A server list that checks every server itself.

Most server lists show a description the owner wrote once and a player count that may be years old. On our own list, 36% of the listings we measured were not playable once in the last 30 days. We would rather show you that than hide it.

So we measure. Every listed server gets a Java ping once a minute and a Bedrock ping when it publishes a Bedrock address. We keep the history, which is why every server page can show real uptime, the busiest hours and how the server compares with similar ones.

A server only counts as playable when it answers with an open world. A sleep page from a free host, maintenance text or zero slots count as answered but not playable, and uptime means playable uptime everywhere on the site.

The ranking comes from player votes. Servers that were playable in the last 24 hours come first, ordered by votes in the last 30 days. Sponsored slots are always labeled. The full rules, from ping timeouts to how shared lobbies are left out of totals, are on how we measure.

Guides and reports carry the byline ServerList editorial team. Every post starts from a written brief that names the question it answers and the data it uses. Claims are checked against our own measurements and against primary sources such as minecraft.net, the PaperMC and GeyserMC documentation and the NuVotifier wiki, and a post only goes live once an editor has read it and published it.

Numbers in posts are live, dated or sourced. Live numbers carry the time they were measured, how-to guides say what they were tested on, and the date at the top only changes when the content does. We never take money for a guide, a report or a mention.

1. When are Minecraft servers busiest? Peak hours, measured
2. How reliable are Minecraft servers? Uptime, measured
3. How many players do Minecraft servers have?
4. Most popular Minecraft server game modes, by the numbers

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Listing a server and voting are free. Owners can buy boosts that place a listing in a fixed, labeled slot for whole weeks, and advertisers can book labeled banner campaigns. That is what pays for the site. We do not show Google ads at the moment, we do not sell data and we do not use affiliate links.

Questions, corrections and press go to support@serverlist.net. If a number on the site looks wrong, tell us which page and which number, and we check it against the raw pings.