As of September 2015, Hypixel attracts 1.9 million players every month. The server reached 18 million unique players in April 2020, according to a tweet by the server owner. On December 21, 2016, Hypixel reached 10 million unique players in total, and had reached 14.1 million unique players by the time Hytale was announced on December 13, 2018. Īs of April 2021, the server regularly reaches over 150,000 concurrent players, peaking at over 216,000 on April 16. In 2015, it was revealed that the server cost around $100,000 a month to maintain. Its name was then modified to 'Hypixel inc.' on February 2, 2015. Hypixel inc., Hypixel's maintainer, was registered as a Canadian corporation under the name '8414483 Canada Inc' on January 23, 2013. Minigames were originally created for users to play on while waiting for other players, but the minigames themselves gained popularity on their own and became the server's main identity, and efforts from Hypixel were put towards new server content instead of the making of other Minecraft maps and games. The Hypixel server was created to play and further showcase these maps. The two originally created Minecraft adventure maps together and uploaded trailers to their YouTube channel. The server is managed and run by Hypixel inc. The Hypixel server was released in beta on April 13, 2013, by Simon Collins-Laflamme, and Philippe Touchette.

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