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PvP Population (Forever)

Live population for PvP (EU) on Forever: active characters, Alliance vs Horde balance, and most played classes and races.

These numbers are not the live in-game population

We're still scanning WoW Forever and collecting character data little by little, so these figures only cover the characters we've found so far. Expect them to change over the coming weeks.

Population overview

Characters

564k

44%
56%

Active last 7 days

563,605

100.0%

Most played class

Paladin

74k

Most played race

Undead

135k

Class distribution

Share of characters by class, sorted by population

  • Paladin

    13.0%

    74k characters

  • Hunter

    12.0%

    68k characters

  • Rogue

    11.7%

    67k characters

  • Druid

    11.6%

    66k characters

  • Shaman

    11.1%

    63k characters

  • Warrior

    11.0%

    63k characters

  • Mage

    9.9%

    56k characters

  • Priest

    9.9%

    56k characters

  • Warlock

    9.8%

    56k characters

Race distribution

Share of characters by race, sorted by population

  • Undead

    23.8%

    135k characters

  • Human

    16.0%

    90k characters

  • Orc

    13.3%

    75k characters

  • Night Elf

    10.6%

    60k characters

  • Tauren

    8.7%

    50k characters

  • Dwarf

    7.7%

    44k characters

  • Gnome

    7.1%

    41k characters

  • Troll

    6.3%

    36k characters

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    4.1%

    24k characters

  • High Order Skyborne

    2.4%

    14k characters

Races by faction

Each faction's share of characters, with its races ranked within the faction

Alliance

43.7% 247k characters

  • Human

    36.5%90k

  • Night Elf

    24.1%60k

  • Dwarf

    17.6%44k

  • Gnome

    16.3%41k

  • High Order Skyborne

    5.5%14k

Horde

56.3% 318k characters

  • Undead

    42.4%135k

  • Orc

    23.6%75k

  • Tauren

    15.5%50k

  • Troll

    11.2%36k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    7.3%24k

Most played pairings

The top race and class pairs, by share of characters

  1. 1

    Undead Paladin

    New
    7.3%42k
  2. 2

    Tauren Druid

    4.9%28k
  3. 3

    Undead Rogue

    4.7%27k
  4. 4

    Human Paladin

    4.4%26k
  5. 5

    Undead Priest

    4.2%24k
  6. 6

    Night Elf Druid

    4.2%24k
  7. 7

    Dwarf Shaman

    New
    4.1%24k
  8. 8

    Orc Shaman

    3.4%20k
  9. 9

    Orc Hunter

    3.4%20k
  10. 10

    Undead Warlock

    3.3%19k

New to Forever

Characters on a race or a pairing that did not exist before

22.2% of characters are on something new

That figure adds the six new race and class pairings (15.6%) and Skyborne (6.5%).

The six new pairings

Ranked by characters, with the share of their class

  • Undead Paladin

    56.1%42k

  • Dwarf Shaman

    37.2%24k

  • Human Hunter

    11.9%9k

  • Gnome Priest

    12.9%8k

  • Orc Mage

    8.8%5k

  • Troll Warlock

    6.9%4k

Skyborne

One race per faction, then the classes they play

6.5% 37k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    Horde

    4.1%24k

  • High Order Skyborne

    Alliance

    2.4%14k

Skyborne classes

  • Druid

    38.4%15k

  • Hunter

    18.1%7k

  • Shaman

    13.9%6k

  • Rogue

    10.5%4k

  • Mage

    10.1%4k

  • Warrior

    9.0%4k

Gender

Characters with a known gender, sorted by female share

Female31.6%178k

386k68.4%Male

By class, female share

  • Priest45.7%
  • Druid42.3%
  • Hunter36.0%
  • Mage35.5%
  • Rogue32.3%
  • Warlock30.9%
  • Warrior22.9%
  • Paladin20.9%
  • Shaman20.4%

By race, female share

  • Windshaper Skyborne66.5%
  • High Order Skyborne62.8%
  • Night Elf58.9%
  • Human37.1%
  • Gnome35.6%
  • Troll31.3%
  • Orc23.2%
  • Undead23.1%
  • Tauren13.7%
  • Dwarf11.8%

Classes and races with under 50 characters are left out.

Level distribution

Characters per level, from 10 to 60

Median level

22

At level 60

0.01%

63 characters

Level 20 (the peak): 34,396 characters, 6.1%

Blizzard only exposes characters from level 10, so lower levels are not counted.