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November 2026 · so far

The State of Quake

Every number here comes from QuakeHub polling every public Quake server on Earth every 90 seconds, real players only, bots filtered out, since August 2026. This month is still being written.

MonthQuarterYear
November 2026October 2026September 2026August 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–NetQuake–Bloodrun–Quake 4–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Champions–
All Games
7,510,269
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
66,037
hours of Quake played
486▼ 7%
players online on average
1,022▼ 10%
peak players at onceNov 1, 19:00 UTC
846
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
2,019
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
200400600 avg 486 562peak · Nov 1 today, so far Nov 18 200400600 avg 486 562peak · Nov 1 today, so far Nov 18

Servers on the map

IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server - 2,529 hoursWhite-Lightning | Freeze Tag | Chicago - 2,529 hoursHomer Side Server | Frankfurt Germany - 2,250 hours|)ark Fiber FFA | Chicago - 2,026 hours☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺ - 2,010 hours✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪ - 1,901 hours! ^&FreeFUn.fpsclasico.eu (Nov 09, 17:04) - 1,715 hoursQ3MSK FREEZE - 1,274 hoursq3.pieter.com - 1,226 hours*A51* FFA - 1,130 hoursThe Purgery #1 - PQL CA - 1,067 hoursDOGs/ 4v4 #1 - 951 hours
852 servers hosted a real match this month (2+ real humans and a real frag) - dot size is hours of play. Watch it live on the world map.

Players by game

Average online, with the change from last month. Quake Champions has no dedicated servers, so its number is Steam's concurrent-player count.
Quake Live196▼ 3%
Quake Champions164▼ 8%
Quake III Arena75▼ 4%
Quake II27▼ 4%
QuakeWorld21▼ 22%
Quake Wars1.6▲ 33%
CPMA1.2▼ 40%
NetQuake1
QC: Doom Edition0.7▲ 250%
Bloodrun0.6▼ 45%
Quake 40.2▼ 60%
Quake (Enhanced)0

By hour and weekday

Average players in each hour of the week, UTC. Brighter is busier; hover a cell for its number.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
quieterbusiernot sampled yet
Busiest slot: Sun 19:00 UTC, avg 944 players. Prime time: 16:00-0:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
410
Mon
478
Tue
474
Wed
448
Thu
491
Fri
561
Sat
553
Sun

Records

Top row: the best November 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
November 20261,022players online at once across all of Quake
Nov 1, 19:00 UTC
November 202643in the fullest single match
q3.pieter.com · Quake III Arena · 13vast
Nov 2, 02:00 UTC
November 20262,529hours of real players on the busiest server
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server · Quake Live
November 2026562average players on the busiest day
Nov 1
all-time1,226players online at once across all of Quake
Sep 23, 20:00 UTC
all-time63in the fullest single match
[a2m] Quake Like Carmack Used To Make · Quake Live · japanesecastles
Aug 8, 05:00 UTC

Maps and countries

2,114
different maps played
65
countries reached
42,768
matches played
2,773
new servers joined

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch40%
Clan Arena25%
Duel9%
TDM8%
Freeze Tag6%
CTF5%
Team3%
Action1%
Where servers are hosted
🇺🇸 United States29%
🇩🇪 Germany28%
🇷🇺 Russia13%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom5%
🇨🇱 Chile4%
🇫🇮 Finland3%
🇦🇺 Australia3%
🇵🇱 Poland3%
🇸🇪 Sweden2%
🇨🇳 China2%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 2,114 maps played. Bar colour is the map's game. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
thunderstruckQuake Live8.4%
campgroundsQuake Live5.1%
overkillQuake Live3.6%
bloodrunQuake Live3.2%
asylumQuake Live3.1%
trinityQuake Live2.9%
q3dm17Quake III Arena2.6%
hiddenfortressQuake Live2%
q2dm1Quake II1.9%
quarantineQuake Live1.9%
almostlostQuake Live1.8%
13vastQuake III Arena1.7%

Busiest servers this month

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1- IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular ServerQuake Live 2,529hours 40peak 27now 2- White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | ChicagoQuake Live 2,529hours 34peak 6now 3- Homer Side Server | Frankfurt GermanyQuake Live 2,250hours 22peak 15now 4▲2 |)ark Fiber FFA | ChicagoQuake Live 2,026hours 27peak 6now 5▼1 ☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺Quake Live 2,010hours 24peak 10now 6▼1 ✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪Quake Live 1,901hours 24peak 0now 7▲9 ! ^&FreeFUn.fpsclasico.eu (Nov 09, 17:04)Quake III Arena 1,715hours 22peak 20now 8▲3 Q3MSK FREEZEQuake III Arena 1,274hours 25peak 12now 9▼2 q3.pieter.comQuake III Arena 1,226hours 43peak 5now 10▲18 *A51* FFAQuake Live 1,130hours 16peak 8now

Duels

The Duel ZoneBusiest duel servers, top duel maps, the best time to duel, and the tournament calendar.→

Each game

Quake Live
Map of the monththunderstruck
Top modeClan Arena
Matches played18,339
View the State of Quake Live →
Quake III Arena
Map of the monthq3dm17
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played13,915
Fullest match43 playerson 13vast at q3.pieter.com
View the State of Quake III Arena →
Quake II
Map of the monthq2dm1
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played3,889
Fullest match17 playerson q2dm1 at PlayGround.ru - Deathmatch
View the State of Quake II →
QuakeWorld
Map of the monthe1m2
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played5,877
Fullest match16 playerson dm1ex at FFA @ qw.servegame.org‡
View the State of QuakeWorld →
CPMA
Map of the monthcpm22
Top modeDuel
Matches played148
Fullest match5 playerson poq3dm5 at .D Y M EU FFA map-rotation
View the State of CPMA →
NetQuake
Map of the monthstart
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played275
Fullest match7 playerson e1m5 at NetQuake.io Shareware FFA
View the State of NetQuake →
Bloodrun
Map of the monthdm1
Top modeDuel
Matches played91
Fullest match5 playerson dm1 at RESP MOSCOW 2
View the State of Bloodrun →
Quake 4
Map of the monthq4dm8
Top modeDeathmatch
Fullest match6 playerson hub3awq4 at Q4Max240 <Let's have fun>
View the State of Quake 4 →
Quake Wars
Map of the monthrefinery
Top modeCampaign
Fullest match25 playerson salvage_etqworg at Freedom NA - Dark Halloween
View the State of Quake Wars →
QC: Doom Edition
Map of the monthQCDE01
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played226
Fullest match6 playerson QCDE37 at TioPucho
View the State of QC: Doom Edition →
Quake (Enhanced)
Map of the monthdm8
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played8
Fullest match4 playerson dm6 at QuakeHub.net Deathmatch
View the State of Quake (Enhanced) →

Twitch

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