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August 2026

The State of QuakeWorld

Every number here comes from QuakeHub polling every public QuakeWorld server on Earth every 90 seconds, real players only, bots filtered out, since August 2026.

MonthQuarterYear
September 2026August 2026
All GamesQuake LiveQuake III ArenaQuake IIQuakeWorldNetQuakeQuake (Enhanced)CPMAQuake 4Quake WarsQC: Doom EditionBloodrunQuake Champions
QuakeWorld
829,582
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
11,562
hours of QuakeWorld played
17.7
players online on average
71
peak players at once
226
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
103
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
510152025 avg 18 25peak · Aug 26 Aug 1815222931 510152025 avg 18 25peak · Aug 26 Aug 1815222931

Servers on the map

! Odessa QW Server‡ - 1,249 hoursFFA @ qw.servegame.org‡ - 990 hoursberlin.qwleague.com:28501 (blue vs. red)‡ - 572 hoursmegatf coop - 495 hours! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28501‡ - 385 hoursThickshaker Vic Antilag #1 - 384 hours‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰ - 305 hours! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28502 - 290 hoursSpider MSK Antilag:28501 - 246 hours! ring @ ilha :27500 - 239 hoursThe-Den:28501‡ - 217 hoursstockholm.qwleague.com:28501 (red vs. blue)‡ - 205 hours
226 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: Wed 19:00 UTC, avg 55 players. Prime time: 17:00-22:00, busy every day. 152 of 168 hour-slots sampled so far - filling in as the week repeats.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
16
Mon
17
Tue
19
Wed
17
Thu
17
Fri
19
Sat
19
Sun

Records

Top row: the best August 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
August 202671players online at once on QuakeWorld
Aug 26
August 202614in the fullest single match
Scorptec LAN 2026 #03 · e1m2
Aug 8, 11:00 UTC
August 20261,249hours of real players on the busiest server
! Odessa QW Server‡
August 202625average players on the busiest day
Aug 26
all-time92players online at once on QuakeWorld
Sep 15, 12:00 UTC
all-time14in the fullest single match
Scorptec LAN 2026 #03 · e1m2
Aug 8, 11:00 UTC

Maps and countries

400
different maps played
29
countries reached

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch41%
Team40%
Team Fortress10%
Duel6%
Cooperative4%
KTX0%
CTF0%
Where servers are hosted
🇩🇪 Germany31%
🇺🇸 United States19%
🇷🇺 Russia11%
🇧🇷 Brazil9%
🇦🇺 Australia8%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 400 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
dm49.5%
dm28.4%
dm36.2%
e1m24.4%
end3.1%

Busiest servers this month

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1 ! Odessa QW Server‡QuakeWorld 1,249hours 10peak 2now 2 FFA @ qw.servegame.org‡QuakeWorld 990hours 14peak 3now
3 berlin.qwleague.com:28501 (blue vs. red)‡QuakeWorld · offline 572hours 8peak -now
4 megatf coopQuakeWorld 495hours 3peak 0now 5 ! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28501‡QuakeWorld 385hours 5peak 2now 6 Thickshaker Vic Antilag #1QuakeWorld 384hours 8peak 0now 7 ‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰QuakeWorld 305hours 5peak 2now 8 ! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28502QuakeWorld 290hours 8peak 0now 9 Spider MSK Antilag:28501QuakeWorld 246hours 4peak 0now 10 ! ring @ ilha :27500QuakeWorld 239hours 8peak 0now

Duels

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

Play QuakeWorld right now

Everything above is real people on real servers - see who's on right now.
How to Play QuakeWorld
  1. nQuake is a one-click package that bundles the ezQuake client.
  2. Download, unzip, run. (If you own Quake, drop your pak files in for the full maps.)

Joining a server Click connect and it opens the server in ezQuake via a qw:// link (nQuake registers that handler). No handler? Use the console: /connect ip:port.

Real players only - bots filtered on every poll. Recording since August 2026.