VRChat announced it just topped its all-time user peak, bringing in over 150,000 concurrent users to attend a Japanese language concert.<\/p>\n
VRChat Community Head \u2018Tupper\u2019 confirmed\u00a0on X<\/a> that the social VR platform hit a new all-time high of 156,716 concurrent users over the weekend.<\/p>\n The platform played host to\u00a0Sanrio Virtual Festival, a music and anime culture festival taking place from February 8th to March 8th, although it was the main act that drew in glut of the fans though\u2014a musical performance by Kaguya, the main character from Netflix anime series Cosmic Princess Kaguya!<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n You can check out a clip of the concert below, courtesy YouTuber \u2018Koge\u2019s Game Streaming Channel\u2019 (\u3053\u3052\u306e\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u914d\u4fe1\u3061\u3083\u3093\u306d\u308b):<\/p>\n If you want to catch the act \u2018live\u2019 in VRChat, you\u2019ll have three more occasions. Bookmark this link when it\u2019s time<\/a>:<\/p>\n Sunday, March 1st 18:00 [JST] Notably, the month-long festival will include performances from a host of VTubers and musical groups<\/a>, and also includes a virtual theme park featuring Sanrio characters such as Hello Kitty.<\/p>\n This follows VRChat\u2019s\u00a0most recent record-breaking event, which took place during the recent New Year\u2019s Eve celebration. Then, the platform welcomed in a peak of 148,886 concurrent users<\/a> during the Central Time Zone ball drop.<\/p>\n While we don\u2019t know the specific numbers for how the Japan time zone fared during the NYE ball drop, at the time Tupper said Japan-based users had \u201ca strong showing,\u201d noting the number \u201cdid surprise me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMarch 7th (Sat) 12:00 [JST]
\nSunday, March 8th 12:00 [JST]<\/p>\n