dota 2 is a Valve MOBA query at 95 on Google Search for the week of August 22 2026, pulled August 26 2026, up 115.91% from 44 on July 25 and up from 85 on August 15. get_growth prints 94 for the same week, a 1-point gap versus the stored series, with 7-day growth +11.9% (84 to 94) and 30-day growth +113.64% (44 to 94). The 261-week series still peaks at 100 on October 22 2022. Steam Most Played had Dota 2 at rank 2 as of August 26 2026 14:01 UTC. That week covers The International 2026 playoffs at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, August 20 through August 23.
Dota 2 search interest right now
Google Search interest for dota 2 is 95 for the week of August 22 2026 on a 0-100 scale, with 30-day change of +115.91% from 44 on July 25, 90-day change of +106.52% from 46 on May 23, and a get_growth print of 94 trailing the stored series by 1 point.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Latest value (week of 2026-08-22) | 95 |
| get_growth same-week print | 94 |
| 30-day change (series) | +115.91% (from 44 on 2026-07-25) |
| 30-day change (get_growth) | +113.64% (44 to 94) |
| 90-day change | +106.52% (from 46 on 2026-05-23) |
| Peak value | 100 on 2022-10-22 |
| First seen in series | 29 on 2021-08-28 |
| 2026 high | 95 on 2026-08-22 |
| Steam Most Played rank | 2 as of 2026-08-26 14:01 UTC |
| get_growth 7-day | +11.9% (84 to 94) |
Same-week Saturday-aligned prints were 50 on August 23 2025, 37 on August 24 2024, and 36 on August 26 2023. The four-week ramp into this print is 57, 53, 85, 95. Last year's Hamburg International week printed 89 on September 13 2025. The 2021 TI week printed 93 on October 16 2021.
The live Steam board that ranks this title sits on the Steam Most Played API page. A catalog neighbor with a smaller 30-day lift is the Fortnite topic.
About Dota 2
Dota 2 is the five-on-five multiplayer online battle arena Valve built as a sequel to Defense of the Ancients, the Warcraft III community mod, with a Windows Steam launch on July 9 2013 after IceFrog joined Valve in 2009 as lead designer. Wikipedia dates Valve's hire of IceFrog, the mod's lead designer, to 2009, with a public announcement in 2010. Windows launched on Steam on July 9 2013. Linux and OS X followed on July 18 2013. The game is free to play. Valve ported it to Source 2 in 2015, the first title on that engine. Wikipedia lists 127 playable heroes. Two teams of five try to destroy the other side's Ancient.
The search spike is the championship week. Wikipedia's International table lists The International 2026 at the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, 16 teams, prize pool $3,358,586, with Team Spirit beating Team Vision 3-2 for a third title. Group stage ran August 13 through August 16. The main event ran August 20 through August 23. The 2025 event was at Barclays Arena in Hamburg, won by Team Falcons 3-2 over Xtreme Gaming, prize pool $2,881,791. The 2021 Bucharest event still holds the single-tournament record at $40,018,195. The first International was at Gamescom in Cologne, August 17 through August 21 2011, with a $1.6 million prize pool.
What the time series shows
The 261-week Google Search curve for dota 2 is a championship calendar, with August 22 2026 at 95 after a July floor of 44, a jump from 53 on August 8 to 85 on August 15 as groups started, then 95 as the Shanghai main event ran.
Earlier Internationals reprint the same shape. October 16 2021 printed 93. October 22 2022 printed the series peak of 100. September 13 2025 printed 89 during the Hamburg week. Off-season 2026 sat in the 30s and 40s, with local lifts to 61 on March 28 and 59 on June 27, then the July 25 print of 44 before the August climb. The series opens at 29 on August 28 2021.
Four labels are derived from that series. growth_label is exploding because 30-day change of +115.91% clears +100%; 90-day change of +106.52% from 46 on May 23 is large but under the +500% exploding cutoff on that window. speed_label is exponential because the latest 30-day absolute move of 51 points (95 minus 44) is more than twice the prior 30-day move of 2 points (44 minus 46 on June 20). seasonality_label is high because TI weeks dominate: 93, 100, 89, now 95. volatility_label is low; week-over-week percent-change standard deviation on the last 52 samples is 21.37%. REST and MCP both print 95 for August 22 2026. The get_growth 94 is the 1-point gap to cite, not a second series.
Related topics
Same-day Google Search get_growth neighbors in games show fortnite up 50.0% over 30 days to 36, helldivers 2 up 200.0% to 12, and counter-strike 2 down 60.0% to 22, while Steam Most Played still ranks Dota 2 at 2 behind Counter-Strike 2 as of August 26 2026 14:01 UTC.
- fortnite: +50.0% over 30 days, 24 to 36 for the week of August 22 2026, and +38.46% over 7 days from 26
- helldivers 2: +200.0% over 30 days, 4 to 12, still a low base
- counter-strike 2: -60.0% over 30 days, 55 to 22, even while it holds Steam rank 1
- apex legends: -13.33% over 30 days, 15 to 13 (Steam rank 5)
- bongo cat: -3.51% over 30 days, 57 to 55 (Steam rank 6)
fortnite is the closest catalog neighbor with a rising 30-day print. counter-strike 2 is the Steam leader whose search interest is in a drawdown, which is the split that board rank alone cannot show.