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September 2026 · so far

The State of Quake

Every number here comes from QuakeHub polling every public Quake server on Earth every 90 seconds, real players only, bots filtered out, since August 2026. This month is still being written.

Month Quarter Year

September 2026 August 2026

All Games

16,437,914

frags scoredby real players, counted between polls

141,061

hours of Quake played

497▼ 4%

players online on average

1,106▲ 3%

peak players at onceSep 13, 18:00 UTC

1,156

servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag

2,443

bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.

Servers on the map

1,192 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.

Players by game

Average online, with the change from last month. Quake Champions has no dedicated servers, so its number is Steam's concurrent-player count.

Quake Live197▼ 2%

Quake Champions192▼ 10%

Quake III Arena71▲ 5%

Quake II27▲ 4%

QuakeWorld20▲ 14%

Quake (Enhanced)1.4▼ 39%

Quake Wars1.2▼ 14%

CPMA1.1▲ 22%

NetQuake0.9▼ 25%

Quake 40.9▲ 29%

Bloodrun0.5▲ 150%

QC: Doom Edition0.1▼ 80%

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 987 players. Prime time: 15:00-23:00, busy every day.

By hour · UTC

12am6am12pm6pm11pm

By weekday

502

Mon

352

Tue

551

Wed

484

Thu

529

Fri

551

Sat

555

Sun

Records

Top row: the best September 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.

September 20261,106players online at once across all of Quake
Sep 13, 18:00 UTC

September 202640in the fullest single match
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server · Quake Live · ra3map13
Sep 5, 18:00 UTC

September 20266,241hours of real players on the busiest server
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server · Quake Live

September 2026666average players on the busiest day
Sep 2

all-time1,106players online at once across all of Quake
Sep 13, 18:00 UTC

all-time63in the fullest single match
[a2m] Quake Like Carmack Used To Make · Quake Live · japanesecastles
Aug 8, 05:00 UTC

Maps and countries

2,250

different maps played

countries reached

94,642

matches played

6,949

new servers joined

Modes and hosting

Modes

Deathmatch37%

Clan Arena26%

Duel10%

TDM9%

CTF5%

Freeze Tag5%

Team3%

Action1%

Where servers are hosted

🇩🇪 Germany29%

🇺🇸 United States28%

🇷🇺 Russia12%

🇬🇧 United Kingdom5%

🇨🇱 Chile3%

🇧🇪 Belgium3%

🇦🇺 Australia3%

🇵🇱 Poland3%

🇸🇪 Sweden3%

🇨🇳 China2%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 2,250 maps played. Bar colour is the map's game. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.

thunderstruckQuake Live8%

campgroundsQuake Live5.5%

bloodrunQuake Live3.9%

overkillQuake Live3.6%

trinityQuake Live3%

asylumQuake Live2.7%

q3dm17Quake III Arena2.1%

quarantineQuake Live1.9%

hiddenfortressQuake Live1.8%

q2dm1Quake II1.8%

almostlostQuake Live1.7%

aerowalkQuake Live1.7%

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 6,241hours 40peak 12now 2- White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | ChicagoQuake Live 5,353hours 34peak 0now 3- Homer Side Server | Frankfurt GermanyQuake Live 4,665hours 22peak 13now 4- ☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺Quake Live 4,478hours 25peak 0now 5NEW ✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪Quake Live 4,130hours 24peak 0now 6- ! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Sep 22, 13:03)Quake III Arena 4,017hours 22peak 5now 7- |)ark Fiber FFA | ChicagoQuake Live 3,559hours 28peak 1now 8▲4 tastyspleen.net::dmQuake II 2,464hours 16peak 2now 9▲2 ***2026 FREEQuake III Arena 2,426hours 21peak 5now 10▼2 The Purgery #1 - PQL CAQuake Live 2,334hours 28peak 12now

Duels

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

Each game

Quake Live

Map of the monththunderstruck

Top modeClan Arena

Matches played38,064

Fullest match40 playerson ra3map13 at IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server

View the State of Quake Live →

Quake III Arena

Map of the monthq3dm17

Top modeDeathmatch

Matches played35,132

Fullest match32 playerson pro-q3dm13 at ! DESPERADO FFA

View the State of Quake III Arena →

Quake II

Map of the monthq2dm1

Top modeDeathmatch

Matches played8,765

Fullest match18 playerson inferno at D-Day Chile - Ladder www.dday.cl/ladder

View the State of Quake II →

QuakeWorld

Map of the monthdm3

Top modeTeam

Matches played10,518

Fullest match14 playerson aerowalk at FFA @ qw.servegame.org

View the State of QuakeWorld →

CPMA

Map of the monthcpm22

Top modeDuel

Matches played317

Fullest match6 playerson cpm22 at ancient gaming

View the State of CPMA →

NetQuake

Map of the monthdm4

Top modeDeathmatch

Matches played480

Fullest match10 playerson ff-schtop at QWTF Play -- 5v5 Pub

View the State of NetQuake →

Quake (Enhanced)

Map of the monthe1m5

Top modeDeathmatch

Matches played1,010

Fullest match13 playerson horde6 at Rockets Only

View the State of Quake (Enhanced) →

Quake 4

Map of the monthq4dm11v1

Top modeDeathmatch

Fullest match7 playerson q4dm8 at Q4Max240 <Vanilla On Steroids>-USA=UK=ES=CA-

View the State of Quake 4 →

Bloodrun

Map of the monthdm1

Top modeDuel

Matches played226

Fullest match9 playerson troubledwaters at RESP MOSCOW ALPHA

View the State of Bloodrun →

Quake Wars

Map of the monthvolcano

Top modeCampaign

Fullest match23 playerson canal at Freedom NA - DarkMod

View the State of Quake Wars →

QC: Doom Edition

Map of the monthMACH01

Top modeDeathmatch

Matches played130

Fullest match8 playerson QCDE40 at TioPucho

View the State of QC: Doom Edition →

Twitch

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

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