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Online NA 91.229.114.17:28015 checked 11m ago

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Vital stats

Players now 23/ 200 slots 12% full steadyagainst this time yesterday
7-day average101peak 508
Rank#176top 0.8% · #37 in NA
RegionNANA · group 16 max
Last wipe6d agoweekly schedule
Next wipe22hFri 30 Oct, 19:58 UTC
The rise

Players

AveragePeak
01020304022:0007:0016:0002:0011:0020:00

Hourly average and peak, UTC.

Behind the scenes

Server performance

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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
120040060080020 Sep28 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct29 Oct

Top 0.8% of all ranked servers, top 2% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.

The wipe diary

Wipe schedule

fixed weekdays

Next wipe Friday 30 October, 19:58 UTC, in 22h. Every Friday at 19:58 UTC · high confidence

7 days
usual gap
between real wipes
100%
on rhythm
of its recent wipes
442
wipe-day peak
players, last three wipes
0%
crowd held
else halves by day 2.5

Coming wipes

22hFri 30 Oct, 19:58 UTC
6d 21hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCFW
7d 22hFri 6 Nov, 19:58 UTC
14d 22hFri 13 Nov, 19:58 UTC
21d 22hFri 20 Nov, 19:58 UTC
28d 22hFri 27 Nov, 19:58 UTC
34d 21hThu 3 Dec, 19:00 UTCFW
35d 22hFri 4 Dec, 19:58 UTC

The first 48 hours of its last wipes

Fri 23 OctFri 16 OctFri 9 Oct
0200400600800+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h

Players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 508, 6 hours in.

Past seasons

Wipes

newest first
WipedPeakCrowdLastedPlayers before
Fri 23 Oct, 19:58 UTC6d ago 508 – running 95
Fri 16 Oct, 19:59 UTC13d ago 409 halved by day 2 7 days 80
Fri 9 Oct, 19:58 UTC20d ago 408 halved by day 3 7 days 79
Fri 2 Oct, 19:58 UTC27d ago 153 halved by day 2 7 days 31
Thu 1 Oct, 17:59 UTC FW28d ago 153 – 1.1 days 13
Fri 25 Sep, 19:58 UTC34d ago 472+30 queue halved by day 3 5.9 days 111
Fri 18 Sep, 19:58 UTC41d ago 338+15 queue halved by day 2 7 days 38

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

Who runs Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

A rplayrust.com hostname is published by Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday and by 16 other servers we track, so they most likely share an operator.

Which Rust Pop Watch lists and filters include Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

You'll find Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday on the following Rust Pop Watch lists: Official Rust servers, watched, North America: who's hot right now and Vanilla Rust servers, live. These are the filters that list it on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Vanilla and Plugins, not modded; Server tag: Weekly ^w, Vanilla ^v and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Weekly; Last wipe: In the last week; Players now: At least 10; Average players: 100+ on average; Boxes: Official only.

What do the server tags on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday mean?

For the server browser, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday lists these tags: official (official): Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand; gmrust (Game mode): Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on; mp200 (Max players): There are 200 slots; ts16 (Group limit): No team can exceed 16 players; v2635 (Protocol): To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one; $r? (Region code): No region is listed; ^w (Weekly): Wipes happen every week; ^v (Vanilla): No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs; NA (North America): Its place in the server browser is under North America; rustmaps (Custom tag): The owner or a plugin added this tag, which isn't standard Rust. You'll find players now, queue length and world creation time in the tags, printed at the top of this page.

The players

How does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday rank against other Rust servers?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday takes #176 on seven-day player hours, a top 0.8% spot overall and #37 across North America.

How many players are on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday right now?

23 players are on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday at the moment, out of 200 slots. Averaging 101 players across seven days, it topped out at 508. Over the last 48 hours, the fullest hour was 00:00 UTC, averaging 34 players.

Server facts

Is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday online, and how reliable is it?

Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday is live at the moment. About 6 hours ago is when it last restarted, judging by its uptime. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 of 168 hours in total. Rust Pop Watch's first record of it is 13 September 2026.

Does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday run smoothly?

Average server fps for the last 48 hours was 30, and it never went below 30. At its peak it held 156,815 entities: buildings, deployables and all the rest. The highest memory usage was 5,956 MB. What players experience as lag comes from low fps and a rising entity count.

Where is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday located?

In North America, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday lists itself with its NA tag. Rust Pop Watch does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where a server says it is. You'll find it at 91.229.114.17:28015.

Which Rust version is Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday on?

On Linux, Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday runs Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909. To join, your game must be on the same protocol; Steam handles the update.

Wipe days

What happens on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday when wipe day comes around?

Recent wipes averaged a peak of 442 players at their busiest. The latest wipe's crowd was busiest 6 hours after it began. Above half the peak until the next wipe: that happened in 0% of its recent wipes. In the wipes that didn't hold, the crowd sank below half by day 2.5.

What is the wipe schedule on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

The wipe rhythm on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday is every Friday at 19:58 UTC. Come Friday 30 October at 19:58 UTC, the next wipe is expected. The world it is running now dates from 6 days 1 hours. Its tags carry a wipe schedule that runs weekly.

Rules and settings

Which map does Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday run?

A custom map of 3,600 is what Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday runs; the file is published and downloadable from this page.

What are the rules and settings on Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

The name of Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday says nothing about gather rate. Teams can reach 16 players. It runs survival, the usual game of gathering, building and raiding. Players can raid and fight one another. Look in Rust's in-game Official tab and it is there. Oxide plugins power it. It labels itself vanilla, with this meaning: no changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it. Anti-cheat is on: VAC, Valve's system.

Join up

How do I join Reddit.com/r/PlayRust - US Friday?

The console method: start Rust, press F1, and type client.connect 91.229.114.17:28015. Launch Rust on this page is another way, opening Rust via Steam and connecting. For more, see https://reddit.com/r/playrust.

Decoded

Server tags

what each one means

Published as mp200,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^w,^v,NA,gmrust,cs168909,ts16,^o,rustmaps

On Rust Pop Watch

official
Run by Facepunch or one of its partners: the servers in Rust's Official tab. Rust does not publish this, so it is kept by hand.

Game

gmrust
Game mode Plain vanilla Rust survival, nothing bolted on.
mp200
Max players There are 200 slots.
ts16
Group limit No team can exceed 16 players.
v2635
Protocol To join, your game must be on the same protocol version: 2635.
cs168909
Build The game build is 168909.
ptrak
Networking RakNet is the network layer, the game's standard one.
$r?
Region code No region is listed.

Wipe schedule

^w
Weekly Wipes happen every week.

Difficulty

^v
Vanilla No changed rates, kits or rules: this is the game as Facepunch ships it.

Mods and access

^o
Oxide Oxide (uMod), a plugin framework, is what it runs.

Region

NA
North America Its place in the server browser is under North America.

Other

rustmaps
Custom tag The owner or a plugin added this tag, which isn't standard Rust.

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.