Its hard to believe that it has been fifteen years since League of Legends came out. League of Legends is a creation by Riot Games which came out back in 2009 which ended up becoming far more popular than anyone could have imagined. League of Legends was one of the few PC games from its era that took the massive online battle arena genre to new heights in terms of popularity throughout a majority of the 2010’s decade. League of Legends became so popular on PC that it was regularly featured eSports events around the world on streaming platforms including YouTube and Twitch. Not only was League of Legends a huge part of pop culture in relation to the gaming community but it managed to gain at least 100 million active users online by 2016. There are many people who would argue that League of Legends started to peak in popularity towards the second half of the 2010’s especially considering how much revenue Riot Games had made from it before the end of the decade.

It was reported that in 2017 League of Legends had reach around $2.1 billion in revenue which was quite possibly the best fiscal year for the franchise. However, the following year in 2018 League of Legends earned around $1.4 million in revenue which ended up being a sharp decline to where they were the year before. Despite, having declining revenue compared to 2017 League of Legends still earns more than $1 billion on average on a annual basis. It should be noted that League of Legends earned approximately $1.8 billion in revenue back in 2022 which indicates that the game is still a huge international attraction fifteen years later. League of Legends have competed with the likes of Overwatch and Rocket League during the late 2010’s and still managed to maintain a majority of its fanbase within the past several years.