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CSGO Playerbase hits a 1.8 million concurrent player peak in May 2023!

Since the announcement of CS2 on the 22nd of March Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) playerbase has grown rapidly. CS:G0 hit an all-time high of 1,802,853 concurrent

April Infrastructure Issues Post-Mortem

A quick update on the infrastructure issues we saw during April that are now resolved.

0.3% of Paris Major Coins are Diamond

CS:GO Statistics

Map Popularity - BLAST Major vs. MM

We compared the Challengers & Legends stages of the BLAST.tv Paris Major with Matchmaking data from the same timeframe.

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How many CSGO players have access to CS2?

Since the announcement of CS2, the CS community has been split between a few lucky souls enjoying CS2 and the rest of us enviously watching and praying for access! To find out how many people in the community had access to CS2, we analysed a sample of Leetify users on the 30th of March.

About our recent stability issues

2023-04-14 Edit: We have done significant upgrades to our infrastructure already, and issues should be much more rare now. The last couple days there hasn't been any queues. With that said, we still have quite a bit of work left to do before calling

Our beta will turn you into an alpha

Climb the CS:GO rankings like never before with AI-powered analysis of your playstyle. We analyze your games and give you actionable insights to make you improve faster.

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Linking Allstar and Leetify

Make sure all of your highlights are stored for free by connecting your Allstar.gg account to Leetify

Pro Scene Analysis

Was rain really the MVP of the 2022 PGL Antwerp Major?

u/Draemeth posted this great article taking a deep dive into the stats from the 2022 PGL Antwerp Major to see which players were undervalued, overvalued, or left out of the conversation altogether.

The State of CSGO

The State of CSGO July 2022

Since our last article, the CSGO ecosystem has had some seismic changes with a new shortened version of competitive mode, PGL Stockholm smashing viewership records, and PGL Antwerp showcasing that

CS:GO Statistics

What are the rarest situations in CS:GO?

Would you expect a 1v5 to be rarer than a 40-bomb?

Product Updates

Leetify Rating Upgrade

We made a few tweaks and additions to the Leetify Rating formula to better measure everyone's impact.

CS:GO Statistics

What is the most popular map in CSGO? March 2022

Now that Ancient has been in the map pool for nearly 9 months, we wanted to look at which maps are the most popular in CSGO! In this article, we

Pro Scene Analysis

Three Underrated Major Challengers According to Leetify Rating

The major is the time of the year where each player’s impact matters most in CS:GO, and a single round can make the difference between going out in

Our beta will turn you into an alpha

Climb the CS:GO rankings like never before with AI-powered analysis of your playstyle. We analyze your games and give you actionable insights to make you improve faster.

Product Updates

Leetify Rating - a quantum leap for measuring CS:GO performance

Today we announce Leetify Rating, a win rate impact based and economy-adjusted player rating system for CS:GO. This rating solves a few existing problems in currently used ratings such as too much emphasis on kills and that it is too easy to get a lot of credit from un-impactful kills.

Leetify Rating

What is Leetify Rating?

Here is the full explanation of how we compute Leetify Rating and the history of its updates.

The State of CSGO

The State of CSGO July 2021

CS is now more than 20 years old and has suffered through many ups and downs. Recency bias often prevents us from objectively assessing the state of something, and as

CS:GO Statistics

Which Rank Flashes Enemies and Teammates the most?

We analysed over 3 Million unique CS:GO Matches to find which Matchmaking and Faceit ranks are the best at using their flashbangs on enemies and teammates. Check out the graphs below to see where your rank places!

CS:GO Statistics

How many matches does it take to hit FACEIT level 10?

We analyzed 10000 random FACEIT players to determine how many of them reached a certain level as well as how many matches were needed to do so.

CS:GO Statistics

FACEIT Level Distribution [2021]

We analyzed over 2 million unique CS:GO FACEIT players to produce an updated view of the current level distribution across FACEIT matchmaking services. The bar chart, below from left to right, displays the rank distribution from lowest to highest.

CS:GO Statistics

CSGO Rank Distribution for 2021

We analyzed over 7 million unique CS:GO matchmaking players to produce an updated view of the current rank distribution across CS:GO matchmaking. The bar chart, below from left to right, displays the rank distribution from lowest to highest.

Our beta will turn you into an alpha

Climb the CS:GO rankings like never before with AI-powered analysis of your playstyle. We analyze your games and give you actionable insights to make you improve faster.

Improvement Guides

Understanding the different roles in CSGO

Roles are incredibly important in CSGO and each player should know which one they’re filling before playing a match.

Improvement Guides

Understanding The CSGO Economy

One of the most critical aspects in CSGO is the economy, it adds a layer of complexity that few other first-person shoots have and players (you) that master it will ultimately succeed more often than not.

Top Flashes

The Top 5 Pro Flashbangs on Overpass for CT side

We decided to look at the 5 most effect flashbangs used by CSGO esports players on Overpass for CT side. Learn why and how to use these flashes in your own matches to find success.

Top Flashes

The Top 5 Pro Flashes on Overpass for T side.

We decided to look at the 5 most effect flashbangs used by CSGO esports players on Overpass for T side. Learn why and how to use these flashes in your own matches to find success.

Top Flashes

The Top 5 Pro Flashbangs for Mirage

We decided to look at the 5 most effect flashbangs used by CSGO esports players on Mirage. Learn why and how to use these flashes in your own matches to find success.