It’s time to dive in to some player population data! We’ve already taken a look at the overall player statistics from Data for Azeroth, but now it’s time to get more specific and check out Warcraft Logs‘ numbers. We don’t have the stats for LFR, so it’ll have to be only the three main difficulties that we check out. We’ll start at the top and work our way down, but interestingly the overall player numbers don’t necessarily increase as we move to the lower difficulties!
DPS
Mythic
Retribution! The Paladins are well in the lead in the highest difficulty (and everywhere else), as we see a 10% sequential drop-off for the rest of the top 3. Arcane and Fury are next in line, with Frost DK right behind. Interestingly, the top 10 most played specs are very consistent between Mythic and Heroic, as all ten of the specs are the same, just in different positions. The double Rogue combo of Outlaw and Subtlety are dead last in all three difficulties, and are the only consistent ones at the bottom too.
Heroic
This is the meat of the log-population, as we see the highest concentration of players, even more than Normal difficulty! Paladins are still at the top, with a much more giant gap between them and the rest, almost doubling Arcane’s No.2! The gap is much smaller after that, with only a few thousand separating the other specs.
Normal
We finally see a change in the lineup, but Ret is still at the top, still with a large margin. Elemental and Beast Mastery push in to the top 3, displacing Arcane and Fury. Frost Mage is the only new entry in the top 10 compared to the higher difficulties.
Tanks
Blood is still the top dog in raids when it comes to the number of players. It’s not even close in Mythic, as the Death Knight triples all other spec numbers, which are actually very close. Things are different in Heroic as the specs are much closer together. We also see Heroic is the main difficulty in terms of sheer player numbers, as Mythic and Normal have very similar populations.
Mythic
Heroic
Normal
Healers
Restoration is at the top everywhere, and by a large margin in all three difficulties as well. Heroic is once again the most popular difficulty, with gap between Mythic and Normal numbers being a little bit wider here.
Mythic
Heroic
Normal
And that’s it for our look at raid player populations! You can always follow how it all changes week to week over at Warcraft Logs! You can also check out a more general look at the overall class and spec populations from Data for Azeroth here.