largest known prime number 

Statements about this table:
all of the number be find between 2001 and 2013
gimp be use to find all of the number
the number of digit steadily increase over time
all of the number be form of mersenne prime
there be a 2 - year gap between the finding date of the 4th and 5th entry
all of the number be find before 2001 and after 2013
gimp be not use to find the number
a 3 - year gap exist between the 4th and 6th entity
rank
prime number
found by
found date
number of digits
1st
2 57885161 1
gimps
2013 january 25
17425170
2nd
2 43112609 1
gimps
2008 august 23
12978189
3rd
2 42643801 1
gimps
2009 april 12
12837064
4th
2 37156667 1
gimps
2008 september 6
11185272
rank
prime number
found by
found date
number of digits
5th
2 32582657 1
gimps
2006 september 4
9808358
6th
2 30402457 1
gimps
2005 december 15
9152052
7th
2 25964951 1
gimps
2005 february 18
7816230
rank
prime number
found by
found date
number of digits
8th
2 24036583 1
gimps
2004 may 15
7235733
9th
2 20996011 1
gimps
2003 november 17
6320430
10th
2 13466917 1
gimps
2001 november 14
4053946