WoW Forever · beta census · data of Nov 3

The Censusof Azeroth

Every race, class and guild of the WoW Forever beta — counted by independent census sites, weighed against each other, with the disagreement left in plain sight.

♛ Enter Olympus Explore the census Guild rankings

WoW Forever launches

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All numbers on this site are beta numbers until then.

Characters sampled

1,148,135

in the largest source · 2 sources compared

Alliance · Horde

50.1 / 49.9

sources differ by 3.0 pp

Most played class

Hunter

15.0% of all characters

Most common combination

Undead Paladin

5.4% · new in Forever

The One True King's realm

OLYMPUS — the largest guild family in WoW Forever

The Olympus addon census counts 79,160 soldiers in-game (PvP realms 74,585 + PvE realm 4,575) — the public census sites alone have seen 4,640+ characters in 70 guilds.

79,160soldiers counted in-game

3full banners of 136 reported

#5best guild rank overall

See the whole court →

The state of the realms

Two independent census sites, one picture. Bars show the consensus of all sources; the white and gold ticks mark what each source reported on its own.

WhereOne shared beta · EU and US play together Realms

One beta, no US/EU split. The WoW Forever beta runs as a single shared environment: players from Europe and the Americas join the same realms, so no census source can tell US from EU players. What the beta does separate is the realm type — PvE or PvP — and that is the split you can switch between below.

Blizzard developer Ellis, quoted: “Our little BETA environment only uses one REGIONAL realm.” — Eurogamer, Sep 20
Harvey Randall (UK), on playing it from Europe: “Forever's no different, the servers appear to be located solely in the US.” — PC Gamer, Sep 18
headline: “Blizzard reveals four rulesets for WoW Forever's realmless design” — TweakTown, Sep 21

Launch realms are not announced yet; a regional split will appear here once they exist.

Visible counts use the ClassicPlus.io sample for this realm set (1,148,135 characters). ≈ marks a consensus estimate; single-source figures stay exact, and tooltips list each source's own counts when published.

Faction balance

Alliance50.1%≈575,043

Horde49.9%≈573,092

Sources differ by 3.0 pp Sources differClassicPlus.io Alliance 557,723 · Horde 590,412WoWCensus Alliance 71,355 · Horde 66,947

Classes

Hunter15.0%≈172,324±0.3 pp

Warrior12.8%≈146,468±0.6 pp

Shaman11.8%≈135,342±0.6 pp

Druid11.5%≈132,116±0.1 pp

Paladin11.1%≈127,259±0.7 pp

Mage9.8%≈112,816±0.0 pp

Rogue9.7%≈111,013±0.0 pp

Priest9.3%≈107,155±0.1 pp

Warlock9.0%≈103,642±0.4 pp

ClassicPlus.ioWoWCensusagreedisagree

Level distribution · ClassicPlus.io

Total recorded: 1,148,135Highest level recorded: 30Median level: 17276,961 below level 11 (24%)

Races of Forever

Alliance

Human

15.1%

≈173,770

±0.6 pp

NEW

High Order Skyborne

Shen'dorei

9.6%

≈110,072

±0.5 pp

Night Elf

Kaldorei

9.1%

≈104,262

±0.5 pp

Dwarf

8.6%

≈98,728

±0.7 pp

Gnome

7.7%

≈88,223

±0.4 pp

Horde

Undead

Forsaken

15.9%

≈182,393

±1.5 pp

Orc

9.4%

≈107,741

±0.3 pp

NEW

Windshaper Skyborne

Shen'dorei

9.3%

≈106,983

±0.2 pp

Tauren

Shu'halo

7.9%

≈91,242

±0.2 pp

Troll

Darkspear

7.4%

≈84,732

±0.3 pp

High Order Skyborne · Shen'dorei
New in Forever. Shen'dorei of the High Order, descendants of the Highborne scholars of Eldre'Thalas, returning to reclaim lost arcane knowledge.

Windshaper Skyborne · Shen'dorei
New in Forever. Shen'dorei Windshapers, first to receive the wind spirits' gift of elemental skysight, searching for their vanished mentors.

Race × class

	Human	Dwarf	Night Elf	Gnome	High Order Skyborne	Orc	Undead	Tauren	Troll	Windshaper Skyborne
Warrior	2.6%≈29,496	0.7%≈7,681	1.3%≈15,029	0.8%≈8,806	1.1%≈12,308	2.2%≈25,270	0.9%≈10,333	1.9%≈22,308	0.5%≈5,580	0.8%≈9,656
Paladin	4.2%≈48,359	1.5%≈16,832	·	·	·	·	5.4%≈62,068	·	·	·
Hunter	2.1%≈24,191	1.3%≈14,604	2.7%≈30,713	·	2.0%≈22,641	1.7%≈19,668	·	1.5%≈17,704	1.6%≈18,244	2.1%≈24,570
Rogue	1.5%≈16,694	0.2%≈2,147	1.3%≈14,593	1.1%≈12,652	1.0%≈10,919	0.9%≈10,873	2.1%≈23,560	·	0.5%≈6,097	1.2%≈13,502
Priest	1.5%≈16,901	0.4%≈4,156	1.1%≈12,836	1.8%≈20,632	·	·	3.2%≈36,384	·	1.4%≈16,258	·
Shaman	·	4.6%≈53,319	·	·	·	2.3%≈26,373	·	1.6%≈18,519	0.9%≈10,104	2.4%≈27,016
Mage	1.2%≈13,950	·	·	2.0%≈22,526	2.5%≈28,129	1.1%≈12,836	2.0%≈22,469	·	1.1%≈12,917	·
Warlock	2.1%≈24,180	·	·	2.1%≈23,617	·	1.1%≈12,721	2.4%≈27,578	·	1.4%≈15,557	·
Druid	·	·	2.7%≈31,091	·	3.1%≈36,074	·	·	2.8%≈32,710	·	2.8%≈32,240

Cells show the share of all characters (%), brighter = more common.Second line = ≈ count from the ClassicPlus.io sample (exact when only one source).★ combination that did not exist before Forever

Most played

Undead PaladinSources differ5.41%≈62,068NEW

Dwarf ShamanSources are close4.64%≈53,319NEW

Human PaladinSources agree4.21%≈48,359

Undead PriestSources agree3.17%≈36,384

High Order Skyborne DruidSources agree3.14%≈36,074NEW

Tauren DruidSources agree2.85%≈32,710

Windshaper Skyborne DruidSources agree2.81%≈32,240NEW

Night Elf DruidSources agree2.71%≈31,091

Night Elf HunterSources agree2.68%≈30,713

Human WarriorSources agree2.57%≈29,496

New in Forever

Undead PaladinSources differ5.41%≈62,068NEW

Dwarf ShamanSources are close4.64%≈53,319NEW

High Order Skyborne DruidSources agree3.14%≈36,074NEW

Windshaper Skyborne DruidSources agree2.81%≈32,240NEW

High Order Skyborne MageSources agree2.45%≈28,129NEW

Windshaper Skyborne ShamanSources agree2.35%≈27,016NEW

Windshaper Skyborne HunterSources agree2.14%≈24,570NEW

Human HunterSources are close2.11%≈24,191NEW

High Order Skyborne HunterSources agree1.97%≈22,641NEW

Gnome PriestSources agree1.80%≈20,632NEW

Rarest

Dwarf RogueSources agree0.19%≈2,147

Dwarf PriestSources agree0.36%≈4,156

Troll WarriorSources agree0.49%≈5,580

Troll RogueSources agree0.53%≈6,097

Dwarf WarriorSources agree0.67%≈7,681

Active characters · WoWCensus

Seen in 24 hours

36,974

27% of everyone recorded

Seen in 7 days

56,985

41% of everyone recorded

Recorded in total

138,302

unique characters

PvE realms only. Combination figures come from a single source here, because only ClassicPlus.io publishes race × class counts per realm type.

Visible counts use the ClassicPlus.io sample for this realm set (575,886 characters). ≈ marks a consensus estimate; single-source figures stay exact, and tooltips list each source's own counts when published.

Faction balance

Alliance48.6%≈279,892

Horde51.4%≈295,994

Sources differ by 4.6 pp Sources differClassicPlus.io Alliance 266,595 · Horde 309,291WoWCensus Alliance 47,722 · Horde 46,015

Classes

Hunter14.9%≈86,066±0.4 pp

Warrior12.8%≈73,950±0.7 pp

Shaman12.2%≈70,149±0.8 pp

Druid11.5%≈66,440±0.4 pp

Paladin11.5%≈66,043±0.8 pp

Mage9.7%≈56,120±0.2 pp

Priest9.4%≈54,041±0.4 pp

Warlock9.1%≈52,607±0.4 pp

Rogue8.8%≈50,465±0.2 pp

ClassicPlus.ioWoWCensusagreedisagree

Level distribution · ClassicPlus.io

Total recorded: 575,886Highest level recorded: 30Median level: 17155,389 below level 11 (27%)

Races of Forever

Alliance

Human

14.5%

≈83,509

±0.1 pp

NEW

High Order Skyborne

Shen'dorei

9.9%

≈56,800

±0.2 pp

Dwarf

8.7%

≈49,912

±1.0 pp

Night Elf

Kaldorei

8.6%

≈49,630

±0.5 pp

Gnome

7.0%

≈40,041

±0.8 pp

Horde

Undead

Forsaken

16.5%

≈94,745

±1.8 pp

NEW

Windshaper Skyborne

Shen'dorei

10.1%

≈58,061

±0.7 pp

Orc

8.8%

≈50,701

±0.1 pp

Tauren

Shu'halo

8.3%

≈47,914

±0.1 pp

Troll

Darkspear

7.7%

≈44,574

±0.2 pp

High Order Skyborne · Shen'dorei
New in Forever. Shen'dorei of the High Order, descendants of the Highborne scholars of Eldre'Thalas, returning to reclaim lost arcane knowledge.

Windshaper Skyborne · Shen'dorei
New in Forever. Shen'dorei Windshapers, first to receive the wind spirits' gift of elemental skysight, searching for their vanished mentors.

Race × class

	Human	Dwarf	Night Elf	Gnome	High Order Skyborne	Orc	Undead	Tauren	Troll	Windshaper Skyborne
Warrior	2.4%13,668	0.6%3,710	1.2%6,756	0.6%3,316	1.0%5,594	2.1%11,911	1.0%5,556	1.9%11,162	0.5%3,048	0.9%5,279
Paladin	3.9%22,590	1.4%8,115	·	·	·	·	6.9%39,893	·	·	·
Hunter	2.2%12,718	1.3%7,656	2.3%13,336	·	2.1%12,195	1.6%9,400	·	1.6%9,328	1.6%9,335	2.5%14,364
Rogue	1.2%7,012	0.2%1,096	1.1%6,156	0.7%4,021	0.8%4,720	0.8%4,382	2.0%11,638	·	0.5%3,155	1.2%7,138
Priest	1.5%8,721	0.3%1,975	1.1%6,080	1.5%8,649	·	·	3.3%18,970	·	1.3%7,498	·
Shaman	·	3.8%21,843	·	·	·	2.2%12,770	·	1.7%9,511	0.9%5,123	2.8%16,030
Mage	1.3%7,228	·	·	1.6%9,431	2.6%15,174	1.1%6,095	2.1%12,243	·	1.2%6,918	·
Warlock	2.1%12,262	·	·	1.8%10,227	·	1.1%6,580	3.0%17,075	·	1.5%8,574	·
Druid	·	·	2.5%14,204	·	3.2%18,142	·	·	3.0%17,322	·	3.3%18,993

Most played

Undead PaladinOne source6.93%39,893NEW

Human PaladinOne source3.92%22,590

Dwarf ShamanOne source3.79%21,843NEW

Windshaper Skyborne DruidOne source3.30%18,993NEW

Undead PriestOne source3.29%18,970

High Order Skyborne DruidOne source3.15%18,142NEW

Tauren DruidOne source3.01%17,322

Undead WarlockOne source2.97%17,075

Windshaper Skyborne ShamanOne source2.78%16,030NEW

High Order Skyborne MageOne source2.64%15,174NEW

New in Forever

Undead PaladinOne source6.93%39,893NEW

Dwarf ShamanOne source3.79%21,843NEW

Windshaper Skyborne DruidOne source3.30%18,993NEW

High Order Skyborne DruidOne source3.15%18,142NEW

Windshaper Skyborne ShamanOne source2.78%16,030NEW

High Order Skyborne MageOne source2.64%15,174NEW

Windshaper Skyborne HunterOne source2.49%14,364NEW

Human HunterOne source2.21%12,718NEW

High Order Skyborne HunterOne source2.12%12,195NEW

Gnome PriestOne source1.50%8,649NEW

Rarest

Dwarf RogueOne source0.19%1,096

Dwarf PriestOne source0.34%1,975

Troll WarriorOne source0.53%3,048

Troll RogueOne source0.55%3,155

Gnome WarriorOne source0.58%3,316

Active characters · WoWCensus

Seen in 24 hours

19,407

21% of everyone recorded

Seen in 7 days

31,691

34% of everyone recorded

Recorded in total

93,737

unique characters

PvP realms only. Combination figures come from a single source here, because only ClassicPlus.io publishes race × class counts per realm type.

Visible counts use the ClassicPlus.io sample for this realm set (572,249 characters). ≈ marks a consensus estimate; single-source figures stay exact, and tooltips list each source's own counts when published.

Faction balance

Alliance52.0%≈297,295

Horde48.0%≈274,954

Sources differ by 2.2 pp Sources are closeClassicPlus.io Alliance 291,128 · Horde 281,121WoWCensus Alliance 23,633 · Horde 20,932

Classes

Hunter15.2%≈86,713±0.2 pp

Warrior12.6%≈71,983±0.4 pp

Druid11.7%≈67,079±0.8 pp

Shaman11.0%≈63,142±0.0 pp

Rogue11.0%≈62,816±0.2 pp

Paladin10.6%≈60,401±0.7 pp

Mage10.0%≈57,374±0.2 pp

Priest9.1%≈52,040±0.4 pp

Warlock8.9%≈50,701±0.4 pp

ClassicPlus.ioWoWCensusagreedisagree

Level distribution · ClassicPlus.io

Total recorded: 572,249Highest level recorded: 30Median level: 17121,572 below level 11 (21%)

Races of Forever

Alliance

Human

15.9%

≈90,810

±0.9 pp

Night Elf

Kaldorei

9.8%

≈55,955

±0.7 pp

NEW

High Order Skyborne

Shen'dorei

9.3%

≈53,408

±0.8 pp

Gnome

8.6%

≈49,276

±0.2 pp

Dwarf

8.4%

≈47,846

±0.3 pp

Horde

Undead

Forsaken

15.2%

≈86,896

±1.3 pp

Orc

10.2%

≈58,272

±0.2 pp

NEW

Windshaper Skyborne

Shen'dorei

8.4%

≈47,789

±0.0 pp

Tauren

Shu'halo

7.4%

≈42,552

±0.2 pp

Troll

Darkspear

6.9%

≈39,439

±0.3 pp

High Order Skyborne · Shen'dorei
New in Forever. Shen'dorei of the High Order, descendants of the Highborne scholars of Eldre'Thalas, returning to reclaim lost arcane knowledge.

Windshaper Skyborne · Shen'dorei
New in Forever. Shen'dorei Windshapers, first to receive the wind spirits' gift of elemental skysight, searching for their vanished mentors.

Race × class

	Human	Dwarf	Night Elf	Gnome	High Order Skyborne	Orc	Undead	Tauren	Troll	Windshaper Skyborne
Warrior	2.7%15,595	0.5%3,114	1.2%6,616	0.9%5,221	0.9%5,006	2.2%12,616	0.9%5,164	1.6%9,407	0.4%2,219	0.8%4,604
Paladin	4.8%27,380	1.3%7,699	·	·	·	·	5.1%29,209	·	·	·
Hunter	2.5%14,541	1.1%6,334	2.9%16,647	·	1.8%10,059	2.1%11,954	·	1.5%8,430	1.5%8,553	1.9%11,059
Rogue	1.8%10,318	0.2%1,116	1.2%7,077	1.4%8,016	0.9%5,209	1.1%6,130	2.6%14,863	·	0.4%2,469	1.1%6,359
Priest	1.6%8,986	0.4%2,084	1.1%6,187	2.0%11,714	·	·	3.1%17,571	·	1.4%7,830	·
Shaman	·	4.5%25,739	·	·	·	2.6%14,741	·	1.3%7,499	0.7%3,916	2.0%11,413
Mage	1.2%7,099	·	·	2.1%11,980	2.1%11,965	1.2%6,716	2.2%12,764	·	1.0%5,584	·
Warlock	2.1%12,288	·	·	2.0%11,261	·	1.3%7,504	2.6%14,860	·	1.3%7,196	·
Druid	·	·	2.7%15,502	·	2.9%16,375	·	·	2.8%15,935	·	2.5%14,556

Most played

Undead PaladinOne source5.10%29,209NEW

Human PaladinOne source4.79%27,380

Dwarf ShamanOne source4.50%25,739NEW

Undead PriestOne source3.07%17,571

Night Elf HunterOne source2.91%16,647

High Order Skyborne DruidOne source2.86%16,375NEW

Tauren DruidOne source2.79%15,935

Human WarriorOne source2.73%15,595

Night Elf DruidOne source2.71%15,502

Undead RogueOne source2.60%14,863

New in Forever

Undead PaladinOne source5.10%29,209NEW

Dwarf ShamanOne source4.50%25,739NEW

High Order Skyborne DruidOne source2.86%16,375NEW

Windshaper Skyborne DruidOne source2.54%14,556NEW

Human HunterOne source2.54%14,541NEW

High Order Skyborne MageOne source2.09%11,965NEW

Gnome PriestOne source2.05%11,714NEW

Windshaper Skyborne ShamanOne source1.99%11,413NEW

Windshaper Skyborne HunterOne source1.93%11,059NEW

High Order Skyborne HunterOne source1.76%10,059NEW

Rarest

Dwarf RogueOne source0.20%1,116

Dwarf PriestOne source0.36%2,084

Troll WarriorOne source0.39%2,219

Troll RogueOne source0.43%2,469

Dwarf WarriorOne source0.54%3,114

Active characters · WoWCensus

Seen in 24 hours

17,567

39% of everyone recorded

Seen in 7 days

25,294

57% of everyone recorded

Recorded in total

44,565

unique characters

How the classes moved

Share of recorded characters per class over the last 30 days (ClassicPlus.io daily series).

Warrior12.2% ▲0.1

Paladin11.7% ▲0.4

Hunter15.3% ▼0.2

Rogue9.7% ▼0.7

Priest9.3% ▼0.1

Shaman11.2% ▼0.2

Mage9.9% ▼0.4

Warlock9.4% ▲0.2

Druid11.4% ▲0.8

Where the numbers come from

We read public census pages, keep every source's own figures visible and never mix their sample sizes.

How we count →

Source	Sample	Data of	Checked	Status
ClassicPlus.io Scans of the game uploaded by the site owner; every character recorded since the beta opened.	1,148,135 characters	Nov 2	1 h ago	counted
WoWCensus Unique characters found in sampled in-game /who scans; also publishes guild lists.	138,302 characters	Nov 3	1 h ago	counted
WoW Forever Guides Republishes the ClassicPlus.io census with credit — shown for transparency.	—	—	—	not counted twice