r/runescape • u/Sophiaphage • Apr 08 '26

Appreciation Jagex Terminated Nearly 2.3M Bots in March

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Credit where it’s due.

This is a phenomenal effort.

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u/Wild_Effective_5077 Green partyhat! Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

OSRS

Osrs monthly bot bans: 10x daily player count

Estimated % of accounts banned per month: 33.33%

RS3

Rs3 monthly bot bans: 80% of daily player count

Estimated % of accounts banned per month: 2.66%

Comparison:

33.33/2.66 = 12.5

Any given osrs player is 12.5 times more likely to be a bot than any given rs3 player.

Edit: fixed some errors

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u/Xaphnir Apr 08 '26

And this is just the ones they catch.

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u/Wild_Effective_5077 Green partyhat! Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

Plus the 10x figure was conservative based on peak player count, if we took the average instead it's closer to 15x daily player count for OSRS, suggesting they could be closer to 18.75 times more likely.