Global most played board games over time from 2000 to 2023

A few top games over time: Catan, Ticket to Ride, Carcassonne, Agricola, Dominion, 7 Wonders, Splendor, Terraforming Mars, Azul, Wingspan, Ark Nova.

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[nicotti]

Perhaps equally as interesting is watching how the website traffic to the site increases from a few hundred to 125k.

[Webhead]

Very cool idea. Thank you for putting this together. Just goes to show how varied the hobby is and how quickly things can rise and fall in popularity and how different the exposure of the enthusiast (BGG) community is from the casual, mass-market player.

[Anomander]

Fascinating to see how much the hobby has expanded over the years. The dramatic rise in numbers can probably be attributed to apps like BGStats that makes logging plays so easy.

It is interesting witching the ebb and flow and how so many people embrace the cult of the new. Only one game stayed in the list the whole time - Carcassonne.

[loumika]

Carcassonne never leave the top20... in 23Years. thats impressiv.
Cool Video.

[AARonInRealLife]

I like how Root pokes its head out for a second.

[samuraicupcake]

2:10
CATAN : "WELP, this was a good run. You'll still play me until the end of time!"

[rappscallion]

According to stats from BGG. Sadly, this is not a reflection of reality, only board game nerds like me who actually log their play. Outside of that I'd wager games like Monopoly is the still leader by a mile.

[samirjafri]

Ok, who was logging CHESS on BGG? I am guessing that people still play chess the most, but BGG was taken over by board game hobbyists.

It's also weird how I felt happy when I saw that I had played so many of the games on the list.

[SammyHoff]

I was cheering on some of my favourite games as they stormed up the charts, especially Terraforming Mars 😊

[luky]

Way to hang in there Carcassonne! Love that game

[kenneth_horner]

Thank you so much for putting this together. It has been an amazing 'buyers guide' video. Each of the most played games have been a big success with my group - especially Dune, Scout, and Splendor.

[eschedefilmcrew]

Really cool visualization. Also happy to see Wingspan going super strong, such a stunningly beautiful game. I used to just stare at the bird cards, whenever i wasn't playing.. 😂

[SteffanOSullivan-fl]

I'd love to see one that reflects "staying power." This reflects "Cult of the New." For staying power, make the same graphs for the same years, but omit any games published within three years of the year shown. So 2023 would omit games published after 2019, for example.

[jester]

Awesome very fun!!! Thanks for putting together!!

[samuraicupcake]

0:26 MTG : "aight imma head out"
Me: " you'll always be #1 for me!"

[diamondmeeple]

This is why Carcassonne of course should be in the top 50 rating at BGG, however they manipulated the formula to get a twisted top 100.

[tmiboom]

Cool idea. Thanks for putting together the animated graphic. Really interesting to see the trends. I love statistics and who participated and how the data was acquired is very important to the result - regardless, this is fun.

[phil]

I totally thought Carcassonne sounded super boring when someone described it to me but I can't deny I have a great time every time I play it

[stanize]

Accurate or not, That was fun to watch, Thanks!

[nickbrown]

In perspective this sample represents those who know about and use BGG, log the games they own and then be bothered to record the number of times they play a game. So vastly not a survey of Global most played board games.