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Normal Population (Forever)

Live population for Normal (TW) on Forever: active characters, Alliance vs Horde balance, 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

8k

53%
47%

Active last 7 days

7,730

100.0%

Most played class

Paladin

2k

Most played race

Human

2k

Class distribution

Share of characters by class, sorted by population

  • Paladin

    17.5%

    2k characters

  • Hunter

    14.9%

    2k characters

  • Druid

    12.1%

    936 characters

  • Warlock

    10.3%

    798 characters

  • Mage

    10.1%

    779 characters

  • Priest

    10.1%

    778 characters

  • Warrior

    9.7%

    747 characters

  • Shaman

    9.6%

    745 characters

  • Rogue

    5.7%

    438 characters

Race distribution

Share of characters by race, sorted by population

  • Human

    21.7%

    2k characters

  • Undead

    18.7%

    2k characters

  • High Order Skyborne

    9.8%

    760 characters

  • Night Elf

    9.2%

    712 characters

  • Tauren

    9.0%

    698 characters

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    7.1%

    551 characters

  • Orc

    7.0%

    541 characters

  • Dwarf

    6.8%

    528 characters

  • Troll

    5.4%

    417 characters

  • Gnome

    5.1%

    396 characters

Races by faction

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

Alliance

52.7% 5k characters

  • Human

    41.2%2k

  • High Order Skyborne

    18.7%760

  • Night Elf

    17.5%712

  • Dwarf

    13.0%528

  • Gnome

    9.7%396

Horde

47.3% 4k characters

  • Undead

    39.6%2k

  • Tauren

    19.1%698

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    15.1%551

  • Orc

    14.8%541

  • Troll

    11.4%417

Most played pairings

The top race and class pairs, by share of characters

  1. 1

    Undead Paladin

    New
    8.7%676
  2. 2

    Human Paladin

    7.6%589
  3. 3

    Dwarf Shaman

    New
    3.7%286
  4. 4

    Tauren Druid

    3.5%273
  5. 5

    Human Priest

    3.5%273
  6. 6

    Human Warlock

    3.4%266
  7. 7

    Night Elf Druid

    3.4%259
  8. 8

    High Order Skyborne Druid

    New
    3.2%248
  9. 9

    Undead Priest

    3.2%247
  10. 10

    Night Elf Hunter

    3.2%245

New to Forever

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

33.3% of characters are on something new

That figure adds the six new race and class pairings (16.4%) and Skyborne (17.0%).

The six new pairings

Ranked by characters, with the share of their class

  • Undead Paladin

    49.9%676

  • Dwarf Shaman

    38.4%286

  • Human Hunter

    13.4%155

  • Gnome Priest

    9.8%76

  • Troll Warlock

    5.9%47

  • Orc Mage

    3.3%26

Skyborne

One race per faction, then the classes they play

17.0% 2k

  • High Order Skyborne

    Alliance

    9.8%760

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    Horde

    7.1%551

Skyborne classes

  • Druid

    30.8%404

  • Hunter

    22.7%297

  • Mage

    18.1%237

  • Shaman

    10.8%142

  • Warrior

    9.5%125

  • Rogue

    8.1%106

Gender

Characters with a known gender, sorted by female share

Female44.7%4k

5k55.3%Male

By class, female share

  • Priest62.6%
  • Mage59.2%
  • Druid49.5%
  • Rogue48.9%
  • Hunter48.0%
  • Warlock45.7%
  • Paladin34.8%
  • Shaman30.6%
  • Warrior28.2%

By race, female share

  • High Order Skyborne72.2%
  • Windshaper Skyborne70.4%
  • Night Elf61.4%
  • Human57.9%
  • Gnome47.2%
  • Troll35.0%
  • Undead33.3%
  • Dwarf21.6%
  • Orc17.6%
  • Tauren11.9%

Classes and races with under 50 characters are left out.

Level distribution

Characters per level, from 10 to 60

Median level

20

At level 60

0.00%

0 characters

Level 20 (the peak): 512 characters, 6.6%

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