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October 2026 · so far

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. This month is still being written.

MonthQuarterYear
October 2026September 2026August 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–QuakeWorld–Quake II–CPMA–Bloodrun–NetQuake–Quake 4–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Champions–
QuakeWorld
1,326,723
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
15,352
hours of QuakeWorld played
28.2▲ 40%
players online on average
112▲ 20%
peak players at once
236
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
40
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
1020304050 avg 28 50peak · Oct 10 today, so far Oct 181522 1020304050 avg 28 50peak · Oct 10 today, so far Oct 181522

Servers on the map

q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld - 4,948 hoursFFA @ qw.servegame.org‡ - 1,078 hours! Odessa QW Server‡ - 1,045 hoursberlin.qwleague.com:28501‡ - 467 hours! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28501‡ - 430 hours! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28502 - 352 hours-MtfCoop2 q.123c.ru - 277 hours‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰ - 264 hoursamsterdam.qwleague.com:28520 - 258 hourshamburg.qwleague.com:28501‡ - 254 hoursstockholm.qwleague.com:28501‡ - 236 hoursla.quake.world:28501 NAQW - 232 hours
236 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 83 players. Prime time: 18:00-22:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
28
Mon
27
Tue
24
Wed
25
Thu
29
Fri
33
Sat
32
Sun

Records

Top row: the best October 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
October 2026112players online at once on QuakeWorld
Oct 11
October 202648in the fullest single match
q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld · e1m5
Oct 10, 14:00 UTC
October 20264,948hours of real players on the busiest server
q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld
October 202650average players on the busiest day
Oct 10
all-time112players online at once on QuakeWorld
Oct 11, 12:00 UTC
all-time48in the fullest single match
q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld · e1m5
Oct 10, 14:00 UTC

Maps and countries

400
different maps played
30
countries reached
15,812
matches played

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch52%
Team32%
Duel10%
Team Fortress3%
Cooperative2%
KTX0%
CTF0%
Where servers are hosted
🇫🇮 Finland33%
🇩🇪 Germany22%
🇺🇸 United States12%
🇧🇷 Brazil6%
🇷🇺 Russia6%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 400 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
e1m214.5%
dm26.7%
e1m76.6%
e1m35.7%
dm35%
dm44.9%
e1m54.7%

Busiest servers this month

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1▲66 q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorldQuakeWorld 4,948hours 48peak 10now 2- FFA @ qw.servegame.org‡QuakeWorld 1,078hours 15peak 6now 3▼2 ! Odessa QW Server‡QuakeWorld 1,045hours 5peak 2now
4▼1 berlin.qwleague.com:28501‡QuakeWorld · offline 467hours 8peak -now
5▼1 ! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28501‡QuakeWorld 430hours 9peak 0now 6▲2 ! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28502QuakeWorld 352hours 8peak 1now 7▲4 -MtfCoop2 q.123c.ruQuakeWorld 277hours 3peak 1now 8▲1 ‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰QuakeWorld 264hours 4peak 0now
9▲35 amsterdam.qwleague.com:28520QuakeWorld · offline 258hours 8peak -now
10▲72 hamburg.qwleague.com:28501‡QuakeWorld · offline 254hours 8peak -now

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.