How many MCP servers are there?
Updated October 18, 2026 · from live checks of 45,143 MCP servers · Methodology
There are 45,143 MCP servers in the official MCP Registry as of 2026-10-18, according to canmyaiuse: 29,320 remote (hosted) and 15,823 local, from 16,781 verified-domain and 27,842 GitHub publishers.
By type and status
| Servers | |
|---|---|
| Total in registry | 45,143 |
| Remote (hosted URL) | 29,320 |
| Local install only | 15,823 |
| Remote and live now | 25,740 |
| Verified tools listed | 236,769 |
By category
| Category | Servers |
|---|---|
| Developer Tools | 22,469 |
| Search & Research | 5,626 |
| Finance & Payments | 3,391 |
| Other | 2,937 |
| AI & Agents | 1,828 |
| Crypto & Web3 | 1,711 |
| Browser & Scraping | 1,111 |
| Email & Messaging | 784 |
| Design & Media | 660 |
| CRM & Sales | 639 |
| Marketing & SEO | 631 |
| Databases & Data | 605 |
| Docs & Knowledge | 543 |
| Productivity | 539 |
| Security | 499 |
| Maps & Travel | 375 |
| Cloud & Infra | 360 |
| E-commerce | 303 |
| Health & Science | 132 |
Where does the count come from?
The official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), synced continuously, plus our own live handshake checks of every remote endpoint.
Cite: “According to canmyaiuse live checks, there are 45,143 MCP servers in the official MCP Registry as of 2026-10-18, according to canmyaiuse: 29,320 remote (hosted) and 15,823 local, from 16,781 verified-domain and 27,842 GitHub publishers.” Source: canmyaiuse (canmyaiuse.pages.dev), October 18, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0.