While there are no concrete numbers as to how many people actively play WolfQuest and how old they are, I can cite a few statistics for you to get an idea.
As of this posting there are 346,790 users registered on the WolfQuest community forums since they opened in the summer of 2007. In order to play multiplayer, you have to register on the forums. That means that over 300,000 have at least looked at the forums or played the game once. Obviously many people have "grown out" of the game, play rarely, or only post on the forums. That still leaves room for hundreds or even thousands of people that play on a fairly regular basis.
The target age-range for WolfQuest is 10-13 years old (source:
http://www.wolfquest.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=34819) so I would assume many players are around those ages. Somewhere in there would be a typical age for a WolfQuest player. There's also a rather large group of 14-17 year olds who play.
Since there are so many players and little groups or packs that form on the game, you might feel like it's hard to join in. I find the Pack Central board is usually good to start you off, as you'll find many groups that are based around playing the multiplayer game. Eventually you'll find a few people who you know you can play with and things get a bit easier. ;)
Anyway, I was wondering how many people play actively? Because I feel completely alone in the game. I know that it's because I have really slow internet, but I only met two people, and before I could figure out how to reply with a "hello" (which I did learn), they got disconnected because of my internet. I'm getting new internet hopefully within the next week or two, but I was wondering how many people play actively, and in what age-range, because I know that a lot of stuff was changed because of parents' complaints.
