1,713 new users joined Numista in May 2019, increasing the total member tally by 1.5%.
In comparison, Numista added 1,570 new members in May 2018 and 1,173 new members in May 2017.
May's new members added 93,500 coins into their collections.
67% of May's new users have not yet entered a coin into their Numista collection.
1,698 of May's new members selected a nation. 107 nations had at least one new member. 400 are American, 231 are French, 155 are Indian, 150 are British, and 78 are Canadian.
Only 15 of May's users still have not selected a nation for their profile.
There were notable surges in memberships from Australia, South Africa, Tunisia, and Vietnam.
American Samoa, Antigua & Barbuda, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Iraq, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Puerto Rico, Seychelles, Taiwan, Tajikistan, and Togo each gained one new member.
76% of May's new users belong to one of the Top Ten nations on Numista by user count (USA, France, India, UK, Canada, Belgium, Australia, Brazil, Spain, South Africa). The Netherlands passed Poland for 18th rank.
Of the top ten nations, South Africa grew the fastest this month (3.1% increase), while France grew the slowest (1.37%). The USA grew by 2.1%.
User Participation scores for May (how many new users are actively cataloging coins):
58% Spain
57% Brazil
52% Italy
49% Canada
43% Argentina
40% Belgium
38% Australia
37% UK
34% USA
30% France, Netherlands
23% India
20% Philippines
10% South Africa
(Note: The name change from Macedonia to North Macedonia exposed some errors in my spreadsheet, and it took me several sessions to debug them. It may have affected the accuracy of new user stats I reported in April 2019.)
