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Over 4,000,000 characters in our database4,250,774 characters tracked across 8 editions, and counting. See the census »
WoW: Forever: 2,903,756 characters seen this weekThe busiest edition in our scans over the last seven days. See the census »
WoW: Forever's First-Week Economy: Which Professions Are Already Oversaturated?An early Auction House market analysis reveals mountains of cheap materials, unprofitable crafted goods, and surprising processing opportunities. We … Read more »
Will WoW: Forever Kill Off Classic WoW?That is the question after Forever's first weekend. Our scans saw a steep drop in characters online across Classic Era and TBC Anniversary compared w… Read more »
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4,250,774Characters trackedacross 8 editions
2,955,200Seen last 7 daysacross 7 editions
134Realms surveyedin the census sample
Nov 15Since last scanMoP Classic

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Sorted by characters seen this week
EditionSeen 7dThis weekTrackedLast scan
WoW: Forever 2,903,756 new 3,600,676 Nov 14
Retail 25,181 ▼ 36% 137,570 Nov 14
Classic Era 11,114 ▼ 37% 103,323 Nov 15
TBC Anniversary 7,346 ▼ 78% 132,287 Nov 15
MoP Classic 5,153 ▼ 27% 58,718 Nov 15
Hardcore 2,395 ▼ 84% 35,424 Nov 13
Season of Discovery 255 ▼ 89% 12,009 Nov 15

Latest News

Will WoW: Forever Kill Off Classic WoW?

Posted by WoWCensus on Monday, November 9, 2026

That is the question after Forever's first weekend. Our scans saw a steep drop in characters online across Classic Era and TBC Anniversary compared with scans before Forever launched on Wednesday, November 4. On Classic Era, our scans saw about 80% fewer characters on Westfall, averaging observations from its connected realms, and 89% fewer on Nethergarde Keep. Westfall's…

WoW: Forever's first 24 hours, by the numbers

Posted by WoWCensus on Thursday, November 5, 2026

WoW: Forever went live at 23:00 UTC on November 4, and the WoW Census addon was scanning from the first minute. By the same time the next day, it had recorded 153,980 unique characters across 11 realms in the US and EU, along with 7,343 guilds that already had at least one member. Most players were still in the starting zones: about 71% of the characters we saw were level 1–9…

Counts describe characters seen in in-game /who samples, not unique players or a live online population.