Mages, General

Updated 4 November 2009 for Patch 3.2.2.

The sample size is 42158 Mages from the US and EU armouries.

Races

Race Faction Popularity
Human alliance 29%
Gnome alliance 19%
Draenei alliance 8%
Undead horde 20%
Blood Elf horde 18%
Troll horde 6%

Professions

Percentages in this table are not normalized so the Popularity column should add up to 200% since characters can have two primary professions. However a significant number have fewer than two.

Profession Popularity
Tailoring 53%
Enchanting 43%
Herbalism 25%
Alchemy 19%
Mining 18%
Jewelcrafting 14%
Engineering 11%
Inscription 7%
Skinning 6%
Leatherworking 1%
Blacksmithing 0%

Profession Combinations

Profession combinations less popular than 1% are not shown.

Profession Combo Popularity
Tailoring/Enchanting 32.6%
Herbalism/Alchemy 13.2%
Mining/Jewelcrafting 5.0%
Mining/Engineering 4.9%
Tailoring/Herbalism 4.0%
Jewelcrafting/Enchanting 3.1%
Tailoring/Mining 3.1%
Inscription/Herbalism 2.9%
Tailoring/Jewelcrafting 2.9%
Tailoring/Skinning 2.7%
Tailoring/Alchemy 2.6%
Tailoring/Engineering 2.2%
Tailoring/Inscription 1.7%
Herbalism/Enchanting 1.6%
Mining/Enchanting 1.5%
Mining/Herbalism 1.3%
Engineering/Enchanting 1.3%
Inscription/Enchanting 1.1%
Skinning/Mining 1.1%

Profession Combinations at Level 80

This table shows the most popular profession combinations for level 80 characters. Combos less popular than 1% are not shown.

Profession Combo Popularity
Tailoring/Enchanting 33.5%
Herbalism/Alchemy 13.2%
Mining/Jewelcrafting 5.0%
Mining/Engineering 4.5%
Tailoring/Herbalism 4.1%
Jewelcrafting/Enchanting 3.4%
Tailoring/Mining 3.3%
Tailoring/Jewelcrafting 3.1%
Tailoring/Alchemy 2.8%
Inscription/Herbalism 2.7%
Tailoring/Skinning 2.6%
Tailoring/Engineering 2.3%
Tailoring/Inscription 1.9%
Herbalism/Enchanting 1.6%
Mining/Enchanting 1.5%
Mining/Herbalism 1.3%
Engineering/Enchanting 1.3%
Inscription/Enchanting 1.1%