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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.

MonthQuarterYear
Q4 2026Q3 2026
All Games–Quake Live–Quake III Arena–Quake II–QuakeWorld–CPMA–Bloodrun–NetQuake–Quake 4–Quake Wars–QC: Doom Edition–Quake (Enhanced)–Quake Champions–
All Games
33,085,926
frags scoredby real players, counted between polls
291,401
hours of Quake played
512
players online on average
1,130
peak players at onceOct 10, 19:00 UTC
1,463
servers hosting real matches2+ real humans and a real frag
2,436
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 512 610peak · Oct 10 today, so far Oct 1815222916 200400600800 avg 512 610peak · Oct 10 today, so far Oct 1815222916

Servers on the map

IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server - 11,871 hoursWhite-Lightning | Freeze Tag | Chicago - 10,654 hoursHomer 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 hoursq3.pieter.com - 6,828 hoursq1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld - 6,329 hours! ^-UnFreeZe.fpsclasico.de (Nov 06, 18:42) - 6,099 hoursQ3MSK FREEZE - 4,879 hoursThe Purgery #1 - PQL CA - 4,849 hours***2026 FREE - 4,092 hours
1,546 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.

Players by game

Average online. Quake Champions has no dedicated servers, so its number is Steam's concurrent-player count.
Quake Live201
Quake Champions175
Quake III Arena77
Quake II28
QuakeWorld26
CPMA1.8
Quake Wars1.2
NetQuake1
Bloodrun1
Quake 40.4
QC: Doom Edition0.3
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.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
quieterbusiernot sampled yet
Busiest slot: Fri 19:00 UTC, avg 992 players. Prime time: 15:00-23:00, busy every day.
By hour · UTC
12am6am12pm6pm11pm
By weekday
496
Mon
488
Tue
474
Wed
474
Thu
507
Fri
579
Sat
573
Sun

Records

Top row: the best Q4 2026 has seen. Bottom row: the best ever recorded, since August 2026.
Q4 20261,130players online at once across all of Quake
Oct 10, 19:00 UTC
Q4 202650in the fullest single match
Woe unto those who turned their backs on Mococo. · Quake II · q2mococo1
Oct 27, 02:00 UTC
Q4 202611,871hours of real players on the busiest server
IZI PUB#1 - CLAN ARENA - 16v16 CA - Regular Server · Quake Live
Q4 2026610average players on the busiest day
Oct 10
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

3,457
different maps played
78
countries reached
189,456
matches played
12,912
new servers joined

Modes and hosting

Modes
Deathmatch41%
Clan Arena25%
Duel10%
TDM8%
Freeze Tag6%
CTF4%
Team3%
Action1%
Where servers are hosted
🇩🇪 Germany29%
🇺🇸 United States27%
🇷🇺 Russia12%
🇫🇮 Finland5%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom4%
🇨🇱 Chile4%
🇦🇺 Australia3%
🇵🇱 Poland3%
🇸🇪 Sweden3%
🇨🇳 China3%

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.
thunderstruckQuake Live8.5%
campgroundsQuake Live5.3%
overkillQuake Live3.6%
bloodrunQuake Live3.4%
trinityQuake Live2.9%
asylumQuake Live2.7%
q3dm17Quake III Arena2.7%
quarantineQuake Live1.8%
hiddenfortressQuake Live1.8%
q2dm1Quake II1.8%
almostlostQuake Live1.7%
aerowalkQuake Live1.7%

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

Each game

Quake Live
Map of the quarterthunderstruck
Top modeClan Arena
Matches played80,686
View the State of Quake Live →
Quake III Arena
Map of the quarterq3dm17
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played62,629
Fullest match47 playerson q3dm7 at q3.pieter.com
View the State of Quake III Arena →
Quake II
Map of the quarterq2dm1
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played16,685
View the State of Quake II →
QuakeWorld
Map of the quartere1m2
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played25,689
Fullest match48 playerson e1m5 at q1.pieter.com FTE QuakeWorld
View the State of QuakeWorld →
CPMA
Map of the quartercpm22
Top modeDuel
Matches played1,120
Fullest match8 playerson cpm22 at OldServers.com.ar - MULTI-MODE
View the State of CPMA →
Bloodrun
Map of the quarterdm1
Top modeDuel
Matches played757
Fullest match10 playerson dm4ctf at QBD Frankfurt CTF
View the State of Bloodrun →
NetQuake
Map of the quarterstart
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played982
Fullest match10 playerson e1m1 at NetQuake.io Shareware FFA
View the State of NetQuake →
Quake 4
Map of the quarterl4dm2_1
Top modeDeathmatch
View the State of Quake 4 →
Quake Wars
Map of the quarterrefinery
Top modeCampaign
Fullest match25 playerson salvage_etqworg at Freedom NA - Dark Halloween
View the State of Quake Wars →
QC: Doom Edition
Map of the quarterQCDE01
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played592
Fullest match7 playerson QCDE03 at TioPucho
View the State of QC: Doom Edition →
Quake (Enhanced)
Map of the quarterdm3
Top modeDeathmatch
Matches played316
Fullest match9 playerson dm7 at QuakeHub.net Deathmatch
View the State of Quake (Enhanced) →

Twitch

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