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November 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
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–
QuakeWorld
422,557
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
4,359
hours of QuakeWorld played
21.1▼ 22%
players online on average
82▼ 27%
peak players at once
141
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
63
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 21 24peak · Nov 2 today, so far Nov 18 510152025 avg 21 24peak · Nov 2 today, so far Nov 18

Servers on the map

q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld - 737 hours! Odessa QW Server‡ - 406 hoursFFA @ qw.servegame.org‡ - 389 hoursamsterdam.qwleague.com:28520 (blue vs. red)‡ - 167 hours! Qlash Brasil | Antilag:28501 - 136 hourshamburg.qwleague.com:28501 (red vs. blue)‡ - 102 hours! Qlash Brasil | Antilag:28502 - 96 hours‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰ - 94 hoursbr.quake.world:27500 - 84 hoursstockholm.qwleague.com:28501 (red vs. blue)‡ - 84 hours! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28501‡ - 81 hoursDeepFrag Denver:28502 - 70 hours
141 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 20:00 UTC, avg 66 players. Prime time: 19:00-23:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
19
Mon
21
Tue
21
Wed
19
Thu
20
Fri
24
Sat
24
Sun

Records

Top row: the best November 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
November 202682players online at once on QuakeWorld
Nov 8
November 202616in the fullest single match
FFA @ qw.servegame.org‡ · dm1ex
Nov 1, 18:00 UTC
November 2026737hours of real players on the busiest server
q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld
November 202624average players on the busiest day
Nov 2
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
27
countries reached
5,892
matches played

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch42%
Team38%
Duel12%
Team Fortress4%
Cooperative3%
KTX0%
Clan Arena0%
CTF0%
Where servers are hosted
🇩🇪 Germany25%
🇫🇮 Finland18%
🇺🇸 United States13%
🇧🇷 Brazil11%
🇸🇪 Sweden9%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 400 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
e1m27.9%
dm27.8%
dm46.5%
dm35.9%
ztndm34.4%
e1m73.9%

Busiest servers this month

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1- q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorldQuakeWorld 737hours 16peak 5now 2- ! Odessa QW Server‡QuakeWorld 406hours 6peak 3now 3- FFA @ qw.servegame.org‡QuakeWorld 389hours 16peak 1now
4▲3 amsterdam.qwleague.com:28520 (blue vs. red)‡QuakeWorld · offline 167hours 8peak -now
5NEW ! Qlash Brasil | Antilag:28501QuakeWorld 136hours 4peak 0now 6▲2 -MtfCoop2 q.123c.ruQuakeWorld 119hours 3peak 1now
7▲2 hamburg.qwleague.com:28501 (red vs. blue)‡QuakeWorld · offline 102hours 8peak -now
8NEW ! Qlash Brasil | Antilag:28502QuakeWorld 96hours 8peak 1now 9▲1 ‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰QuakeWorld 94hours 4peak 3now
10▲2 stockholm.qwleague.com:28501 (red vs. blue)‡QuakeWorld · offline 84hours 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.