According to the latest stats, Among us became the most downloaded game of October as more than 217 million people downloaded the game on their mobile phone.
The rise in the popularity of the game continues. In August, the game hit the top of the charts around the world. In particular, Famous streamers on Twitch and YouTube started to play the game and it quickly became “The Game to Play” on the internet. Additionally, more than 75 million people have downloaded the game only in October. The revenue generated was 39 million and 11 million already in the first 10 days of November. The immense numbers of the game are making the headlines almost every single day.
Report: Among Us has been downloaded more than 217 million times (Sensor Tower). https://t.co/YAykXT3whM The Among Us phenomenon continues according to new data from mobile analyst provider Sensor Tower. pic.twitter.com/AIjraroUGe
— GameDaily.biz (@gamedailybiz) November 9, 2020
YouTube and Twitch contributed a lot to its popularity and the game popularity is not slowing down. Sensor Tower showed excellent stats in their recent report. Innersloth originally released the game in 2018 but, the game became famous in August 2020.
Recently, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez US congress member played the game on Twitch with other streamers in a private lobby. Her stream reached a peak of 450,000 live viewers with more than 4.5 million total views. The stream became among the most-watched streams in the history of the Twitch platform.
Among Us 2
Innersloth revealed earlier about the plans of making Among us 2. However, the rise in popularity has caused the developers to focus on the current version because some modifications are still required to control the hackers. Innersloth is committed to further improve and make the game hacker free.