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Rust unmet demand study: October 2026

A few numbers from the October 2026 edition of the Rust unmet demand study.

  • 75%of players are in segments busier than average
  • 17%of servers are in those segments
  • 10.9players per server in the busiest segment, against the average

How these numbers are measured

Rust players against servers: 75% of players are in segments busier than average

This edition covers 21,972 public Rust servers over the seven days to 17 October.

Busier players share: 74.6%. Busier servers share: 16.6%. Top index: 10.9 ratio.

The full breakdown, and how the numbers were worked out, is in the report.

Read the full report

The numbers come from the public Rust server list, as tracked by GameSentry.

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