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Mobile game · 2021

Magic: The Gathering Arena

Magic: The Gathering - Arena is a free to play digital, collectible card game by Wizards of the Coast that places the players in the shoes of a powerful magic-user that can cast spells, summon creatures, and attack opposing players. Arena adds entire sets from the physical card game and features several modes/formats to play, including constructed, limited, and draft formats all of which also have their own season long rankings.

Estimated daily players

~550,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 53K4.1M

Estimated total players

~11,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 5.3M27M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Mar 25, 2021AndroidiOSPEGI TUSK 6ESRB 18

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 39%
  • Steam 27%
  • App Store 20%
  • Reddit 7.1%
  • YouTube 7.1%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Magic: The Gathering Arena, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit, YouTube. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~550,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 53K4.1M

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~11,000,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 5.3M27M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Magic: The Gathering Arena per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~8,700,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Magic: The Gathering Arena where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

268,329

Average rating
4.2
Installs
5M+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Ratings left on the Android listing. It is the broadest signal in the catalogue — about half of all games here have a Play page.

App Store ratings

152,313

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.6

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Steam players in game

8,834

Reviews
30,583

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Only the games with a PC port appear here, but where Steam does report it is a real concurrent-player count rather than a proxy for one.

Community signals

How many people gather around Magic: The Gathering Arena outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

382,853

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

YouTube subscribers

679,000

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Subscribers to the game’s official channel. The API quota is shared, so this refreshes daily for the highest-scoring games rather than for all of them.

Not tracked for Magic: The Gathering Arena: Discord, Twitch. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Magic: The Gathering Arena?

We estimate that about 11,000,000 people have played Magic: The Gathering Arena — plausibly between 5.3M and 27M. Around 550,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 53K and 4.1M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit and YouTube rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Magic: The Gathering Arena still active?

Yes. Magic: The Gathering Arena is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Magic: The Gathering Arena player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

How big is the Magic: The Gathering Arena Reddit community?

Magic: The Gathering Arena has 382,853 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Magic: The Gathering Arena YouTube community?

Magic: The Gathering Arena has 679,000 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Magic: The Gathering Arena released?

Magic: The Gathering Arena was released on March 25, 2021 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Magic: The Gathering Arena available on?

Magic: The Gathering Arena is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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