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Counter-Strike

Steam Player Count & Twitch Viewers / Streams
// updated 4 min ago
Steam Players
7,987
-1.1K // vs 7d ago
11,496 // 24 hr peak
Twitch Viewers
69,889
+9.7K // vs 7d ago
114,865 // 24 hr peak
Twitch Streams
2,083
-21 // vs 7d ago
2,607 // 24 hr peak
Date Steam Players Twitch Viewers
Jul 147,80551,035
Jul 137,27954,410
Jul 128,70557,051
Jul 118,61061,152
Jul 107,39761,413
Jul 98,04357,396
Jul 87,97747,127

Summary

Counter-Strike currently has 69,889 live Twitch viewers across 2,083 active streams, with viewership up 9,731 compared to the same time last week.

On Steam, it currently has 7,987 concurrent players, down 1,097 compared to the same time last week.

Over the 7 months we've tracked it, Counter-Strike's Steam players peaked at 15,109 and Twitch viewers peaked at 1,336,555.

Counter-Strike monthly player & viewer history

Month Steam AvgSteam Peak Twitch AvgTwitch Peak
Jul 2026
month to date
8,129
▲ +85
12,764
57,334
▼ -64.2K
153,916
Jun 2026
8,044
▼ -435
13,147
121,538
▲ +30.3K
1,336,555
May 2026
8,479
▲ +250
14,004
91,226
▲ +1.3K
682,049
Apr 2026
8,229
▲ +113
14,266
89,910
▼ -14.3K
701,058
Mar 2026
8,116
▼ -148
14,652
104,230
▲ +3.3K
551,619
Feb 2026
8,264
▼ -116
15,095
100,921
▲ +21.0K
702,989
Jan 2026
8,380
—
15,109
79,946
—
576,161

Monthly averages and peak concurrent Steam players and Twitch viewers, since we began tracking Counter-Strike.

About

Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role.

Genres
Shooter
Platforms
XboxLinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)Mac
Developer
Valve
Publisher
Vivendi Universal, Microsoft Game Studios, Valve
Release Date
November 9, 2000
Game Modes
Multiplayer
Perspective
First person
Themes
ActionWarfare

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