IFPA Health

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2025 finished thriving — +12.4% players, +10.5% tournaments. 2026 is pacing 6.4% ahead — model puts the year between 13,950–16,289 tournaments at 68% confidence.

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Apr 2026 was the busiest tournament month of the period.

Rolling 12 months: 6,994 events · -3.6% vs prior 12 (incl. partial 2026).

Peak Apr 2026 · 1,353

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Jul 2025 – Jun 2026

United States leads, up 2.7% to 48,973 active players.

CountryPlayersChange
United States48,973+2.7% (+1,266 players)
Canada4,620+2.4% (+107 players)
Australia3,660+6.0% (+208 players)
Germany2,051+3.5% (+70 players)
Sweden1,993+2.0% (+40 players)
France1,170+13.4% (+138 players)
Norway1,020+12.5% (+113 players)
Finland699-0.7% (-5 players)
Spain658+13.3% (+77 players)
New Zealand639-0.5% (-3 players)
United Kingdom623-2.2% (-14 players)
Netherlands562+11.5% (+58 players)
Austria487+3.2% (+15 players)
Belgium454+10.5% (+43 players)
Switzerland352-0.6% (-2 players)
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Hungary263-4.7% (-13 players)
Denmark211+5.5% (+11 players)
Italy200-7.0% (-15 players)
Japan197+3.1% (+6 players)
Poland175+5.4% (+9 players)
Slovenia149-5.1% (-8 players)
Argentina145+2.1% (+3 players)
Ireland106+8.2% (+8 players)
Croatia63+12.5% (+7 players)
Romania60-3.2% (-2 players)
Taiwan57-1.7% (-1 players)
Latvia34+142.9% (+20 players)
Brazil260.0% (0 players)
Liechtenstein120.0% (0 players)
United Arab Emirates12-7.7% (-1 players)
Israel60.0% (0 players)
Luxembourg50.0% (0 players)
Indonesia40.0% (0 players)
Philippines40.0% (0 players)
Hong Kong30.0% (0 players)
India30.0% (0 players)
Malta20.0% (0 players)
Mexico20.0% (0 players)
Puerto Rico2+100.0% (+1 players)
Belize10.0% (0 players)
Bosnia10.0% (0 players)
Chile10.0% (0 players)
Colombia10.0% (0 players)
Czech Republic10.0% (0 players)
Ecuador10.0% (0 players)
Georgia10.0% (0 players)
Kenya10.0% (0 players)
Papua New Guinea10.0% (0 players)
Serbia10.0% (0 players)
Tanzania10.0% (0 players)
Uruguay10.0% (0 players)

51 countries · change since Feb 5, 2026

2025 brought 14,122 tournaments — up 10.5% from the year before.

YearTournamentsYoYEntriesUnique Players
20174,723—113,82519,392
20185,544+17.4%129,97521,306
20197,200+29.9%168,54624,380
2020COVID floor1,540-78.6%35,89111,403
2021COVID recovery2,346+52.3%52,53313,037
20227,724+229.2%180,02124,717
202310,323+33.6%246,76332,976
202412,776+23.8%291,11838,906
202514,122+10.5%319,87843,743
2026est~15,030+6.4%~350,267—

2026 projected from 5 months of data (range: 13,950–16,289 tournaments). Player data not yet available from IFPA.

Health score is the equal-weighted average of player growth and tournament growth. Retention is deliberately not a pillar — the IFPA API exposes only aggregate counts, not per-player history.

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