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Q3 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
Q4 2026Q3 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–NetQuake–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake 4–Bloodrun–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake Champions–
QuakeWorld
2,245,041
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
25,024
hours of QuakeWorld played
18.8
players online on average
93
peak players at once
303
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
94
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
102030 avg 19 29peak · Sep 2 Aug 1815222918152229 102030 avg 19 29peak · Sep 2 Aug 1815222918152229

Servers on the map

! Odessa QW Server‡ - 2,591 hoursFFA @ qw.servegame.org‡ - 2,200 hoursberlin.qwleague.com:28501 - 1,379 hours! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28501 (fk vs. red)‡ - 830 hoursThickshaker Vic Antilag #1 - 770 hours-MtfCoop2 q.123c.ru - 755 hours! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28502 - 636 hours‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰ - 635 hoursstockholm.qwleague.com:28501 (tSÑ vs. oeks)‡ - 551 hoursSpider MSK Antilag:28501 - 477 hoursdm6.uk #2 antilag - 462 hours! ring @ ilha :27500 - 426 hours
303 servers hosted a real match this quarter (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 71 players. Prime time: 18:00-22:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
17
Mon
16
Tue
20
Wed
18
Thu
18
Fri
20
Sat
21
Sun

Records

Top row: the best Q3 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
Q3 202693players online at once on QuakeWorld
Sep 27
Q3 202614in the fullest single match
Scorptec LAN 2026 #03 · e1m2
Aug 8, 11:00 UTC
Q3 20262,591hours of real players on the busiest server
! Odessa QW Server‡
Q3 202629average players on the busiest day
Sep 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

682
different maps played
30
countries reached

Modes and hosting

Modes
Team42%
Deathmatch35%
Duel11%
Team Fortress8%
Cooperative3%
KTX0%
CTF0%
Where servers are hosted
🇩🇪 Germany32%
🇺🇸 United States19%
🇸🇪 Sweden10%
🇷🇺 Russia9%
🇧🇷 Brazil9%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 682 maps played. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
dm29.3%
dm38.6%
dm48.3%
ztndm35.1%
e1m24.7%
end2.9%

Busiest servers this quarter

By total hours of real-player time. Click a server to find it in the live browser.
1 ! Odessa QW Server‡QuakeWorld 2,591hours 10peak 3now 2 FFA @ qw.servegame.org‡QuakeWorld 2,200hours 14peak 7now
3 berlin.qwleague.com:28501QuakeWorld · offline 1,379hours 8peak -now
4 ! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28501 (fk vs. red)‡QuakeWorld · offline 830hours 8peak -now
5 Thickshaker Vic Antilag #1QuakeWorld 770hours 8peak 0now 6 -MtfCoop2 q.123c.ruQuakeWorld 755hours 3peak 0now
7 ! Qlash Sao Paulo | Antilag:28502QuakeWorld · offline 636hours 9peak -now
8 ‰‡ˆ† Let's play QW COOP on 3500+ maps w/Rankings,stats,etc †ˆ‡‰QuakeWorld 635hours 5peak 2now
9 stockholm.qwleague.com:28501 (tSÑ vs. oeks)‡QuakeWorld · offline 551hours 8peak -now
10 Spider MSK Antilag:28501QuakeWorld 477hours 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.