FFXIV Population this small really? wtf?

https://ffxivcensus.com/#popeu

This has seriously worried and depressed me? are there really only 4400 or less active/4.0 players in Europe and only around 17k each in us and jp? how? i'm sure ESO has like 100x this pop :O

I mean, the fact one of those statistic labels has a spelling error, I'm willing to believe that's false information. I wouldn't worry.

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Originally Posted by AdamChattaway

https://ffxivcensus.com/#popeu

This has seriously worried and depressed me? are there really only 4400 or less active/4.0 players in Europe and only around 17k each in us and jp? how? i'm sure ESO has like 100x this pop :O

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No, that is not accurate.

If you want more accurate population numbers (although, they are still unofficial), I would recommend looking up LuckyBancho’s censes. They’re far more accurate than that site.

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Originally Posted by AdamChattaway

https://ffxivcensus.com/#popeu

This has seriously worried and depressed me? are there really only 4400 or less active/4.0 players in Europe and only around 17k each in us and jp? how? i'm sure ESO has like 100x this pop :O

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Statistics for February 2019

* (Any reference to "Active" characters, refers to characters that have claimed the "Yol" mount from the 4.0 story)

So only counting characters that have reached that part of the current expansion. Also specifically characters and not players. Meaning player count is likely smaller when accounting for alts.

This also assumes the numbers are even accurate. I'd personally trust Luckybancho more.

It's also worth noting that a lot of European players - such as myself - choose to play on the NA servers.

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Originally Posted by AdamChattaway

https://ffxivcensus.com/#popeu

This has seriously worried and depressed me? are there really only 4400 or less active/4.0 players in Europe and only around 17k each in us and jp? how? i'm sure ESO has like 100x this pop :O

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Like HyoMin said these stats aren't the most accurate these days. Especially since they curate based on quest completion. Here's the data for Odin for example which is sitting around 9k.

Also not to mention it's nearing the end of an expansion, people could be taking a break until 5.0

It kind of bugs me that they make claims about the game having 14 million players when only around 2-3% of that figure actively plays the game and 80-90% of it are just RMT accounts that have long since been banned.

There's also the fact that a lot of players end their subs just before a new expansion drops and picks back up when theres more game for them then 1 or 2 updates worth... Or a 155 if you waited between ARR and HW lol

But those numbers will go up during the 15 crossover since free 4 person mount.. And even more during 5.0 update

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Originally Posted by KageTokage

It kind of bugs me that they make claims about the game having 14 million players when only around 2-3% of that figure actively plays the game and 80-90% of it are just RMT accounts that have long since been banned.

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I think that's an acumilative total since ARR launch.