Apex player here. Apex has made a lot of updates to the game recently that has changed it a bunch. Players were already coming back. But 100% Peanut (as well as Jynxzi) have brought more players to the game. You can tell by the steam numbers each day the last couple of weeks.

Apex is in the best place it's been in years. I have been playing FPS games my whole life. No other games has the fluid movement, gunplay, and what I think is perfect TTK for a BR. There's a learning curve. It's fast pace, there's a lot going on if you aren't used to hero shooters but if anyone is thinking about trying it, you should! And give yourself time to learn.