Im downloading BFV again and was wondering if it was even populated? 
There is no problem in finding servers on PC. I would guess 8k-12k online (prime time). Way lower compared to BF1 at the same time but still ok.
It is populated during prime hours. But past midnight finding full servers can become an issue. Especially if you are using quickmatch option. You may frequently find yourself in empty or unbalanced servers.
it is populated with many hackers. they love the fact there is no working anti-cheat. enjoy the fun of getting shot through boulders,mountains, hills and emptying a half a clip into someone,without them dying !!! have fun and do not forget to thank EA/DICE for this hot steaming pile of a game !!!
I would strongly advise you to download and install this game… if you enjoy half finished games with all sorts of incompetence sprinkled on top. The game is already dead in my honest opinion. Anybody who suggests otherwise should post a playercount. The problems that surface in BattlefieldV, are all problems that Battlefield 1 had after the community dwindled away. Like balance issues, half of the server disappearing after matches and not refilling for 20 minutes, only to happen again right after that game ends, a lot of the bugs or abuse/exploits are not being handled because the game isn’t popular enough to address them. I just played a game with somebody on my team in a tank, who went 0-0 with no points, just sat in the spawn doing nothing but spinning the turret around. I’m not kidding. I don’t know if he was trying to help the other team, or if he was just trolling. Stuff like that doesn’t fly in popular games. That’s something you see in a game that’s 3 years old after the dev’s stop paying attention to it.
Yep agree, it is a huge disappointment
It’s always been populated, if anything it’s more now than ever since the level cap was raised. There is a large amount of ppl playing post update.
adding to the point after the patch 4.4 in EU server the number of cheaters increased insanely and the game is unplayable in this state, im sorry DICE but other companies have implemented robust anti-cheat system on free games!!!
and battlefield doesnt!!! the biggest mistake that i have purchased this game from start and lesson learned to never buy any future game by DICE or EA.
Are you sure about that, i think a lot of ppl dropped the game after this patch due to their astounding ability to eff up their patches every time.
I uninstalled the game, ranks means nothing and ToW´s are just a joke anyway. A functional game on the other hand is something , but not so much from this game studio anymore R.I.P. DICE.
would you guys imagine if battlefield is sold to one of the best companies, do you support that or let battlefield die with DICE?
since BF4 it was my no 1 game, but now i would save my disk space rather than playing bfv
All the cool kids are playing it! I 've seen an increase in player count in Oceania during the non-peak times that I play, including quite a few lower rank players.