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

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Rust Server

Online 208.52.152.91:28031 checked 17m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 1/ 40 slots 2% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average0peak 1
Rank#6,983top 31%
Region–no continent published · group 10 max
Last wipe1d agomonthly schedule
Next wipe5d 17hMon 2 Nov, 18:52 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeakWipe
00.250.50.75102:0011:0020:0006:0015:0000:00Wiped Mon 26 Oct, 18:52 UTCWIPE

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

Server fpsWipe
02040608002:0011:0020:0006:0015:0000:00Wiped Mon 26 Oct, 18:52 UTCWIPE

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, measured since 17 Sep. 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 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct

Top 31% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Monday 2 November, 18:52 UTC, in 5d 17h. Every Monday at 18:52 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
86%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
0
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
50%
crowd held
else halves by day 2

Coming wipes

5d 17hMon 2 Nov, 18:52 UTC
8d 17hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
12d 17hMon 9 Nov, 18:52 UTC
19d 17hMon 16 Nov, 18:52 UTC
26d 17hMon 23 Nov, 18:52 UTC
33d 17hMon 30 Nov, 18:52 UTC
36d 17hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
40d 17hMon 7 Dec, 18:52 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Mon 19 OctMon 12 OctMon 5 Oct
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 26 Oct, 18:52 UTC1d ago – – running 0
Mon 19 Oct, 18:52 UTC8d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Mon 12 Oct, 18:52 UTC15d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Mon 5 Oct, 18:52 UTC22d ago 0 – 7 days 0
Fri 2 Oct, 05:15 UTC25d ago 1 halved by day 2 3.6 days 0
Mon 28 Sep, 18:52 UTC29d ago 2 held half 3.4 days 0
Mon 21 Sep, 18:52 UTC36d ago 1 halved by day 2 7 days 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.

Lists and tags

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Rust Server?

You'll find Rust Server on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Community servers, by the numbers and Rust PvE servers, ranked by who's hot. These filters bring it up on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Monthly ^m and PvE ^p; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly; Last wipe: In the last 3 days.

What do the server tags on Rust Server mean?

The game's server browser picks up these tags from Rust Server: gmrust (Game mode): This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes; mp40 (Max players): Slots: 40; ts10 (Group limit): Teams cap at 10 players; v2635 (Protocol): You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635; cs168909 (Build): Game build: 168909; ptrak (Networking): It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe; ^p (PvE): Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other. Current players, queue and world age are in the tags too, displayed at the top of this page.

Population

How does Rust Server rank against other Rust servers?

Player hours over the last week rank Rust Server at #6,983, within the top 31% of ranked servers.

How many players are on Rust Server right now?

The current tally at Rust Server: 1 players across 40 slots. Peak for the week was 1, against an average of 0 players. Look at 23:00 UTC: that was the busiest point of the last 48 hours, at 1 players on average.

About the server

Is Rust Server online, and how reliable is it?

As of now, Rust Server is online. About 11 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. Out of 168 hours in the last 7 full days, it was online for 150, a 89% uptime. The first time Rust Pop Watch saw it was 15 September 2026.

Does Rust Server run smoothly?

Its server fps over the last 48 hours averaged 60, with 59 as the lowest. At its peak it held 19,380 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. Up to 1,090 MB of memory was used. Players feel lag when fps drops and the entity count climbs.

Where is Rust Server located?

No region is published by Rust Server. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 208.52.152.91:28031.

Which Rust version is Rust Server on?

Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 is the version Rust Server runs on Linux. Joining requires your game to match the protocol, which Steam updates for you.

Wipe days

What happens on Rust Server when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 0 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 0 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 50% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.

What is the wipe schedule on Rust Server?

Rust Server keeps to a every Monday at 18:52 UTC wipe rhythm. Monday 2 November at 18:52 UTC is the date its next wipe is due. The world it is running now dates from 30 hours. The tags hold a monthly wipe schedule.

Map and rules

Which map does Rust Server run?

The procedural map on Rust Server measures 2,000 and comes from the game with seed 495173437. Matching size and seed produce the same map, so RustMaps can show it from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Rust Server?

Nothing in the name tells you the gather rate on Rust Server. Teams can reach 10 players. pve is the game mode, no fighting other players. Community is its listing in the server browser. The VAC anti-cheat from Valve is on.

Getting in

How do I join Rust Server?

Enter client.connect 208.52.152.91:28031 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 mp40,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^m,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts10

Game

gmrust
Game mode This one runs standard Rust survival, as it comes.
mp40
Max players Slots: 40.
ts10
Group limit Teams cap at 10 players.
v2635
Protocol You need the same game version to get in: protocol 2635.
cs168909
Build Game build: 168909.
ptrak
Networking It uses RakNet, the standard network layer for the game.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^m
Monthly The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside Facepunch's force wipe.

Gameplay

^p
PvE Here the world is the threat, and players don't fight each other.

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.