Three‑day slide deepens as midweek trough deepens
Average players fell again and the overnight low hit the lowest level in 49 days, extending a midweek drawdown that compressed the day’s range.
Player numbers have now fallen 3 days in a row.
The ecosystem has now fallen three days in a row, with FiveM averaging 138,691 players yesterday, down from 141,097 the day before and 7.3% below the seven‑day mean. The overnight low — 76,660 — was the lowest in 49 days, compressing the day’s range around a normal evening peak; the peak itself (215,068) is routine and was only beaten one day ago. Taken together the numbers point to a deeper midweek trough rather than an unusual surge or one‑off redistribution.
The day in players
Average concurrent FiveM players by hour (UTC). Busiest hour: 19:00
Yesterday’s curve looked familiar at the top end and unusually thin at the bottom. The evening spike remains intact — busiest hour was 19:00 UTC and the day’s peak (215,068) sits well below the 30‑ and 90‑day highs but in line with recent evenings — yet the overnight floor fell to 76,660, the lowest overnight low in 49 days. Average players finished at 138,691 (vs yesterday 141,097 and a seven‑day average of 149,611), so the net effect was a modest daily decline (-1.7% vs yesterday, -7.3% vs the seven‑day mean) driven more by weaker off‑peak activity than by any loss of the usual evening crowd. Server count was essentially unchanged (32,407), which means players per server and slot fill slipped slightly (4.3 players per server; average slot fill 11.5%). The 24‑hour hourly series shows the compression clearly: an early‑morning trough around 8:00 UTC near 77k, then a steady build into a 19:00 UTC high around 214–215k before the normal evening tail. Because the peak level is not a new high (it was exceeded only one day ago) this day reads as a midweek cool‑down rather than an event‑driven redistribution.
Who moved
The most unusual single‑server move yesterday was GUILD | 5v5 competitive server (fr‑FR). It jumped from an average of 65 to 164 (+153.6%) and is running well above its seven‑day norm (own 7d avg 70; +134.3% vs its own norm). That magnitude of short‑term jump for a small competitive server usually points to a tournament, scheduled match or a temporary population boost; whatever the cause, it’s large enough relative to the server’s usual volatility that it deserves attention. Another outlier on the upside was The Oaks Roleplay, which rose to 134 from 80 (+67.7%) and sits at +203% versus its seven‑day norm (own 7d avg 44); that server is up two days straight, so this looks like more than a one‑off. On the other side of the ledger the biggest single drop came from 🌴 Baylife 🌴 (fr‑FR), which fell 308 players to 1,017 (-23.3%) and is running ~20% below its own seven‑day norm — a material fall for one of the French‑language top lists. ORCA CITY’s long climb finally eased yesterday: it lost 111 players to 721 (-13.3%), but remains substantially above its seven‑day average (own 7d avg 474; +52.3% vs its own norm), so yesterday’s move looks like the first consolidation after an extended run rather than a reversal to pre‑climb levels. Also notable among leaderboard anomalies: HAPPY COMMUNITY leapt into visibility in the rankings (rank 508 from 31,035), averaging 306 players — a huge rank swing that indicates a sudden, large local reallocation of players. These moves matter because they are unusual for the servers involved: GUILD and The Oaks are running multiples of their norms, Baylife’s drop is large for a major regional player, and ORCA’s dip ends a serial climb.
Biggest gains
| Server | Avg. players | Change | vs. own norm | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DZ7 ROLEPLAY WIPE 🡺 WL FECHADA | 691from 586 |
Script adoption
Script adoption yesterday was quiet overall, but two items stand out. Screencapture continued steady, adding 43 servers to reach 9,764 (7d net +165) and is up two days straight; the seven‑day net shows this is part of a sustained gain rather than a single‑day blip. Oxlyn‑lib recorded a much smaller absolute count but a striking percentage jump — up 34 to 51 servers (from 17), a +193.5% move and a 7d net of +51 — the kind of burst that can indicate a small‑scale library release, rename or packaging change that immediately finds adopters. Mhacking added 35 servers (to 8,222) but its seven‑day net is slightly negative (-14), so yesterday’s rise looks ephemeral. On the decline the familiar ESX components continued their slow bleed: esx_identity (-55 to 6,623), es_extended (-51 to 11,459) and a raft of esx modules each lost a few dozen installs; jg‑vehiclemileage dropped 51 and is down three days straight. The takeaway for developers: screencapture’s sustained seven‑day net is the clearest adoption signal today, while oxlyn‑lib’s percentage leap is worth watching closely to see if it converts into a sustained increase.
Gaining servers
| Resource | Servers | Day | 7-day net | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| screencapture | 9,764 | +43+0.4% | +165 |
Around the ecosystem
New server arrivals yesterday were small and regionally mixed: Argentina, Portugal and Brazil appear among the first‑timers (KILOMBO ROLEPLAY, Vila Mineira, TAQUARA RJ), along with a handful of tiny French and Arabic launches. None of the new entries moved the needle in total players — peaks and averages are in the single‑ or low‑double digits — but the regional composition of the overall player base continues to shift. pt‑BR remains the fastest growing slice: 21.1% of players yesterday (24,468), up from 17% a week ago. en‑US also increased its share to 15.7% (18,255) from 12.4% seven days earlier, and th‑TH rose to 13.9% from 11.1%. Smaller locales such as root‑AQ and de‑DE also gained a percentage point or more versus last week. The longer trend — a widening Portuguese‑language slice with rising representation from several non‑English locales — continues, but yesterday produced only small, incremental changes rather than a sudden regional realignment.
New arrivals
| # | Server | Avg. players | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KILOMBO ROLEPLAY | TOP ARGENTINA PAPÃ | NO WHITELIST | JUGÃ Y GENERÃ DINERO | WIPE RECIENTE | 19 | 66 |
| 2 | Vila Mineira | 17 | 30 |
What it means
Where this day sits: it’s a continuation of the midweek pullback we’ve tracked since the weekend rebound. The fourteen‑day series shows the pattern clearly: after two busy weekend days and a Monday cool‑off, the ecosystem has declined three days in a row and yesterday’s average (138,691) completes a small down‑leg back toward the midweek trough. The key signals to watch over the next 48–72 hours are (a) whether the overnight low remains depressed or rebounds — a sustained lower floor would confirm a deeper midweek trough — and (b) whether the unusual single‑server spikes (GUILD, The Oaks) persist or evaporate. For server owners the tactical implication is straightforward: midweek sessions are being lost mainly off‑peak, so scheduling special content or events in off‑peak windows is the clearest way to protect average numbers. For script authors, screencapture’s steady 7‑day net gain and oxlyn‑lib’s jump are the only clear adoption stories today; if either produces further daily gains it will be a true adoption trend rather than a short spike. Finally, keep an eye on rank outliers (HAPPY COMMUNITY) — sudden ranking moves often presage short, intense redistributions of players that can mask underlying declines in aggregate activity if you only watch totals rather than flows between servers. A reversal to growth would look like rising averages across several top servers and a higher overnight floor; a continuation would be further compression between peak and trough and additional day‑to‑day declines.
The biggest servers that day
| # | Server | Avg. players | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SHARK COMMUNITY | 1,414 | 1,976 |
| 2 | ✅Nobre RolePlay #WIPE HOJE FACs LIVRES | 1,063 | 1,770 |
| 3 | ✅CIDADE SANTA ROLEPLAY #WIPE ONTEM! | 1,031 | 1,612 |
| 4 |  🌴 Baylife 🌴 Roleplay avec contenu exclusif → discord.gg/baylife | 1,017 | 1,765 |
| 5 | LUV TOWN OFFICIAL | RP |
RedM
| # | Server | Avg. players | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Syn County Roleplay 18+ | 235 | 379 |
| 2 | NAWA SIAM SRP | 226 | 471 |
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What to take away
- The ecosystem has now fallen three days in a row and averaged 138,691 players yesterday.
- The overnight low (76,660) was the lowest in 49 days, compressing the day’s range even as the evening peak stayed routine.
- GUILD (fr‑FR) more than doubled its usual audience (65 → 164), the most unusual single‑server jump yesterday.
- Screencapture’s seven‑day net (+165) shows sustained adoption; oxlyn‑lib’s +193.5% jump is a small but notable burst.
- 🌴 Baylife 🌴 recorded a material loss (-308, -23.3%) while ORCA CITY’s long climb paused with a modest decline.
- pt‑BR continues to widen its slice (21.1% yesterday vs 17% a week ago), with en‑US and th‑TH also gaining share.
