Racial distribution, July 2021 (Luckybancho)

[Halivel]

I thought there were over 22 million adventurers.

22 million is the total amount of registered accounts, including all the people who stopped playing or were permanently banned for whatever reason. Also, the total amount of actively playing people is a bit higher (though obviously not by millions) than what is counted in report, because there are some restrictions, like the need to be of certain level to be counted, for instance.

[Lauront]

I'm pleased to see that Hyur and Au Ra are doing so well where male characters are concerned. I think they're the best looking options available at the moment. I'm not at all surprised that Hrothgar are about as niche as Roegadyn. Hopefully we see more focus on additional customisation options for what we have already.

I reckon the influx of WoW refugees will probably push the male ratios up a bit further in EU and NA. Ditto with male Viera, even if they mostly result in diminutions in e.g. catboy or elezen figures. I believe it hovers at something like 55/45% (female/male) for NA, 58/42% for EU and 65/35% for JP (from what I last recall WoW's figures are more or less the inverse, c. 40/60) - they have some affection for the accursed midgets for reasons which continue to elude me. I just do not see the appeal. If you discount Lalafell their preferences for male characters seem to follow a similar pattern to NA and EU.

The following (source) are nicely formatted for ease of consumption:



Raw figures:

[Gralna]

I'm pleased to see that Hyur and Au Ra are doing so well where male characters are concerned. I think they're the best looking options available at the moment. I'm not at all surprised that Hrothgar are about as niche as Roegadyn. Hopefully we see more focus on additional customisation options for what we have already.

From what I've seen, bots drastically boost the male Hyur numbers since they are the default race/gender when you first enter character creation, unless Lucky Bancho filtered them for these numbers.

[Vipes]

they have some affection for the accursed midgets for reasons which continue to elude me. I just do not see the appeal. If you discount Lalafell their preferences for male characters seem to follow a similar pattern to NA and EU.

To be fair, I only chose lalafell because it's the closest you could get to a playable moogle race if you use the moogle head. It's also why I'm hoping eventually we get an Ivalician Moogle player race, so I can ditch using lalafell for good.

From what I've seen, bots drastically boost the male Hyur numbers since they are the default race/gender when you first enter character creation, unless Lucky Bancho filtered them for these numbers.

They did.

Luckybancho considers a player to be active if:
- Their level is higher than 60 (lvl 60 isn't included)
- They have changes in HP/amount of minions and mounts in comparison to previous survey
- Characters without mounts are counted as bots and are excluded

[Gralna]

Guess it shouldn't be as much of a shock as it is to me, was quite surprised when Bioware and Larion released info about most common player settings for character creation and both had something around 60% of players just using the initial default settings.

[ItMe]

From what I've seen, bots drastically boost the male Hyur numbers since they are the default race/gender when you first enter character creation, unless Lucky Bancho filtered them for these numbers.

I believe they mentioned

- Characters without mounts are counted as bots and are excluded

[Lauront]

It helps that Midlanders look good and have customisation options to help create more variety. I don't think that can be discounted. They also encounter fewer problems like horns or tails etc clipping. Even male Viera will have issues, like the strangeness of their pose, which can put some players off.

To be fair, I only chose lalafell because it's the closest you could get to a playable moogle race if you use the moogle head. It's also why I'm hoping eventually we get an Ivalician Moogle player race, so I can ditch using lalafell for good.

If they add a small race in the future, I'm hoping that's the one they add.

[ICountFrom0]

seems odd to use "changes in minions/mounts" as a test for activity with the recient changes letting you detect "completed quests" instead.

[Vipes]

seems odd to use "changes in minions/mounts" as a test for activity with the recient changes letting you detect "completed quests" instead.

I’m guessing because bots can complete quests?

[ICountFrom0]

Lack of mounts is being used as bot detection though.