World of Warcraft is massive and is the most widely played MMORPG game out there right now and for the last few years. There are some games that can compete against it. One of the main competing MMORPG is Lord of the Rings which is a free MMORPG and is growing in popularity in the last few months.
I don't find it nearly as fun as World of Warcraft and it is not as widely played but it is competing. There are quite a few other MMORPGs out there and the best place to find information on them is mmorpg.com/ which will provide you will all kinds of game related sources. In short, yes, there are games that can compete against World of Warcraft but none of them have begun to reach the sheer number of players that Blizzard Entertainment has drawn into the World of Warcraft.
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