My pretty Nord lass had a huge set of hanging moustasches yesterday. I missed screening itWeird to see my Khajiit wearing long Breton hair and a couple of sets of elf ears
You can't be sure if there're less people or more, there are different shards of Tamriel.
So there can be 10 shards at the same time or 50 we can't say for sure.
MLGProPlayer wrote: »The population is up 50% since then (12k average players vs. 9k). It peaked at +70% in June with Sumemrset (15k vs. 9k). The population typically peaks with every chapter release. I expect the population to be at its highest point ever this June.
https://steamcharts.com/app/306130
So yes, it's your imagination. The game has never been more popular.
And yes, those numbers are for Steam, but the sample is more than large enough to extrapolate those trends to other login sources/platforms.