How many people played Wordle at its peak?

Gaming medium Data from 2022

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Answer in players. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

3,000,000 players

Roughly 3M.

Wordle reached about 3 million daily players within four months, from 90 players in November 2021. It was built by one person for his partner, had no app, no ads and no accounts, and sold to the New York Times for a seven-figure sum.

Where this number comes from

Source The New York Times / creator statements
Figure refers to 2022
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