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  "sourceUrl": "https://wow-forever.gg/developers/stats.json",
  "methodsUrl": "https://wow-forever.gg/developers/",
  "censusUrl": "https://wow-forever.gg/census/",
  "verifiedAt": "2026-10-06T04:58:00Z",
  "observedFrom": null,
  "observedTo": "2026-10-05",
  "sessions": 16,
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    "1.60.1.69913",
    "1.60.1.69977",
    "1.60.1.70009",
    "1.60.1.70205",
    "1.60.1.70235"
  ],
  "unit": "observed characters",
  "upstreamUnitNote": "Upstream calls its unit players. In-game sightings and /who identify characters, not unique people or accounts. The source asserts each counted once; implementation and raw identifiers are unavailable.",
  "dataset": {
    "name": "Our own statistics",
    "build": "1.60.1.70235",
    "generated": "2026-10-06",
    "site": "https://wow-forever.gg/developers/",
    "licence": "This compilation and our own statistics are licensed CC BY 4.0. World of Warcraft names, icons and game content belong to Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and are not ours to license. Published as is, with no warranty.",
    "attribution": "Talent trees and statistics from WoW Forever, https://wow-forever.gg (CC BY 4.0)",
    "note": "Every figure here was counted by this site, and carries the sentence that says how it was counted, over how many, and when. A figure whose sample is under its floor is left out whole rather than printed small, so this file answers fewer questions than it will. Counts of finished talent builds appear here once enough builds have been made in the calculator to clear the builds floor below.",
    "floors": {
      "builds": 100,
      "players": 200
    },
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        "question": "class",
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        "floor": 200,
        "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
        "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
        "source_line": "From 1,698 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
        "rows": [
          {
            "key": "hunter",
            "n": 275,
            "share": 16.2
          },
          {
            "key": "paladin",
            "n": 248,
            "share": 14.6
          },
          {
            "key": "warrior",
            "n": 215,
            "share": 12.7
          },
          {
            "key": "rogue",
            "n": 195,
            "share": 11.5
          },
          {
            "key": "druid",
            "n": 188,
            "share": 11.1
          },
          {
            "key": "mage",
            "n": 186,
            "share": 11
          },
          {
            "key": "priest",
            "n": 148,
            "share": 8.7
          },
          {
            "key": "shaman",
            "n": 122,
            "share": 7.2
          },
          {
            "key": "warlock",
            "n": 121,
            "share": 7.1
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        ]
      },
      {
        "question": "faction",
        "scope": null,
        "unit": "players",
        "sample": 506,
        "floor": 200,
        "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
        "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
        "source_line": "From 506 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
        "rows": [
          {
            "key": "alliance",
            "n": 506,
            "share": 100
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "question": "level",
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        "unit": "players",
        "sample": 1698,
        "floor": 200,
        "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
        "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
        "source_line": "From 1,698 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
        "rows": [
          {
            "key": "1-9",
            "n": 809,
            "share": 47.6
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          {
            "key": "10-19",
            "n": 503,
            "share": 29.6
          },
          {
            "key": "20-29",
            "n": 344,
            "share": 20.3
          },
          {
            "key": "30-39",
            "n": 41,
            "share": 2.4
          },
          {
            "key": "60",
            "n": 1,
            "share": 0.1
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        ]
      },
      {
        "question": "race",
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        "unit": "players",
        "sample": 1698,
        "floor": 200,
        "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
        "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
        "source_line": "From 1,698 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
        "rows": [
          {
            "key": "human",
            "n": 662,
            "share": 39
          },
          {
            "key": "night-elf",
            "n": 340,
            "share": 20
          },
          {
            "key": "high-order-skyborne",
            "n": 259,
            "share": 15.3
          },
          {
            "key": "gnome",
            "n": 223,
            "share": 13.1
          },
          {
            "key": "dwarf",
            "n": 214,
            "share": 12.6
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        ]
      }
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  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "changes": "WFG normalizes the editorial unit to observed characters, recalculates sample percentages and redraws charts. Upstream aggregates remain verbatim under dataset.",
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      "unit": "players",
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      "floor": 200,
      "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
      "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
      "source_line": "From 1,698 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "hunter",
          "n": 275,
          "share": 16.2
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        {
          "key": "paladin",
          "n": 248,
          "share": 14.6
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        {
          "key": "warrior",
          "n": 215,
          "share": 12.7
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        {
          "key": "rogue",
          "n": 195,
          "share": 11.5
        },
        {
          "key": "druid",
          "n": 188,
          "share": 11.1
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        {
          "key": "mage",
          "n": 186,
          "share": 11
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        {
          "key": "priest",
          "n": 148,
          "share": 8.7
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        {
          "key": "shaman",
          "n": 122,
          "share": 7.2
        },
        {
          "key": "warlock",
          "n": 121,
          "share": 7.1
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      "question": "faction",
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      "unit": "players",
      "sample": 506,
      "floor": 200,
      "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
      "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
      "source_line": "From 506 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "alliance",
          "n": 506,
          "share": 100
        }
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    "level": {
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      "unit": "players",
      "sample": 1698,
      "floor": 200,
      "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
      "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
      "source_line": "From 1,698 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "1-9",
          "n": 809,
          "share": 47.6
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        {
          "key": "10-19",
          "n": 503,
          "share": 29.6
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        {
          "key": "20-29",
          "n": 344,
          "share": 20.3
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        {
          "key": "30-39",
          "n": 41,
          "share": 2.4
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        {
          "key": "60",
          "n": 1,
          "share": 0.1
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      ]
    },
    "race": {
      "question": "race",
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      "unit": "players",
      "sample": 1698,
      "floor": 200,
      "source": "WoW Forever beta census",
      "counted": "Players our own game sessions saw nearby or listed in /who searches, each counted once; it leaves out everyone we never crossed paths with, so it over-represents the zones, levels and hours we played ourselves. So far it has only met Alliance characters.",
      "source_line": "From 1,698 players seen in the beta, to 5 Oct 2026",
      "rows": [
        {
          "key": "human",
          "n": 662,
          "share": 39
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        {
          "key": "night-elf",
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          "share": 20
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        {
          "key": "high-order-skyborne",
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          "share": 15.3
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        {
          "key": "gnome",
          "n": 223,
          "share": 13.1
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        {
          "key": "dwarf",
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          "share": 12.6
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