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Rust player count
This release records 96,258 players on 11,883 public Rust servers, last refreshed at 27 Oct 2026, 17:35 UTC. Figures are rounded. The count covers everything below: the last day and the last months, then the same population split by game mode, modded or vanilla, group size, gather rate, region and wipe day. A small number of servers hold most of the players, and that concentration is charted further down.
1. Main points
Players on public Rust servers right now
96,258
players on 11,883 public Rust servers right now, and 615 more waiting in queues
Last updated · 6m ago · a new count every few minutes
Main points
- There were 96,258 players on 11,883 public Rust servers at the latest count, with 615 more in queues.
- That is 3.0% fewer than at the same hour yesterday.
- In the last 24 hours the count ranged from 33,256 at 05:00 UTC to 98,991 at 18:00 UTC.
- Europe held 59.2% of players and North America 8.7%.
- Half of all players were on just 110 servers; the 10 busiest held 12%.
- The highest daily peak recorded is 145,095, on 3 October.
Peak, last 24 hours
98,991
at 18:00 UTC
Low, last 24 hours
33,256
at 05:00 UTC
Change on this hour yesterday
-3.0%
hourly averages compared
Busiest hour, UTC
17:00
97,734 on average; quietest 05:00
Servers with players on
4,106
of 11,883 online
Highest daily peak
145,095
on 3 Oct, since 11 Jun
2. Official or not
Rust's in-game Official tab against everything else, with each group's players over the last 48 hours and the change on a day.
Table 1: Players on official and non-official servers
Rust's in-game Official tab against everything else
| Kind | Players | Share of players | Servers | Last 48 hours | Change on a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officialthe in-game Official tab | 14,985 | 247 | -14% | ||
| Non-officialcommunity and modded servers | 81,273 | 11,636 | -1% | ||
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Notes
- Official servers are the ones in Rust's in-game Official tab: Facepunch's own and its partners', such as RustSpain. Rust Census keeps that list by hand, by hostname and address. Everything else is a community or modded server.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
3. Players over time
Figure 1: Players across Rust, last 48 hours
Hourly average, UTC
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Figure 2: Players across Rust, every day since 11 June
Daily average
Source: BattleMetrics before 12 September; live server queries, Rust Census, from then on. Before 12 September the history is BattleMetrics' count; from then on it is Rust Census's own, leaving out the servers on the banlist.
4. How the players split
Every server online is counted once in each breakdown, so each one adds up to the 96,258 players on 11,883 servers.
Table 2: Players by kind: modded or not
Rates, rules and plugins
| Kind | Players | Share of players | Servers | Last 48 hours | Change on a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moddedrates, kits or rules changed | 67,363 | 8,523 | -3% | ||
| Community with pluginsruns Oxide or Carbon but calls itself unmodded | 11,409 | 991 | +4% | ||
| Unmoddedno plugin framework at all | 17,486 | 2,369 | -9% | ||
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Notes
- Oxide runs on 7,497 servers with 58,254 players, Carbon on 1,911 with 17,202. 2,671 servers with 47,610 players call themselves vanilla.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 3: Players by game mode
What each server is for
| Game mode | Players | Share of players | Servers | Last 48 hours | Change on a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survivalthe standard game: gather, build, raid | 76,073 | 9,269 | -5% | ||
| PvEno fighting other players | 4,543 | 1,427 | -7% | ||
| Minigames & battle royalearenas, Bedwars, parkour, battle royale | 4,508 | 182 | +8% | ||
| Combat trainingaim and PvP practice, loot handed out | 3,831 | 82 | +5% | ||
| Battlefieldfast PvP with kits and high rates | 3,727 | 144 | +26% | ||
| Build & creativesandbox building, no gathering | 1,540 | 192 | +1% | ||
| SoftcoreFacepunch's easier mode: you keep part of your loot | 1,084 | 231 | -5% | ||
| Roleplaytowns, jobs and roleplay rules | 698 | 206 | -6% | ||
| HardcoreFacepunch's hardest mode | 186 | 125 | +5% | ||
| Primitiveno guns: bows, spears and melee | 68 | 25 | -7% | ||
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Notes
- Premium-only servers (297, with 1,912 players) are counted in their mode: premium decides who may join, not how the game plays.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Figure 3: 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: 26,277 players (27.3%) on 6,886 servers that publish no region.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 4: Players by region
Where the server says it is
| Region | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 56,994 | 2,560 | |
| North America | 8,342 | 1,659 | |
| Asia | 2,850 | 417 | |
| South America | 1,246 | 153 | |
| Oceania | 505 | 185 | |
| Africa | 44 | 23 | |
| Not published | 26,277 | 6,886 | |
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 5: Players by gather rate
Read from the server's name
| Gather rate | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1x | 867 | 121 | |
| 1.5x | 667 | 41 | |
| 2x | 30,143 | 1,529 | |
| 3x | 8,692 | 572 | |
| 5x | 4,975 | 449 | |
| 10x | 3,080 | 326 | |
| Other, under 100x | 1,218 | 136 | |
| 100x and more | 2,817 | 203 | |
| No rate in the name | 43,799 | 8,506 | |
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 6: Players by group size
The team limit servers publish
| Group limit | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | 2,442 | 196 | |
| Duo | 7,199 | 370 | |
| Trio | 9,451 | 527 | |
| Quad | 5,640 | 614 | |
| 5 to 7 | 4,868 | 328 | |
| 8, the game's default | 17,323 | 8,219 | |
| More than 8 | 41,861 | 1,331 | |
| Not published | 7,474 | 298 | |
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 7: Players by last wipe
How fresh the map is
| Last wipe | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the last 24 hours | 32,359 | 925 | |
| 1 to 3 days ago | 27,679 | 1,048 | |
| 3 to 7 days ago | 19,982 | 2,205 | |
| 1 to 2 weeks ago | 4,368 | 1,939 | |
| 2 to 4 weeks ago | 11,609 | 5,259 | |
| Over 4 weeks ago | 246 | 490 | |
| Unknown | 15 | 17 | |
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 8: Players by wipe schedule
What servers publish
| Schedule | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly | 46,985 | 1,624 | |
| Every two weeks | 9,863 | 1,106 | |
| Monthly | 25,228 | 3,516 | |
| Not published | 14,182 | 5,637 | |
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
Table 9: Players by server size
Players on each server now
| Players on the server | Players | Share of players | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 or more | 50,207 | 120 | |
| 100 to 199 | 12,534 | 86 | |
| 50 to 99 | 11,769 | 171 | |
| 10 to 49 | 13,739 | 652 | |
| 1 to 9 | 8,009 | 3,077 | |
| Empty | 0 | 7,777 | |
| All players online | 96,258 | 11,883 |
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
5. When Rust is busiest
Figure 4: Average players by hour of the day
Average over the last week, UTC. The busiest hour is shaded darker.
Source: Live server queries, Rust Census
6. The busiest servers
Table 10: Busiest servers right now
Players at the latest count
| No. | Server | Region | Players now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EU | Helli's Aimtrain | Facechecks/1v1/Ranked/Hellis168.100.161.166:27017 | EU | 2,340 / 2400 |
| 2 | MIRAGE RUST | TUESDAY 2x | VANILLA+ | Wipe 27.1080.242.59.180:35002 | EU | 1,515 / 1650 |
| 3 | RustReborn.gg EU - Bedwars | AimTrain | Creative | Arena | FFA64.40.9.156:28015 | EU | 1,264 / 1500 |
| 4 | MIRAGE RUST | MONDAY 2x | VANILLA+ | Wipe 26.1080.242.59.29:35002 | EU | 1,047 / 1900 |
| 5 | Atlas - EU 3x | No BPs | Mondays195.60.166.23:28015 | EU | 967 +5 / 1000 |
| 6 | Atlas - EU 2X Monthly | Vanilla+ | No BP Wipes195.60.166.166:28015 | EU | 933 / 1050 |
| 7 | Rusty Moose |EU Mondays|208.103.169.221:28015 | EU | 821 +21 / 850 |
| 8 | Vital Rust - EU Monthly | 2x | Vanilla+ | No BP Wipes168.100.161.198:28015 | EU | 790 / 825 |
| 9 | SURVIVORS.GG #2 [ 2x Vanilla ] WIPED 27.10194.54.88.104:28015 | – | 782 +33 / 800 |
| 10 | Atlas - EU 2X Monthly Solo/Duo/Trio/Quad | Vanilla+ | No BP Wip195.60.166.217:28015 | EU | 765 / 850 |
7. Questions and answers
How is the Rust player count measured?
We record the player number each public server reports and add them together. A server that stops responding is dropped from the total until it reports again. Servers that do not list themselves publicly are not counted, so this is a count of public servers only.
Why does the figure differ from Steam's?
Steam counts every copy of Rust that is open, including the main menu, loading screens and private or unlisted servers. This page counts only players on public servers, which is what allows the breakdowns by mode, region and group size.
When in the day are most Rust players online?
The peak of 98,991 in this release falls in the European evening, in UTC. The daily chart shows each hour against the last seven days, so you can see the shape of a normal day. Read the hourly figures as an average, not a promise for any single evening.
Do modded servers hold more players than vanilla?
Modded servers carry the larger share of players, mostly because there are many more of them. The split is counted live and moves as servers report through the day. The modded and vanilla rankings pages list the busiest servers in each group.