The Most Popular Languages on Steam in 2024

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The Most Popular Languages on Steam

The data is from November 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

English

33.18%

+0.50%

2

Simplified Chinese

30.25%

-3.23%

3

Russian

9.55%

+0.99%

4

Spanish - Spain

4.01%

-0.09%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.64%

-0.17%

6

Japanese

2.91%

+0.69%

7

German

2.83%

+0.06%

8

French

2.14%

-0.02%

9

Korean

1.65%

+0.59%

10

Polish

1.58%

+0.05%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.52%

+0.31%

12

Turkish

1.26%

+0.01%

13

Thai

0.92%

+0.14%

14

Ukrainian

0.69%

+0.08%

15

Italian

0.59%

0.00%

16

Czech

0.53%

+0.01%

17

Spanish - Latin America

0.51%

0.00%

18

Hungarian

0.38%

+0.03%

19

Portuguese - Portugal

0.35%

-0.01%

20

Dutch

0.26%

0.00%

21

Swedish

0.26%

+0.01%

22

Danish

0.23%

+0.01%

23

Finnish

0.16%

+0.01%

24

Vietnamese

0.15%

+0.03%

25

Romanian

0.13%

0.00%

26

Norwegian

0.12%

+0.01%

27

Indonesian

0.10%

+0.01%

28

Greek

0.06%

0.00%

29

Bulgarian

0.04%

0.00%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from October 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

English

39.00%

+8.09%

2

Simplified Chinese

35.57%

-1.00%

3

Russian

10.45%

+2.13%

4

Spanish - Spain

4.97%

+1.19%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

4.56%

+1.15%

6

German

3.41%

+0.83%

7

Japanese

2.68%

+0.49%

8

French

2.58%

+0.54%

9

Polish

1.88%

+0.45%

10

Turkish

1.46%

+0.34%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.46%

+0.19%

12

Korean

1.24%

-0.20%

13

Thai

0.91%

+0.10%

14

Ukrainian

0.75%

+0.16%

15

Italian

0.73%

+0.16%

16

Spanish - Latin America

0.63%

+0.17%

17

Czech

0.63%

+0.15%

18

Portuguese - Portugal

0.44%

+0.10%

19

Hungarian

0.42%

+0.09%

20

Dutch

0.32%

+0.08%

21

Swedish

0.30%

+0.07%

22

Danish

0.27%

+0.06%

23

Finnish

0.19%

+0.04%

24

Romanian

0.15%

+0.04%

25

Vietnamese

0.14%

+0.01%

26

Norwegian

0.13%

+0.02%

27

Indonesian

0.09%

+0.01%

28

Greek

0.07%

+0.01%

29

Bulgarian

0.05%

+0.01%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from September 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

Simplified Chinese

36.57%

+1.54%

2

English

30.91%

-0.26%

3

Russian

8.32%

-0.17%

4

Spanish - Spain

3.78%

-0.08%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.41%

-0.02%

6

German

2.58%

-0.02%

7

Japanese

2.19%

-0.45%

8

French

2.04%

+0.01%

9

Korean

1.44%

-0.24%

10

Polish

1.43%

-0.03%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.27%

-0.18%

12

Turkish

1.12%

-0.02%

13

Thai

0.81%

-0.11%

14

Ukrainian

0.59%

-0.01%

15

Italian

0.57%

+0.03%

16

Czech

0.48%

0.00%

17

Spanish - Latin America

0.46%

0.00%

18

Portuguese - Portugal

0.34%

+0.01%

19

Hungarian

0.33%

-0.01%

20

Dutch

0.24%

0.00%

21

Swedish

0.23%

-0.01%

22

Danish

0.21%

-0.01%

23

Finnish

0.15%

+0.01%

24

Vietnamese

0.13%

-0.01%

25

Romanian

0.11%

0.00%

26

Norwegian

0.11%

0.00%

27

Indonesian

0.08%

0.00%

28

Greek

0.06%

+0.01%

29

Bulgarian

0.04%

0.00%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from August 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

Simplified Chinese

35.03%

+3.05%

2

English

31.17%

-2.89%

3

Russian

8.49%

+0.32%

4

Spanish - Spain

3.86%

-0.46%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.43%

-0.48%

6

Japanese

2.64%

+0.46%

7

German

2.60%

-0.18%

8

French

2.03%

-0.11%

9

Korean

1.68%

+0.31%

10

Polish

1.46%

-0.12%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.45%

+0.23%

12

Turkish

1.14%

-0.02%

13

Thai

0.92%

+0.08%

14

Ukrainian

0.60%

+0.01%

15

Italian

0.54%

-0.04%

16

Czech

0.48%

-0.02%

17

Spanish - Latin America

0.46%

-0.04%

18

Hungarian

0.34%

-0.02%

19

Portuguese - Portugal

0.33%

-0.04%

20

Dutch

0.24%

-0.02%

21

Swedish

0.24%

-0.01%

22

Danish

0.22%

0.00%

23

Finnish

0.14%

-0.01%

24

Vietnamese

0.14%

+0.01%

25

Romanian

0.11%

-0.01%

26

Norwegian

0.11%

-0.01%

27

Indonesian

0.08%

+0.01%

28

Greek

0.05%

-0.01%

29

Bulgarian

0.04%

0.00%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from July 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

English

34.06%

+0.87%

2

Simplified Chinese

31.98%

+0.29%

3

Russian

8.17%

-0.99%

4

Spanish - Spain

4.32%

+0.13%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.91%

+0.27%

6

German

2.78%

+0.02%

7

Japanese

2.18%

-0.23%

8

French

2.14%

+0.03%

9

Polish

1.58%

+0.01%

10

Korean

1.37%

-0.09%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.22%

-0.16%

12

Turkish

1.16%

-0.11%

13

Thai

0.84%

-0.04%

14

Ukrainian

0.59%

-0.05%

15

Italian

0.58%

-0.01%

16

Czech

0.50%

0.00%

17

Spanish - Latin America

0.50%

+0.06%

18

Portuguese - Portugal

0.37%

0.00%

19

Hungarian

0.36%

+0.01%

20

Dutch

0.26%

+0.01%

21

Swedish

0.25%

0.00%

22

Danish

0.22%

0.00%

23

Finnish

0.15%

+0.01%

24

Vietnamese

0.13%

-0.01%

25

Romanian

0.12%

0.00%

26

Norwegian

0.12%

+0.01%

27

Indonesian

0.07%

+0.01%

28

Greek

0.06%

0.00%

29

Bulgarian

0.04%

0.00%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from June 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

English

33.19%

-4.86%

2

Simplified Chinese

31.69%

+2.20%

3

Russian

9.16%

-0.59%

4

Spanish - Spain

4.19%

-0.88%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.64%

-0.72%

6

German

2.76%

-0.50%

7

Japanese

2.41%

-0.17%

8

French

2.11%

-0.42%

9

Polish

1.57%

-0.31%

10

Korean

1.46%

+0.13%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.38%

+0.05%

12

Turkish

1.27%

-0.08%

13

Thai

0.88%

-0.01%

14

Ukrainian

0.64%

-0.08%

15

Italian

0.59%

-0.12%

16

Czech

0.50%

-0.09%

17

Spanish - Latin America

0.44%

-0.07%

18

Portuguese - Portugal

0.37%

-0.07%

19

Hungarian

0.35%

-0.05%

20

Dutch

0.25%

-0.06%

21

Swedish

0.25%

-0.05%

22

Danish

0.22%

-0.04%

23

Finnish

0.14%

-0.03%

24

Vietnamese

0.14%

+0.04%

25

Romanian

0.12%

-0.03%

26

Norwegian

0.11%

-0.03%

27

Indonesian

0.06%

0.00%

28

Greek

0.06%

-0.01%

29

Bulgarian

0.04%

-0.01%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from May 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

English

38.05%

+4.87%

2

Simplified Chinese

29.49%

-0.82%

3

Russian

9.75%

+0.15%

4

Spanish - Spain

5.07%

+0.74%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

4.36%

+0.71%

6

German

3.26%

+0.31%

7

Japanese

2.58%

-0.04%

8

French

2.53%

+0.34%

9

Polish

1.88%

+0.22%

10

Turkish

1.35%

+0.09%

11

Korean

1.33%

-0.16%

12

Traditional Chinese

1.33%

-0.11%

13

Thai

0.89%

-0.02%

14

Ukrainian

0.72%

+0.06%

15

Italian

0.71%

+0.10%

16

Czech

0.59%

+0.06%

17

Spanish - Latin America

0.51%

+0.10%

18

Portuguese - Portugal

0.44%

+0.06%

19

Hungarian

0.40%

+0.02%

20

Dutch

0.31%

+0.05%

21

Swedish

0.30%

+0.03%

22

Danish

0.26%

+0.02%

23

Finnish

0.17%

0.00%

24

Romanian

0.15%

+0.02%

25

Norwegian

0.14%

+0.01%

26

Vietnamese

0.10%

0.00%

27

Greek

0.07%

+0.01%

28

Indonesian

0.06%

+0.01%

29

Bulgarian

0.05%

+0.01%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from April 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

English

33.18%

+0.64%

2

Simplified Chinese

30.31%

-3.12%

3

Russian

9.60%

+1.24%

4

Spanish - Spain

4.33%

+0.09%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.65%

+0.08%

6

German

2.95%

+0.16%

7

Japanese

2.62%

+0.46%

8

French

2.19%

+0.06%

9

Polish

1.66%

+0.03%

10

Korean

1.49%

-0.17%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.44%

+0.15%

12

Turkish

1.26%

+0.09%

13

Thai

0.91%

+0.15%

14

Ukrainian

0.66%

+0.06%

15

Italian

0.61%

+0.01%

16

Czech

0.53%

+0.01%

17

Spanish - Latin America

0.41%

+0.03%

18

Portuguese - Portugal

0.38%

-0.01%

19

Hungarian

0.38%

+0.01%

20

Swedish

0.27%

-0.01%

21

Dutch

0.26%

0.00%

22

Danish

0.24%

0.00%

23

Finnish

0.17%

+0.02%

24

Romanian

0.13%

0.00%

25

Norwegian

0.13%

0.00%

26

Vietnamese

0.10%

+0.02%

27

Greek

0.06%

0.00%

28

Indonesian

0.05%

+0.02%

29

Bulgarian

0.04%

0.00%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from March 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

Simplified Chinese

33.43%

+0.59%

2

English

32.54%

+0.42%

3

Russian

8.36%

-0.91%

4

Spanish - Spain

4.24%

+0.14%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.57%

+0.12%

6

German

2.79%

-0.05%

7

Japanese

2.16%

-0.31%

8

French

2.13%

+0.03%

9

Korean

1.66%

+0.01%

10

Polish

1.63%

+0.04%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.29%

-0.04%

12

Turkish

1.17%

+0.01%

13

Thai

0.76%

-0.11%

14

Ukrainian

0.60%

-0.05%

15

Italian

0.60%

+0.02%

16

Czech

0.52%

+0.01%

17

Portuguese - Portugal

0.39%

+0.03%

18

Spanish - Latin America

0.38%

+0.02%

19

Hungarian

0.37%

0.00%

20

Swedish

0.28%

+0.01%

21

Dutch

0.26%

0.00%

22

Danish

0.24%

+0.01%

23

Finnish

0.15%

-0.01%

24

Romanian

0.13%

-0.01%

25

Norwegian

0.13%

+0.01%

26

Vietnamese

0.08%

-0.01%

27

Greek

0.06%

-0.01%

28

Bulgarian

0.04%

0.00%

29

Indonesian

0.03%

+0.01%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

The data is from February 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

Simplified Chinese

32.84%

+7.62%

2

English

32.12%

-4.05%

3

Russian

9.27%

-0.76%

4

Spanish - Spain

4.10%

-0.50%

5

Portuguese-Brazil

3.45%

-0.43%

6

German

2.84%

-0.36%

7

Japanese

2.47%

-0.24%

8

French

2.10%

-0.27%

9

Korean

1.65%

-0.12%

10

Polish

1.59%

-0.12%

11

Traditional Chinese

1.33%

-0.02%

12

Turkish

1.16%

-0.20%

13

Thai

0.87%

-0.05%

14

Ukrainian

0.65%

-0.06%

15

Italian

0.58%

-0.09%

16

Czech

0.51%

-0.07%

17

Hungarian

0.37%

-0.05%

18

Portuguese - Portugal

0.36%

-0.04%

19

Spanish - Latin America

0.36%

-0.05%

20

Swedish

0.27%

-0.02%

21

Dutch

0.26%

-0.04%

22

Danish

0.23%

-0.03%

23

Finnish

0.16%

-0.01%

24

Romanian

0.14%

-0.01%

25

Norwegian

0.12%

-0.02%

26

Vietnamese

0.09%

0.00%

27

Greek

0.07%

0.00%

28

Bulgarian

0.04%

-0.01%

29

Indonesian

0.02%

0.00%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%

January 2024

 

LANGUAGE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

1

English

36,17%

-0.75%

2

Simplified Chinese

25,22%

-0.10%

3

Russian

10,03%

+0.60%

4

Spanish - Spain

4,60%

-0.26%

5

Portuguese- Brazil

3,88%

-0.22%

6

German

3,20%

0.00%

7

Japanese

2,71%

+0.25%

8

French

2,37%

+0.05%

9

Korean

1,77%

+0.54%

10

Polish

1,71%

-0.09%

11

Turkish

1.36%

-0.08%

12

Traditional Chinese

1.35%

+0.09%

13

Thai

0.92%

+0.03%

14

Ukrainian

0.71%

+0.03%

15

Italian

0.67%

0.00%

16

Czech

0.58%

-0.03%

17

Hungarian

0.42%

-0.01%

18

Spanish - Latin America

0.41%

+0.01%

19

Portuguese - Portugal

0.40%

-0.03%

20

Dutch

0.30%

-0.01%

21

Swedish

0.29%

-0.01%

22

Danish

0.26%

0.00%

23

Finnish

0.17%

0.00%

24

Romanian

0.15%

-0.01%

25

Norwegian

0.14%

0.00%

26

Vietnamese

0.09%

+0.02%

27

Greek

0.07%

0.00%

28

Bulgarian

0.05%

0.00%

29

Indonesian

0.02%

+0.01%

30

Arabic

0.00%

0.00%


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