‘VRChat’ Blasts Past 1 Million Installs Amidst a Skyrocketing Meme Economy
VRChat, the social chatroom for VR and non-VR users, is doing booming business. According to SteamSpy, the app has seen a mind-boggling 1.2 million fresh installs since Christmas – putting it currently at 1.5 million users globally.
According to Valve’s Steam report, VRChat garnered 20,000 peak concurrent users on Sunday, putting it in the top 30 games with highest concurrent user rates. Today, a Monday morning, over 13,000 people are playing VRChat concurrently.
VRChat owes much of its recent viral success thanks to coverage by YouTubers like PewDiePie, videogamedunkey, and Jameskii, not to mention a host of Twitch streamers. The app’s ‘anything goes’ user-generated content system, which lets you import your own self-made avatar replete with animation macros, has also produced plenty of meme magic since its launch on Steam – no doubt drawing more curious would-be users to the social VR platform.