Something about categories

Currently a catgory has the average size of 1027 waymarks (1161839 waymarks / 1131 categories rounded down).
There are 252 categories with more than the average number of 1027 waymarks, these represent 22.28% of all categories.
The median category (#566) is "Indiana Historical Markers" with 403 waymarks.

1/4 (=290459) of all posted waymarks are in the 22 largest categories, which is 1.95% of all categories.
1/3 (=387279) of all posted waymarks are in the 37 largest categories, which is 3.27% of all categories.
1/2 (=580919) of all posted waymarks are in the 88 largest categories, which is 7.78% of all categories.
2/3 (=774559) of all posted waymarks are in the 188 largest categories, which is 16.62% of all categories.
3/4 (=871379) of all posted waymarks are in the 271 largest categories, which is 23.96% of all categories.
That means that the remaining 860 small categories contain 1/4 of all the waymarks.

The category with the most officers is Libraries with 16 officers, followed by Literary Sites with 11 officers and U.S. National Register of Historic Places with 11 officers.

 

In the table below are the same statistics for the previous years.

Year	#waymarks	#categories	average size	#categories over average	median category	#entries in the median category	largest 1 / 4	largest 1 / 3	largest 1 / 2	largest 2 / 3	largest 3 / 4	smallest 1 / 4
2005	4702	169	27	54		15	6	11	23	40	52	117
2006	30392	431	70	100		24	8	13	34	69	97	334
2007	80150	647	123	148		47	12	22	51	107	154	493
2008	151846	831	182	193		72	17	28	67	146	210	621
2009	220379	942	233	221		93	18	31	77	168	240	702
2010	286557	1003	285	228		115	20	33	82	179	257	746
2011	369394	1032	357	240		147	21	34	86	188	271	761
2012	440929	1053	418	246		179	21	35	88	194	278	775
2013	518496	1070	484	254		204	22	36	89	196	280	790
2014	584167	1078	541	257		228	22	37	90	198	282	796
2015	641248	1086	590	263		246	22	37	90	197	281	805
2016	706358	1096	644	260		264	23	38	90	196	280	816
2017	780938	1110	703	261		279	23	38	90	194	277	833
2018	848043	1115	760	258		303	23	39	90	192	275	840
2019	906655	1117	811	260		320	24	39	89	190	272	845
2020	956097	1120	853	258		336	24	39	89	190	272	848
2021	1007838	1125	895	256		347	23	39	89	189	272	853
2022	1057808	1127	938	258		368	23	38	89	189	272	855
2023	1114409	1129	987	256		389	23	38	88	189	271	858
2024	1161839	1131	1027	252		403	22	37	88	188	271	860