Are there any sites that provide a list of realtime stats covering the
most popular IRC servers? (see online users, number of channels, etc)
reddit / irc

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Honkmaster · 2023-11-24 07:34

Generally, when I mention IRC and get the inevitable question *"What's
that?"* I reply *"Basically, it's the 90s version of Discord."*
Simple, and they immediately undersatand.

But this time the reply was *"Wow, I remember connecting to that with
mIRC... people still use it?"* While an answer of "yes" + a screenshot
of /list provided a basic answer, I'm not one of those users that
hangs out in multiple servers, or even many channels. I only ever
connect to Rizon, chatting in 2-3 channels.

By now I'm a bit out of touch when it comes to which servers get the
most traffic, and how much traffic they get. Is there anywhere online
that conveniently lists the most populated IRC servers, and how many
users (+channels, any other stats) are currently present on each?

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Alternative_Case_878 · 2023-11-24 08:42

Many people are surprised by the engagement of Serena Williams and
Alexis Ohanian, but not me. If I founded reddit I'd be searching for
better servers too.

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arcalion · 2023-11-24 09:28

Check out netsplit.de - they have a list of networks ranked by size,
and I’m not sure about a channel list but they do have a channel
search.

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skizzerz1 · 2023-11-24 14:27

Seconded. Specifically https://netsplit.de/networks/top100.php for a
direct link to said list. Clicking on an individual network in the
list should give a list of channels there too.

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fake_robot · 2023-11-28 05:42

Great to see EFnet and Rizon still going strong! What a wave of
nostalgia.

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ComputerTech312 · 2023-12-15 18:22

[https://ircdriven.com](https://ircdriven.com) is more accurate and
updated.