November 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.
All Games
State of Quake
Period November 2026 October 2026 September 2026 August 2026
All Games
7,516,821
frags scored by real players, counted between polls 66,108
hours of Quake played 486 ▼ 7%
players online on average 1,022 ▼ 10%
peak players at once Nov 1, 19:00 UTC 847
servers hosting real matches 2+ real humans and a real frag 2,019
bots detected on a typical poll
Players by day
Average online each day. Shaded columns are weekends; hover or click a day for its number.
200 400 600
avg 486
562peak · Nov 1
today, so far
Nov 1 8
200 400 600
avg 486
562peak · Nov 1
today, so far
Nov 1 8
Servers on the map
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server - 2,534 hours White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | Chicago - 2,530 hours Homer Side Server | Frankfurt Germany - 2,254 hours |)ark Fiber FFA | Chicago - 2,026 hours ☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺ - 2,012 hours ✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪ - 1,901 hours ! ^&FreeFUn.fpsclasico.eu (Nov 09, 17:16) - 1,718 hours Q3MSK FREEZE - 1,277 hours q3.pieter.com - 1,228 hours *A51* FFA - 1,131 hours The Purgery #1 - PQL CA - 1,067 hours DOGs/ 4v4 #1 - 953 hours
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 Live 196▼ 3%
Quake Champions 164▼ 8%
Quake III Arena 75▼ 4%
Quake II 27▼ 4%
QuakeWorld 21▼ 22%
Quake Wars 1.6▲ 33%
CPMA 1.2▼ 40%
NetQuake 1
QC: Doom Edition 0.7▲ 250%
Bloodrun 0.6▼ 45%
Quake 4 0.2▼ 60%
Quake (Enhanced) 0
By hour and weekday
Average players in each hour of the week, UTC . Brighter is busier; hover a cell for its number.
12am 6am 12pm 6pm 11pm
quieter busier not sampled yet
Busiest slot: Sun 19:00 UTC , avg 944 players. Prime time: 16:00 -0:00 , busy every day.
Records
Top row: the best November 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
November 2026 1,022 players online at once across all of QuakeNov 1, 19:00 UTC
November 2026 43 in the fullest single matchq3.pieter.com · Quake III Arena · 13vast Nov 2, 02:00 UTC November 2026 562 average players on the busiest day Nov 1
all-time 1,226 players online at once across all of QuakeSep 23, 20:00 UTC
Maps and countries
2,114
different maps played
Modes and hosting
Modes
Deathmatch 40%
Clan Arena 25%
Duel 9%
TDM 8%
Freeze Tag 6%
CTF 5%
Team 3%
Action 1%
Where servers are hosted
🇺🇸 United States 29%
🇩🇪 Germany 28%
🇷🇺 Russia 13%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 5%
🇨🇱 Chile 4%
🇫🇮 Finland 3%
🇦🇺 Australia 3%
🇵🇱 Poland 3%
🇸🇪 Sweden 2%
🇨🇳 China 2%
Top maps
Share of play-time across 2,114 maps played. Bar colour is the map's game. Click a map for its page, or
browse every map .
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
2,534hours
40peak
26now
2 -
White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | ChicagoQuake Live
2,530hours
34peak
5now
3 -
Homer Side Server | Frankfurt GermanyQuake Live
2,254hours
22peak
20now
4 ▲2
|)ark Fiber FFA | ChicagoQuake Live
2,026hours
27peak
3now
5 ▼1
☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺Quake Live
2,012hours
24peak
10now
6 ▼1
✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪Quake Live
1,901hours
24peak
0now
7 ▲9
! ^&FreeFUn.fpsclasico.eu (Nov 09, 17:16)Quake III Arena
1,718hours
22peak
15now
8 ▲3
Q3MSK FREEZEQuake III Arena
1,277hours
25peak
14now
9 ▼2
q3.pieter.comQuake III Arena
1,228hours
43peak
8now
10 ▲18
*A51* FFAQuake Live
1,131hours
16peak
9now
Duels
The Duel Zone Busiest duel servers, top duel maps, the best time to duel, and the tournament calendar. →
Each game
Quake Live
Top mode Clan Arena
Matches played 18,361
Quake II
Top mode Deathmatch
Matches played 3,893
CPMA
Top mode Duel
Matches played 148
NetQuake
Top mode Deathmatch
Matches played 275
Twitch
Twitch Peak streams and viewers, the top streamers, and who streamed the most days. →
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