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November 2026 · so far

The State of Quake Live

Every number here comes from QuakeHub polling every public Quake Live 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–
Quake Live
4,934,540
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
40,193
hours of Quake Live played
196.6▼ 3%
players online on average
405▼ 7%
peak players at once
441
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
537
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
50100150200250 avg 197 231peak · Nov 1 today, so far Nov 18 50100150200250 avg 197 231peak · Nov 1 today, so far Nov 18

Servers on the map

IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server - 2,541 hoursWhite-Lightning | Freeze Tag | Chicago - 2,531 hoursHomer Side Server | Frankfurt Germany - 2,258 hours|)ark Fiber FFA | Chicago - 2,027 hours☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺ - 2,014 hours✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪ - 1,901 hours*A51* FFA - 1,134 hoursThe Purgery #1 - PQL CA - 1,067 hoursDOGs/ 4v4 #1 - 956 hoursELO RESET | www.quakeclub.com | CA #1 - 869 hours-=Moon CA(Blue)=- - 772 hours► [FT Classic #1] DE Melodeiro Server - 631 hours
441 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.

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 374 players. Prime time: 16:00-2:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
168
Mon
190
Tue
191
Wed
175
Thu
199
Fri
224
Sat
228
Sun

Records

Top row: the best November 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
November 2026405players online at once on Quake Live
Nov 1
November 202640in the fullest single match
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server · ra3map1
Nov 5, 20:00 UTC
November 20262,541hours of real players on the busiest server
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server
November 2026231average players on the busiest day
Nov 1
all-time463players online at once on Quake Live
Sep 4, 12:00 UTC
all-time63in the fullest single match
[a2m] Quake Like Carmack Used To Make · japanesecastles
Aug 8, 05:00 UTC

Maps and countries

400
different maps played
63
countries reached
18,390
matches played

Modes and hosting

Modes
Clan Arena42%
Deathmatch32%
Duel10%
Freeze Tag10%
CTF3%
Race1%
Attack & Defend1%
TDM1%
Where servers are hosted
🇺🇸 United States34%
🇩🇪 Germany27%
🇷🇺 Russia10%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom7%
🇨🇱 Chile5%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 400 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.

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 2,541hours 40peak 27now 2- White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | ChicagoQuake Live 2,531hours 34peak 5now 3- Homer Side Server | Frankfurt GermanyQuake Live 2,258hours 22peak 12now 4▲2 |)ark Fiber FFA | ChicagoQuake Live 2,027hours 27peak 4now 5▼1 ☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺Quake Live 2,014hours 24peak 10now 6▼1 ✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪Quake Live 1,901hours 24peak 0now 7▲10 *A51* FFAQuake Live 1,134hours 16peak 8now 8▼1 The Purgery #1 - PQL CAQuake Live 1,067hours 26peak 0now 9▲1 DOGs/ 4v4 #1Quake Live 956hours 18peak 11now 10▼2 ELO RESET | www.quakeclub.com | CA #1Quake Live 869hours 29peak 0now

Duels

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

Twitch

TwitchPeak streams and viewers, the top streamers, and who streamed the most days for Quake Live.→

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