A content creator has claimed that EA Sports FC 26 reached a peak of 9.8 million daily active users in the past month, suggesting its audience is far larger than public Steam figures indicate. If accurate, the claim highlights the limits of using a single platform’s data to judge a cross-platform game’s popularity, particularly for a series with a substantial console following.

SteamCharts recorded a 24-hour peak of 122,006 concurrent Steam users, but the alleged total would also include console players and users of EA’s own PC app. The creator said an EA developer shared the 9.8 million figure and claimed that 800,000 people were recently playing Clubs mode; neither claim has been independently verified. World Cup-themed content and additions to Ultimate Team may have helped sustain interest, while the figures emerge amid expectations that EA could be acquired by a group including Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.