Contesting the Popularity of PUBG Mobile vs Free Fire, Who is Better?

source: Mobile Gaming Mode

PUBG Mobile and Free Fire are known as tight rivals in the Esports scene, especially in the battle royale genre. The two games are often pitted against for the gameplay, features, or quality of the graphics offered.

Throughout 2020, these two games were competing. According to Sportskeeda, it turns out that the total revenue and total downloads of these two game titles are competing.

In Indonesia, these two games are also popularly played. PUBG Mobile is slightly superior because it is better known, but the Free Fire player isn’t exactly the least bit.

The question is, which game is superior in popularity and income, Spinners?

PUBG excels in total revenue

According to Sportskeeda, the total revenue of PUBG Mobile and Free Fire is considered very high. Analysis from Superdata shows that Free Fire earned a total income of 2.13 billion USD in 2020 alone.

PUBG doesn’t want to lose either. This time, according to Sensor Tower, globally PUBG’s revenue is the highest, reaching USD 2.6 billion, aka experiencing a big jump from the previous year.

Both games earn their income through player purchases of in-game items, collaborations and sponsorships.

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Free Fire excels in total downloads

PUBG Mobile is indeed one of the top games on the Play Store with a total download of more than 100 million.

However, Free Fire is far superior in first place with total downloads exceeding 500 million.

Popularity

According to the Esports Charts, the popularity of the two games is in stiff competition. PUBG Mobile is the most famous battle royale game of 2020.

According to their report, PUBG Mobile is the most watched game with a watch time reaching 134.5 million hours.

Free Fire followed in second place. According to the same report, Free Fire achieved a total watch time of 132.2 million hours.

However, with the total revenue and popularity of that size, it is believed that these two games will continue to grow. If you prefer, which one are Spinners?

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