Global Pandemic: the sixth month...
1,832 new users joined Numista in August 2020, increasing the total member tally by 1.3%.
In comparison, Numista added 2,347 new members in August 2019 and 1,844 new members in August 2018.
This August's new members added 109,000 coins into their collections.
72% of August's new users have not yet entered a coin into their Numista collection.
1,818 of August's new members selected a nation. 108 nations are represented this month. 405 are American, 242 are French, 184 are Indian, 151 are British, 68 are Filipino, and 67 are Canadian.
14 users from August still have not selected a nation.
There were notable surges in memberships from Qatar and Reunion. The first user from Kosovo joined Numista!
Afghanistan, Alderney, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brunei, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gibraltar, Guinea, Honduras, Iceland, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Martinique, Moldova, Montenegro, Myanmar, New Caledonia, North Macedonia, Peru, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, and Uruguay each gained one new member.
70% of August's new users belong to one of the Top Ten nations on Numista by user count (USA, France, India, UK, Canada, Belgium, Australia, Philippines, South Africa, Brazil). Bangladesh passed Greece for 24th rank.
Of the top ten nations, the Philippines grew the fastest in August (2.9% increase), while Belgium grew the slowest (0.9%). The USA grew by 1.6% and France grew by 1.2%.
User Participation scores for August (how many new users are actively cataloging coins):
48% Argentina
47% Belgium
43% Spain
38% Romania
33% France, Netherlands, USA
32% Portugal
28% Brazil, UK
27% Canada
25% Germany
19% India
18% Australia, Philippines
16% South Africa
13% Mexico
11% Bangladesh
10% Pakistan
We will likely see our 150,000th membership by the end of 2020.