FFXIV Population this small really? wtf?

[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

[noxen]

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.

[HyoMinPark]

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

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.

[WaterShield]

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

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.

[Theodric]

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

[AdamChattaway]

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

Why is that? the timezones would be that far out raiding must be hard? working when they sleep and sleeping when they are in prime time etc?

[Kurando]

Why is that? the timezones would be that far out raiding must be hard? working when they sleep and sleeping when they are in prime time etc?

Originally there were no EU worlds and so a lot of Europeans built a home in the NA centres when the game first started, with quite a few choosing to stay there even after all this time. Also some players create mains or alts on different centres for many reasons. Raiding is never really that big of an issue, roughly 5-8hrs difference (between NA and EU) is nothing that major, plus that's why there is the Party Finder and Discords for such things, where there is a will there is a way.

[Theodric]

Why is that? the timezones would be that far out raiding must be hard? working when they sleep and sleeping when they are in prime time etc?

Back in ARR, the EU and NA servers were located in Canada. A portion of European players decided to invest in the US servers since there wasn't any real difference at that point and many stayed due to friends even after EU servers were moved closer to home. That aside, as a night owl I'm granted a lot more opportunities to do things in-game since during the very early hours of the night when I play the EU servers are very, very quiet.

[Enla]

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

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.

[noxen]

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