FFXIV outdated patch cycle is one of the biggest issues in terms of content cadence.

[Somnolence]

Not sure how accurate mmo-population.com stats are but for MMO to have so many people not playing because they are done with the content looks bad:

[Ryaze]

Not sure how accurate mmo-population.com stats are but for MMO to have so many people not playing because they are done with the content looks bad:

They base their estimation solely on reddit subscribers and daily active reddit accounts in any given subreddit for a game, multiplied by a "magic number" and add in some more bologna. Which is the silliest metric I've ever heard of. That website is notorious for having ridiculous numbers. At one point they had an estimation of something like 40k current players for Wildstar, years AFTER the servers were shut down.

[Jeeqbit]

Not sure how accurate mmo-population.com stats are

MMO population is not accurate because it was found to just be using the reddit stat.

I suggest referring to my post here which uses a number of sources (and cites them) https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...Estimate-Chart