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How many people still play Minecraft?

35,468 players are on the 3,065 Minecraft servers JoinGG is reaching right now, of 4,230 listed.

Across the 72 hours covered well enough to compare, that count has run between 22,667 and 67,334.

Every figure on this page was measured by JoinGG. We ask all 4,230 Minecraft servers listed here every hour, over the Minecraft server list ping (the same request the multiplayer screen makes), and write down what each one answers. Nothing is scraped from another site, modelled, or extrapolated to servers we do not list — which is also the limit of it: these are the Minecraft servers on JoinGG, so read the counts as a large sample of public community servers rather than as a census of the game.

Last sweep . This page rebuilds every five minutes.

35,468
Players connected

reported by the servers themselves

3,065
Servers answering

1,165 listed but silent

4,230
Servers listed

every one queried directly

0%
Slots used

of 3,328,665,745 slots those servers reported

These figures rest on 605,439 status checks across 169 measured hours, of which 72 cover enough of the Minecraft list to compare with the others. Readings are kept for 7 days, so this page gets deeper as they accumulate rather than longer. By players on listed servers, Minecraft is the 1st busiest of the 32 games JoinGG measures.

Players on Minecraft servers, hour by hour

605,439 status checks · 169 hours measured

Mon 07:00 UTC — only 2,221 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 08:00 UTC — 22,667 players on 3,867 serversMon 09:00 UTC — only 3,768 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 10:00 UTC — only 3,379 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 11:00 UTC — 41,104 players on 4,010 serversMon 12:00 UTC — 47,988 players on 3,902 serversMon 13:00 UTC — 53,637 players on 4,168 serversMon 14:00 UTC — 48,171 players on 3,854 serversMon 15:00 UTC — 56,949 players on 4,162 serversMon 16:00 UTC — only 2,386 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 17:00 UTC — 59,419 players on 3,997 serversMon 18:00 UTC — only 3,125 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 19:00 UTC — 62,532 players on 3,854 serversMon 20:00 UTC — 57,075 players on 4,061 serversMon 21:00 UTC — 53,061 players on 4,190 serversMon 22:00 UTC — 50,517 players on 3,830 serversMon 23:00 UTC — 53,315 players on 4,230 serversTue 00:00 UTC — only 2,320 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 01:00 UTC — 47,405 players on 4,205 serversTue 02:00 UTC — only 3,367 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 03:00 UTC — only 3,730 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 04:00 UTC — only 3,732 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 05:00 UTC — 40,185 players on 4,168 serversTue 06:00 UTC — 35,557 players on 3,855 serversTue 07:00 UTC — only 2,317 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 08:00 UTC — 40,169 players on 4,002 serversTue 09:00 UTC — only 3,073 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 10:00 UTC — only 3,732 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 11:00 UTC — 45,926 players on 4,201 serversTue 12:00 UTC — 44,803 players on 3,822 serversTue 13:00 UTC — 47,136 players on 4,002 serversTue 14:00 UTC — only 2,545 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 15:00 UTC — 56,638 players on 3,854 serversTue 16:00 UTC — only 3,220 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 17:00 UTC — only 3,733 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 18:00 UTC — 61,436 players on 4,230 serversTue 19:00 UTC — only 3,792 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 20:00 UTC — only 3,588 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 21:00 UTC — only 2,938 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 22:00 UTC — only 3,766 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableTue 23:00 UTC — only 3,376 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 00:00 UTC — 50,732 players on 3,857 serversWed 01:00 UTC — 44,164 players on 4,060 serversWed 02:00 UTC — 42,110 players on 4,181 serversWed 03:00 UTC — 39,310 players on 3,839 serversWed 04:00 UTC — 38,955 players on 4,021 serversWed 05:00 UTC — only 2,528 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 06:00 UTC — 34,970 players on 4,206 serversWed 07:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 08:00 UTC — 36,530 players on 4,179 serversWed 09:00 UTC — only 3,733 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 10:00 UTC — 44,044 players on 4,230 serversWed 11:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 12:00 UTC — 44,359 players on 4,227 serversWed 13:00 UTC — only 2,320 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 14:00 UTC — 53,580 players on 4,136 serversWed 15:00 UTC — only 2,988 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 16:00 UTC — 55,885 players on 4,092 serversWed 17:00 UTC — 56,463 players on 3,821 serversWed 18:00 UTC — 55,544 players on 4,129 serversWed 19:00 UTC — 52,866 players on 3,891 serversWed 20:00 UTC — only 3,039 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 21:00 UTC — only 3,488 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 22:00 UTC — only 3,248 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableWed 23:00 UTC — 49,725 players on 3,847 serversThu 00:00 UTC — only 3,735 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 01:00 UTC — 43,960 players on 4,227 serversThu 02:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 03:00 UTC — 42,100 players on 4,230 serversThu 04:00 UTC — only 2,319 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 05:00 UTC — 36,252 players on 4,206 serversThu 06:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 07:00 UTC — 36,643 players on 4,179 serversThu 08:00 UTC — only 3,733 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 09:00 UTC — 40,007 players on 4,230 serversThu 10:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 11:00 UTC — only 3,724 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 12:00 UTC — only 2,801 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 13:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 14:00 UTC — 46,924 players on 4,177 serversThu 15:00 UTC — only 3,735 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 16:00 UTC — 57,253 players on 4,044 serversThu 17:00 UTC — 46,737 players on 3,976 serversThu 18:00 UTC — only 2,320 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 19:00 UTC — 59,078 players on 4,159 serversThu 20:00 UTC — only 2,965 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 21:00 UTC — only 3,781 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableThu 22:00 UTC — 49,871 players on 4,132 serversThu 23:00 UTC — 47,960 players on 3,981 serversFri 00:00 UTC — 43,143 players on 4,039 serversFri 01:00 UTC — only 2,848 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 02:00 UTC — only 3,679 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 03:00 UTC — only 3,302 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 04:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 05:00 UTC — only 3,735 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 06:00 UTC — 34,714 players on 4,227 serversFri 07:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 08:00 UTC — 40,470 players on 4,044 serversFri 09:00 UTC — only 2,505 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 10:00 UTC — 41,778 players on 3,989 serversFri 11:00 UTC — only 3,084 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 12:00 UTC — only 3,734 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 13:00 UTC — 50,948 players on 4,228 serversFri 14:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 15:00 UTC — only 3,037 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 16:00 UTC — only 3,488 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 17:00 UTC — only 2,891 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 18:00 UTC — only 3,735 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 19:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 20:00 UTC — only 3,468 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 21:00 UTC — only 3,010 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 22:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableFri 23:00 UTC — 54,597 players on 4,226 serversSat 00:00 UTC — only 3,733 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 01:00 UTC — 50,314 players on 3,968 serversSat 02:00 UTC — 48,579 players on 4,007 serversSat 03:00 UTC — only 2,319 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 04:00 UTC — only 3,727 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 05:00 UTC — only 3,397 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 06:00 UTC — only 3,735 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 07:00 UTC — 39,417 players on 4,178 serversSat 08:00 UTC — only 3,791 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 09:00 UTC — only 2,572 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 10:00 UTC — 27,390 players on 3,955 serversSat 11:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 12:00 UTC — only 3,734 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 13:00 UTC — 59,306 players on 4,190 serversSat 14:00 UTC — 50,477 players on 3,827 serversSat 15:00 UTC — only 2,973 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 16:00 UTC — only 3,509 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 17:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 18:00 UTC — only 3,731 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 19:00 UTC — 67,334 players on 4,227 serversSat 20:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 21:00 UTC — only 2,932 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 22:00 UTC — only 3,547 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSat 23:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 00:00 UTC — 52,147 players on 4,155 serversSun 01:00 UTC — 45,621 players on 3,809 serversSun 02:00 UTC — 42,036 players on 3,819 serversSun 03:00 UTC — 48,151 players on 3,926 serversSun 04:00 UTC — only 2,524 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 05:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 06:00 UTC — 39,917 players on 4,080 serversSun 07:00 UTC — 42,430 players on 3,878 serversSun 08:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 09:00 UTC — 45,518 players on 3,836 serversSun 10:00 UTC — only 2,644 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 11:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 12:00 UTC — 51,196 players on 3,835 serversSun 13:00 UTC — 55,530 players on 4,123 serversSun 14:00 UTC — only 3,793 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 15:00 UTC — only 3,122 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 16:00 UTC — only 3,359 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 17:00 UTC — only 2,917 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 18:00 UTC — only 3,735 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 19:00 UTC — only 3,791 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 20:00 UTC — only 2,594 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 21:00 UTC — 58,593 players on 4,106 serversSun 22:00 UTC — only 2,714 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableSun 23:00 UTC — only 3,733 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 00:00 UTC — 48,283 players on 4,210 serversMon 01:00 UTC — only 3,792 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 02:00 UTC — only 3,166 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 03:00 UTC — only 3,655 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 04:00 UTC — only 2,642 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 05:00 UTC — only 3,682 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparableMon 06:00 UTC — 37,361 players on 4,210 serversMon 07:00 UTC — only 544 of 4,230 servers were reached this hour, so its total is not comparable
Mon 07:00 UTCMon 07:00 UTC
Busiest hour measured
67,334 at Sat 19:00 UTC
Quietest hour measured
22,667 at Mon 08:00 UTC
Latest sweep
37,361 players
Hours plotted
72 of 169

97 hours are marked but not plotted. The poller reached under 90% of the list in those hours, so the totals are low because fewer servers were asked — not because fewer people were playing. Drawing them on the same line would invent a drop.

The other player count

There is no Valve figure to put next to this one

It is not a Steam product, so there is no Steam-wide population to set against these servers — the count on this page is the only one either of us has. The count on this page is ours, measured the way the rest of it was.

Where those players are right now

The Minecraft listings with the most people on them at the last sweep. Every figure in the row is what that server answered — the ping is our round trip to it, not yours, so read it as a rough measure of where the box is rather than of what you will get.

The Minecraft servers listed on JoinGG with the most players on them at the last status query, with the player count, map and round trip each one reported.
ServerPlayersPingWhere
Victus MC2,026 / 2,02611 msGermany 🇩🇪
OPLegends1,607 / 10,000348 msUnited States 🇺🇸
MCHub1,513 / 1,514192 msUnited States 🇺🇸
2b2t.org1,283 / 127 msCanada 🇨🇦
Complex Gaming1,242 / 3,00078 msUnited States 🇺🇸
ManaCube1,176 / 3,500310 msUnited States 🇺🇸
MineBerry1,139 / 15,0008 msUnited States 🇺🇸
Wynncraft935 / 1,50022 msCanada 🇨🇦
FadeCloud886 / 10,000262 msUnited States 🇺🇸
UniversoCraft625 / 20,000270 msSpain 🇪🇸
All 4,230 Minecraft servers

What they are actually playing

The count above is people on servers, and servers run modes. These are taken from what the Minecraft servers report they are running, not from what their names say.

SMP582Survival355Vanilla143Skyblock95Anarchy85Towny73Cobblemon58Lifesteal57Creative50Factions39Prison37BedWars25Hardcore23OneBlock20Earth18Pixelmon18KitPvP7

Minecraft player counts — the questions

Is Minecraft still alive in 2026?
Yes, and this is the measurement rather than an opinion. 35,468 players are on the 3,065 Minecraft servers JoinGG is reaching right now, of 4,230 listed. Across the 72 hours covered well enough to compare, that count has run between 22,667 and 67,334. Every one of those numbers came from asking the servers themselves.
When is Minecraft busiest?
Around 19:00 UTC. Averaged over 4 days of readings, that hour carries about 60,453 players across the Minecraft servers listed here.
How many Minecraft servers are there?
4,230 Minecraft servers are listed on JoinGG, and 3,065 of them answered the last status query. The other 1,165 stayed silent, which is recorded as silent rather than as empty — a server that does not answer and a server with nobody on it are different facts and we only measured one of them.
How is this counted?
Every figure on this page was measured by JoinGG. We ask all 4,230 Minecraft servers listed here every hour, over the Minecraft server list ping (the same request the multiplayer screen makes), and write down what each one answers. Nothing is scraped from another site, modelled, or extrapolated to servers we do not list — which is also the limit of it: these are the Minecraft servers on JoinGG, so read the counts as a large sample of public community servers rather than as a census of the game.

Readings are kept for 7 days and pruned by the poller, so this page describes the last week rather than all time — it gets deeper as readings accumulate rather than longer. Hours are measured in UTC and shown in your own clock; hover any of them to read the UTC figure behind it. The answers above stay in UTC, because each is also published as structured data for search engines, where a reader’s zone means nothing.

How many people still play the others

Every game JoinGG measures with enough servers behind it to publish, busiest first. The number on each is the players we can see on its listed servers right now.

FiveM27,403Counter-Strike 1.67,985Counter-Strike: Source3,491Team Fortress 21,948Garry's Mod1,589Counter-Strike 21,236Counter-Strike: Global Offensive386Day of Defeat363Half-Life302Left 4 Dead 2273Day of Defeat: Source254Team Fortress Classic240Counter-Strike: Condition Zero226Half-Life 2: Deathmatch118Natural Selection75Insurgency (2014)55Rust32Zombie Panic! Source31Left 4 Dead30Space Engineers157 Days to Die14Fortress Forever12Alien Swarm0Insurgency (Source)0