IFPA Health

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2025 finished thriving — +12.4% players, +10.5% tournaments. 2026 is pacing similar so far — model puts the year between 13,728–15,306 tournaments at 68% confidence.

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Nov 2025 was the busiest tournament month of the period.

Rolling 12 months: 11,945 events · -4.7% vs prior 12 (incl. partial 2026).

Peak Nov 2025 · 1,333

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Nov 2025 – Oct 2026

United States leads, up 5.4% to 50,290 active players.

CountryPlayersChange
United States50,290+5.4% (+2,583 players)
Canada4,649+3.0% (+136 players)
Australia3,880+12.4% (+428 players)
Germany2,055+3.7% (+74 players)
Sweden2,022+3.5% (+69 players)
France1,283+24.3% (+251 players)
Norway1,051+15.9% (+144 players)
Finland703-0.1% (-1 players)
Spain671+15.5% (+90 players)
New Zealand639-0.5% (-3 players)
United Kingdom638+0.2% (+1 players)
Netherlands599+18.8% (+95 players)
Austria469-0.6% (-3 players)
Belgium453+10.2% (+42 players)
Switzerland386+9.0% (+32 players)
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Hungary280+1.4% (+4 players)
Italy203-5.6% (-12 players)
Japan196+2.6% (+5 players)
Denmark192-4.0% (-8 players)
Poland185+11.4% (+19 players)
Argentina149+4.9% (+7 players)
Slovenia145-7.6% (-12 players)
Ireland138+40.8% (+40 players)
Croatia88+57.1% (+32 players)
Romania51-17.7% (-11 players)
Taiwan49-15.5% (-9 players)
Latvia41+192.9% (+27 players)
Mexico32+1500.0% (+30 players)
Liechtenstein16+33.3% (+4 players)
Brazil12-53.8% (-14 players)
United Arab Emirates12-7.7% (-1 players)
Czech Republic6+500.0% (+5 players)
Israel60.0% (0 players)
Luxembourg50.0% (0 players)
Hong Kong4+33.3% (+1 players)
Indonesia40.0% (0 players)
Philippines40.0% (0 players)
Unknown4+100.0% (+2 players)
India30.0% (0 players)
Malta20.0% (0 players)
Puerto Rico2+100.0% (+1 players)
Belize10.0% (0 players)
Bosnia10.0% (0 players)
Chile10.0% (0 players)
Colombia10.0% (0 players)
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 14,123 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
202514,123+10.5%319,89843,741
2026est~14,474+2.5%~319,928—

2026 projected from 9 months of data (range: 13,728–15,306 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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