measurement log
Measurement log
This section publishes measurements, not opinions. Each post opens with when, over what window and across how many servers we measured; each one closes with what we did not measure.
Is FiveM shrinking? 13 of 33 markets grew
Between two matched rounds the total barely moved, but inside it there is real movement: 13 markets grew, 20 fell. Not a market disappearing, a market redistributing.
Are FiveM player counts dropping? We measured 30 days
We scanned 35,145 servers at 17:00 every day: no measurable decline in thirty days. What dominates the data is the weekly rhythm — a 21% gap between Sunday and Thursday.
Choosing a FiveM anti-cheat in 2026: an honest comparison of verifiable claims
Four products — Electron, Phoenix AC, FiveGuard and Argos Guard — compared using only the claims and prices read from their own sites on 30 September 2026. Unverifiable claims were left out, and the places where Argos loses are stated.
One in Ten Players in Monitored Servers Buys From Cheat Sellers
We scanned 321,214 accounts holding a current membership across the 59 servers we monitor: 32,077 carry a cheat-seller customer role, but only 703 have a ban anywhere. That gap is what a ban list misses.
Is the player banned on another anti-cheat provider?
Your own archive only knows your own network. Argos now also checks a player’s records on other anti-cheat networks: what shows up, what does not, and how to use it in a whitelist decision.
Turkish FiveM Servers: 885 Servers, 4,223 Players
Turkey's FiveM map, re-measured: 187 of 885 servers had players at scan time. Weekday players fell by about a quarter in a month while weekends stayed flat.
How Many FiveM Servers Are There? We Counted 35,145
In one scan on 28 September 2026 we counted 35,145 FiveM servers and 162,806 concurrent players: the regional split, the concentration, Turkey's share.
The live server list and per-server pages are here: server directory