile games outside China. Moonton reports 110 million monthly active users worldwide and more than 1.5 billion installations. The M7 World Championship Grand Finals (January 2026) peaked at 5.68 million concurrent viewers — a record Moonton cites as the most-watched mobile esports tournament in history. For broader market context, see our video game industry statistics.

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang key statistics

• 110 million monthly active users — Moonton official (2026).
• 1.5 billion+ installations — Moonton official (2026).
• 5.68 million peak concurrent viewers — M7 World Championship Grand Finals, January 2026 (Moonton official about page).
• $1 million total prize pool — M7 World Championship (Moonton esports announcements).
• Developer: Moonton (ByteDance). Launch: July 2016.

Players

110 million MAU and 1.5 billion+ installations

Source: Moonton

• Moonton’s corporate about page states Mobile Legends: Bang Bang has over 1.5 billion installations and a monthly active user base of over 110 million players, available in 80+ countries on App Store and Google Play.
• Moonton’s 2026 10th-anniversary news posts repeat the same 110M MAU / 1.5B+ installations figures.

Moonton counts all platform logins in its MAU; third-party tracker estimates that only measure App Store/Google Play installs will read lower.

Esports

M7 World Championship: 5.68 million peak concurrent viewers

Source: Moonton

• Moonton states the M7 World Championship surpassed 5.68 million peak concurrent viewers (PCV) to become the most-watched mobile esports tournament in history (January 2026).
• M7 carried a $1 million total prize pool (Moonton esports communications).

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang overview

• Genre: 5v5 mobile MOBA.
• Primary markets: Southeast Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand).
• Platforms: iOS and Android.

Mobile Legends historical milestones

• July 2016 — Global launch.
• 2022 — Moonton acquired by ByteDance.
• January 2026 — M7 Grand Finals 5.68M PCV (Moonton).
• 2026 — Moonton reiterates 110M MAU and 1.5B+ installations in 10th-anniversary communications.
• “About Us”. Moonton Games official, https://en.moonton.com/about/index.html
• “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang goes ALL IN to celebrate 10 years of growing with its players”. Moonton official news, https://en.moonton.com/news/372.html
• “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang celebrates 10th anniversary across 10 countries”. Moonton official news, https://en.moonton.com/news/383.html