Server Population help?

[Garlyle]

XIVSoul scrapes the Lodestone database and has fairly accurate numbers for players. Unfortunately it's down at the moment. If you feel like waiting for it to come back up (it might be by the time you see this post), you can check.

One thing to note though is that more populated servers are generally locked for character creation more frequently (it's a rather heavy handed attempt to push people to less populated servers), so if getting onto one is your objective it might be tricky.

[Bloozey]

I've come across XIVSoul several times during my search but it seems to be down everytime I check Is it a temporary thing or will it be down for a longer period of time?

I was also given some advice by several friends that it's easier to make a character on the populated servers earlier in the morning so I might try that!

I'd greatly appreciate it if I could hear opinions from more people Thanks!