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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
20051694.6991.0434,511.0431.043
200643125.6881.60516,002.3821.339
200764749.7491.26139,453.200818
200883171.6941.50247,734.158958
200994268.5221.51445,265.040882
20101.00366.1661.46445,205.863823
20111.03282.8231.41058,746.625762
20121.05371.5281.21259,027.198573
20131.07077.55297379,707.603405
20141.07865.65983478,737.931328
20151.08657.07868183,818.154223
20161.09665.108598108,888.316162
20171.11074.571543137,338.463147
20181.11567.093502133,658.592129
20191.11758.601408143,638.68795
20201.12049.407431114,638.804117
20211.12551.731472109,608.949145
20221.12750.184411122,109.04091
20231.12813.31921960,829.07333

 

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 4.158 1.293 889 560 386 310 255 125 68 35 25 5 2 - - - - - - -
2009 5.040 1.607 1.117 704 503 393 341 174 92 62 39 11 4 2 1 - - - - -
2010 5.863 1.917 1.350 854 602 465 402 220 121 80 59 13 4 2 2 - - - - -
2011 6.625 2.202 1.568 993 713 555 480 259 155 101 75 19 6 3 2 1 - - - -
2012 7.198 2.400 1.710 1.103 778 621 535 302 176 124 91 27 9 4 2 1 - - - -
2013 7.603 2.575 1.843 1.197 845 674 582 329 186 134 106 37 11 7 4 1 1 - - -
2014 7.931 2.681 1.920 1.247 889 704 611 349 202 144 110 46 16 9 4 1 1 - - -
2015 8.154 2.758 1.977 1.291 920 731 633 359 220 154 118 50 19 10 8 1 1 - - -
2016 8.316 2.826 2.035 1.328 954 763 666 379 228 165 132 56 23 14 9 1 1 1 - -
2017 8.463 2.884 2.073 1.367 982 783 688 405 248 176 140 64 31 16 12 2 1 1 - -
2018 8.592 2.933 2.111 1.385 1.002 804 709 417 261 183 152 69 36 17 12 2 1 1 - -
2019 8.687 2.959 2.135 1.403 1.016 817 723 432 271 190 158 71 41 19 14 3 1 1 1 -
2020 8.804 3.010 2.173 1.428 1.038 837 741 447 279 199 165 75 44 21 15 3 1 1 1 -
2021 8.949 3.071 2.212 1.453 1.058 854 756 462 291 207 173 81 46 24 15 4 1 1 1 -
2022 9.040 3.114 2.246 1.474 1.078 871 763 468 301 217 178 83 48 25 16 5 2 1 1 -
2023 9.073 3.129 2.259 1.482 1.080 874 767 469 306 221 181 83 48 25 17 5 2 1 1 -