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Rust census: every public server, counted
Rust Census records every public Rust server, its live population, wipes and settings. Figures refresh every five minutes.
1. Main points
Players on public Rust servers
92,804
at the latest count, on 4,007 servers with someone on
Read the full census releaseMain points
- There were 92,804 players on public Rust servers at the latest count, on 4,007 of the 11,836 servers online.
- That is 2.9% fewer than at the same hour yesterday, comparing hourly averages.
- Europe accounted for the largest share of players (58.7%), followed by North America (8.1%).
- Survival servers held 79.5% of players; PvE came second with 4.7%.
- Official servers held 15.8% of players, on 246 servers.
- Over the last 24 hours the count peaked at 98,991, at 18:00 UTC.
Servers online
11,836
Main points
- 4,007 of them had at least one player on.
- 171 of them wiped in the last three hours.
Next force wipe
Main points
- On Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UK time, in 9 days and 2 hours.
- Every server wipes at the force wipe, on the first Thursday of the month.
2. Players by region
Where the players are, by the continent each server publishes. Every server online is counted once, so the regions add up to the 92,781 players on 11,797 servers.
Figure 1: Players by region, latest count
Each box is a continent, shaded by its share of all players on public servers
Not shown on the map: 25,996 players (28.0%) on 6,807 servers that publish no region.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 1: Players by region
Where the server says it is
| Region | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 54,496 | 2,557 | |
| North America | 7,481 | 1,658 | |
| Asia | 3,252 | 417 | |
| South America | 883 | 152 | |
| Oceania | 647 | 183 | |
| Africa | 26 | 23 | |
| Not published | 25,996 | 6,807 | |
| All players online | 92,781 | 11,797 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
3. Players by game mode
What each server is for. The modes do not overlap: a server is counted in the first one it fits, and the standard game is survival.
Figure 2: Share of players by game mode
Latest count, all public servers
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 2: Players by game mode
What each server is for
| Game mode | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survivalthe standard game: gather, build, raid | 73,804 | 9,181 | |
| PvEno fighting other players | 4,397 | 1,427 | |
| Minigames & battle royalearenas, Bedwars, parkour, battle royale | 4,044 | 180 | |
| Battlefieldfast PvP with kits and high rates | 3,627 | 144 | |
| Combat trainingaim and PvP practice, loot handed out | 3,516 | 83 | |
| Build & creativesandbox building, no gathering | 1,533 | 192 | |
| SoftcoreFacepunch's easier mode: you keep part of your loot | 972 | 235 | |
| Roleplaytowns, jobs and roleplay rules | 635 | 205 | |
| HardcoreFacepunch's hardest mode | 180 | 124 | |
| Primitiveno guns: bows, spears and melee | 73 | 26 | |
| All players online | 92,781 | 11,797 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
4. Players by kind of server
Official servers are the ones in the game's own Official tab; modded servers change rates, kits or rules.
Table 3: Official or not
The in-game Official tab against everything else
| Kind | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Officialthe in-game Official tab | 14,642 | 246 | |
| Non-officialcommunity and modded servers | 78,139 | 11,551 | |
| All players online | 92,781 | 11,797 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 4: Modded or not
Rates, rules and plugins
| Kind | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moddedrates, kits or rules changed | 64,459 | 8,485 | |
| Community with pluginsruns Oxide or Carbon but calls itself unmodded | 11,329 | 993 | |
| Unmoddedno plugin framework at all | 16,993 | 2,319 | |
| All players online | 92,781 | 11,797 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
5. The busiest servers
The five fullest official, modded and PvE servers, by players on them at the latest count. Every table links to the full list.
Table 5: The busiest official, modded and PvE servers
Players at the latest count. Rank is players over the last seven days, 1 the most.
| No. | Server | Region | Rank | Players now |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Top official serversAll official | ||||
| 1 | Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|208.103.169.221:28015 | EU | #72 | 820 +23 / 850 |
| 2 | Rustoria.co - EU Mondays46.105.94.250:28013 | EU | #163 | 789 / 875 |
| 3 | Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - EU Monday194.69.160.81:28017 | EU | #119 | 659 / 800 |
| 4 | Rustopia.gg - EU Mondays Premium176.118.33.7:28010 | EU | #96 | 596 +21 / 600 |
| 5 | Rustafied.com - EU Monday195.60.166.151:28018 | EU | #58 | 565 +48 / 600 |
Top modded serversAll modded | ||||
| 1 | MIRAGE RUST | TUESDAY 2x | VANILLA+ | Wipe 27.1080.242.59.180:35002 | EU | #47 | 1,629 +28 / 1700 |
| 2 | MIRAGE RUST | MONDAY 2x | VANILLA+ | Wipe 26.1080.242.59.29:35002 | EU | #27 | 1,061 / 1900 |
| 3 | Atlas - EU 2X Monthly | Vanilla+ | No BP Wipes195.60.166.166:28015 | EU | #3 | 1,002 / 1050 |
| 4 | RustReborn.gg EU - Bedwars | AimTrain | Creative | Arena | FFA64.40.9.156:28015 | EU | #2 | 997 / 950 |
| 5 | Atlas - EU 3x | No BPs | Mondays195.60.166.23:28015 | EU | #7 | 955 / 950 |
Top PvE serversAll PvE | ||||
| 1 | [EU] Brits PvE Worlds 2.0 | RUST MMORPG | Quests | Custom Weapo194.54.88.56:28016 | EU | #35 | 316 / 2000 |
| 2 | [US] Brits PvE Worlds 2.0 | RUST MMORPG | Quests | Custom Weapo185.199.95.55:28016 | NA | #31 | 205 / 2000 |
| 3 | TRAVELER PVE [ДЛЯ НОВИЧКОВ] Wipe 16.10185.189.255.59:30010 | EU | #319 | 97 / 100 |
| 4 | [EU] RustValley 10x PVE+ |Legendary Weapons| Raidable Bases|178.208.177.73:28017 | EU | #320 | 90 / 100 |
| 5 | Chrayntopia ♡ ︎PvE | RP | PvP40.160.20.241:27017 | NA | #182 | 81 / 200 |
6. The busiest servers by gather rate
From 1.5x to 10x and beyond: the fullest servers at each rate, so you can pick how fast you want to build.
Table 6: The busiest servers at each gather rate
Gather rate is read from the server name. Players at the latest count.
7. Questions and answers
What is Rust Census?
Rust Census is a recorded count of every public Rust server. For each one it publishes the live population, the last and next wipe, the main settings and a ranking. It is intended for players choosing a server and for anyone who wants the population figures behind the game.
How does Rust Census count servers and players?
We read Steam's public Rust server list and query the servers themselves. A server is listed when it appears in that public list and answers a direct query. Figures are rounded, and a server that stops reporting is marked as such rather than removed straight away. How we count sets out the method in full.
How often are the figures refreshed?
Player counts, queues and rankings are refreshed every five minutes. A wipe is recorded within roughly five minutes of a server reporting a new world. Counts can lag by one refresh, so treat a single reading as a snapshot rather than a total.
Is Rust Census run by Facepunch or a server network?
No. Rust Census is independent of Facepunch, of any server network and of any hosting company. It publishes only what the public server list and direct queries return, and it takes no payment for a listing or a rank.