Two-day dip as a cluster of launches reshuffled players
Average play fell for the second day running, but several high-profile launches absorbed chunks of activity rather than expanding the network.
The ecosystem fell a second day, with the daily average down 0.5% versus Monday and 3.8% below the seven-day mean. A string of launches — most obviously Viena RP and the two DovuX builds — redistributed players rather than growing them. Prevent_malware kept adding installs while a clutch of core libraries showed small, multi-day declines.
The day in players
Average concurrent FiveM players by hour (UTC). Busiest hour: 19:00
Yesterday was not a high-water mark: FiveM peaked at 224,603 and averaged 147,935 players, a small decline from Monday (148,669) and 3.8% under the seven-day average of 153,727. The network’s busiest hour remained 19:00 UTC and the quietest 07:00 UTC, a conventional evening/early-morning profile; the low point on the 24-hour curve was 83,941 concurrent players. The 14-day series still shows the weekend surge followed by a weekday reversion — a pattern that explains much of the two-day drop. Peak activity was only bettered one day ago, so yesterday’s numbers are routine in the context of the last month rather than a new top or bottom. Server supply moved in step with players: average servers online fell marginally to 32,630 and slot-fill sits at a low 11.4%, underscoring that yesterday’s change was distributional (who players were on) rather than a shift in overall capacity. In short: the network retraced from the weekend highs, and the hourly curve showed no unusual hours or sustained new peak to suggest a broad growth event.
Who moved
The most statistically unusual moves were concentrated in launches and restarts. Viena RP opened aggressively — its average rose to 206 from a 7-day norm of 9 (+2131.2% vs its own norm) — a clear launch-day spike that accounted for a material pool of Portuguese-language players. The DovuX cluster also reappeared: DovuX Life went from 0 to an average of 130 (its 7-day avg is 13, +921.4% vs its own norm) and DovuX Light rose to 56 (from 0; its 7-day avg 8, +601.1% vs its own norm). Both DovuX builds are up two days straight, which makes them worth watching for retention beyond the launch window. Those concentrated gains help explain why the network average fell even as individual servers jumped: launches absorbed players from other established communities rather than creating proportional net growth. On the decline side, several large and otherwise-stable servers lost ground and contributed to the two-day slide. A Lisboa — still one of the biggest Portuguese-language servers — dropped to an average of 812 (from 900) and sits 17.3% below its seven-day norm, down two days straight; losses at that scale on established servers materially move the network average. iMe RP continued a three-day fall (avg 584, down 12.5% vs yesterday and 16% below its own 7-day mean). The LIGA DAS TROPAS - SALA 2 entry collapsed to 0 from 54 (‑100%), a sharp outage or delist for a sub-room that will read as a local removal rather than network-wide attrition. Put together, yesterday looks like redistribution: launch spikes offset by falls at established nodes, producing a small net decline for the ecosystem.
Biggest gains
| Server | Avg. players | Change | vs. own norm | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Viena RP ▬▬↭🡺 LANÇOU HOJE 21-09 🡸↭▬▬ | 206 |
Script adoption
The clear script story yesterday was prevent_malware’s steady climb. It added 82 installs (now present on 1,532 servers) and shows a 7-day net of +94, its fourth straight day of growth — a sustained adoption signal that matters because prevent_malware is broadly useful and the trend is multi-day rather than a single spike. On the losing side, several foundational packages ticked down a few hundred installs each: pma-voice fell by 149 to 27,066 (7-day net -62), oxmysql lost 143 installs to 29,304 (7-day net -54), and bob74_ipl dropped 131 installs to 24,915 (7-day net -74). ox_lib, illenium-appearance, ox_inventory and a string of other common resources also showed small declines and are down two days straight; given their wide install bases, even sub‑1% swings move large absolute numbers of servers. Screencapture is worth a brief note: it lost 79 installs yesterday but still shows a 7-day net +83, a reminder that short-term wobble can sit on top of recent adoption. For developers: the sustained gain for prevent_malware is the clearest single signal; the modest, multi-day drift away from voice and core DB libraries is small but broad — worth monitoring for churn or compatibility churn that could accelerate if the pattern continues.
Gaining servers
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Around the ecosystem
Regional shares remain shifted compared with a week ago. pt-BR still claims the largest slice at 21.2% of players (50,637), up from 17.8% seven days ago; en-US holds 16.3% (38,965) versus 12.9% a week back; th-TH and ar-SA also continue to take larger shares (13.1% and 10.9% respectively). The headline is the same directional story we’ve seen all week: non-English markets continue to widen their portion of the overall audience. First-time servers yesterday included Vault RP (Malaysia), Vision | Spring Update (Australia) and several smaller regional debuts; none matched the scale of the Portuguese-language launches but they add to the continual churn at the long tail of the network.
New arrivals
| # | Server | Avg. players | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vault RP隐秘之库马来西亚 | 26 | 57 |
| 2 |  FTH: SEMI-WL ⤞ JacksonVille | 19 | 35 |
| 3 | Vision | Spring Update | 16 | 38 |
What it means
Where yesterday sits in the larger run is straightforward: it’s a short-term reversion after a weekend peak, not a structural decline. The 14-day averages show two consecutive days down after Saturday-Sunday highs, and the network average (147,935) remains close to routine for a weekday. The detail that changes the reading from “boring” to “watchable” is the concentration of activity in a few launches. If Viena RP and the DovuX builds sustain most of their launch-day audiences beyond a typical 48–72 hour pulse, we should treat them as durable new entrants; if they fall back toward their pre-launch baselines, yesterday will be remembered as redistribution only. For operators, the takeaway is tactical: established communities that lost players (A Lisboa, iMe RP) should expect competition from freshly launched, regionally-focused servers and may need short-term events or moderation of wipes to defend retainment. For script authors, prevent_malware’s steady 7-day net gain indicates real take-up; conversely, small but broad declines across pma-voice, oxmysql and ox_lib are worth watching — a continued slide would raise the cost of upgrades and support for many servers. The next 72 hours will settle the question: sustained retention on the new launches would signal network growth concentrated in specific markets; fall-back would confirm yesterday as a redistribution from winners to losers without net expansion.
The biggest servers that day
| # | Server | Avg. players | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SHARK COMMUNITY | 1,371 | 1,947 |
| 2 | 🌴 Baylife 🌴 Roleplay avec contenu exclusif → discord.gg/baylife | 1,352 | 1,731 |
| 3 | ✅CIDADE SANTA ROLEPLAY #WIPE ONTEM! | 1,140 | 1,887 |
| 4 |  Boleto County | مقاطعة بوليتو | 1,113 | 1,572 |
| 5 | LIGA DAS TROPAS —> .gg/ligadastropas |
RedM
| # | Server | Avg. players | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Syn County Roleplay 18+ | 246 | 391 |
| 2 | NAWA SIAM SRP | 220 | 452 |
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What to take away
- FiveM’s daily average fell to 147,935, down 0.5% versus Monday and 3.8% below the seven-day mean.
- Viena RP launched to an average of 206 players, a +2131.2% move versus its seven-day norm of 9.
- DovuX Life and DovuX Light both opened strongly (avg 130 and 56 respectively) and are up two days straight.
- prevent_malware added 82 installs (now on 1,532 servers) and has a 7-day net gain of +94, its fourth day of growth.
- A Lisboa dropped to 812 players, 17.3% below its seven-day average and down two days straight.
- pt-BR remains the largest locale at 21.2% of players, up from 17.8% a week ago.
