Recent Actions Against Exploitative Accounts – November 2023

[Scumstation]

Blizzard has provided a breakdown of the number of exploitive accounts that received actions for November 2023, which is just under 200,000. The previous month of October set the record with 203,026 actions!

June 2023 - 127,014
July 2023 - 116,921
August 2023 - 145,566
September 2023 - 136,014
October 2023 - 203,026

To provide more transparency on the actions we take against cheating and exploitation, here is an accounting of the number of actions that were taken over the last month, November 2023:

Total Exploitative WoW Account Actions in November 2023: 197,455

All of these actions were for cheating or exploitation, which primarily result in permanent bans or 6-month suspensions. This number does not include other actions such as those taken on accounts with character name or in-game language violations. We continue to evolve our methods and act against these malicious accounts on a daily basis.

[hackerlol]

200k banned o_O... don't they have just a few mil left playing
what sub numbers for wow nowadays?... approx

[Scumstation]

200k banned o_O... don't they have just a few mil left playing
what sub numbers for wow nowadays?... approx

According to estimates, World of Warcraft has around 8.1 million monthly players.
The estimates for World of Warcraft daily players range from over 620,000 to 1,860,000 players.
In 2023 it’s estimated World of Warcraft has around 4.5 million subscribers, according to Statista. Around a third of players play WoW Classic.
The average age of World of Warcraft players is 31.29 years.
The average daily playtime for World of Warcraft is 3.7 hours.

[hackerlol]

According to estimates, World of Warcraft has around 8.1 million monthly players.
The estimates for World of Warcraft daily players range from over 620,000 to 1,860,000 players.
In 2023 it’s estimated World of Warcraft has around 4.5 million subscribers, according to Statista. Around a third of players play WoW Classic.
The average age of World of Warcraft players is 31.29 years.
The average daily playtime for World of Warcraft is 3.7 hours.

4.5m... if accurate thats way more than I expected WoW to have. I had it that it was down to 2-2.5m tops

The average age data is interesting isn't it. I imagine it must have been early 20s in its hey day... we've all grown old : )

[maxiva]

It's much more than I thought too.

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