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KR Population (Forever)

Live KR population overview for Forever: active characters, top rulesets, and most played classes and races.

These numbers are not the live in-game population

We're still scanning WoW Forever and collecting character data little by little, so these figures only cover the characters we've found so far. Expect them to change over the coming weeks.

Population overview

Characters

17k

53%
47%

Active last 7 days

16,887

100.0%

Most populated ruleset

PvP

16k

Most played class

Priest

3k

Most played race

Human

4k

Rulesets breakdown

Alliance vs Horde balance, sorted by population

Class distribution

Share of characters by class, sorted by population

  • Priest

    12.9%

    3k characters

  • Paladin

    12.6%

    3k characters

  • Hunter

    12.4%

    3k characters

  • Mage

    11.6%

    2k characters

  • Druid

    11.6%

    2k characters

  • Warlock

    10.7%

    2k characters

  • Warrior

    10.5%

    2k characters

  • Shaman

    9.8%

    2k characters

  • Rogue

    8.0%

    2k characters

Race distribution

Share of characters by race, sorted by population

  • Human

    20.8%

    4k characters

  • Undead

    20.6%

    4k characters

  • Gnome

    10.4%

    2k characters

  • Night Elf

    8.4%

    2k characters

  • Dwarf

    7.7%

    2k characters

  • Tauren

    7.6%

    2k characters

  • Orc

    7.6%

    2k characters

  • High Order Skyborne

    6.1%

    2k characters

  • Troll

    5.4%

    912 characters

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    5.4%

    907 characters

Races by faction

Each faction's share of characters, with its races ranked within the faction

Alliance

53.4% 10k characters

  • Human

    39.0%4k

  • Gnome

    19.4%2k

  • Night Elf

    15.8%2k

  • Dwarf

    14.3%2k

  • High Order Skyborne

    11.5%2k

Horde

46.6% 8k characters

  • Undead

    44.2%4k

  • Tauren

    16.4%2k

  • Orc

    16.3%2k

  • Troll

    11.6%912

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    11.5%907

Classes and races by ruleset

Share of each ruleset's characters, with the highest of each row highlighted

ClassPvP16kNormal2k
Priest12.8%14.3%
Paladin12.5%14.0%
Hunter12.0%17.8%
Mage11.5%12.7%
Druid11.8%9.2%
Warlock10.7%9.9%
Warrior10.7%8.7%
Shaman9.9%8.2%
Rogue8.2%5.3%

Most played pairings

The top race and class pairs, by share of characters

  1. 1

    Human Paladin

    5.9%997
  2. 2

    Undead Paladin

    New
    5.9%993
  3. 3

    Undead Priest

    5.0%843
  4. 4

    Dwarf Shaman

    New
    4.5%756
  5. 5

    Tauren Druid

    4.4%735
  6. 6

    Human Warlock

    3.4%579
  7. 7

    Undead Mage

    3.3%552
  8. 8

    Human Priest

    3.2%548
  9. 9

    Undead Warlock

    3.2%538
  10. 10

    Night Elf Hunter

    3.2%537

New to Forever

Characters on a race or a pairing that did not exist before

27.1% of characters are on something new

That figure adds the six new race and class pairings (15.6%) and Skyborne (11.5%).

The six new pairings

Ranked by characters, with the share of their class

  • Undead Paladin

    46.8%993

  • Dwarf Shaman

    45.6%756

  • Gnome Priest

    21.6%469

  • Human Hunter

    13.7%287

  • Troll Warlock

    3.8%68

  • Orc Mage

    3.0%59

Skyborne

One race per faction, then the classes they play

11.5% 2k

  • High Order Skyborne

    Alliance

    6.1%2k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    Horde

    5.4%907

Skyborne classes

  • Druid

    37.4%726

  • Hunter

    19.2%372

  • Mage

    16.6%322

  • Shaman

    13.5%263

  • Warrior

    7.4%143

  • Rogue

    6.0%116

Gender

Characters with a known gender, sorted by female share

Female46.0%8k

10k54.0%Male

By class, female share

  • Priest68.2%
  • Mage59.0%
  • Druid50.3%
  • Warlock47.3%
  • Rogue46.0%
  • Hunter45.6%
  • Paladin33.7%
  • Shaman32.3%
  • Warrior26.0%

By race, female share

  • Windshaper Skyborne72.8%
  • High Order Skyborne72.4%
  • Gnome71.0%
  • Night Elf62.6%
  • Human53.7%
  • Troll37.5%
  • Undead34.3%
  • Dwarf23.7%
  • Orc19.3%
  • Tauren18.5%

Classes and races with under 50 characters are left out.

Level distribution

Characters per level, from 10 to 60

Median level

22

At level 60

0.01%

2 characters

Level 22 (the peak): 1,032 characters, 6.1%

Blizzard only exposes characters from level 10, so lower levels are not counted.