Yours, Erik.
Take care: There were users deleted at waymarking.com recently, so the user related numbers may be incorrect.
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 ...
| Year | total # of categories | #waymarks posted in year | posted by #waymarkers | #waymarks per waymarker | total # of waymarkers | # of new waymarkers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 169 | 4.694 | 1.043 | 4,50 | 1.043 | 1.043 |
| 2006 | 431 | 25.688 | 1.603 | 16,02 | 2.380 | 1.337 |
| 2007 | 647 | 49.731 | 1.260 | 39,47 | 3.197 | 817 |
| 2008 | 831 | 71.686 | 1.501 | 47,76 | 4.154 | 957 |
| 2009 | 942 | 68.510 | 1.512 | 45,31 | 5.035 | 881 |
| 2010 | 1.003 | 66.155 | 1.463 | 45,22 | 5.857 | 822 |
| 2011 | 1.032 | 82.789 | 1.409 | 58,76 | 6.619 | 762 |
| 2012 | 1.053 | 71.508 | 1.211 | 59,05 | 7.192 | 573 |
| 2013 | 1.070 | 77.532 | 970 | 79,93 | 7.595 | 403 |
| 2014 | 1.078 | 65.634 | 834 | 78,70 | 7.923 | 328 |
| 2015 | 1.086 | 57.063 | 680 | 83,92 | 8.145 | 222 |
| 2016 | 1.096 | 65.102 | 596 | 109,23 | 8.307 | 162 |
| 2017 | 1.110 | 74.567 | 539 | 138,34 | 8.451 | 144 |
| 2018 | 1.115 | 67.076 | 502 | 133,62 | 8.580 | 129 |
| 2019 | 1.117 | 58.588 | 406 | 144,31 | 8.674 | 94 |
| 2020 | 1.120 | 49.396 | 431 | 114,61 | 8.791 | 117 |
| 2021 | 1.125 | 51.718 | 472 | 109,57 | 8.936 | 145 |
| 2022 | 1.127 | 50.145 | 410 | 122,30 | 9.027 | 91 |
| 2023 | 1.129 | 56.823 | 399 | 142,41 | 9.119 | 92 |
| 2024 | 1.131 | 54.230 | 295 | 183,83 | 9.166 | 47 |
| 2025 | 1.131 | 13.902 | 157 | 88,55 | 9.173 | 7 |
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.
| Year | 1 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 | 250 | 500 | 750 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 5.000 | 7.500 | 10.000 | 20.000 | 30.000 | 40.000 | 50.000 | 60.000 | 70.000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1.043 | 169 | 80 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2006 | 2.380 | 565 | 347 | 183 | 114 | 80 | 71 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | 3.197 | 903 | 600 | 352 | 238 | 182 | 146 | 67 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | 4.154 | 1.290 | 887 | 558 | 384 | 311 | 256 | 125 | 68 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | 5.035 | 1.604 | 1.115 | 702 | 501 | 394 | 342 | 173 | 92 | 62 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 | 5.857 | 1.914 | 1.348 | 852 | 600 | 466 | 403 | 220 | 121 | 80 | 59 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | 6.619 | 2.199 | 1.566 | 990 | 711 | 555 | 480 | 260 | 155 | 101 | 75 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 7.192 | 2.397 | 1.708 | 1.100 | 775 | 621 | 535 | 302 | 176 | 124 | 91 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 7.595 | 2.572 | 1.841 | 1.194 | 843 | 673 | 582 | 329 | 187 | 134 | 106 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 7.923 | 2.678 | 1.917 | 1.244 | 887 | 704 | 610 | 349 | 203 | 144 | 110 | 46 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 8.145 | 2.754 | 1.973 | 1.287 | 917 | 730 | 631 | 359 | 220 | 155 | 118 | 50 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 8.307 | 2.822 | 2.031 | 1.324 | 951 | 762 | 664 | 379 | 228 | 166 | 133 | 56 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 8.451 | 2.880 | 2.069 | 1.363 | 979 | 782 | 686 | 405 | 248 | 176 | 141 | 64 | 31 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 8.580 | 2.929 | 2.107 | 1.381 | 999 | 803 | 708 | 417 | 261 | 183 | 152 | 69 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 8.674 | 2.955 | 2.131 | 1.399 | 1.013 | 816 | 722 | 432 | 271 | 190 | 158 | 71 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 2020 | 8.791 | 3.006 | 2.169 | 1.424 | 1.035 | 836 | 740 | 447 | 279 | 199 | 165 | 75 | 44 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 2021 | 8.936 | 3.067 | 2.208 | 1.449 | 1.055 | 853 | 755 | 462 | 291 | 207 | 173 | 81 | 46 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 2022 | 9.027 | 3.110 | 2.242 | 1.470 | 1.075 | 870 | 762 | 468 | 301 | 217 | 177 | 83 | 48 | 25 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 2023 | 9.119 | 3.141 | 2.265 | 1.488 | 1.086 | 880 | 771 | 472 | 308 | 227 | 186 | 86 | 51 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 2024 | 9.164 | 3.164 | 2.286 | 1.503 | 1.099 | 892 | 786 | 478 | 311 | 228 | 190 | 90 | 52 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 2025 | 9.166 | 3.166 | 2.285 | 1.505 | 1.099 | 893 | 786 | 479 | 312 | 228 | 191 | 93 | 53 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |