ScrubCraft Player Numbers — Timeline
Compiled 2026-08-26 from ScrubCraft's server console logs, Dec 2020 – Aug 2026. One "join event" = one player login recorded by the server.
The record opens on Dec 6, 2020, right after a large server upgrade. ScrubCraft was already an established community by then — players reference being around since October 2020 — so the early numbers below describe the server at full strength, not its very first days.
By year
| Year | Join events | Distinct players | Regulars (≥5 joins) | Core (≥20 joins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (Dec 6–31, record begins) | 6,088 | 538 | 117 | 55 |
| 2021 | 41,067 | 2,735 | 434 | 175 |
| 2022 | 13,518 | 609 | 169 | 80 |
| 2023 | 4,569 | 248 | 78 | 38 |
| 2024 | 1,750 | 133 | 39 | 15 |
| 2025 | 514 | 83 | 16 | 6 |
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 207 | 64 | 11 | 3 |
- Dec 2020 was the hottest recorded month the server ever had — 6,088 joins in 26 days (~234/day), 45–86 distinct players per day. It was never matched again.
- 2021 is the peak year by a wide margin: 41,067 joins (~112/day), 434 regulars.
- 2022 halves it (13,518), 2023 quarters it (4,569), and the long tail follows: 1,750 → 514 → 207.
- No activity was recorded Aug–Nov 2025 — the record resumes Dec 2025.
- 2026: quiet but alive — 207 joins through Aug, version 26.2, players still logging in as of Aug 23, 2026. ScrubCraft remains the longest-running survival server in the community's lineup.
Top 12 months by join events
| Month | Joins | Distinct players |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12 | 6,088 | 538 |
| 2021-02 | 5,074 | 581 |
| 2021-01 | 5,070 | 225 |
| 2021-04 | 4,943 | 318 |
| 2021-05 | 4,893 | 391 |
| 2021-03 | 4,479 | 647 |
| 2021-08 | 3,162 | 382 |
| 2021-06 | 2,679 | 253 |
| 2021-07 | 2,450 | 215 |
| 2021-09 | 2,419 | 183 |
| 2022-04 | 2,292 | 192 |
| 2021-12 | 2,256 | 170 |
Nine of the twelve busiest days ever are from December 2020:
Top 12 days by join events
| Day | Joins | Distinct players | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-25 | 367 | 42 | [Seeker]-rank hide-and-seek week |
| 2020-12-24 | 363 | 71 | First Christmas Eve on record |
| 2021-05-08 | 354 | 53 | Tournament build-up |
| 2021-04-24 | 334 | 42 | Rank-announcement buzz |
| 2020-12-17 | 328 | 71 | Opening month of the record |
| 2020-12-27 | 309 | 56 | Opening month of the record |
| 2020-12-18 | 297 | 64 | Opening month of the record |
| 2020-12-12 | 287 | 86 | Wedding mania weekend |
| 2020-12-29 | 283 | 58 | Opening month of the record |
| 2020-12-16 | 274 | 63 | Opening month of the record |
| 2020-12-13 | 274 | 62 | Wedding mania weekend |
| 2020-12-15 | 272 | 62 | Opening month of the record |
About these numbers
- One join event equals one player login recorded by the server.
- Distinct-player counts include alt accounts, name variants, and test connections — the Regulars (≥5 joins) and Core (≥20 joins) columns are a better sense of how many people actually played.
- The record starts after the December 2020 server upgrade and runs to Aug 2026, with no data for Aug–Nov 2025.
- Counts are drawn directly from ScrubCraft's own archived console logs.