Global Pandemic: the eighth month...
1,892 new users joined Numista in October 2020, increasing the total member tally by 1.3%.
In comparison, Numista added 1,840 new members in October 2019 and 1,726 new members in October 2018.
This October's new members added 102,000 coins into their collections.
75% of October's new users have not yet entered a coin into their Numista collection.
1,866 of October's new members selected a nation. 106 nations are represented this month. 374 are American, 227 are Indian, 191 are French, 144 are Filipino, 111 are British, and 76 are Canadian. This is the first month in Numista's history when French new users were not the largest or second largest group.
26 users from October still have not selected a nation.
There were notable surges in memberships from Benin, Kosovo, Philippines, Sudan, and Uzbekistan.
Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Iraq, Jersey, Lebanon, Libya, Lichtenstein, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Taiwan and Tanzania each gained one new member.
69% of October's new users belong to one of the Top Ten nations on Numista by user count (USA, France, India, UK, Canada, Belgium, Philippines, Australia, South Africa, Brazil). Pakistan passed Lithuania for 28th rank.
Of the top ten nations, the Philippines grew the fastest in October (5.7% increase), while Belgium grew the slowest (0.88%). France grew by 0.91% and the USA grew by 1.4%.
User Participation scores for October (how many new users are actively cataloging coins):
44% Romania
43% Italy
41% Brazil, Hungary
38% Spain
31% UK
30% Australia, Belgium, Canada
29% Argentina, Netherlands
28% Portugal, USA
26% Germany
25% France
19% India
11% South Africa
8% Philippines