In the eleventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic...
2,379 new users joined Numista in January 2021, increasing the total member tally by 1.6%. This is the new record for most members in a month, barely ahead of August 2019!
In comparison, Numista added 2,278 new members in January 2020 and 2,084 new members in January 2019.
This January's new members added 87,000 coins into their collections.
76% of January's new users have not yet entered a coin into their Numista collection. How can we improve this?
2,338 of January's new members selected a nation. 125 nations are represented this month. 457 are American, 300 are French, 221 are Filipino, 178 are British, 158 are Indian, and 97 are Canadian.
41 users from January still have not selected a nation.
There were notable surges in memberships from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, and Ukraine.
Alderney, American Samoa, Andorra, Anguilla, Armenia, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Greenland, Guernsey, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Montenegro, Myanmar, Namibia, Oman, Panama, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Zambia, and Zimbabwe each gained one new member.
69% of January's new users belong to one of the Top Ten nations on Numista by user count (USA, France, India, UK, Canada, Belgium, Philippines, Australia, Brazil, South Africa). Italy passed Portugal for 12th rank.
Of the top ten nations, the Philippines grew the fastest in December (7.4% increase), while Belgium grew the slowest (1.2%). The USA grew by 1.7% and France grew by 1.4%.
User Participation scores for January (how many new users are actively cataloging coins):
36% Germany
35% Portugal, UK
34% Spain
32% Belgium, Brazil, Canada
30% Netherlands
27% France, Ukraine
26% USA
25% Italy
24% Bangladesh
21% Australia
19% South Africa
16% India
10% Mexico
4% Philippines