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Live Rust population watch: who's up, who's down, who just wiped.

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Rust

Online 208.113.211.37:28015 checked 8m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 0/ 10 slots 0% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak –
Rank#15,335top 69%
Region–no continent published · group 8, the default
Last wipe16d agono schedule published
Next wipe–too few wipes seen yet
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
0123410:0019:0004:0013:0023:0008:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

This server has not answered a direct query in the last 48 hours.

48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.

Climbing the charts

Rank

daily · 1 is best
RankRank in region
15k10k15k20k20 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

too few wipes seen yet

Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.

0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

01234+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 0, 0 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Mon 12 Oct, 14:11 UTC16d ago 0 – running 0

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

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The interview

Quick answers

From the figures on this page.

Server tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust?

You'll find Rust on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Group limit: 5 or more.

What do the server tags on Rust mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp10 (Max players): Slots: 10; ts8 (Group limit): This uses the default limit of 8 players per team; v2634 (Protocol): The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join; cs167584 (Build): It's on game build 167584; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): Region code left blank. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Player counts

How does Rust rank against other Rust servers?

The last seven days of player hours place Rust at #15,335, in the top 69% of all ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust right now?

0 players are on Rust at the moment, out of 10 slots. It has averaged 0 players over the last seven days.

About the server

Is Rust online, and how reliable is it?

Rust is live at the moment. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 167, a 99% uptime. It came to Rust Pop Watch's attention on 13 September 2026.

Where is Rust located?

There is no region from Rust. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 208.113.211.37:28015.

Which Rust version is Rust on?

On Linux, Rust runs Rust network protocol 2634 and build 167584. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on Rust when wipe day comes around?

The average busiest crowd over recent wipes was 0 players. 0 hours after the latest wipe, the crowd hit its peak.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust?

Rust's rhythm stays hidden while so few of its wipes are on record. The monthly force wipe takes every Rust server down for a new world, and the next one lands on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC. Its current world has been live for 16 days 19 hours.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust run?

Rust uses a procedural map, which the game generates.

What are the rules and settings on Rust?

The name of Rust says nothing about gather rate. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. gather, build and raid, as standard: that is the survival mode. Raids and PvP are both on the table. It appears under Community in the browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Join up

How do I join Rust?

Enter client.connect 208.113.211.37:28015 in the console after pressing F1 in Rust. Or use Launch Rust here to open Rust through Steam and connect automatically.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp10,ptrak,$r?,v2634,gmrust,cs167584,ts8

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp10
Max players Slots: 10.
ts8
Group limit This uses the default limit of 8 players per team.
v2634
Protocol The game protocol is 2634, so your client has to match it to join.
cs167584
Build It's on game build 167584.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code Region code left blank.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.