Home Children Minecraft and Roblox: The digital playground of today’s gen Joni Mitchell said it right in her song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ that ‘ They paved paradise and put up a parking lot’.

At this year's VidCon, Minecraft and Roblox proved to be two of the most popular platforms, drawing legions of passionate fans to its events.

Roblox reported 79.5 million DAUs in Q1 2025, an impressive metric of daily stickiness. Minecraft’s last reported MAU was 140 million in 2023, a larger figure but reported monthly, not daily.

Roblox has a big rival in Minecraft, but which one is better for gamers to play? We'll weigh in ourselves here!