Looking at the numbers of active players on International Server, as of 24.09.2021 we have:
8081 on Arvahall
7045 on Brisgard
6795 on Cirgard
6742 on Dinegu
6675 on East-Nagach
6574 on Fel Dranghyr
6475 on Greifental
7058 on Houndsmoor
6496 on Jaims
6553 on Korch
6262 on Langendorn
6897 on Mount Killmore
6252 on Noarsil
6057 on Odhrorvar
4746 on Parkog
5073 on Rugnir
4974 on Sinerania
The way I see it, every world is doing just fine, I have cities on 7 worlds and subjectively, I often thought that one is more 'alive' than the other: my goods came down quicker, more people leveled up my gb etc, and paradox for me was that Sinerania and Mount Killlmore were often ahead of the others. But it's all just an impression, and here are statistics, so not one world is dead nor empty, we have 5000 - 7000 active players on each.
I'm looking forward to starting a new world from day 1 and having the same chances as everyone else. I don't have a problem with the big spenders, as there are limits even for them - everyone who played FoE for at least couple of months knows that nothing beats dedication and time. Of course there will be few people with unlimited supplies of diamonds, spending them on timers and fp and everything else, but I still want the experience of starting on the same day, doing the same events and playing truly competitively.
Playing on the older worlds is relaxing, but my dream is to start on wild and chaotic Tuulech
or maybe a T world with better name (just a sugestion)
I don't believe, that after soon to be 2 years since the new world was added, there would not be thousands of players hungry for a challenge and a fresh start!