ARK: Survival Ascended Server Population Report — Week Ending September 28, 2026
Week-over-week comparison
Report window: Sep 21, 2026, 9:54 am EDT – Sep 28, 2026, 9:54 am EDT
Previous window: Sep 14, 2026, 9:54 am EDT – Sep 21, 2026, 9:54 am EDT
| Measure | Previous week | Report week | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average concurrent players | 23,729 | 22,222 | -6.4% |
| Highest recorded player count | 36,802 | 33,436 | -9.1% |
| Average active servers | 7,508 | 7,054 | -6.0% |
Averages give each sampled hour equal weight; they may differ slightly from the original article’s per-reading averages. Peaks are the highest captured readings, not guaranteed true peaks. Changes are calculated before rounding.
Coverage: report week 168/168 hours (989 readings); previous week 168/168 hours (993 readings). Windows do not overlap. Missing hours are omitted, not filled. Feed interruptions or changes in listed servers can affect comparisons; this is not a measure of unique players or proof of game-wide growth.
ARK2.com recorded 989 population readings from ARK: Survival Ascended’s public server lists between Sep 21–Sep 28, 2026. The result is a multiplayer-server view of where ASA activity stood during the week—not a Steam-only estimate and not a count of private sessions or single-player survivors.
The weekly population picture
Across the full seven-day window, the tracked server population averaged 22,182 concurrent players. The highest reading was 33,436, while the lowest captured reading was 11,863. ASA finished stronger than it started: the first full day averaged 23,407 players, compared with 24,539 during the final 24 hours.
This comparison uses full-day averages rather than two isolated snapshots, which reduces the distortion caused by normal differences between peak evening hours and quieter overnight periods. A one-week movement should still be treated as a short-term signal, not proof of a lasting growth or decline trend.
Official, unofficial, PvE and PvP activity
Community-run unofficial servers accounted for an average of 8,480 players, or 38.2% of the measured population. Official servers averaged 13,702 players (61.8%). This split is useful because the server browser sees the complete official and unofficial feeds together instead of treating one part of the multiplayer ecosystem as the whole game.
PvE servers averaged 11,695 players during the week, compared with 10,487 on PvP servers. That places PvE at 52.7% of recorded activity and PvP at 47.3%.
Map activity in the archived snapshot
The exact map-feed timestamp was not stored for this older edition; these preserved rankings must not be read as live counts.
Astraeos led the archived snapshot with 5,101 players across 1,256 active servers. The ranking below is an archived publication-time snapshot, not a live ranking; it is not presented as a seven-day map average.
| Rank | Map | Players | Active servers | All-ASA share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astraeos | 5,101 | 1,256 | 22.5% |
| 2 | The Island | 3,935 | 1,421 | 17.3% |
| 3 | Ragnarok | 3,742 | 1,234 | 16.5% |
| 4 | Genesis | 2,954 | 681 | 13.0% |
| 5 | The Center | 1,763 | 415 | 7.8% |
| 6 | Extinction | 1,446 | 432 | 6.4% |
| 7 | Valguero | 1,218 | 470 | 5.4% |
| 8 | Lost Colony | 967 | 453 | 4.3% |
| 9 | Aberration | 837 | 304 | 3.7% |
| 10 | Scorched Earth | 456 | 217 | 2.0% |
The top ten maps contained 22,419 players in the archived snapshot. Map popularity can change quickly around releases, events, server wipes, transfers, and new modded experiences, so the live ASA statistics dashboard remains the better source for what is happening at this moment.
What these numbers include—and what they do not
- Included: servers present in Studio Wildcard’s public official and unofficial ASA server lists.
- Measured: listed players online, active servers, server type, game mode, and map at each collection point.
- Not included: single-player sessions, non-listed private activity, or players who are in menus rather than connected to a listed server.
- Timing: readings are collected throughout the day. Feed availability and maintenance can occasionally create gaps.
Browse the live ARK: Survival Ascended server list to inspect individual servers, or visit the population report archive for future weekly comparisons. As the daily map archive grows, later editions will add like-for-like map movement instead of comparing inconsistent snapshots.
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Weekly reports measure overall server activity. To find communities playing right now, compare unofficial ASA clusters by combined player population. Counts reflect concurrent players across each cluster’s listed servers, not unique players over time.