Steam
Valve, Bellevue, Washington, United StatesSteam is a digital distribution platform and online storefront developed by Valve Corporation for purchasing and downloading video games and software.
It also integrates community features including user reviews, screenshots, guides, friends lists, and text and voice chat.
According to our data, Steam ranks 33th among the social media platforms we track.
It has 0.1% of the social media market share and is detected on 0.07% of all websites.
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Wikipedia💸 Pricing
Steam is a commercial product priced at $100.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Social Media
- Rank: 33
- Market share: 0.1%
🏆 Steam Awards
- 🔥 14th most popular in Poland in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in Japan in the Social Media category.
- 🔥 20th most popular in Russia in the Social Media category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Germany in the Social Media category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in the United States in the Social Media category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in France in the Social Media category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in the Netherlands in the Social Media category.
⚡ Sites Using Steam
We have data on 2,420 websites that use the Steam social media platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Steam is steampowered.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steampowered.com |
#57 | United States | English | |
| 2 | app/1627720 | #218 | Korea | Korean | |
| 3 | app/4508340 | #521 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 4 | app/674750 | #626 | Russia | Russian | |
| 5 | store.steampowered.com |
United States | English | ||
| 6 | curator/9869-IGN | #1,140 | United States | English | |
| 7 | app/413150 | #2,296 | English | ||
| 8 | curator/38509069 | #2,518 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 9 | curator/6859603-EUROGAMER.net | #5,417 | English | ||
| 10 | app/3884860 | #7,306 | United States | American English | |
| 11 | app/738520 | #7,418 | English | ||
| 12 | app/2623190 | #8,012 | English | ||
| 13 | #8,597 | United States | English | ||
| 14 | developer/DigitalExtremes | #8,727 | Canada | English | |
| 15 | #10,718 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 16 | app/1548520 | #11,586 | Korea | Korean | |
| 17 | app/3042150 | #11,732 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 18 | curator/30655638-DTF-RU | #13,241 | Russia | Russian | |
| 19 | #13,374 | English | |||
| 20 | #13,580 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Steam:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Games category.
Most of the sites using Steam are from the United States, Germany, and Japan.
- United States 31.9%
- Germany 10.2%
- Japan 8.1%
- United Kingdom 6.3%
- France 5.8%
- Poland 4%
- Russia 3.5%
- Netherlands 3.4%
- Canada 2.6%
- Other 24.2%
Most Steam users speak English or Japanese.
- English 84%
- Japanese 5.4%
- Russian 2.1%
- German 1.7%
- Chinese 1.2%
- French 0.9%
- Spanish 0.8%
- Polish 0.8%
- Portuguese 0.6%
- Other 2.5%
The Steam social media platform is especially popular on .com and .net top-level domains.
- .com 69.3%
- .net 6.7%
- .org 2.9%
- .de 1.9%
- .jp 1.8%
- .ru 1.5%
- .io 1%
- .co.uk 0.8%
- .games 0.7%
- Other 13.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Steam include games, blogs and wiki, and entertainment.
- Games 63.6%
- Blogs/Wiki 5.9%
- Entertainment 3.9%
- Business 3.6%
- Software/Hardware 3.3%
- Forum/Bulletin Boards 2.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 2%
- Internet Services 1.8%
- Game/Cartoon Violence 1.5%
- Other 11.5%
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What is the company behind Steam?
Steam is owned by Valve Corporation, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States.
Can I use Steam for free?
No, Steam is a paid solution.
How much does Steam cost?
It costs $100.
Which country uses Steam the most?
The majority of Steam users are from the United States.
Who uses Steam?
According to our data, Steam is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as steampowered.com, inven.co.kr, and
gamewith.jp.
Do academic institutions use Steam?
Yes. In total, we know of 2 academic websites in the United States that use Steam.
How does Steam stack up against the competition?
Steam is a moderately popular social media platform, ranking ahead of 54 other social media platforms we track.
What are the alternatives to Steam?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Steam may include Steam Community, 
Facebook, and 
Instagram.
👉 See Also
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- 💼 All technologies from Valve
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,604,716 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.