I was planning on getting this game and was wondering if the time ever went to night or if it was day all the time. And if someone can tell me how many poeple play this all over the world that would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

There is Day/Night and it happens about 5 or 6 times every (real life) 24 hours.

Thanks for clearing that up for me Delexo, now I just have to actually go out and buy the game instead of just watching videos of it.

Only turbine/codemasters would have the numbers of how many people play the game. It's no where near the number of people playing WoW if that helps.

and you can't forget the weather. sometimes it's clear, sometimes it's cloudy, sometimes it's raining, sometimes it's snowing, never seen hail or sleet though, don't think they put that in it

I have tried looking on the Lord of the Rings Online official website but found no statistics revealing the amount of players so could anyone tell me where I would find this sort of information?

It's a fair few. The servers are active (and not much lag) so there isn't too much to worry about. Just buy the game and spread the word.

other than bree, the only lag you should get is in the ettenmoors in big battles (if/when you get that far)