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TW Population (Forever)

Live TW 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

23k

51%
49%

Active last 7 days

22,268

100.0%

Most populated ruleset

PvP

15k

Most played class

Paladin

4k

Most played race

Undead

5k

Rulesets breakdown

Alliance vs Horde balance, sorted by population

Class distribution

Share of characters by class, sorted by population

  • Paladin

    16.8%

    4k characters

  • Hunter

    13.4%

    3k characters

  • Druid

    11.7%

    3k characters

  • Priest

    10.3%

    3k characters

  • Warrior

    10.2%

    3k characters

  • Warlock

    10.1%

    3k characters

  • Mage

    10.1%

    3k characters

  • Shaman

    9.3%

    3k characters

  • Rogue

    8.1%

    2k characters

Race distribution

Share of characters by race, sorted by population

  • Undead

    21.0%

    5k characters

  • Human

    20.7%

    5k characters

  • Night Elf

    9.5%

    3k characters

  • Tauren

    8.5%

    2k characters

  • High Order Skyborne

    7.3%

    2k characters

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    7.1%

    2k characters

  • Dwarf

    7.1%

    2k characters

  • Orc

    7.0%

    2k characters

  • Gnome

    6.3%

    2k characters

  • Troll

    5.4%

    2k characters

Races by faction

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

Alliance

51.0% 12k characters

  • Human

    40.7%5k

  • Night Elf

    18.7%3k

  • High Order Skyborne

    14.4%2k

  • Dwarf

    13.9%2k

  • Gnome

    12.4%2k

Horde

49.0% 11k characters

  • Undead

    42.9%5k

  • Tauren

    17.2%2k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    14.5%2k

  • Orc

    14.4%2k

  • Troll

    11.0%2k

Classes and races by ruleset

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

ClassPvP15kNormal8k
Paladin16.5%17.5%
Hunter12.6%14.9%
Druid11.5%12.1%
Priest10.4%10.1%
Warrior10.5%9.7%
Warlock10.0%10.3%
Mage10.0%10.1%
Shaman9.1%9.6%
Rogue9.3%5.7%

Most played pairings

The top race and class pairs, by share of characters

  1. 1

    Undead Paladin

    New
    8.5%2k
  2. 2

    Human Paladin

    7.2%2k
  3. 3

    Dwarf Shaman

    New
    3.8%857
  4. 4

    Night Elf Druid

    3.6%803
  5. 5

    Undead Priest

    3.6%795
  6. 6

    Tauren Druid

    3.4%765
  7. 7

    Human Priest

    3.2%723
  8. 8

    Undead Warlock

    3.1%699
  9. 9

    Night Elf Hunter

    3.1%687
  10. 10

    Human Warlock

    2.9%652

New to Forever

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

30.6% of characters are on something new

That figure adds the six new race and class pairings (16.2%) and Skyborne (14.4%).

The six new pairings

Ranked by characters, with the share of their class

  • Undead Paladin

    50.7%2k

  • Dwarf Shaman

    41.5%857

  • Human Hunter

    12.3%366

  • Gnome Priest

    11.3%259

  • Troll Warlock

    5.4%123

  • Orc Mage

    4.2%95

Skyborne

One race per faction, then the classes they play

14.4% 4k

  • High Order Skyborne

    Alliance

    7.3%2k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    Horde

    7.1%2k

Skyborne classes

  • Druid

    32.5%2k

  • Hunter

    20.9%672

  • Mage

    14.2%456

  • Shaman

    12.1%389

  • Warrior

    10.2%329

  • Rogue

    10.1%324

Gender

Characters with a known gender, sorted by female share

Female42.1%10k

13k57.9%Male

By class, female share

  • Priest62.2%
  • Druid50.0%
  • Mage49.7%
  • Rogue45.3%
  • Hunter44.0%
  • Warlock40.3%
  • Paladin33.5%
  • Shaman30.5%
  • Warrior26.7%

By race, female share

  • Windshaper Skyborne70.3%
  • High Order Skyborne69.3%
  • Night Elf58.9%
  • Human52.6%
  • Gnome44.4%
  • Troll36.5%
  • Undead32.8%
  • Dwarf20.2%
  • Orc18.8%
  • Tauren12.5%

Classes and races with under 50 characters are left out.

Level distribution

Characters per level, from 10 to 60

Median level

21

At level 60

0.00%

0 characters

Level 20 (the peak): 1,517 characters, 6.8%

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