These are the closest public RuneScape player-count sites I know of. The sites are ranked by my current grade.
URL: https://osrsplayercount.com/
The good
For an OSRS player-count site, this is basically an A+. It preserved historical population data from misplaceditems.com before that data became unreliable, which was smart and useful. The site includes live OSRS counts, historical views, all worlds, all locations, world types, F2P and Members filtering, and world-level population views. I also like that it highlights peaks and updates the world data on the page. For what it is trying to do, it is cleverly done.
The bad
The filtering at the top is a little heavy, and the design has an older, very niche look. I would like to see activity context by world, and of course it would be stronger for my purposes if it also included RS3 numbers, but that is outside the site's OSRS focus.
URL: https://playercount.dev/
The good
This site accurately tracks RuneScape player-count data at a 15-minute interval. Its downloadable RuneScape trend data goes back to October 2025. It gets bonus points for being simple, more bonus points for making the data downloadable, and additional credit for being one of the earliest sites to step up after misplaceditems.com stopped being reliable.
The bad
The visuals could be better. It seems to echo misplaceditems.com without quite landing the look.
URL: https://rsplayercount.com/
The good
The site is simple to understand and has light and dark modes, clear KPIs, different granularity, and a very nice reactive tooltip. The RuneScape player counts on the page look accurate. It is probably the closest site other than PlayerCount.dev to the old style of MisplacedItems. It also has an about page that explains the hosting, privacy, and computations, which I like.
The bad
The main downside is that it only appears to have data going back to February 28, 2026. The backend records a snapshot about every 30 minutes, so it is taking two data points per hour. That is not bad, but it is a little stale compared with 15-minute trackers. The design is simple, which is good, but the text is a little small and the page could be a little more eye-catching without being flashy.
URL: https://runepixels.com/
The good
I like what RunePixels is trying to do. The day-by-day comparison idea is useful, the current player count appears plausibly accurate, and the tooltip showing max and min values is a good idea. The data also appears to be on a roughly 15-minute interval, although that is a little hard to parse from the page. With a few modifications, this site could easily be an A.
The bad
The day selector can be misleading because the page preloaded the 16th versus the 17th, which is really yesterday versus today, not an apples-to-apples Sunday-versus-Sunday comparison. It likely should preload one day instead. If the goal is to lead people into comparing days, I would rather see weekday-to-weekday comparisons or default KPIs so the user does not have to imagine what the data are saying. Some filter options also appear to exist even when there is no data to filter to, such as October 2025. The live count looks delayed or confusing, and some people might see small bumps on this site and over-read what that means for player counts. Otherwise, this site is useful and accurate.
URL: https://lawrune.com/
The good
This site appears to function mostly as a hardcore/group Ironman or Ironman tracker, not mostly as a player-count tracker. I like the visuals, the graphs are pleasing, and the chart options are good. The numbers look accurate, the player-count data appears to be on a 15-minute interval, and I like that the site says how many snapshots are stored. The peak player-count views for Dragonwilds, OSRS, RS3, and total players are useful, and there are some good KPI ideas here.
The bad
The page is too spread out. There is too much space in the boxes, too much scrolling, and some KPI text is redundant or not centered. The site also has ads, which I am not deducting for, but it is worth noting that this is a monetized site. Some explanations are missing or incomplete. The question-mark help icon does not explain anything, "recent activity" is not clearly defined, and the typical-activity chart does not seem to correlate clearly with current player counts. The data history also appears limited compared with older population sources. There are things I like here more than RunePixels, but overall RunePixels is more usable and has fewer errors, partly because there is less on RunePixels to critique. This could easily be a B+ or A site if it added more definition, used tighter design principles, and made the KPIs actually useful.
URL: https://activeplayer.io/runescape/
The good
This page is more polished than several other player-count sites. The graphics look nice, and because Steam player counts do correlate with total online activity, the page can still give some directionality.
The bad
This appears to be Steam tracking only, not the actual live player counts from the game. There are a lot of ads, and there is a lot of extra detail that is not really player-count analysis. I would not rely on this data for anything serious. You can go to Steam and get the same underlying data.
URL: https://tracker.gg/population/steam/1343400
The good
This is a Steam-only tracker. The page includes Steam metrics such as 24-hour peak, all-time peak, monthly averages, weekday averages, and how long it has tracked the population.
The bad
This is not an official RuneScape live player count. It only tracks Steam players, so it is limited. The page also includes premium/ad framing.
URL: https://playercount.gg/runescape
The good
It is Steam-only data. The monthly table is easy to scan, and it has a nice layout.
The bad
It is Steam-only data and not much deeper than that.
URL: https://www.ely.gg/rs_playercounts
The good
I really like the look of this page. It is clean and easy to understand, and the monthly presentation is useful for a higher-level view. It goes back to February 2013, which makes me think it likely used misplaceditems.com data as a historical source.
The bad
The problem is that the page is by month, not 15-minute intervals, so it is not useful for live player-count analysis. More importantly, it stopped working in July 2025. If it still worked, I would probably give it a flat B. Because it does not work anymore, I have to give it an F.
URL: https://www.misplaceditems.com/rs_tools/graph/
The good
This was the best RuneScape tracking site for over a decade. It tracked RS3 and OSRS population data in 15-minute intervals. The website itself was not aesthetically pleasing, but bonus points for being simple.
The bad
It had downtime and gaps in the data, sometimes small and sometimes months long. It used a Perl script to pull data and may not have been a truly cloud-based pull. It went down sometime in October 2025, and as of May 17, 2026 (I will update this if that changes), the site is generating fake data using the meme seed 42069. Because of that, I have to give it an F.
URL: https://showmyitems.com/runescape-player-counts
The good
This page tracks only Steam population. It gives current Steam players, 24-hour peak, all-time peak, and Steam rank in a simple layout. I like the layout and the color scheme.
The bad
It is Steam-only data, and it is choked with ads.
URL: https://www.scape-xp.com/runescape-players-online-tracker.html
The good
There is not much useful here for RuneScape player-count analysis.
The bad
There is no meaningful filtering, and it badly overestimates the player count. It claimed RuneScape 3 had around 135,000 players online, which is clearly wrong. There is not much more to say than that. This is an F.
URL: https://playercounter.com/runescape
The good
There is an attempt to put RuneScape player counts into tables, but that is about as generous as I can be.
The bad
The page reported a current live player count around 35,000, and I am not sure what that number is based on. It is inaccurate. Some numbers may be based on Steam, some may be based on something else, but the source is not clear. The page is mostly tables and does not seem very useful. Overall, this is an F because it is inaccurate and very misleading.
URL: https://mmo-population.com/
The good
Nothing here is useful for RuneScape player-count analysis. I had to create a new grade to rate this as low as possible.
The bad
This site uses estimations based on signals like social media, Reddit, or other indirect sources. It does not use the actual live data points from the OSRS website or the main RuneScape website. For RuneScape, this is the worst kind of site to use for information.
URL: https://igitems.com/runescape/charts
The good
There is a lot of information on the page, but the player-count section appears to be Steam data.
The bad
This site looks like it is also a gold trading site and appears to engage in real-world trading. Because of that, this gets an FFFF.