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!
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.
I saw 24,209 today!
Congratulations….
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)
@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?
I can’t remember where I read it (possibly on this site), but I’ve seen the number 50,000.
Yeah, Eric Min said it could handle 50k recently.
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
That, or better yet – hide non-Meetup riders for those in Meetups!
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
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!
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?
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.
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.
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Wow, that’s alot of people. Could do with a few new routes to tide us over!
Exponential growth? Near 25k now
Getting higher
zwift servers are busy these days: over 27000 zwifters online approx 11:30am CET:
https://zwiften.de/2020/03/29/neuer-rekord-ueber-27000-zwifter-gleichzeitig-online/
Highest I have seen.
Why does my app say 3000 fewer than yours?
currently 32,383 Zwifting