user25534: In some online chess platforms you can see the Elo distribution of the players.
It usually has Gaussian form.
Is there somewhere where you can find the distribution of the classical Fide Elo?

user4418: I've run some queries against my database constructed from the rating data downloaded from the the FIDE download site. I've then copied the output of the queries to Excel and asked it to draw some graphs.
Here are the results for standard, rapid and blitz for December 2020.




user3757: As far as I know, Fide does not publish a figure of the Elo distribution. So you can plot it yourself from the latest rating list; or you can rely on secondary sources who occasionally post it, such the link provided by @Michael West or this answer on this site. Both show the distribution of Fide Elo on July 2014.
The figure below shows the Elo distribution on December 2020. As you can see, it doesn't follow a normal distribution, since there is a large number of low rated players (much greater number than in 2014).


user17425: Here are some fide visualizations from 2014.  Distribution is one, but not the most interesting to me.  Enjoy!

25534: <p>In some online chess platforms you can see the Elo distribution of the players.
It usually has Gaussian form.</p>
<p>Is there somewhere where you can find the distribution of the classical Fide Elo?</p>
 4418: <p>I've run some queries against my database constructed from the <a href="http://ratings.fide.com/download/players_list_xml.zip" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rating data</a> downloaded from the the FIDE <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">download site</a>. I've then copied the output of the queries to Excel and asked it to draw some graphs.</p>
<p>Here are the results for standard, rapid and blitz for December 2020.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/anFFh.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/anFFh.png" alt="Standard rating distribution" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cvLsW.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cvLsW.png" alt="Rapid rating distribution" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fCdqh.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fCdqh.png" alt="Blitz rating distribution" /></a></p>
 3757: <p>As far as I know, Fide does not publish a figure of the Elo distribution. So you can plot it yourself from the <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">latest rating list</a>; or you can rely on secondary sources who occasionally post it, such the link provided by @Michael West or this <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/6359/3757">answer</a> on this site. Both show the distribution of Fide Elo on July 2014.</p>
<p>The figure below shows the Elo distribution on December 2020. As you can see, it doesn't follow a normal distribution, since there is a large number of low rated players (much greater number than in 2014).</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/GvLwk.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/GvLwk.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
 17425: <p><a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/visual-presentation-of-world-chess-ratings" rel="noreferrer">Here</a> are some fide visualizations from 2014.  Distribution is one, but not the most interesting to me.  Enjoy!</p>
