Q4 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
33,085,926
frags scored by real players, counted between polls 291,401
hours of Quake played 512
players online on average 1,130
peak players at once Oct 10, 19:00 UTC 1,463
servers hosting real matches 2+ real humans and a real frag 2,436
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.
200 400 600 800
avg 512
610peak · Oct 10
today, so far
Oct 1 8 15 22 29 1 6
200 400 600 800
avg 512
610peak · Oct 10
today, so far
Oct 1 8 15 22 29 1 6
Servers on the map
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server - 11,871 hours White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | Chicago - 10,654 hours Homer Side Server | Frankfurt Germany - 10,367 hours ☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺ - 8,754 hours ✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪ - 8,210 hours |)ark Fiber FFA | Chicago - 7,860 hours q3.pieter.com - 6,828 hours q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld - 6,329 hours ! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Nov 06, 18:42) - 6,099 hours Q3MSK FREEZE - 4,879 hours The Purgery #1 - PQL CA - 4,849 hours ***2026 FREE - 4,092 hours
Players by game
Average online. Quake Champions has no dedicated servers, so its number is Steam's concurrent-player count.
Quake Live 201
Quake Champions 175
Quake III Arena 77
Quake II 28
QuakeWorld 26
CPMA 1.8
Quake Wars 1.2
NetQuake 1
Bloodrun 1
Quake 4 0.4
QC: Doom Edition 0.3
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: Fri 19:00 UTC , avg 992 players. Prime time: 15:00 -23:00 , busy every day.
Records
Top row: the best Q4 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
Q4 2026 1,130 players online at once across all of QuakeOct 10, 19:00 UTC
Q4 2026 610 average players on the busiest day Oct 10
all-time 1,226 players online at once across all of QuakeSep 23, 20:00 UTC
Maps and countries
3,457
different maps played
Modes and hosting
Modes
Deathmatch 41%
Clan Arena 25%
Duel 10%
TDM 8%
Freeze Tag 6%
CTF 4%
Team 3%
Action 1%
Where servers are hosted
🇩🇪 Germany 29%
🇺🇸 United States 27%
🇷🇺 Russia 12%
🇫🇮 Finland 5%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 4%
🇨🇱 Chile 4%
🇦🇺 Australia 3%
🇵🇱 Poland 3%
🇸🇪 Sweden 3%
🇨🇳 China 3%
Top maps
Share of play-time across 3,457 maps played. Bar colour is the map's game. Click a map for its page, or
browse every map .
Busiest servers this quarter
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
11,871hours
40peak
26now
2
White-Lightning | Freeze Tag | ChicagoQuake Live
10,654hours
34peak
10now
3
Homer Side Server | Frankfurt GermanyQuake Live
10,367hours
22peak
13now
4
☺☻ DIK Clan's House of Blud ☻☺Quake Live
8,754hours
25peak
11now
5
✪✪✪ THE MADHOUSE ✪✪✪Quake Live
8,210hours
24peak
0now
6
|)ark Fiber FFA | ChicagoQuake Live
7,860hours
30peak
3now
7
q3.pieter.comQuake III Arena
6,828hours
47peak
12now
8
q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorldQuakeWorld
6,329hours
48peak
10now
9
! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Nov 06, 18:42)Quake III Arena
6,099hours
22peak
7now
10
Q3MSK FREEZEQuake III Arena
4,879hours
29peak
13now
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 80,686
Quake II
Top mode Deathmatch
Matches played 16,685
QuakeWorld
Top mode Deathmatch
Matches played 25,689
CPMA
Top mode Duel
Matches played 1,120
NetQuake
Top mode Deathmatch
Matches played 982
Twitch
Twitch Peak streams and viewers, the top streamers, and who streamed the most days. →