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erkstats tracks live and historical statistics for IRCNow: how many people are online, which channels are busiest, and how that is changing over time. User and channel counts only, refreshed every few hours.

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Tracked since Aug 2026 · last updated 1 hr ago · user & channel counts only, no message content
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Users online
576
▼ 0.9% vs yesterday
Channels
494
▼ 1.6% vs yesterday
Servers
14
All-time peak
584
reached 25 Oct 2026
People on IRCNow
24h 7d 30d 1y 10y All
Last 10 years · data begins 31 Aug 2026
Peak 584
519
538
558
577
2016201920212024now

Capabilities

What the server advertises on connect (ISUPPORT / 005) - the network's technical spec.

Software ngircd-27
Network name
IRCNow
Channel types
#&+
Prefixes
(qaohv)~&@%+
Channel modes
beI,k,l,imMnOPQRstVz
Nick length
16
Channel length
50
Topic length
490
Case mapping
ascii
Modes / line
5
Channel limit
#&+:300
Away length
127
Kick length
400
Max list
beI:50
EXCEPTSINVEX

Servers

14 servers on the network, mapped from its server links.

irc.ircnow.org root irc.ircnow.org ngircd-27 seen MOTD 
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- |  _   ____   ___          ______,-.--.-._____     _   _                 |
- | | | | |\ \ | |\|         |     |  __  |     |   | | | |   _   _  _  _  |
- | | | | |/ / | |          /      |_/  \_|      \  | |\| | /| |\| || || | |
- | |_| |_|\_\ |_|/|       /   ..#//;;;;;;;;;..   \ |_| |_| \|_|/ \_\_/_/  |
- |_______________________/  .##//;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.  \_______________________|
- |                        ./#//::::::::::::::::::                         |
- | https://ircnow.org    ./#/:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.                       |
- |                       /#//::::::::::::::::::::::     IRC Server        |
- | The Users' Network    //:/::::::::::::::::::::::     IRC Bouncers      |
- |                       //:/::::::::::::::::::::::     IRC Bots          |
- | Of the users,         //:/:::::: :::::::::::::::     E-mail            |
- | By the users,        .//:/::::::-:::::::::::::::.    VPN               |
- | For the users        ///:/:::::: ::::::::::::::::    Code hosting      |
- |                      ///:/:::::: ::::::::::::::::    File storage      |
- |                     .///:/:::::: ::::::::::::::::.   Shell accounts    |
- |                     ////:/:/:::: :::::::::::::::::                     |
- | designed by        .////:/:/:/::. ::::::::::::::::.                    |
- |    bitreich        /#///:/:/:/:/::: :::::::::::::::                    |
- |                 .###//////////////// ';/;/;;;;;;;;;;;.                 |
- |                /###//////////////////-'/:/:/:::::::::::                |
- |               ////////////:/:/:/;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;               |
- |               ""     ""        [_    .:        ""     ""               |
- |                                  |_.:                                  |
- |                                                                        |
- |            irc.ircnow.org 6667 for plaintext, 6697 for TLS             |
- |              6660-6670, 16667 for plaintext, 16697 for TLS             |
- |                                                                        |
- |            * No porn / illegal drugs / threats of violence *           |
- |            * No slander / libel / gambling *                           |
- |            * No spam, illegal cracking, or DDoS *                      |
- |            * No copyright infrigement                                  |
- |            * Max 3 connections per IP address.                         |
- |                                                                        |
- |   Terms of service: https://wiki.ircnow.org/index.php?n=Terms.Terms    |
- |                                                                        |
- |   Opers are available on #help.                                        |
- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- Connected using Cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256  TLSv1.3 Kx=TLSv1.3  Au=TLSv1.3 Enc=AESGCM(128) Mac=AEAD
irc.bsdforall.org 1 hop BSDForAll.Org seen details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.freeirc.org 1 hop FreeIRC Network seen details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.lecturify.net 1 hop Lecturify Team seen details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.oddprotocol.org 1 hop irc.oddprotocol.org seen details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.planetofnix.com 1 hop irc.planetofnix.com seen details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

services.irc.ircnow.org 1 hop Services for IRCNow seen details

Links off irc.ircnow.org.

irc.inspirenet.org 2 hops InspireNET. seen details

Links off irc.oddprotocol.org.

irc.ircforever.org 2 hops IRCForever IRC Network seen details

Links off irc.planetofnix.com.

irc.NaStYcOdE.com 2 hops irc.NaStYcOdE.com seen details

Links off irc.oddprotocol.org.

irc.shell.oddprotocol.org 2 hops IRCNow seen details

Links off irc.oddprotocol.org.

irc.thunderirc.net 3 hops ThunderIRC | Part of IRCNow seen details

Links off irc.inspirenet.org.

irc.jujube.rpblc.net 4 hops irc network RPBLC seen details

Links off irc.thunderirc.net.

irc.shelltalk.net 5 hops irc.shelltalk.net seen details

Links off irc.jujube.rpblc.net.

Channels

31 channels
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Search tips
  • linux or #lin* - channel name (* and ? wildcards)
  • topic:python / topic:"code of conduct" - search the topic
  • min:50 max:5 - user count floor / ceiling
  • users:100..500 - range (also users:>100, users:<10)
  • peak:1000.. - all-time peak (ever reached 1000+)

Combine freely: topic:python min:20

31 tracked channels. Channels with fewer than 3 users are not tracked.

ChannelUsersShare of network30-day trend
#openclaw 18 3.1% -10.0%
#waterboygospellyrics 17 3.0% +21.4% welcome ... powered by SPLINTER !
#virtualfriends 7 1.2% +75.0%
#omg 5 0.9% +66.7%
#banana 5 0.9% +50.0%
#Grape 5 0.9% +25.0%
#ircfun 4 0.7% 0.0%
#exile-offtopic 4 0.7% 0.0%
#council 4 0.7% +33.3%
#makati 4 0.7% +33.3% https://www.iRCMakati.com/ :: Welcome to #Makati DALnet
#rpblc-crew 3 0.5% 0.0% Channel for RPBLC administration team
#Christ 3 0.5% 0.0% Pray for the persecuted Christians throughout the world especially in Gaza and Syria.
#poulskitchen 3 0.5% 0.0% Welcome to #PoulsKitchen Please Be Respectful www.PoulsKitchen.club https://youtu.be/eoattbjrnOw
#testing 3 0.5% 0.0%
#Duels 3 0.5% 0.0% #Duels Game Channel
#perl102 3 0.5% 0.0%
#inspirenet-team 3 0.5% 0.0%
#tcl 3 0.5% 0.0%
#bsdbased-bots 3 0.5% 0.0%
#mango 3 0.5% 0.0%
#depechemode 3 0.5% 0.0%
#guava 3 0.5% 0.0%
#Chat4fun 3 0.5% 0.0%
#IRC 3 0.5% 0.0%
#usa 3 0.5% 0.0%
#PHP 3 0.5% 0.0% Stable PHP versions: 8.0.12, 7.4.25, 7.3.32 · Be respectful at all times & keep your language clean · Use a paste site for code · http://hashphp.org has some u
#Italy 3 0.5% -25.0% BENVENUTI TO #Italy
#LA 3 0.5% 0.0%
#perl103 3 0.5% 0.0%
#freeshells 3 0.5% 0.0%
#shill 3 0.5% 0.0%