In information which will come as a shock, Skyrim mods are extra in style than ever, with some new stats for 2023 exhibiting a report variety of creators and creations for the Bethesda RPG sport. With Skyrim itself over a decade outdated, and a number of mod-supported variations obtainable to select from, the truth that it’s extra in style with mods than ever is astonishing.
There’s been a meteoric rise in Skyrim mods, modders, and downloaders because the Skyrim Particular Version launched in 2017, with Nexus Mods’ stats illustrating how the variety of downloaded mods has elevated tenfold between 2017 and 2023.
November 2017 noticed over 10 million Skyrim mods downloaded on the platform, whereas January 2023 had virtually 115 million, earlier than February 2023 tapered off to only under 90 million. The variety of new information has additionally risen on an identical trajectory, hitting round 1500 each month, or 50 a day on common, on the finish of 2022.
For each photos, the downloads are in blue, and the brand new information are in yellow (photos taken from Nexus mods).
Skyrim Particular Version mod stats
With complete conversion mods for each Skyrim and Oblivion, and numerous Skyrim mods of various sizes nonetheless getting 1000’s of downloads day by day, this isn’t precisely all that stunning. In actual fact, the upcoming Starfield launch date might have Bethesda gamers clamouring for as a lot content material as doable.
Essentially the most stunning half to me is that regardless of Skyrim’s age, which the vanilla model of Bethesda’s fantasy sport undoubtedly reveals, the modding group has clearly solely been rising and rising. Each the quantity of gamers downloading mods, and people making them, has solely been going up.
Base sport Skyrim mod stats
Funnily sufficient, the Nexus Mods’ stats for the unique Skyrim have been doing the alternative to the Particular Version, exhibiting a downturn in new information and downloads. That is possible because of Skyrim Particular Version being an total higher model of the sport with Bethesda mod assist, and never indicative of a lot else. In any case, the bottom sport model of Skyrim continues to be exceeding in style.
If you need a fuller image, there are virtually 60,000 Skyrim Particular Version mods on Nexus in complete, with over 2 billion downloads as properly. The unique Skyrim additionally has virtually 70,000 mods and 1.9 billion downloads, exhibiting a lot of content material.
You possibly can see the total stats breakdown for Skyrim Particular Version right here, and the unique Skyrim right here.
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