Despite a strong release across all platforms, Battlefield 6 has struggled to compete with Call of Duty’s continued dominance. However, the data suggests there may be more going on beneath the surface.
Call of Duty HQ currently ranks as the second most played title in the US across Xbox and PlayStation, but that figure combines engagement from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Warzone, and the newly released Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. This aggregation makes it difficult to directly compare Black Ops 7 with Battlefield 6 on a like-for-like basis.
While Battlefield 6 engagement includes both the paid core multiplayer and REDSEC, the game’s free-to-play battle royale mode, it still has not been enough to challenge Call of Duty’s dominance in the most-played charts in the U.S.
Thanks for reporting from Circana, we can see that for the week ending December 13, 2025, Battlefield 6 sits at seventh place, slipping slightly from sixth the week prior. That drop suggests that even with a flagship free-to-play battle royale offering, Battlefield 6 is struggling to keep pace with the broader Call of Duty HQ ecosystem.
Battlefield 6 MP updates and REDSEC drop were underwhelming. New content will come next year, but in the mean time, people jumped into other games and/or playing Warzone/Call of Duty. It’s simple as that.
Man, that top four says SO MUCH about the state of the gaming industry. Anyway, it’s COD. The internet that insisted Battlefield could only succeed if it “killed” COD never had a leg to stand on. Both games are still in the top 10 and that’s great (for those games).
I had people telling me Battlefield 6 was going to kill COD, I always doubted it, honestly just like the “Halo killers”, I doubt these “COD killers” can actually kill these franchises, these franchises tend to hurt themselves more than the other games hurting them, COD needs a new quality release, preferably in 2026 imo, take a year off and let it breathe a little and watch come back and dominate in 2027.
Battlefield 6 was lucky to have such a huge launch so it still has a pretty big daily player base, I’m sure if they manage to retain at least 50% of the players they have for a few years they’ll be pretty happy though, the game is very good but annoying how long these matches last.
I don’t know why people expected anything different. I’ve been a fan of both franchises from the beginning and if there is one thing I’ve learned, is that this cycle never changes:
Battlefield is hyped, gonna eat COD’s lunch
Battlefield releases to great success, everyone loves it
COD is dead, Press ‘F’ to show respects
Over the next month or so, they start to realize that Battlefield is not Call of Duty
Yeah, “COD losing popularity” is one of those things that people desperately want to be true, so they’ll seize on any little scrap of evidence and declare that this is finally it! Then the celebration always turns out to be premature.
