i am having this exact issue for the last 4 weeks on SEA / OCEANA server, i dont think the game is that dead - this has to be some sort of bug!
Im about to move on from this game at this stage. I just posted the same thing today.
If you search, you can find complaints from 3 or 4 months ago... it was fixed and then it started happening again.
https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-6-general-discussion-en/sea-lobbies-filled-with-bots-and-rarely-goes-past-24v24-players-on-32v32-conq/13227382
You should submit a ticket too. I won't stop until it's fix.
