I was just looking at the realm populations for SoD and noticed how much the population has declined in the last month, looks like about 40% currently. Phase 2 has been a bit of a disappointment but hopefully we'll see the numbers come back up if they knock it out of the park in phase 3

Pulled the info from here: https://www.warcrafttavern.com/population/classic/

Looks like it's leveling out, I imagine we'll see quite a few people come back in phase 3.

With Crusader Strike being the streamer server, you can definitely see where the hype train ran out of steam. Looks like it's leveled off, though.