New “Peak Zwift” Achieved: 24,341

Last Saturday we hit a new Peak Zwift of 19,720, then early Sunday while I was fast asleep we hit a new peak around 21,500.

But today we blew away the previous record with a new high concurrent Zwifter count of 24,341!

The peak was reached right around 11am Pacific time, which is the traditional day and time for peak traffic on Zwift. (Astute Italian Zwifter Fabrizio Dolce sent me this screenshot with a number just slightly higher than the 24,333 I captured.)

Will it go higher? Yes. Temporary laws governing outdoor cycling are becoming more restrictive, pushing more cyclists than ever to begin riding in Zwift’s welcoming and open virtual worlds.

Where will it peak? Obviously no one knows. But I registered my guess of 26,500 with Simon at The Zwiftcast yesterday, and that number is already looking too low.

Stay healthy, take care of one another, and Ride On!

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Chris Pett

14 days ago

That’s amazing! I just rode outside today and came back to this news. I’m glad to see Zwift doing well. I’m a big fan and tell my friends about it all the time. Takes the doldrums out of indoor riding. My spin bike is in the corner collecting dust.

F D

I saw 24,209 today!

Francisco alba

13 days ago

Congratulations….

Giles Bryer

I’m curious if Zwift tracks the wattage. It would also be interesting to see watt-hours per day (or month, or since the dawn of Zwift, etc)

J.Richey

@Eric Schlange,
Do you know if there is a Peak Zwift number above which the ZHQ servers or infrastructure are capable? Will we see an effect of such huge increase in simultaneous ridership?

Kevin

Reply to J.Richey

I can’t remember where I read it (possibly on this site), but I’ve seen the number 50,000.

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Eric Schlange

Yeah, Eric Min said it could handle 50k recently.

Colin Peerman

I did a ‘meetup’ on Watopia, Sunday afternoon with my son, on Watopia. Got most of the ride it was a continuous line of riders (much like we used to see on Richmond), I couldn’t even see him for most of the ride. Time to open more courses, methimks

Reply to Colin Peerman

That, or better yet – hide non-Meetup riders for those in Meetups!

SamGCP

12 days ago

Reply to Eric Schlange

I wonder what component would be the SPOF that cannot be scaled up! I would imagine the auth server, having the world physique calculated on the client is a definitive plus but the thrift syncornization must be enormous

Alan P

I set my turbo up outside yesterday and did Stage 4 of TOW outside. I finished just before sunset (UK time). Outdoor cycling on Zwift! Its the future I tell you!

Joel

With the jump in numbers, I assume that Zwift has a plan for more routes…? Any hints if they’ll expand Watopia or add a new world? Also will they consider having 3 options on the calendar at once?

Reply to Joel

The next route I’ve heard planned was for the Olympics – assume some sort of Tokyo route? But I’m not sure what the plan is there, now that the Olympics have been postponed.

Mark

I felt that Zwift was creaking a bit last night with this amount of people on. Saw numerous glitches, people riding in sky, on the grass, spinning like tops on the road. I’m going to use Zwifthacks to jump on the quieter courses.