13 million PUBG cheaters have been banned so far

Many PUBG players have bemoaned the fact the game is plagued by cheaters. From wall hackers to aimbots, PUBG has garnered something of a reputation for hosting naughty players.

And according to stats released by PUBG developer Bluehole over the past year, the game does indeed have an issue with hackers, as over 13 million bans have been handed out since June 2017 "due to the unauthorised use of illegal programs".

Reddit user sjk045 made the discovery by compiling data from 69 separate Bluehole posts on the company's Korean PUBG cafe website. Bluehole releases weekly updates listing the number of players banned - making it possible to collect all the data and calculate the total number.

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