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Mobile game · 2011

Temple Run

Temple Run is an "endless running" video game developed by the Raleigh-based Imangi Studios. The player takes on the role of an explorer who, having stolen an idol from a temple, is chased by "demonic monkeys". The game is available on iOS and Android systems. It was released for Windows Phone 8 towards the end of March, 2013.

Estimated daily players

~1,800,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 170K15M

Estimated total players

~36,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 17M100M

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

Aug 4, 2011AndroidiOSESRB 12

What the estimate rests on

  • Google Play 58%
  • App Store 31%
  • YouTube 11%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Temple Run, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, 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

~1,800,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 170K15M

No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.

Estimated total players

~36,000,000

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 17M100M

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

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Temple Run per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~83,000,000

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Temple Run where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

4,739,539

Average rating
4.2
Installs
500M+

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

416,171

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.4

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

Community signals

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

YouTube subscribers

2,500,000

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

0

Live channels
0

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 Temple Run: Steam, Discord, Reddit. 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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Gameplay video

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Temple Run?

We estimate that about 36,000,000 people have played Temple Run — plausibly between 17M and 100M. Around 1,800,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 170K and 15M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, YouTube and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Temple Run still active?

Yes. Temple Run 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 Temple Run 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 Temple Run YouTube community?

Temple Run has 2,500,000 subscribers on YouTube, as of August 9, 2026.

When was Temple Run released?

Temple Run was released on August 4, 2011 for Android and iOS.

What platforms is Temple Run available on?

Temple Run is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play and App Store (iPhone).

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