NexusMods Tops 25 Billion Total Downloads, Skyrim SE Passes Half
The milestone shows Skyrim Special Edition remains the dominant driver of NexusMods' traffic, accounting for more than half of the site's 25 billion lifetime downloads.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
NexusMods, a mod sharing site for PC games, has surpassed 25 billion total mod downloads across all games, as of August 2026. The site now hosts 916,419 mods for 5,098 games. Over half of all downloads, approximately 12.8 billion, come from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.
NexusMods crossed 25 billion cumulative mod downloads in August 2026, a jump from the 10 billion mark reached in February 2024. The site's library has grown to 916,419 mods across 5,098 games.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition alone accounts for roughly 12.8 billion downloads, over half the site's total. That figure stood at about 7 billion as of March 2025, with a single-month peak of around 470 million downloads in May 2025.
Founder Robin, known as Dark0ne, stepped down from his role due to physical and mental strain. The site has also refined its filters in response to the rise of AI-generated mods.
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