Rust data study
Where Rust players are concentrated
How much of the Rust player base is on the busiest servers?
The busiest 1% of Rust servers held 56% of players. 864 servers, 3.9% of all, held 90%.
The headline numbers
Servers ranked by their average players over the data window, busiest first.
- of players are on the top 1% of servers
- 56%
- of players are on the top 5% of servers
- 93.7%
- of players are on the top 10% of servers
- 99.2%
- servers hold half of all players
- 177
- of servers hold half of all players
- 0.8%
- servers hold 90% of players
- 864
- of servers hold 90% of players
- 3.9%
Concentration curve
Read across: the busiest share of servers on the bottom axis holds the share of players on the curve. If players were spread evenly, the curve would be a straight diagonal.
- Top 0% of servers: 0% of players
- Top 1% of servers: 56% of players
- Top 2% of servers: 75.4% of players
- Top 3% of servers: 85% of players
- Top 4% of servers: 90.3% of players
- Top 5% of servers: 93.7% of players
- Top 6% of servers: 95.8% of players
- Top 7% of servers: 97.2% of players
- Top 8% of servers: 98.2% of players
- Top 9% of servers: 98.8% of players
- Top 10% of servers: 99.2% of players
- Top 11% of servers: 99.5% of players
- Top 12% of servers: 99.7% of players
- Top 13% of servers: 99.8% of players
- Top 14% of servers: 99.9% of players
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Bottom axis: share of servers, busiest first. Height: share of all players they hold.
The top servers
Admins often quote that about 150 servers hold 40% of players. These are the measured shares.
| Servers | Servers in sample | Share of servers | Share of players |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top 10 servers | 21,972 | 0% | 7.8% |
| Top 50 servers | 21,972 | 0.2% | 23.1% |
| Top 150 servers | 21,972 | 0.7% | 45.8% |
| Top 500 servers | 21,972 | 2.3% | 78.8% |
By region
The same measures inside each region. A region is where the server is hosted.
| Region | Servers in sample | Share of all players | Top 1% hold | Top 10% hold | Servers holding half |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 7,292 | 41.1% | 58.2% | 99.5% | 0.7% |
| CIS | 4,160 | 24.5% | 48.4% | 98.2% | 1.1% |
| North America | 6,290 | 21.5% | 60.9% | 99.8% | 0.7% |
| South America | 646 | 2.3% | 45.8% | 97.1% | 1.4% |
| Asia | 2,141 | 7% | 36.1% | 94.5% | 2.1% |
| Oceania | 734 | 2.5% | 53.2% | 99.2% | 1.1% |
| Middle East and Africa | 656 | 1.1% | 63.1% | 100% | 0.8% |
| Other | 53 | 0% | 100% | 100% | 1.9% |
Method notes
- Question
- How much of the Rust player base is on the busiest servers?
- Data window
- to (UTC)
- Sample
- 21,972 servers
- Definitions
- A server's players are its average concurrent players over the window's fully collected hours, with empty hours counted as zero. Servers are ranked by that average. A share is the ranked servers' players divided by all players in the sample. A server's region comes from its hosting country.
- Exclusions
- Servers that are not public, were removed, or are hidden from the server list by their owner, and servers not seen online during the window. Hours with only partial collection are left out of every average.
- Minimum sample
- Rows backed by fewer than 25 servers are withheld, along with any row whose figures would let one be worked out (0 withheld in this edition). A study whose whole sample is below that is not published.
- Known limits
- The window is seven days, so a large wipe or event that week moves the numbers. Player counts are what servers report to the server list, so a server that inflates its count inflates its share. A player who joins two servers in the same hour counts on both.
Use this data
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a citation.
Cite this report
GameSentry, Where Rust players are concentrated: October 2026 study, https://gamesentry.gg/reports/rust/studies/population-concentration/2026-10Want the numbers right now?
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