State of MCP
Census of 2026-08-23 — compared with 2026-08-16. 24,349 servers listed (+2,356 in a week). 7,586 answer. 2,355 arrived — top 3 publishers account for 52%. 125 died, 76 revived, 276 verdict flips. truth checks: 369 of 376 decided agreed.
The registry claims 24,349 servers; 7,586 actually answer
+2,356 listings vs +1,278 answering since the previous census — the gap widened ◐
Why it moved — between the two censuses
Beneath the surface
1,951 tools re-described or changed
67% of it by one publisher (io.github.pipeworx-io) — one deploy, many costumes
276 ● verdicts flipped
allow, warn or block changed for these servers — repin before you depend on one
369 of 376 decided truth checks agreed
7 in review — a disagreement is never published before a person confirms it; 900 unverifiable from outside
listed = the registry’s own enumeration, daily ○ · answer = measured at each weekly census ● (dots) · verified true = servers whose latest answers matched the primary source ● · recording began 2026-08-13 · re-derive: the series · as of 2026-08-23
The registry
24,349 ○ servers listed (+2,356 vs previous census). 2,355 listings arrived and 32 disappeared between the two censuses ○. The top three publishers account for 52% of arrivals ◐.
| io.github.mcp-dir | 857 |
| io.github.Evozim | 276 |
| io.github.Wxt-ai | 90 |
| com.jojapi | 49 |
| io.github.CSOAI-ORG | 24 |
| com.moltlinestudio | 19 |
| com.apished | 9 |
| io.github.ni-c | 8 |
The probe layer
13,347 ● remote endpoints probed (+1,984 vs previous census); 7,586 ● answer a real handshake (+1,278 vs previous census); 3,115 ● behind a login (+209 vs previous census); 403 ● behind a paywall.
Movers
125 ● stopped answering · 76 ● came back · 1,340 ● new and answering · 276 ● verdict flips — every name is on the movers page.
Drift
1,951 ● tool-description or inventory changes detected (1,660 semantic · 291 structural). The largest single source was io.github.pipeworx-io with 1,312 events — description changes across one publisher’s fleet count once per listing.
Is the answer true?
1,276 ● truth checks ran this week: 369 ● agreed with the primary source, 900 were unverifiable from outside ●, and 7 sit in review ● — a disagreement is never published before a person confirms it is not our error.
The paid economy
13 ● distinct paid operators · 114 ● paid endpoints (re-measured monthly, 1st).
How to read this
- Weekly census cadence: a server that died and revived between censuses shows no change.
- Counts cover remote endpoints in the official MCP registry only.
- Truth verdicts still in review are counted here, never named.
- A verdict flip can be instrument-side (our classifier changed); the movers page states which.
Machine-drafted from census 20260823-census-0610 at 2026-08-23T07:32:54Z; ruled and published 2026-08-23. Every figure derives from a query — the series re-derive them.