Live leaderboardMost Popular Minecraft Servers
The 100 biggest Minecraft servers right now, ranked by players online at ServerBuddy's latest status check. SunRealms leads with 21,467 players.
Page generated 12 Nov 2026, 14:14 UTC
Ranked by players onlineTop 100 Minecraft servers by player count
The ten largest servers hold 39% of all counted players. Java servers account for 293,987 players and Bedrock servers for 18,229.
Busiest hour of the weekBiggest Minecraft servers by weekly peak
The live count depends on the time of day. Weekly peak ranks each server by its largest crowd in the past 7 days.
MethodHow ServerBuddy counts players
ServerBuddy sends each listed server the same status ping the Minecraft multiplayer menu uses and stores the players-online number that comes back. Busy servers are checked about every two minutes. Quiet and offline servers are checked less often.
The ranking is that number and nothing else. There are no votes, paid positions or sponsored rows, and adding a server is free. The 7-day average is weighted by time, so a server polled more often is not counted more heavily.
Open any server for its IP address, hourly and daily player history, uptime record and version details.
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Good to knowMost popular Minecraft servers FAQ
What is the most popular Minecraft server right now?
SunRealms (sm.sunrealms.net) has the most players online at ServerBuddy's latest check, with 21,467 players. The table on this page ranks the 100 largest servers and changes as players log on and off.
What is the biggest Minecraft server by weekly peak?
Hypixel recorded the highest peak of the past 7 days among tracked servers, at 32,573 players. Weekly peak shows how large a server gets at its busiest hour, which the live count can miss outside prime time.
How many people are playing on Minecraft servers right now?
ServerBuddy counts 312,216 players across the 3,292 servers that answered its latest status checks, out of 4,930 it tracks. That covers public servers in this catalog only. It leaves out Realms, private worlds and servers ServerBuddy has not listed, so it is not a count of everyone playing Minecraft.
Are these player counts accurate?
Each number is the players-online figure the server itself returns to a server-list ping, the same value Minecraft shows in the multiplayer menu. A server can report whatever it likes, so ServerBuddy drops counts that are implausible next to that server's own history. Listings that answer as the same server are merged, so an alias address is not counted twice.
How often does the ranking update?
The largest servers are checked about every two minutes and smaller ones less often. This page rebuilds its list from those checks every couple of minutes.
How do I get my server on this list?
Add it on the Add Server page. Listing is free and needs no account. The ranking uses player counts only, so a server appears here once enough players are online.