PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds uses the BattlEye anti-cheat system, and according to the service over 322,000 cheaters have been banned since PUBG launched in March.    
 
https://www.vg247.com/2017/10/14/pubg-ban-hammer-smacks-322000-accounts-as-concurrent-users-hit-2-3-million/
 
 
(My favorite words used in the same sentence, ban & hammer). Joke.      

I read an article that said something like , PUBG  has banned more people so far  than every COD game put together  has so far .... 

The state of BF1 is pretty sad indeed. I've seen many cases of esp hacks a long with the rest.
It's the subtle ones flying under the radar, those are the worst. I've been playing BF for a long time
and DICE really did the pooch on BF1 It's still worth playing there are some beautiful maps in the
game. Just don't let the unexpected get you down.
I look forward to blowing you up out there 
Gattlin 

This is one of the key things that drove me to console gaming.  People still cheat, but nothing like before.

Agree, but a lot of that is out of necessity.   The only reason that console gaming works is because of assists.  That said, everyone has them.  A mouse and keyboard is and always will be more accurate.   But unfortunately the PC architecture lends itself to legitimate, genuine cheating / hacking etc.   Where-as its much more difficult on a console, due to the closed architecture.