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

Map size / player total stats
Sources:
 * in-game command /stats
 * videos with /stats
 * subreddit page
 * server trackers where Hausemaster added the info himself
 * 2b2t.org, 2b2t.net archived websites

Data

 * Mar 29, 2013
 * "28 months old now, and 485 gb in size"


 * ~Oct, 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 GB / 120,000 players


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


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


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


 * Apr 6-7, 2018
 * 3579 GB / 202,549 players


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


 * Aug 3-5, 2019
 * 5518 GB / 350,677 players
 * < Dec 22, 2019
 * 6634 GB / 420,475 players
 * Mar 8, 2020
 * 7468 GB / 456,213 players

Online player count
Sources:
 * screenshots / videos
 * (archived) tracker pages
 * (possibly) bots
 * as of Feb 2019, VADemon's server monitoring
 * online tracker websites, for example: 2b2t.io, and prio.2b2t.dev

Online players
Sources:
 * tab-scoreboard screenshots / videos
 * chat logs
 * online tracker websites, for example: rebane2001.com/queuepeek

Chat logs
Sources:
 * players
 * bots
 * online tracker websites, for example: nigger.black/table.php

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)