| World of Warcraft (WoW), is in fact, a world of | | | | from the World of Warcraft census: |
| its own. It has different races and factions, | | | | Last year, there were reports of the WoW |
| groups and governments, but more important | | | | community growing past 12 million users. |
| than the groups, each character in the game is | | | | According to the World of Warcraft census, there |
| controlled by an individual. This makes WoW an | | | | are just under 8 million users. But again, you have |
| actual virtual world. And where any sufficient | | | | to take into account that this does not count |
| population rests, there has to be a census. This is | | | | newbie players, or inactive players. |
| no different with the virtual world. The World of | | | | Out of the 8 million people who play WoW, 55% |
| Warcraft census has been around for a couple of | | | | of them are Alliance players. The other 45% are |
| years and has kept people up to date with facts | | | | Horde players. |
| and figures from WoW. | | | | You can also use the World of Warcraft census |
| So let's first talk about how the census is made. | | | | to find out information on different races, like |
| If you are a player of WoW, you can contribute | | | | dwarfs, night elfs, blood elfs, humans, trolls and |
| to the census by downloading the census addon. | | | | gnomes. You can find out numbers on which |
| This will allow the game to track your information, | | | | races join the Alliance or the Horde. You can also |
| and add it to the list. For this reason, Blizzard | | | | find out what class of player everyone is. |
| admits that its numbers may not be as high as | | | | If you are a member of WoW, this census can |
| they should be. Not everyone who plays uses the | | | | give you some very interesting information to |
| addon. But there are a good number of people | | | | help you better understand this very unique world. |
| who do. | | | | You can access this information by downloading |
| Also, the World of Warcraft census makes clear | | | | the addon which is available at WarCraftRealms. |
| of exactly what it's counting. They only count | | | | This will help you contribute to the WoW |
| players who are level 10 or higher, and they only | | | | community, and make you a more involved |
| count players that have been recently active. | | | | player. |
| That being said, here are some interesting facts | | | | |