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September 2026

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.

MonthQuarterYear
October 2026September 2026August 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–NetQuake–Quake 4–Bloodrun–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake Champions–
All Games
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–NetQuake–Quake 4–Bloodrun–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake Champions–
24,210,248▲ 36%
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
207,669▲ 3%
hours of Quake played
524▲ 1%
players online on average
1,226▲ 15%
peak players at onceSep 23, 20:00 UTC
1,329▲ 10%
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
2,482
bots detectedon a typical poll

Players by day

Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
200400600800 avg 524 666peak · Sep 2 Sep 18152229 200400600800 avg 524 666peak · Sep 2 Sep 18152229

Servers on the map

IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server - 9,281 hoursWhite-Lightning | Freeze Tag | Chicago - 7,740 hoursHomer Side Server | Frankfurt Germany - 7,168 hours☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺ - 6,582 hours✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪ - 6,064 hours! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Oct 01, 01:59) - 5,674 hours|)ark Fiber FFA | Chicago - 5,276 hours***2026 FREE - 3,450 hourstastyspleen.net::dm - 3,439 hoursQ3MSK FREEZE - 3,396 hoursThe Purgery #1 - PQL CA - 3,375 hours! ^&FreeFUn.fpsclasico.eu (Oct 01, 01:59) - 2,341 hours
1,384 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 Champions209▼ 2%
Quake Live200
Quake III Arena72▲ 7%
Quake II27▲ 4%
QuakeWorld20▲ 14%
CPMA1.6▲ 78%
Quake Wars1.2▼ 14%
Quake (Enhanced)1▼ 57%
NetQuake0.9▼ 25%
Quake 40.7
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 1,018 players. Prime time: 15:00-23:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
511
Mon
417
Tue
529
Wed
524
Thu
553
Fri
578
Sat
578
Sun

Records

Top row: the best September 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
September 20261,226players online at once across all of Quake
Sep 23, 20:00 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 20269,281hours 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-time1,226players online at once across all of Quake
Sep 23, 20:00 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

2,357
different maps played
76
countries reached
137,259▼ 1%
matches played
10,288
new servers joined
10,654
servers went dark

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch37%
Clan Arena26%
Duel10%
TDM9%
CTF5%
Freeze Tag5%
Team3%
Action1%
Where servers are hosted
🇩🇪 Germany29%
🇺🇸 United States27%
🇷🇺 Russia12%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom5%
🇨🇱 Chile3%
🇦🇺 Australia3%
🇧🇪 Belgium3%
🇵🇱 Poland3%
🇸🇪 Sweden3%
🇨🇳 China2%

Top maps

Share of play-time across 2,357 maps played. Bar colour is the map's game. Click a map for its page, or browse every map.
thunderstruckQuake Live8.4%
campgroundsQuake Live5.5%
bloodrunQuake Live4%
overkillQuake Live3.7%
trinityQuake Live3.1%
asylumQuake Live2.8%
q3dm17Quake III Arena2.1%
quarantineQuake Live1.9%
hiddenfortressQuake Live1.8%
almostlostQuake Live1.8%
q2dm1Quake II1.8%
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 9,281hours 40peak 1now 2- White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | ChicagoQuake Live 7,740hours 34peak 26now 3- Homer Side Server | Frankfurt GermanyQuake Live 7,168hours 22peak 0now 4- ☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺Quake Live 6,582hours 25peak 15now 5NEW ✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪Quake Live 6,064hours 24peak 17now 6- ! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Oct 01, 01:59)Quake III Arena 5,674hours 22peak 1now 7- |)ark Fiber FFA | ChicagoQuake Live 5,276hours 32peak 15now 8▲3 ***2026 FREEQuake III Arena 3,450hours 23peak 1now 9▲3 tastyspleen.net::dmQuake II 3,439hours 16peak 6now 10▼1 Q3MSK FREEZEQuake III Arena 3,396hours 25peak 0now

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 played57,186
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 played49,027
Fullest match38 playerson q3ufc28 at Q3RETRO.COM|CTF
View the State of Quake III Arena →
Quake II
Map of the monthq2dm1
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played13,061
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 played15,263
Fullest match14 playerson aerowalk at FFA @ qw.servegame.org‡
View the State of QuakeWorld →
CPMA
Map of the monthpro-q3dm6
Top modeDuel
Matches played426
Fullest match6 playerson cpm22 at ancient gaming
View the State of CPMA →
NetQuake
Map of the monthstart
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played730
Fullest match10 playerson ff-schtop at QWTF Play -- 5v5 Pub
View the State of NetQuake →
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 played320
Fullest match9 playerson troubledwaters at RESP MOSCOW ALPHA
View the State of Bloodrun →
Quake (Enhanced)
Map of the monthe1m5
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played1,041
Fullest match13 playerson horde6 at Rockets Only
View the State of Quake (Enhanced) →
Quake Wars
Map of the monthvalley
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 played205
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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