Global Pandemic: the third month...
1,852 new users joined Numista in May 2020, increasing the total member tally by 1.4%.
In comparison, Numista added 1,713 new members in May 2019 and 1,570 new members in May 2018.
This May's new members added 154,000 coins into their collections.
65% of May's new users have not yet entered a coin into their Numista collection.
1,823 of May's new members selected a nation. 107 nations are represented this month. 384 are American, 218 are French, 185 are British, 172 are Indian, 76 are Canadian, and 55 are Brazilian.
29 users from May still have not selected a nation.
There were notable surges in memberships from Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Panama, Tunisia, and Uruguay.
Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belarus, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guyana, Haiti, Isle of Man, Ivory Coast, Libya, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Senegal, Thailand, Venezuela, and Zambia each gained one new member.
68% 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, Philippines, South Africa, Brazil). Ireland passed Colombia for 44th rank.
Of the top ten nations, Brazil grew the fastest in May (2.6% increase), while Belgium grew the slowest (1.07%). France grew by 1.1% and the USA grew by 1.6%.
User Participation scores for May (how many new users are actively cataloging coins):
55% Germany
52% Portugal
45% Belgium, Brazil
41% France
40% Netherlands
39% UK
38% Argentina, Italy
36% USA
34% Spain
33% Australia, Canada
28% Switzerland
27% India, Romania
22% Philippines
18% South Africa
6% Bangladesh