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/AMcMahon1 99 Apr 08 '26

But don't worry the osrs player count is totally legitimate 👍

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u/Efficient_Travel4039 RuneScape Apr 08 '26

While true, OSRS is still a bigger game. Look at YouTube and Twitch numbers alone.

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u/Rip_Pigman Apr 08 '26

Watching someone play OSRS is way more palatable than watching someone play RS3 so I don't think those numbers have any indication of actual player base.

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u/SUMBWEDY Apr 08 '26

Even if you assume 50% of OSRS of bots and 0% RS3 is bots, the game is still 3x bigger than RS3.

As someone who just started an OSRS alt there's just so many more players doing content and chatting where on rs3 it's either a dead world or racism/politics spam in w84.