Raider.IO counts 3,803,089 WoW Forever characters of level 10 and up, in every region and ruleset (read on November 13, 2026, at 15:55 UTC). The Horde leads with 51.6%, the Undead is the most played race (20.4%) and the Paladin the most played class (14.1%). The most played pair is one that Forever added: the Undead Paladin, 7.3% of all characters.
Raider.IO, a site that tracks the game's characters, updates its population page every day: the figures below are those of our reading. It counts characters, not players, and leaves out every character below level 10.
Alliance and Horde
| Faction | Characters | Share | Its races |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | 1,840,621 | 48.4% | Human 37.1%, Night Elf 21.6%, Dwarf 18.5%, Gnome 13.2%, Skyborne 9.7% |
| Horde | 1,962,468 | 51.6% | Undead 39.6%, Orc 19.4%, Tauren 17.5%, Troll 12.7%, Skyborne 10.8% |
The Alliance leads on Normal and RP rulesets, the Horde on PvP and PvP RP ones. By ruleset, in thousands of characters:
| Ruleset | Characters (thousands) | Alliance | Horde |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | 2,023 | 50.6% | 49.4% |
| PvP | 1,539 | 44.3% | 55.7% |
| RP | 135 | 64.7% | 35.3% |
| PvP RP | 107 | 45.1% | 54.9% |
By region: Europe 1,954, the Americas (US) 1,776, Taiwan 39 and Korea 34 thousand characters; Raider.IO counts none in China.
The races
| Race | Share | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| Undead | 20.4% | 776,717 |
| Human | 17.9% | 682,103 |
| Night Elf | 10.4% | 397,255 |
| Orc | 10.0% | 381,691 |
| Tauren | 9.0% | 343,595 |
| Dwarf | 8.9% | 339,941 |
| Troll | 6.5% | 248,765 |
| Gnome | 6.4% | 242,392 |
| Windshaper Skyborne | 5.6% | 211,700 |
| High Order Skyborne | 4.7% | 178,930 |
Counted together, the two branches of the Skyborne make 10.3% of characters (390,630): they would be the fourth race, just behind the Night Elf (10.4%). Each race's abilities are on our racials page, and the Skyborne in our article on them.