Hey everyone, server population and faction balance has always being a hot topic in SWTOR. In response to the surging demands in the early days of SWTOR launch, many servers were opened up to drive down the server queues. Come March 1st, oceanic servers will be opened up, this will add quite a few servers to the already extensive sever list.
To my knowledge, there has being previously very little, if any, study on the actual SWTOR population for each server. Bioware has not released any actual numbers and 3rd party sites lack the tools to analyze the population effectively (i.e. TORstatus.net offers a longitudinal examination of server load, but offers no insight to actual server population).
I have started a little project that will give some actual numbers to the population status on each of the SWTOR servers. This project is only completed for US PVE and RP-PVE servers. If there is enough interest, I can do the same for US PVP servers and maybe EU servers in the future. All the data are collected by hand, via creating two level 1 characters on each server and using the who list to record population numbers in each planet.
As it is impossible to collect data for all the planets for all the servers at the same time, I have restricted myself to 6 planets + the fleet for each faction and restricted my data collection to “prime-time” for each server (i.e. 6:30 – 10 pm EST for East Coast Servers and 6:30 to 10 pm PST for West Coast servers) over a span of 3 days.
The six planets studied are:
K/T – Korriban/Tython
D/C – Dromund Kaas/ Coruscant
Alderaan
Hoth
Voss
Ilum
These six planets + the fleet represents roughly 45% of the total server population for each faction and allow a very rough estimation of the total server population.
- PVE/RP servers population ranking
- PVE/RP servers Imperial/Republic Ratio
- PVE/RP servers Ilum population
- PVE/RP servers population distribution
- Estimated total poplation of all PVE/RP servers and other interesting facts
- Raw data
PVE/RP Servers population ranking
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for most population
| Rank | Server | Type | Population |
| 1 | Canderous Ordo | PVE-E | 1079 |
| 2 | The Harbinger | PVE-W | 1072 |
| 3 | Lord Adraas | RP-E | 862 |
| 4 | Mind Trick | PVE-E | 746 |
| 5 | The Ebon Hawk | RP-E | 745 |
| 6 | Shadow Hand | PVE-E | 718 |
| 7 | Krayt Dragon | PVE-E | 717 |
| 8 | The Shadowlands | PVE-E | 699 |
| 9 | Jedi Covenant | PVE-E | 678 |
| 10 | Space Slug | PVE-W | 647 |
Top 10 PVE/PVE servers for least population
| Rank | Server | Type | Population |
| 1 | Sedyn Kane | PVE-E | 109 |
| 2 | Nathema | PVE-E | 113 |
| 3 | The Defenestrator | PVE-E | 115 |
| 4 | Telos Restoration Project | PVE-E | 119 |
| 5 | Crevasse City | PVE-E | 120 |
| 6 | Foraxan Shark | PVE-E | 133 |
| 7 | Zez-Kai Ell | PVE-E | 714 |
| 8 | Keetael | PVE-E | 146 |
| 9 | HanHarr | PVE-E | 147 |
| 10 | Axial Park | PVE-E | 152 |
PVE East Coast servers ranked by population
PVE West Coast servers ranked by population
RP PVE servers ranked by population
PVE/RP servers Imperial/Republic Ratio
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for most Imperial Ratio
| Rank | Server | Type | Ratio |
| 1 | Sith Meditation Sphere | PVE-E | 2.91 |
| 2 | Lord Praven | PVE-W | 2.22 |
| 3 | Mask of Nihilus | PVE-W | 2.20 |
| 4 | Tarro Blood | PVE-E | 2.03 |
| 5 | Assassins of Sion | PVE-E | 1.90 |
| 6 | Darth Xedrix | PVE-W | 1.94 |
| 7 | Darth Brandon | PVE-E | 1.93 |
| 8 | Darth Sion | PVE-W | 1.90 |
| 9 | Sith Wyrm | PVE-E | 1.87 |
| 10 | Shadow Hand | PVE-E | 1.86 |
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for least Imperial Ratio (most Republic Ratio)
| Rank | Server | Type | Ratio |
| 1 | Wall of Light | PVE-W | 0.72 |
| 2 | The Shadowlands | PVE-E | 0.76 |
| 3 | The Courageous | PVE-E | 0.76 |
| 4 | Empress Teta | PVE-W | 0.78 |
| 5 | The Ebon Hawk | RP-E | 0.78 |
| 6 | Whitebeam Run | PVE-E | 0.83 |
| 7 | Ki-Ta Kren | PVE-E | 0.84 |
| 8 | Perlemian Trade Route | PVE-W | 0.84 |
| 9 | Sedyn Kyne | PVE-E | 0.85 |
| 10 | Anturi Reach | PVE-E | 0.85 |
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for most faction balance (ratio ~1)
| Rank | Server | Type | Ratio |
| 1 | Namadii Corridor | PVE-W | 1.00 |
| 2 | Corellian Run | PVE-E | 1.01 |
| 3 | Thana Vesh | PVE-E | 1.01 |
| 4 | Veeboo Lunx | PVE-W | 1.01 |
| 5 | The Defenestrator | PVE-E | 1.02 |
| 6 | The Jekk’Jekk Tarr | PVE-W | 1.02 |
| 7 | Grand Master Zyrm | PVE-E | 1.03 |
| 8 | Begeren Colony | RP-W | 1.04 |
| 9 | Rubut Crystal | RP-E | 0.96 |
| 10 | Fa’athra | PVE-W | 0.85 |
PVE – East coast Imperial/Republic Ratio
PVE – West coast Imperial/Republic Ratio
PVE- RP server Imperial/Republic Ratio
PVE/RP servers Ilum population
Most % of players on Ilum – Both factions combined
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for most % of players on Ilum (both factions combined)
| Rank | Server | Type | % of total pop |
| 1 | Keller’s Void | PVE-E | 19.60 |
| 2 | Juyo | PVE-E | 14.29 |
| 3 | Sith Wyrm | PVE-E | 13.57 |
| 4 | Tarro Blood | PVE-E | 12.94 |
| 5 | Giradda the Hutt | PVE-E | 12.74 |
| 6 | Grand Master Zym | PVE-E | 11.18 |
| 7 | The Shadowlands | PVE-E | 10.16 |
| 8 | Sedyn Kyne | PVE-E | 10.09 |
| 9 | Master Zhar Lestin | PVE-W | 9.84 |
| 10 | Jedi Covenant | PVE-E | 9.73 |
Most players on Ilum – Both factions combined
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for most players on Ilum (both factions combined)
| Rank | Server | Type | Players |
| 1 | Keller’s Void | PVE-E | 98 |
| 2 | Sith Wyrm | PVE-E | 79 |
| 3 | Canderous Ordo | PVE-E | 74 |
| 4 | Juyo | PVE-E | 73 |
| 5 | The Shadowlands | PVE-E | 71 |
| 6 | Mind Trick | PVE-E | 67 |
| 7 | Jedi Covenant | PVE-E | 66 |
| 8 | The Harbinger | PVE-W | 63 |
| 9 | Tarro Blood | PVE-E | 62 |
| 10 | Krayt Dragon | PVE-E | 57 |
Most players on Ilum – Republic
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for most Republic players on Ilum
| Rank | Server | Type | Players |
| 1 | Juyo | PVE-E | 46 |
| 2 | Keller’s Void | PVE-E | 45 |
| 3 | Sith Wyrm | PVE-E | 41 |
| 4 | The Shadowlands | PVE-E | 40 |
| 5 | Canderous Ordo | PVE-E | 39 |
| 6 | Jedi Covenant | PVE-E | 33 |
| 7 | The Jekk’Jekk Tarr | PVE-W | 33 |
| 8 | The Harbinger | PVE-W | 32 |
| 9 | Mind Trick | PVE-E | 28 |
| 10 | Tarro Blood | PVE-E | 26 |
Most players on Ilum – Imperial
Top 10 PVE/RP servers for most Imperial players on Ilum
| Rank | Server | Type | Players |
| 1 | Keller’s Void | PVE-E | 53 |
| 2 | Mask of Nihilus | PVE-W | 43 |
| 3 | Begeren Colony | RP-W | 39 |
| 4 | Mind Trick | PVE-E | 39 |
| 5 | Sith Wyrm | PVE-E | 38 |
| 6 | Krayt Dragon | PVE-E | 36 |
| 7 | Tarro Blood | PVE-E | 36 |
| 8 | Canderous Ordo | PVE-E | 35 |
| 9 | Jedi Covenant | PVE-E | 33 |
| 10 | Giradda the Hutt | PVE-E | 32 |
Imperial/Republic Ratio on Ilum*
*Crevasse City had 0 Republic players on Ilum – divide by 0 and hence no value.
PVE/RP servers population distribution (over 6 planets & fleet)
Server population distribution (Imperial)
Server population distribution (Republic)
Estimated total population on all PVE/RP servers + other interesting stats
Estimation is done assuming that the 6 planets + fleet represent ~ 45% of the total population on a server. This 45% is calculated by dividing the sum of population on all 6 planets + fleet over the total population of all the planets + instances (EV, KP, Warzones, and flashpoints) on the Harbinger server.
| Planet/Instance | Population |
| Korriban | 55 |
| Hutta | 49 |
| Dromund Kaas | 144 |
| Taris | 33 |
| Nar Shaddaa | 89 |
| Balmorra | 85 |
| Tatooine | 57 |
| Alderaan | 56 |
| Belsavis | 63 |
| Hoth | 49 |
| Voss | 42 |
| Quesh | 16 |
| Corellia | 30 |
| Ilum | 22 |
| Fleet | 232 |
| EV | 63 |
| KP | 16 |
| Civil War | 44 |
| The Pit | 56 |
| Voidstar | 8 |
| BT(Black Talon) | 26 |
| BP(Boarding Party) | 13 |
| FE(False Emperor) | 11 |
| KUS (Kaon) | 4 |
| Foundry | 10 |
| Athiss | 7 |
| Cademimu | 6 |
| Est. unaccounted population | 50 |
| Total | 1336 |
Korriban +Dromund Kaas + Alderaan + Hoth + Voss + Ilum + Fleet = 600/1336 = 45%
.Using this estimation technique on both factions, this give us 71646 concurrent players on 79 PVE/RP servers – with 35686 concurrent players on 46 PVE East Coast servers, 24817 concurrent players on 24 PVE-West Coast servers and 11142 concurrent players on 9 RP servers.
In terms of overall estimated fraction balance – 39395 concurrent Imperial players and 32250 concurrent Republic players, a Imperial/Republic Ratio of 1.22.
The raw excel data file with timestamps can be obtained here as a google doc for personal use only.
Youtube video showing you my data gathering method
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