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August 2026 · so far

The State of Quake III Arena

Every Quake III Arena server, one month, one picture - drawn from the same polling that runs the live browser, with bots filtered out. This month is still being written.

MonthQuarterYear
All GamesQuake LiveQuake III ArenaQuake IIQuakeWorldQuake (Enhanced)NetQuakeCPMAQuake 4Quake WarsQC: Doom EditionBloodrunQuake Champions
18,812
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
14,064
hours of Quake III Arena played
65.9
players online on average
201
peak players at once
78
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
1,485
bots detectedon a typical poll

The month, day by day

Average players online on Quake III Arena, each day of August 2026.
18365472

Where Quake III Arena lived

! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Aug 12, 19:23) - 1,953 hoursQ3MSK FREEZE - 1,153 hours***2026 FREE - 1,084 hours*A51* FFA - 688 hours! ^&FreeFUn.fpsclasico.eu (Aug 12, 19:22) - 677 hoursQ3RETRO.COM|CTF - 583 hoursRETRO|FFA - 453 hoursQ3MSK CA(PL) - 351 hoursQ3MSK CTF(DE) - 272 hours! ^$ffa.fpsclasico.eu (Aug 12, 19:22) - 262 hoursTumbleweed mixed 1 - 245 hours! ^#masters.fpsclasico.de (Aug 12, 19:23) - 237 hours
78 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.

When Quake III Arena happens

By hour of the day · UTC.
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By day of the week.
67
Mon
65
Tue
61
Wed
68
Thu
68
Fri
66
Sat
70
Sun

Biggest moments

201players online at once on Quake III Arena
Aug 2
29the fullest single match
Q3RETRO.COM|CTF · q3ufc2

The pulse

400
different maps played
32
countries reached

How & where Quake III Arena was played

Most-played modes.
Deathmatch39%
TDM33%
Duel13%
CTF10%
54%
80%
90%
tdm0%
Where servers were hosted.
🇩🇪 Germany36%
🇷🇺 Russia26%
🇺🇸 United States19%
🇵🇱 Poland4%
🇳🇱 Netherlands4%

The maps that owned the month

Share of Quake III Arena's map play-time (400 different maps were played). Tap a map for its own page, or browse every map.
pro-q3dm68.3%
q3dm178.2%
ztn3tourney15.2%
q3dm74.8%
q3dm143.2%
q3dm83.2%
q3dm152.6%
q3dm112.4%
pro-q3tourney42.3%
q3dm162.2%

Busiest servers this month

By total hours of real-player time. Tap a server to find it in the live browser.
1 ! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Aug 12, 19:23)Quake III Arena 1,953hours 22peak 15now 2 Q3MSK FREEZEQuake III Arena 1,153hours 28peak 11now 3 ***2026 FREEQuake III Arena 1,084hours 20peak 10now 4 *A51* FFAQuake III Arena 688hours 13peak 3now 5 ! ^&FreeFUn.fpsclasico.eu (Aug 12, 19:22)Quake III Arena 677hours 19peak 1now 6 Q3RETRO.COM|CTFQuake III Arena 583hours 29peak 0now 7 RETRO|FFAQuake III Arena 453hours 16peak 2now 8 Q3MSK CA(PL)Quake III Arena 351hours 13peak 1now 9 Q3MSK CTF(DE)Quake III Arena 272hours 19peak 6now 10 ! ^$ffa.fpsclasico.eu (Aug 12, 19:22)Quake III Arena 262hours 8peak 1now
Real players only - bots filtered on every poll. Recording since August 2026.

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