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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 30 days
Peak 584
527
544
561
578
Sep 26Oct 4Oct 11Oct 19now

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%