# Among Us

> Innersloth's 2018 game Among Us drew about half a billion players in November 2020.

- Owner: Innersloth
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2018-06-15
- Peak date: 2020-09-26
- Spread Score: 68 (Viral), v1.2
- Mechanics: Creator relay, Platform jump, Political adoption, Press loop

## Summary

Innersloth released Among Us in June 2018; it had fewer than 1,000 mobile downloads that August. YouTubers and Twitch streamers picked it up in waves through 2020. It led mobile downloads worldwide in September 2020 and drew about half a billion players that November.

## Timeline

- 2018-06-15 — Innersloth (App stores) — Innersloth released Among Us.
- 2018-08-17 — Innersloth (Open web) — Innersloth announced online play and a PC release, extending a game that had launched as local mobile multiplayer.
- 2018-09-27 — itch.io (Open web) — Innersloth dated an itch.io shoutout to September 27 alongside a rise in its server-connection graph.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/among-us

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Among Us.” Case HIS-00424. Spread Score v1.2: 68/100. Updated 2026-10-17. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00424