IFPA Health

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2025 finished thriving — +12.4% players, +10.5% tournaments. 2026 is pacing 3.6% ahead — model puts the year between 13,683–15,706 tournaments at 68% confidence.

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Oct 2025 was the busiest tournament month of the period.

Rolling 12 months: 9,382 events · -4.8% vs prior 12 (incl. partial 2026).

Peak Oct 2025 · 1,340

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Sep 2025 – Aug 2026

United States leads, up 4.1% to 49,668 active players.

CountryPlayersChange
United States49,668+4.1% (+1,961 players)
Canada4,646+2.9% (+133 players)
Australia3,768+9.2% (+316 players)
Germany2,082+5.1% (+101 players)
Sweden2,013+3.1% (+60 players)
France1,228+19.0% (+196 players)
Norway1,055+16.3% (+148 players)
Finland7040.0% (0 players)
Spain672+15.7% (+91 players)
New Zealand644+0.3% (+2 players)
United Kingdom625-1.9% (-12 players)
Netherlands577+14.5% (+73 players)
Austria490+3.8% (+18 players)
Belgium457+11.2% (+46 players)
Switzerland364+2.8% (+10 players)
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Hungary272-1.4% (-4 players)
Italy200-7.0% (-15 players)
Japan199+4.2% (+8 players)
Denmark191-4.5% (-9 players)
Poland176+6.0% (+10 players)
Argentina150+5.6% (+8 players)
Slovenia145-7.6% (-12 players)
Ireland127+29.6% (+29 players)
Croatia74+32.1% (+18 players)
Taiwan57-1.7% (-1 players)
Romania51-17.7% (-11 players)
Latvia35+150.0% (+21 players)
Brazil27+3.8% (+1 players)
Liechtenstein120.0% (0 players)
United Arab Emirates12-7.7% (-1 players)
Israel60.0% (0 players)
Luxembourg50.0% (0 players)
Hong Kong4+33.3% (+1 players)
Indonesia40.0% (0 players)
Philippines40.0% (0 players)
India30.0% (0 players)
Malta20.0% (0 players)
Mexico20.0% (0 players)
Puerto Rico2+100.0% (+1 players)
Unknown20.0% (0 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)

52 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%291,11738,907
202514,122+10.5%319,87843,736
2026est~14,625+3.6%~337,714—

2026 projected from 7 months of data (range: 13,683–15,706 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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