Weekly recap: Oct 12–18, 2026

This week's notes

• Firefly Wedding gained 10,927 users in the 7 days up to October 18, ranking #1 for popularity gain.
• ONE PIECE reached 760,480 users in popularity (AniList users) as of October 18, staying #1 for popularity on 7 of the 7 days with data.
• Counter-Strike 2 was #1 for concurrent players on 7 of the 7 days with data, peaking at 1,404,227 players on October 12.
• DayZ rose from last week's rank of 80 to rank 25, with 51,318 concurrent players as of October 18.

Written by AI (Claude) from the numbers in this week's daily digests (7 days of anime data, 7 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)

• Firefly Wedding +10,927 users (now 38,429)
• The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a Second Lease on Life +9,663 users (now 33,011)
• Overgeared +7,466 users (now 40,755)
• Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! +6,591 users (now 38,195)
• Black Clover Season 2 +6,487 users (now 92,128)

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)

• Dragon Ball Super: Beerus First appeared on Oct 13, 2026
• TOUGEN ANKI: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc First appeared on Oct 17, 2026
• A Certain Dark Item First appeared on Oct 17, 2026
• Please Excuse My Younger Brothers First appeared on Oct 17, 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

   802,133

   Today's peak

   1,360,532

   →
2. 2
   Dota 2

   2013

   Players now

   649,180

   Today's peak

   969,895

   →
3. 3
   Aion 2

   New2026

   Players now

   268,597

   Today's peak

   301,962

   ↑2
4. 4
   Wardogs

   2026

   Players now

   252,579

   Today's peak

   304,002

   ↑4
5. 5
   Deadlock

   2024

   Players now

   216,403

   Today's peak

   261,542

   ↑1
6. 7
   PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

   2017

   Players now

   143,015

   Today's peak

   809,673

   ↓4
7. 8
   ARC Raiders

   2025

   Players now

   134,453

   Today's peak

   156,983

   ↑1
8. 9
   Bongo Cat

   2025

   Players now

   119,012

   Today's peak

   155,214

   ↑39
9. 10
   Valheim

   2021

   Players now

   111,412

   Today's peak

   146,497

   ↑4
10. 11
    Rust

    2018

    Players now

    96,828

    Today's peak

    132,897

    ↑17

Biggest rank gains this week

• DayZ #80 → #25
• RimWorld #92 → #52
• Bongo Cat #48 → #9
• Dragon's Dogma II #90 → #60
• Crusader Kings III #87 → #66

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

New to the chart this week (games)

1. 31
   Enshrouded

   2024

   Players now

   51,662

   Today's peak

   98,272

   →
2. 76
   Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

   New2026

   Players now

   19,364

   Today's peak

   21,457

   ↓77
3. 87
   Core Keeper

   2022

   Players now

   27,989

   Today's peak

   29,132

4. 87
   Star Wars: Galactic Racer

   New2026

   Players now

   13,803

   Today's peak

   14,727

5. 92
   MapleStory

   2003

   Players now

   17,366

   Today's peak

   25,178

6. 92
   Phasmophobia

   2020

   Players now

   13,947

   Today's peak

   18,342

   ↓11
7. 92
   風燕伝:Where Winds Meet

   2024

   Players now

   18,307

   Today's peak

   20,522

8. 94
   Fallout 4

   2015

   Players now

   13,394

   Today's peak

   15,279

9. 98
   Gears of War: E-Day

   New2026

   Players now

   14,202

   Today's peak

   17,609

10. 98
    Planet Zoo 2

    New2026

    Players now

    19,521

    Today's peak

    19,521

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).