Google Play ratings
130,363
- Average rating
- 4.8
- Installs
- 10M+
First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.
Mobile game · 2014
The Mini Crossword
The Mini Crossword (or simply The Mini) is the smaller version of the Crossword of the New York Times. It is 5×5 Sunday through Friday and 7×7 on Saturdays, and is significantly easier than the traditional daily puzzle.
Estimated daily players
~880,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 88K–5.3M
Estimated total players
~18,000,0000.0% no change vs one week ago
Range 8.8M–35M
Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out
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What the estimate rests on
- Google Play 66%
- App Store 34%
Player estimates
Nobody publishes how many people play The Mini Crossword, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, 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
~880,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 88K – 5.3M
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
~18,000,000
0.0% no change vs one week agoRange 8.8M – 35M
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
| Month | Estimated total players | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | ~15,000,000 | — |
Community activity
Last checked Aug 9, 2026
Store signals
How many people have rated, reviewed or installed The Mini Crossword where it is sold.
Community signals
How many people gather around The Mini Crossword outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.
Not tracked for The Mini Crossword: Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. 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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How many people play The Mini Crossword?
We estimate that about 18,000,000 people have played The Mini Crossword — plausibly between 8.8M and 35M. Around 880,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 88K and 5.3M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.
Is The Mini Crossword still active?
Yes. The Mini Crossword 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 The Mini Crossword 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.
When was The Mini Crossword released?
The Mini Crossword was released on August 21, 2014 for Android and iOS.
What platforms is The Mini Crossword available on?
The Mini Crossword is available on Android and iOS. You can get it from Google Play, App Store (iPhone) and App Store (iPad).
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