Editing Dance Dance Revolution (section)

===As an esport===
In 2004, ''Dance Dance Revolution'' became an official sporting event in Norway.<ref name="DDRNorway">{{Cite news|title=Positive Gaming: Machine Dance as Fitness and Sport|url=http://www.positivegaming.com/company/index.php?id=fitness|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011214904/http://positivegaming.com/company/index.php?id=fitness |archive-date=2007-10-11|access-date=2007-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cie.acm.org/articles/international-survey-on-the-dance-dance-revolution-game/|title=International survey on the Dance Dance Revolution game|first=Johanna|last=Hoysniemi|access-date=January 29, 2015}}</ref> The first official club, DDR Oslo, was founded in 2004. The tournaments in Norway were divided into two parts. First there was a group play where the two or three best players from each group went to the final rounds. Elimination of the player with the lowest game score was used for each round in the finals. The scoring system used was based on people dancing to two or three songs. Some of the songs were selected randomly and had to be played by everyone.  The others were player-chosen, which introduced some strategy into the game, as some songs had higher possible scoring than others. ''[[Dancing Stage EuroMix 2]]'' was used for the Norwegian tournaments.

In recent years, ''Dance Dance Revolution'' has been promoted by Konami as an [[esport]], mainly through their own competitive tournament, the ''Konami Arcade Championship''. The tournament allows players in different regions around the world to sign up and play in specific online events to earn a spot in the grand finals, typically held in [[Tokyo]], Japan. The first iterations of the tournament were limited only to competitors in Japan. In subsequent years, players from Korea, Taiwan, and other Asian countries were allowed to enter. The 6th Annual tournament, which concluded on February 11, 2017, was notable for being the first time that competitors from the United States were eligible to enter. The 7th Annual event, which concluded on February 10, 2018, added Indonesia and Canada as eligible competitor regions.

The 9th Annual Konami Arcade Championship added eligibility for players in Australia and New Zealand. The finals took place on February 8, 2020, and resulted in [[Chris Chike]] winning the global tournament.

Community-run ''DDR'' esports tournaments have gained traction since 2017, and have been growing in popularity and participation every year since, particularly in North America after the release of ''[[Dance Dance Revolution A]]''. Recently, ''DDR'' has been featured as part of the [[Community Effort Orlando|CEO]] game tournament event. ''DDR'' is also the main event in the annual rhythm game tournament event, ''The Big Deal'', taking place in Dallas, Texas. The 2019 event was historic for being the largest in-person ''DDR'' tournament in the game's history. The 2025 event has already broken the record, with 162 current in-person participants pre-registered for the tournament. In March 2023, the first ever ''upbeat'' tournament was held at [[Round One Corporation|Round1]] in [[Denver]], Colorado, with a $10,000 prize pool, the largest in any ''DDR'' esports competition to date. ''upbeat'' also set the record for the largest ever viewing audience on [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] for any ''DDR'' tournament on the streaming platform at the time.

In 2022, Konami announced a big expansion to its official BEMANI esports organization, the ''BEMANI PRO LEAGUE''. It was confirmed that ''DDR'' would be included in the future as a tournament league. The league held a pre-season exhibition in February 2023, with announcements of sponsor teams and player drafts to commence in April 2023. Later on, the regular season took place in late Spring and Summer of 2023, with team [[Round One Corporation|ROUND 1]] winning the finals. The following season of the league took place in the latter half of 2024, with team [[Taito|TAITO STATION Tradz]] winning that season's finals.