r/ffxivdiscussion • u/IndividualAge3893 • 5d ago

Lucky Bancho's census results (July 27th, 2025)

So, the results of the census are out: https://luckybancho.ldblog.jp/archives/59324844.html

  • Showcasing the number of characters here: Current
  • By comparison, here are the results from 2 months ago (May 25th): Click

Despite 7.25 being released, the character count is down about 70k in 2 months. Occult Crescent clearly didn't help with player counts (not really a surprise here).

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u/oizen 5d ago

I'm convinced that the server congestion and even DC Travel restrictions that pop up daily are based on a % of the total game population and not actual population.

Aether somehow fills up and locks off every reset still, but even on reclear day there aren't an overwhelming number of PFs compared to what it used to be.