Weekly recap: Oct 5–11, 2026

This week's notes

• Black Clover Season 2 gained 16,677 users in the 7 days up to October 11, ranking #1 for popularity gain.
• ONE PIECE reached 758,271 users in popularity (AniList users) as of October 11, holding the #1 spot on 7 of the 7 days with data.
• BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War - The Calamity had the highest average score, 89, among well-followed titles as of October 11.
• Counter-Strike 2 was #1 for concurrent players on 6 of the 6 days with data, peaking at 1,293,425 players on October 5.

Written by AI (Claude) from the numbers in this week's daily digests (7 days of anime data, 6 days of game data) only. Numbers and titles pass automatic checks and a fact check by a separate AI (see Data & Methodology). Data & Methodology

This week's biggest popularity gains (anime)

• Black Clover Season 2 +16,677 users (now 85,641)
• The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 +10,748 users (now 93,790)
• Overgeared +9,687 users (now 33,289)
• Magical Explorer +8,045 users (now 16,774)
• Romelia War Chronicle +6,872 users (now 11,357)

Increase in popularity (AniList users listing the title) compared with 7 days before, as of the last day of the week. Not shown for weeks without 7 days of prior data yet.

New to the charts this week (anime)

• Blue Box Season 2 First appeared on Oct 5, 2026
• Firefly Wedding First appeared on Oct 11, 2026
• Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! First appeared on Oct 5, 2026
• The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life First appeared on Oct 8, 2026
• A Returner's Magic Should be Special Season 2 First appeared on Oct 9, 2026
• Hello, I am a Witch and my Crush Wants me to Make a Love Potion! First appeared on Oct 6, 2026
• I'm Dating a Dark Summoner First appeared on Oct 6, 2026
• Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! First appeared on Oct 5, 2026
• Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden First appeared on Oct 7, 2026
• Aoashi Season 2 First appeared on Oct 5, 2026

Titles that weren't in the trending, popularity or score rankings before this week started.

Top 10 concurrent players this week (last day)

1. 1
   Counter-Strike 2

   2023

   Players now

   1,152,503

   Today's peak

   1,244,028

   →
2. 2
   Dota 2

   2013

   Players now

   917,780

   Today's peak

   917,780

   →
3. 3
   PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

   2017

   Players now

   546,653

   Today's peak

   709,761

   →
4. 4
   Aion 2

   New2026

   Players now

   340,445

   Today's peak

   358,455

   ↑32
5. 5
   Apex Legends

   2019

   Players now

   181,691

   Today's peak

   224,470

   →
6. 6
   Bongo Cat

   2025

   Players now

   170,291

   Today's peak

   175,692

   ↑44
7. 8
   Wardogs

   New2026

   Players now

   135,784

   Today's peak

   161,749

   ↓2
8. 9
   Rust

   2018

   Players now

   120,765

   Today's peak

   121,029

   ↑15
9. 10
   Deadlock

   2024

   Players now

   118,270

   Today's peak

   154,653

   ↓2
10. 11
    Valheim

    2021

    Players now

    116,405

    Today's peak

    144,878

    ↓2

Biggest rank gains this week

• Risk of Rain 2 #173 → #66
• Sons of the Forest #177 → #94
• Escape from Tarkov #112 → #53
• Bongo Cat #50 → #6
• ARC Raiders #57 → #14

Change in rank vs. last week, as of the last day of the week.

New to the chart this week (games)

1. 69
   Sons of the Forest

   2023

   Players now

   26,456

   Today's peak

   31,683

   ↑83
2. 91
   Monster Hunter Rise

   2021

   Players now

   16,730

   Today's peak

   22,809

3. 93
   Risk of Rain 2

   2019

   Players now

   13,468

   Today's peak

   14,027

   ↓26
4. 96
   Dragon's Dogma II

   2024

   Players now

   16,177

   Today's peak

   17,108

Games that weren't in the Steam concurrent-players top 100 before this week started. The “New” badge marks the ones actually released in the last 30 days (only games with a release date on Wikidata).