{"id":175849,"date":"2021-01-24T19:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T19:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/among-us-most-popular-december-dip\/"},"modified":"2021-01-24T19:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T19:39:22","slug":"among-us-player-count-dipped-in-december-still-most-popular-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/01\/24\/among-us-player-count-dipped-in-december-still-most-popular-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Among Us Player Count Dipped in December, Still Most Popular Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The success story of\u00a0Among Us<\/em><\/strong> has always been an inspirational one. Released quietly in June 2018 for mobile devices and November that same year on PC,\u00a0Among Us<\/a><\/em> was mostly absent from the public eye. It wasn’t until mid-2020 with the help of popular Twitch streamers, like Sodapoppin, that the game was discovered by a wide audience. Weeks later, it became a smash hit.<\/p>\n

Contributing to\u00a0the popularity of\u00a0Among Us\u00a0<\/em>was how much of a social game\u00a0it was.\u00a0Among Us<\/em> is in the same league as other “party games” like the\u00a0Jackbox Games<\/a><\/em> and other\u00a0Mafia-<\/em>style\u00a0games. Its popularity skyrocketed as months went on, with several citing\u00a0Among Us<\/em> as the most popular game in 2020. As the year went on, however, the player count took a dip.<\/p>\n

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For the month of\u00a0December, the player\u00a0numbers of\u00a0Among Us<\/em> fell from November’s peak according to data from SuperData Research. Since its rise in popularity in the summer, Among Us<\/em> has had a substantial increase in player numbers. The month of November<\/a>\u00a0was pivotal for\u00a0Among Us<\/em>, reaching\u00a0over half of a billion in total active players. While numbers began to wane in December, it still remained 2.8 times as popular as the next most-popular title,\u00a0Roblox.<\/em><\/p>\n

Part of the reason was due to a highly successful Switch launch in mid-December. With the Switch being one of the most popular consoles<\/a>\u00a0in 2020\u00a0due to the ongoing pandemic and the release of\u00a0Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/em> last year, Innersloth had an established player base to port their highly successful title on. The mobility of the Switch and the accessible touch-screen controls, mirroring that of the mobile port of\u00a0Among Us<\/em> served to be a successful formula.<\/p>\n