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PvP Population (Forever)

Live population for PvP (US) 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

406k

41%
59%

Active last 7 days

405,927

100.0%

Most played class

Paladin

55k

Most played race

Undead

97k

Class distribution

Share of characters by class, sorted by population

  • Paladin

    13.5%

    55k characters

  • Druid

    11.9%

    49k characters

  • Hunter

    11.9%

    49k characters

  • Rogue

    11.4%

    47k characters

  • Warrior

    11.4%

    47k characters

  • Shaman

    10.8%

    44k characters

  • Priest

    10.0%

    41k characters

  • Warlock

    9.6%

    39k characters

  • Mage

    9.5%

    39k characters

Race distribution

Share of characters by race, sorted by population

  • Undead

    23.8%

    97k characters

  • Human

    15.4%

    63k characters

  • Orc

    12.4%

    51k characters

  • Tauren

    9.7%

    40k characters

  • Night Elf

    9.2%

    38k characters

  • Dwarf

    6.9%

    28k characters

  • Gnome

    6.7%

    28k characters

  • Troll

    6.7%

    28k characters

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    6.1%

    25k characters

  • High Order Skyborne

    3.3%

    14k characters

Races by faction

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

Alliance

41.5% 169k characters

  • Human

    37.1%63k

  • Night Elf

    22.2%38k

  • Dwarf

    16.6%28k

  • Gnome

    16.2%28k

  • High Order Skyborne

    7.9%14k

Horde

58.5% 238k characters

  • Undead

    40.6%97k

  • Orc

    21.1%51k

  • Tauren

    16.5%40k

  • Troll

    11.4%28k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    10.3%25k

Most played pairings

The top race and class pairs, by share of characters

  1. 1

    Undead Paladin

    New
    7.9%33k
  2. 2

    Tauren Druid

    4.9%20k
  3. 3

    Human Paladin

    4.4%18k
  4. 4

    Undead Priest

    4.4%18k
  5. 5

    Undead Rogue

    4.2%18k
  6. 6

    Dwarf Shaman

    New
    3.8%16k
  7. 7

    Night Elf Druid

    3.5%15k
  8. 8

    Undead Warlock

    3.2%13k
  9. 9

    Orc Hunter

    3.1%13k
  10. 10

    Undead Mage

    3.1%13k

New to Forever

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

25.6% of characters are on something new

That figure adds the six new race and class pairings (16.3%) and Skyborne (9.3%).

The six new pairings

Ranked by characters, with the share of their class

  • Undead Paladin

    58.7%33k

  • Dwarf Shaman

    35.2%16k

  • Human Hunter

    12.4%6k

  • Gnome Priest

    13.0%6k

  • Orc Mage

    10.2%4k

  • Troll Warlock

    8.6%4k

Skyborne

One race per faction, then the classes they play

9.3% 38k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    Horde

    6.1%25k

  • High Order Skyborne

    Alliance

    3.3%14k

Skyborne classes

  • Druid

    37.4%15k

  • Hunter

    17.4%7k

  • Shaman

    14.8%6k

  • Rogue

    11.4%5k

  • Warrior

    9.7%4k

  • Mage

    9.2%4k

Gender

Characters with a known gender, sorted by female share

Female30.5%124k

283k69.5%Male

By class, female share

  • Priest44.6%
  • Druid39.2%
  • Mage34.6%
  • Hunter32.5%
  • Rogue32.5%
  • Warlock29.5%
  • Paladin21.6%
  • Shaman21.4%
  • Warrior21.3%

By race, female share

  • Windshaper Skyborne60.4%
  • High Order Skyborne57.8%
  • Night Elf51.9%
  • Human36.0%
  • Gnome32.7%
  • Troll28.8%
  • Undead25.0%
  • Orc20.4%
  • Tauren12.2%
  • Dwarf12.1%

Classes and races with under 50 characters are left out.

Level distribution

Characters per level, from 10 to 60

Median level

20

At level 60

<0.01%

10 characters

Level 20 (the peak): 25,380 characters, 6.3%

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