No Priors · Thursday, August 13, 2026
Erik Allebest, CEO of Chess.com, shared impressive growth figures for the platform, stating they have over 250 million registered members and are projected to exceed $200 million in revenue this year. The platform currently sees about 10 million daily active users and 40-50 million monthly active users.
“Yeah, sure. We are, um, we are much larger than I ever thought we would be. So it's kind of wild to say these numbers for me. Um, we're about 10 million daily active users, about 40 or 50 million monthly active users.”
“We have more than 250 million registered members and more revenue than I thought we would end up with as a chess company. Um, a little about, I think this year we'll do a little over 200 million. Um, which is frankly, um, surprising.”