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PvP Population (Forever)

Live population for PvP (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

15k

50%
50%

Active last 7 days

14,538

100.0%

Most played class

Paladin

3k

Most played race

Undead

4k

Class distribution

Share of characters by class, sorted by population

  • Paladin

    16.5%

    3k characters

  • Hunter

    12.6%

    2k characters

  • Druid

    11.5%

    2k characters

  • Warrior

    10.5%

    2k characters

  • Priest

    10.4%

    2k characters

  • Mage

    10.0%

    2k characters

  • Warlock

    10.0%

    2k characters

  • Rogue

    9.3%

    2k characters

  • Shaman

    9.1%

    2k characters

Race distribution

Share of characters by race, sorted by population

  • Undead

    22.2%

    4k characters

  • Human

    20.2%

    3k characters

  • Night Elf

    9.7%

    2k characters

  • Tauren

    8.1%

    2k characters

  • Dwarf

    7.2%

    2k characters

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    7.1%

    2k characters

  • Orc

    7.1%

    2k characters

  • Gnome

    7.0%

    2k characters

  • High Order Skyborne

    6.0%

    872 characters

  • Troll

    5.4%

    785 characters

Races by faction

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

Alliance

50.1% 8k characters

  • Human

    40.4%3k

  • Night Elf

    19.3%2k

  • Dwarf

    14.4%2k

  • Gnome

    13.9%2k

  • High Order Skyborne

    12.0%872

Horde

49.9% 8k characters

  • Undead

    44.5%4k

  • Tauren

    16.3%2k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    14.2%2k

  • Orc

    14.1%2k

  • Troll

    10.8%785

Most played pairings

The top race and class pairs, by share of characters

  1. 1

    Undead Paladin

    New
    8.4%2k
  2. 2

    Human Paladin

    6.9%2k
  3. 3

    Dwarf Shaman

    New
    3.9%571
  4. 4

    Undead Priest

    3.8%548
  5. 5

    Night Elf Druid

    3.7%544
  6. 6

    Tauren Druid

    3.4%492
  7. 7

    Undead Warlock

    3.3%481
  8. 8

    Undead Mage

    3.2%464
  9. 9

    Human Priest

    3.1%450
  10. 10

    Night Elf Hunter

    3.0%442

New to Forever

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

29.2% of characters are on something new

That figure adds the six new race and class pairings (16.1%) and Skyborne (13.1%).

The six new pairings

Ranked by characters, with the share of their class

  • Undead Paladin

    51.1%2k

  • Dwarf Shaman

    43.3%571

  • Human Hunter

    11.5%211

  • Gnome Priest

    12.1%183

  • Troll Warlock

    5.2%76

  • Orc Mage

    4.7%69

Skyborne

One race per faction, then the classes they play

13.1% 2k

  • Windshaper Skyborne

    Horde

    7.1%2k

  • High Order Skyborne

    Alliance

    6.0%872

Skyborne classes

  • Druid

    33.7%641

  • Hunter

    19.7%375

  • Shaman

    13.0%247

  • Mage

    11.5%219

  • Rogue

    11.4%218

  • Warrior

    10.7%204

Gender

Characters with a known gender, sorted by female share

Female40.7%6k

9k59.3%Male

By class, female share

  • Priest61.9%
  • Druid50.3%
  • Mage44.6%
  • Rogue44.1%
  • Hunter41.4%
  • Warlock37.3%
  • Paladin32.8%
  • Shaman30.5%
  • Warrior25.9%

By race, female share

  • Windshaper Skyborne70.3%
  • High Order Skyborne66.7%
  • Night Elf57.7%
  • Human49.6%
  • Gnome43.3%
  • Troll37.3%
  • Undead32.6%
  • Dwarf19.4%
  • Orc19.4%
  • Tauren12.9%

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): 1,005 characters, 6.9%

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