40 million #DnD players annually, says Wizards of the Coast. I'd be very interested to know how they arrive at that number, but plus I imagine it's accurate to within a million or two. Regardless, how great is it that so many people are getting around a table to tell a story?
And I know the indie #TTRPG folks are all handwringy about this, but I've got no skin in that -- I'm just glad to see more people doing something social, and creative, and empathetic.