
And the sole reason you can use mods from that large of a time frame, is because a patch hasn't been released for over a year now due to the pandemic. The only reason not to use SSE is if your PC is not capable of handling the higher requirements of SSE.Įither way, any mod made prior to 2020 would probably not work if you used the latest version.

While there may be some few mods that have not been ported due to the authors having retired from modding, not giving permissions, or just not enough demand, the vast number of popular mods HAVE been ported (and have been for some time), and far more mods are coming out for SSE (by an almost 2.5 to 1 margin), than are being released for Oldrim. More than twice the number of mods have been uploaded for SSE in the last 2 years than for original Skyrim - and this trend just keeps increasing (just as activity in the original Skyrim forum has dropped off dramatically in just the last year - many times more so than in the SSE forum, which has also seen a decrease). With SSE having over 2500 more English language mods in a lesser amount of time.Īnd if you compare the numbers for just the last 2 years (Augto August 5, 2021) the numbers are: Original Skyrim - 23225 (Januto August 5, 2021) However, considering that the oldest mods from original Skyrim are obsolete or abandoned, (at least those made prior to 2015), the numbers change drastically:

Special Editions - 25862 (Octoto August 5, 2021)

Original Skyrim - 30812 (Novemto August 5, 2021)

This is just to get the facts straight.Īs of August 5, 2021, the total number of mods in English for both original Skyrim and Special Edition are as follows: Again - To respond to the "far more mods for LE than SE" myth, which is often seen posted by very many people, and is again posted above (using grand totals that include translations and foreign languages, thus many mods being counted multiple times) the actual number of mods are as follows.
