- 60,396Average players -4.5% vs last edition
- 111,619Peak players +1.4% vs last edition
- -5%report_rust.weekly_players_change
Changes are compared with the previous edition. How these numbers are measured
In week 43 (19–25 October 2026), Rust servers had 60,396 players connected at any given moment, on average. That's 4.5% fewer than the week before.
The busiest hour was Saturday at 18:00 UTC, with 111,619 players on servers, against 110,063 at the busiest hour the week before.
The rest is in the report: the week's headlines, how it compares with the week before, and the charts.
The numbers count players connected to servers on the public Rust server list, as tracked by GameSentry. Steam's player count is higher because it also counts everyone with the game open in menus, loading screens and queues.