--- title: Roblox growth slumps, but the company is betting big on AI description: Roblox's daily active users fell 9 percent year over year to 138 million, missing a 145 million estimate. Hours engaged hit 34 billion, beating estimates but... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/roblox-growth-slumps-but-the-company-is-betting-big-on-ai-vbg5dcqnl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Roblox growth slumps, but the company is betting big on AI | daily.dev og:description: Roblox's daily active users fell 9 percent year over year to 138 million, missing a 145 million estimate. Hours engaged hit 34 billion, beating estimates but... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/roblox-growth-slumps-but-the-company-is-betting-big-on-ai-vbg5dcqnl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Vbg5dCqNl.png og:image:alt: Roblox growth slumps, but the company is betting big on AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Roblox growth slumps, but the company is betting big on AI **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Roblox's daily active users fell 9 percent year over year to 138 million, missing a 145 million estimate. Hours engaged hit 34 billion, beating estimates but still down 15 percent from last year. Roblox plans to offset the lower demand by investing heavily in generative AI game creation, and states that over 80% of its top 100 games last quarter were made using AI tools. CEO David Baszucki called AI a 'step function change' in content creation pace. The news follows a separate report that a Roblox AI agent scraped 145.5 GB of 3D assets, including adult content, from Open3DLab, which a Roblox spokesperson characterized as a mistake. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much did Roblox's daily active users decline in its latest quarterly report? Roblox's daily active users fell 9 percent year over year to 138 million, missing the 145 million estimate analysts expected. Hours engaged reached 34 billion, which beat estimates but still represented a 15 percent decline from the prior year. Roblox attributed the drop to the previous year representing unusually strong growth. _Anyone tracking platform and engagement trends in gaming can follow earnings coverage like this on daily.dev._ ### What percentage of Roblox's top games are made using AI tools? Over 80% of Roblox's top 100 games from the most recent quarter were made using AI tools, according to the company. CEO David Baszucki described AI as driving a 'step function change' in the pace at which game content can be created, positioning generative AI as central to the platform's growth strategy. _Developers evaluating AI's role in game creation can keep up with moves like Roblox's on daily.dev._ ### Did Roblox scrape adult content for AI training from Open3DLab? Yes, Roblox confirmed that an AI agent scraped 145.5 GB of 3D assets, including adult content, from Open3DLab. A Roblox spokesperson called it a mistake and said the scraped content would not be used for AI training going forward. _Developers weighing data provenance risks in AI training pipelines can track incidents like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Roblox Q3 results beat expectations despite bookings falling 12% to $1.7bn](https://daily.dev/posts/roblox-q3-results-beat-expectations-despite-bookings-falling-12-to-1-7bn-u9pcxhhhm) · GamesIndustry.biz · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Report explores how Roblox can maintain older players as it becomes most-played game by total hours in H1 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/report-explores-how-roblox-can-maintain-older-players-as-it-becomes-most-played-game-by-total-hours--18a2xjkgs) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The biggest Roblox creators earned an average of $1.3M in 2025](https://daily.dev/posts/the-biggest-roblox-creators-earned-an-average-of-1-3m-in-2025-owqg0i4pz) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/roblox-growth-slumps-but-the-company-is-betting-big-on-ai-vbg5dcqnl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Roblox growth slumps, but the company is betting big on AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/roblox-growth-slumps-but-the-company-is-betting-big-on-ai-vbg5dcqnl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/roblox-growth-slumps-but-the-company-is-betting-big-on-ai-vbg5dcqnl"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T18:30:47.921Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T18:31:15.462Z","description":"Roblox's daily active users fell 9 percent year over year to 138 million, missing a 145 million estimate. 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