In the 23rd month of the COVID-19 pandemic...
2,537 new users joined Numista in January 2022, increasing the total member tally by 1.5%. This was the largest monthly increase in Numista's history, breaking the record of 2,379 set in January 2021!
In comparison, Numista added 2,379 new members in January 2021 and 2,278 new members in January 2020.
On average, a new user account is created on Numista every six minutes.
This January's new members added 157,700 coins into their collections. 74% of January's new users have not yet entered a coin into their Numista collection.
2,482 of January's new members selected a nation. 130 nations are represented this month. 564 are American, 327 are French, 172 are British, 151 are Indian, 122 are Filipino, and 119 are Canadian.
55 users from January still have not selected a nation.
There were notable surges in memberships from Anguilla, Ascencion Island, Austria, Botswana, Canada, Djibouti, Egypt, France, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Romania, Sint Maarten, Togo, Turkey and the USA.
Afghanistan, American Samoa, Angola, Armenia, Aruba, Bahamas, Belarus, Benin, Brunei, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cook Islands, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iceland, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Paraguay, Senegal, Somalia, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam each gained one new member.
Slovakia passed Serbia for 38th rank.
Of the top 30 nations, Romania grew the fastest in January (3.1% increase), while Malaysia grew the slowest (1.04%). The USA grew by 1.8% and France grew by 1.3%.
User Participation rates for January (how many new users are actively cataloging coins):
47% Hungary
39% Portugal
38% Turkey, Brazil
37% UK, Netherlands
29% Canada, France, Belgium
28% USA, Australia
27% Poland
26% Germany
24% Mexico
21% Italy
19% India
14% Bangladesh, Romania
13% Spain, Egypt
11% South Africa
7% Philippines