Quote Originally Posted by SorrowsEnd View Post
Just saying no isnt an answer. Wheres the info coming from SE? Its super frustrating.
https://ffxivcensus.com/

This information isn't the most accurate as it relies on an in game achievement to determine active members, but currently Balmung has about 1k more active players than the next largest server which is Leviathan. A month ago when more people were still online that number was closer to 9k more, and it fluctuates depending on patch lulls and so on. Point being Balmung isn't the /only/ overcrowded server, but it's definitely the most crowded server of any data-center in terms of active users. (Though the amount of characters actually on the server is one of the lowest of all Aether realms, but I'm /fairly/ sure inactive characters don't stress the server all that hard.)