WoT: Data Analysis on Trends in Playerbase Size – EU and NA Server Playerbase

source: reddit
Ran this using a Python code pulling data from the official API

Notes:

• New Players; Retained: means player started playing that year but also played next year
• New Players; Not Retained: means player started playing that year but quit before next year
• Returning Players; Retained: means player was active prior to that year but also played next years
• Returning Players; Not Retained: means player was active prior to that year but quit that year.
• Some stats are very bad for 2023 such as “Returning Players; Not retained Next Year” but it’s possible they just haven’t played yet in 2024.

Observations:

• Overall the game is dying but at a fairly slow rate?
• New Players Retained next year is very low which is bad.
• Returning Players Retained went up during covid which makes sense, but is now decreasing.

Method: I developed a Python script using an API to iterate through roughly 70 million possible player ID combinations on the NA server (200 million on EU server). Players were included in the data study if they had played more than one game and had a personal rating above zero. The “Join” date refers to when the player’s account was created. The “Quit” date is when the player last played a battle. The “Active” period represents the years between the Join and Quit dates.

source: reddit