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Mobile game · 2012

Subway Surfers

DASH as fast as you can! DODGE the oncoming trains! Help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Inspector and his dog.

Estimated daily players

~5,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 22K61M

Estimated total players

~99,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 2.2M400M

See what's trending

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

May 24, 2012AndroidiOSWindows PhoneESRB 16CLASS IND 10

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 49%
  • App Store 26%
  • Reddit 9.1%
  • YouTube 9.1%
  • Twitch 6.5%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Subway Surfers, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, YouTube, Twitch. 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

~5,000,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 22K61M

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

Estimated total players

~99,000,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 2.2M400M

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 Subway Surfers per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~260,000,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Subway Surfers where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

37,278,699

Average rating
4.6
Installs
1B+

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

3,799,891

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.

Community signals

How many people gather around Subway Surfers outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

32,074

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026

Subscribers to the game’s subreddit.

YouTube subscribers

10,100,000

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.

Twitch viewers

1

Live channels
1

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

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Not tracked for Subway Surfers: Steam, Discord. 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.

Storyline

A bunch of kids who draw graffiti on trains, then an officer comes and they try to run from him, then it goes on and on.

Trailers

Trailer

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Screenshots

Frequently asked questions

How many people play Subway Surfers?

We estimate that about 99,000,000 people have played Subway Surfers — plausibly between 2.2M and 400M. Around 5,000,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 22K and 61M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Reddit, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Subway Surfers still active?

Yes. Subway Surfers 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 Subway Surfers 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 Subway Surfers Reddit community?

Subway Surfers has 32,074 members on Reddit, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Subway Surfers YouTube community?

Subway Surfers has 10,100,000 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

How big is the Subway Surfers Twitch community?

Subway Surfers has 1 viewers on Twitch, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Subway Surfers released?

Subway Surfers was released on May 24, 2012 for Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

What platforms is Subway Surfers available on?

Subway Surfers is available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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