Server statistics

There are not many server statistics available to players. Despite its popularity, the information is sparse and currently there are no coordinated efforts to collect available information in one place.

What is available to us:


 * official map size and player count updates (rare)


 * online player count


 * online players


 * queue numbers / queue time


 * Ping/connectivity


 * chat logs


 * minimap files to estimate visited areas / changes over time

Official map/player stats
Sources:
 * in-game command /stats
 * Videos with /stats
 * Subreddit page
 * Server trackers where hausemaster added the info himself

Data

 * ~October 2015
 * "The world is 962 GB with 77,094 players saved, and 58 months old."


 * < May 2, 2016
 * "87,668 players have spawned at least once on the world.
 * world is 63 months old and 1099 gb."


 * < Jul 22, 2016
 * 1199 GBs / 120,000 players


 * < Aug 26, 2016 - Nov 19, 2016+
 * 1264 GBs / 136,324 players


 * <Mar 7, 2017
 * 2079 GBs / 168,385 players


 * < Jan 8 2018
 * 3579 GBs / 202,549 players


 * April 6-7, 2018
 * 3579 GBs / 202,549 players


 * March 16-23, 2019
 * 4976 GB / 296,429 players

Online player count
Sources:
 * screenshots / videos
 * (archived) tracker pages
 * (possibly) bots
 * as of Feb 2019 VADemon's server monitoring

Online players
Sources:
 * Tab-scoreboard screenshots / videos
 * chat logs

Chat logs
Sources:
 * players
 * bots

Challenges:
 * trust
 * pre-processing chat logs locally on players' computers in a transparent way
 * to remove private chat
 * exclude foreign servers
 * legitimacy
 * merging of player chat logs (with regards to time zones and duplication)