Second Life Grid Statistics – March 2026 Update


These are the latest Second Life grid statistics as of Sunday 22nd March 2026. This update reviews the current Second Life grid size, Second Life user concurrency levels and more.

At the moment it appears the Second Life grid has stabilised in terms of grid regions and with the Second Life user concurrency levels. The grid is growing steadily and not showing signs of huge decline.

Second Life Grid Size

Current Second Life Grid Size – As of 22nd March 2026

  • Total Regions: 26, 911
  • Private Estates: 17, 605
  • Linden Owned: 9, 306
  • Total Land Area of Second Life Main Grid: 1763.64 km² / Grid size roughly equals the area of Greater London (UK)

Land distribution:
* 65% private estates
* 35% mainland.

Maturity Rating Distribution

> General: 2,352
8.7% share

> Moderate: 17, 408
64.7% share

> Adult: 7, 149
26.6% share

2026 Growth

Since the start of 2026 the grid has shown positive net growth of +53 regions (+0.20% / growth rate) which is positive news and I hope this growth trend continues through 2026.

Second Life Concurrency – As of 22nd March 2026

Second Life daily concurrency levels remain stable at the moment. More updates very soon on the concurrency levels in Second Life.

  • Maximum: 41, 000 – 46, 000
  • Median: 34, 000 – 37, 000
  • Minimum: 24, 000 – 27, 000

2026 Monthly Maximum Peaks

January 2026 saw the highest maximum peak so far during 2026. It’s expected the monthly peak will steadily go down from April 2026 following previous seasonal concurrency trends.

  • January 2026: 48, 414 – 16th January
  • February 2026: 47, 697 – 1st February
  • March 2026: 46, 663 – 15th March

New – March 2026 DAU & MAU

Estimated Daily Active Users (DAU)

>165k – 210k – The number of unique users who log in or use the platform in a single day.

Estimated Monthly Active Users (MAU)

> 1.1M – 1.4M – Unique users who log in at least once during a 30-day period.

Estimated Yearly Active Users (YAU)

> 4M – 6M – Unique users who log in at least once during a year.

Second Life Registered Accounts

  • 70, 025, 402 – As of 23rd March 2026

This includes:
* Active residents
* Inactive accounts
* Abandoned accounts
* Alternate avatars (Alts) & bots

Second Life Website Traffic – Typical Monthly Traffic (2026)

Monthly visits
6.5M – 7.5M

Average month
~7M visits

LindeX Exchange (March 2026)

Typical exchange rate
L$247–248 / USD

Observed range
L$246 – L$249

Long-term stability band
L$245 – L$255

Next grid statistics blog post will be published end of April 2026. Hopefully these statistics are useful.

VWBPE 2026 Conference INSIGHTS 19-21 March 2026 in Second Life


VWBPE 2026 officially opens on Thursday 19th March 2026 in Second Life through until 21st March. This year marks the 19th annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference. The VWBPE 2026 theme is Insights and the conference regions will be open to the public on Sunday 15th March at 9:00 am SLT.

This conference focuses on “the use of immersive virtual environments for educational purposes, including virtual and augmented reality. This year we are returning to our Earth build. Each region represents a different terrestrial biome, including wetlands, desert, badlands, grasslands, and forests. Conference attendees will be able to explore 3D immersive virtual representations of these biomes”.

“This year’s keynote speakers are Philip Rosedale, Ryan Schultz, and Mark Childs. Invited speakers include representatives from Linden Lab and many of the Thinkerer Award winners”. Check the VWBPE 2026 for the full schedule, times and location SLURLS and more.

**KEYNOTES**

https://www.vwbpe.org/conference/vwbpe-2026-keynotes 


KEYNOTE:

Philip Rosedale / SL: Philip Linden

CTO, Linden Lab

Thursday 19 March 2026

12:00 pm noon SLT @ VWBPE Auditorium


KEYNOTE:

Ryan Schultz

Science & Agriculture Librarian, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Friday 20 March 2026

9:00 am SLT @ VWBPE Auditorium


KEYNOTE:

Mark Childs / SL: Gann McGann

Senior Learning Designer, University of Durham (Durham UK)

Saturday 21 March 2026

9:00 am SLT @ VWBPE Auditorium



**INVITED SPEAKERS**


ABOVE THE BOOK: Catching Up with the Lindens

Host: Kevin Feenan / Phelan Corrimal
Linden Lab Guests: TBA

Friday 20 March 2026

1:00pm SLT @ VWBPE Auditorium

ABOVE THE BOOK: Catching up with the Thinkerers

Lynne Berrett / Lissena (Wisdomseeker)

VWBPE 2021 Thinkerer

Saturday 21 March 2026

3:00 pm SLT @ VWBPE Auditorium

I will post more on VWBPE 2026 next week.



**WEB PAGES**


Conference Information: http://vwbpe.org

Program: https://www.vwbpe.org/conference/vwbpe26-program  

Registration: http://vwb.pe/register 

Sponsors: https://www.vwbpe.org/vwbpe-2026-sponsors

Rockcliffe Gateway to Second Life®: https://www.enroll.onl/secondlife.php

Watch VWBPE Livestream: https://www.vwbpe.org/watch



**SOCIAL MEDIA**


Second Life® Group

secondlife:///app/group

SOCIAL MEDIA**


Second Life® Group

secondlife:///app/group/8b03480a-793d-ba5b-5b6b-dd10afb5d38e/about


Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/vwbpe


Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vwbpe_org/


Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/vwbpe_organization/


LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/3754644/


X (formerly Twitter)

https://x.com/vwbpe 


YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/VWBPE

/8b03480a-793d-ba5b-5b6b-dd10afb5d38e/about


Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/vwbpe


Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vwbpe_org/


Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/vwbpe_organization/


LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/3754644/


X (formerly Twitter)

https://x.com/vwbpe 


YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/VWBPE



**MAJOR SPONSORS**


Linden Lab

https://www.lindenlab.com/


Rockcliffe University Consortium

https://urockcliffe.com/


Knomaze Corporation

https://knomaze.com/


Virtual Ability

https://virtualability.org/


Agile Dimensions

https://www.agiledimensions.com/blog/


Whole Brain Health

https://www.agelessmindproject.org/ 



**CONTACT**

Bevan Whitfield

VWBPE Communications Chair

marketing@vwbpe.com

Linden Lab Announces New Senior Vice President of Engineering Jerome Despret


On Friday 13th March 2026 Linden Lab officially announces the new Senior Vice President of Engineering Jerome Despret who has more than 25 years of experience in the gaming industry, Jerome has worked on large-scale online platforms and live services used by millions of players.

Earlier in his career at Electronic Arts and Maxis, he served as Lead Engineer on The Sims Online and later held leadership roles across the The Sims franchise, including helping grow the engineering team behind The Sims 4. He has also held senior engineering leadership positions at Riot Games, Zynga, and Pantheon Platform.

At Linden Lab, Despret will focus on strengthening the engineering organization and advancing the technology behind Second Life, supporting the platform’s continued growth for its global community of residents and creators.

This is very good news and hopefully we will see strong growth in the future in Second Life which would be amazing.

Good luck Jerome.

Second Life Grid Survey Data Feed Issues


Since 17th February 2026 it appears that the daily economic metrics for Second Life are not showing up on the Second Life Grid Survey like the daily concurrency levels.

With this being broken it’s effecting statistics on the Second Life Grid Survey and likely the inworld counters. Back in December 2025 and early January 2026 the Second Life API data feeds were not working due to a bug. During January 2026 the lab fixed the issue but now it’s broken again.

Hopefully this issue will be resolved very soon. The grid survey has been useful to keep track of what’s happening on the grid.

More updates soon.

New Second Life Mobile Update


Linden Lab have just posted a new blog post named Mobile Update: February 2026 via the official Second Life Blog featuring the latest new features.

If you have not tried out these new features yet I think it’s definitely worth having a go at it. Sending feedback is recommended to improve Second Life mobile.

In February, we introduced features that made communication clearer and performance stronger. With new features – Bubble Chat, Object Chat and Single Tap

The mobile team have rolled out new features to Second Life Mobile like Bubble Chat, Object Chat and Single Tap.

Bubble Chat

Chat messages now appear directly over the scene near the top of your screen – so you can stay immersed without constantly checking the chat window.

Messages display for up to eight seconds

Tap a message to jump straight into the relevant conversation and reply instantly

There is now improved stability & performance on Second Life mobile.

User settings now persist between sessions

Memory and threading fixes

Triggered audio now respects your volume slider

A common Android crash bug has been resolved

Object Chat Support

Bubble Chat now shows object names and supports messages from objects. That means vendors, interactive items, and scripted experiences can speak up and you’ll see exactly where it’s coming from, right in the scene.

Single Tap Interactions

No more long presses. You can now interact with objects and avatars with a single tap. It’s smoother, quicker, and easier to discover interactions.

Try Second Life Mobile today on Android and on iOS.