You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide Dead By Daylight fans have a lot to look forward to during February including some new skins, the return of 2v8 mode, plus the Chapter 35 PTB. Chapter 35 will introduce a new killer for everyone in March, and they are the final licensed bad guy for Year 9. Before the new killer arrives, we can look at the most popular DBD killers and survivors stats for the new year so far by looking at January 2025.Dead By Daylight most and least popular killers January 2025Nightlight is an excellent resource that compiles stats for Dead By Daylight. These are not officially from BeHaviour Interactive, but they are aggregated from thousands of matches uploaded.The January 2025 killer stats range from between January 2nd to January 30th, and they involve 19,800 games. According to the stats, Huntress remained the most popular killer, meanwhile, Wesker was number two, The Blight third, Michael Myers fourth, and The Wraith fifth.This is slightly different to the last time we looked at the most popular DBD killers back in November. Huntress remains the most popular baddie in Dead By Daylight, but Dracula dropped from second all the way to tenth. From November, Wesker moved up from third, and Blight moved up from fifth. Michael Myers remained the same at fourth, meanwhile, The Wraith massively improved by leaping to fifth.As for the least popular killers, The Hag was rock bottom, meanwhile, Skull Merchant was the second least popular, and the Twins were third. While The Hag and Skull Merchant remained the bottom two, the good news is that Freddy Kreuger skyrocketed from the bottom five into 12th place, and they could climb even higher in February thanks to their balance changes.Below were the top 10 most popular DBD killers in January 2025 with their pick and kill rate: Must-Listen: Publishing Manor Lords w/ Joe Robinson VideoGamer Podcast Listen Now The Huntress Pick rate: 6.44% Kill rate: 55.98%Wesker Pick rate: 5.19% Kill rate: 53.58%The Blight Pick rate: 5.04% Kill rate: 60.092%Michael Myers Pick rate: 3.94% Kill rate: 53.30%The Wraith Pick rate: 3.73% Kill rate: 58.05%Nemesis Pick rate: 3.63% Kill rate: 53.44%The Houndmaster Pick rate: 3.59% Kill rate: 58.77%Legion Pick rate: 3.52% Kill rate: 55.24%The Spirit Pick rate: 3.50% Kill rate: 56.35%Dracula Pick rate: 3.49% Kill rate: 55.85%Dead By Daylight most and least popular survivors January 2025The most popular Dead By Daylight survivors in January 2025 were similarly comprised from between January 2nd to 30th, but this time from 91, 891 players.Sable Ward was again the most popular, which has been a recurring theme ever since she captured the hearts of players beck in early 2024. Nea Karlsson was second, Kate Denson third, Feng Min fourth, and Mikaela Reid fifth.Again, the top five most popular survivors were all female. However, there were some differences compared to November. Mikaela dropped from second place to fifth, and Feng Min also dropped from third to fourth. Kate Denson climbed to third from fourth, and Nea Karlsson didnt just enter the top five, she cemented herself at second place out-of-nowhere.As for the least popular survivors, the bottom five were Jonah, Yoichi, Detective Tapp, Haddie Kaur, and Ash Williams from Evil Dead. This is slightly different from November as there was no bottom five place for Quentin Smith. Another difference from November is that almost no males made it into the top 10 most popular survivors as Leon dropped from eighth place, and Dwight barely made tenth.Below were the top 10 most popular DBD survivors in January 2025 with pick and escape rate included:Sable Ward Pick rate: 7.58% Escape rate: 41.52%Nea Karlsson Pick rate: 5.36% Escape rate: 44.38%Kate Denson Pick rate: 5.22% Escape rate: 43.51%Feng Min Pick rate: 5.06% Escape rate: 41.51%Mikaela Reid Pick rate: 4.41% Escape rate: 41.44%Yui Kimura Pick rate: 4.33% Escape rate: 43.76%Meg Thomas Pick rate: 4.17% Escape rate: 44.27%Lara Croft Pick rate: 3.83% Escape rate: 43.77%Claudette Morel Pick rate: 3.51% Escape rate: 43.22%Dwight Fairfield Pick rate: 3.38% Escape rate: 45.12%For more Dead By Daylight content, check out ourranking of the top 10 DLC expansions to buyalong with a ranking of thebest killer perksandbest survivor perks.Dead by DaylightPlatform(s):Google Stadia, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Action, Survival Horror7VideoGamerSubscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share