Every month, Capcom releases their own official batch of character usage stats for Street Fighter 6. Their various charts focus on online ranked matches and generally detail the character usage across different categories.
Stat gatherer / chart maker AlietteFaye has released two new animated graphs that show how Street Fighter 6’s online character usage has evolved since launch. We see a graph for the overall character usage, as well as the statistics for Master rank specifically.
“It’s been about six months since Street Fighter 6 had its big balance patch,” AlietteFaye began on Twitter. “Here’s a quick visualization of the character usage rates from launch until now.”
The first animated graph begins with June 2023 (Street Fighter 6’s launch) and goes all the way through November 2024 (the latest batch of stats Capcom has released). There are some really interesting points showcased here, and things get particularly potent when new DLC characters start getting added.
We see that right out of the gate Ken was leading the pack in usage by a large margin, and he maintained that lead all the way through March 2024. Ed would be released at the tail end of February 2024, and it was in March that his usage skyrocketed and he ultimately would be the first to dethrone Ken in usage.
Ken would retake the #1 spot for some of April and most of May 2024 before Akuma dropped. But by late May and into June and July, Akuma would fly way ahead of the pack with an incredible amount of representation in online matches.
You can view both visualizations below to see what other characters saw a lot of popularity over this last year and a half, as well as the more competitive end of things in Street Fighter 6 so far.
It’s been about six months since Street Fighter 6 had its big balance patch. Here’s a quick visualization of the character usage rates from launch until now. (Master Rank usage rates will be posted in the replies.)#SF6 #StreetFighter6 #スト6 pic.twitter.com/QOnfCoowO4
— AlietteFaye | Day -232 A.K.I. Main (@AlietteFaye) December 12, 2024
And here are the Master Rank usage rates since launch. pic.twitter.com/6DX1DqxV6Q
— AlietteFaye | Day -232 A.K.I. Main (@AlietteFaye) December 12, 2024
