Rust servers are up.

Every five minutes Rust Pop Watch reads the public server list and counts what is actually up. We put that against the count we normally see at this hour, and the verdict at the top of this page comes straight from the comparison: Rust servers are up.

How the verdict is decided

It is a ratio, not a hunch. We take the number of servers currently answering and divide it by the typical figure for this time of day. Near the usual level means a normal day; a clear fall below it counts as a drop; less than half the usual number is called an outage. The live totals sit above the headline: 11,857 servers and 95,257 players at the last read.

Checking one server rather than all of them

A single missing server is not an outage. Servers restart, wipe and go quiet without warning. If you joined from a favourite, look up its page on the full population list, where its last-seen time tells you whether it stopped answering minutes or hours ago. Wipes are the usual reason it goes briefly missing, and the wipe schedule lists upcoming ones by server.

When the page says up but your browser is empty

The gap is usually on your side or Steam's. Close and reopen Steam, since the in-game list is served by Steam and a stale login returns nothing. Then clear the region and tag filters in the server browser; an old filter hides every server quietly. After a force wipe, servers update one at a time, so update your game before refreshing. A VPN or a strict network can block the traffic the browser needs; try it off.

The charts behind the numbers

The 48-hour charts show the last two days of counts for every server we track. Use them to tell a real outage from a quiet patch: a flat, sudden drop across many servers at once points outside Rust, while a gradual slide on one server is normal population drift. The story is in the figures, so read them before you panic.