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Something on waymarkers and postings

The stored data can also be used to display a few interesting developments over time since waymarking began, such as the development of the number of categories, the number of waymarks posted per year, the number of active users (i.e. those who have at least one waymark in the relevant year), the number of total and new waymarkers per year ...

Yeartotal # of
categories
#waymarks
posted in year
posted by
#waymarkers
#waymarks per
waymarker
total # of
waymarkers
# of new
waymarkers
20051694.6981.0434,501.0431.043
200643125.6881.60516,002.3821.339
200764749.7471.26139,453.200818
200883171.6941.50147,764.157957
200994268.5171.51345,295.039882
20101.00366.1651.46445,195.862823
20111.03282.8191.41058,746.624762
20121.05371.5211.21159,067.197573
20131.07077.55097279,787.602405
20141.07865.64983478,727.930328
20151.08657.07268083,938.152222
20161.09665.108597109,068.314162
20171.11074.570541137,848.460146
20181.11567.084502133,638.589129
20191.11758.598407143,988.68394
20201.12049.402431114,628.800117
20211.12551.723472109,588.945145
20221.12750.157411122,049.03691
20231.12953.980396136,319.12690

 

Here is also a simple statistic that tells how many waymarkers had at least x postings at the end of each year.
To read the table below: for example in 2006 were 71 waymarkers with more than 100 waymarks posted at the end of the year, of these 71 were 19 waymarkers with more than 250 waymarks posted, of these 19 were 7 waymarkers with more than 500 waymarks posted ... and so on.

Year15102550751002505007501.0002.5005.0007.50010.00020.00030.00040.00050.00060.000
2005 1.043 169 80 23 15 9 6 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
2006 2.382 566 348 183 114 80 71 19 7 3 2 - - - - - - - - -
2007 3.200 905 601 353 238 181 145 67 30 23 13 2 - - - - - - - -
2008 4.157 1.292 888 559 385 311 256 125 68 35 25 5 2 - - - - - - -
2009 5.039 1.606 1.116 703 502 394 342 174 92 62 39 11 4 2 1 - - - - -
2010 5.862 1.916 1.349 853 601 466 403 220 121 80 59 13 4 2 2 - - - - -
2011 6.624 2.201 1.567 992 712 555 480 259 155 101 75 19 6 3 2 1 - - - -
2012 7.197 2.399 1.709 1.102 777 621 535 302 176 124 91 27 9 4 2 1 - - - -
2013 7.602 2.574 1.842 1.196 844 674 582 329 187 134 106 37 11 7 4 1 1 - - -
2014 7.930 2.680 1.918 1.246 888 704 611 349 203 144 110 46 16 9 4 1 1 - - -
2015 8.152 2.756 1.974 1.289 918 730 632 359 220 155 118 50 19 10 8 1 1 - - -
2016 8.314 2.824 2.032 1.326 952 762 665 379 228 166 132 56 23 14 9 1 1 1 - -
2017 8.460 2.882 2.070 1.365 980 782 686 405 248 176 141 64 31 16 12 2 1 1 - -
2018 8.589 2.931 2.108 1.383 1.000 803 708 417 261 183 152 69 36 17 12 2 1 1 - -
2019 8.683 2.957 2.132 1.401 1.014 816 722 432 271 190 158 71 41 19 14 3 1 1 1 -
2020 8.800 3.008 2.170 1.426 1.036 836 740 447 279 199 165 75 44 21 15 3 1 1 1 -
2021 8.945 3.069 2.209 1.451 1.056 853 755 462 291 207 173 81 46 24 15 4 1 1 1 -
2022 9.036 3.112 2.243 1.472 1.076 871 762 468 301 217 178 83 48 25 16 5 2 1 1 -
2023 9.126 3.142 2.266 1.490 1.087 880 771 471 308 226 186 86 51 27 19 5 2 1 1 -