NaNoWriMo statistics

Until 2013, the NaNoWriMo website included a page showing event statistics from the very beginning. Since this page was removed in 2013 and the stats are still of interest, we're including them here.
==National Novel Writing Month==
* 1999: 21 participants and 6 winners (29%)
* 2000: 140 participants and 29 winners (21%)
* 2001: 5000 participants and more than 700 winners (~14%)
* 2002: 13,500 participants and around 2,100 winners (~16%)
* 2003: 25,500 participants and about 3,500 winners (~14%)
* 2004: 42,000 participants and just shy of 6,000 winners (~14%). Total words written: 428,164,975
* 2005: 59,000 participants and 9,769 winners (17%). Total words written: 714,227,354
* 2006: 79,813 participants and 12,948 winners (16%). Total words written: 982,564,701
* 2007: 101,510 participants and 15,333 winners (15%). Total words written: 1,187,931,929
* 2008: 119,301 participants and 21,683 winners (18%). Total words written: 1,643,343,993
* 2009: 167,150 participants and 32,178 winners (19%). Total words written: 2,427,190,537
* 2010: 200,500 participants and 37,500 winners (19%). Total words written: 2,872,682,109
* 2011: 256,618 participants and 36,843 winners (14%). Total words written: 3,074,068,446
* 2012: 341,375 participants and 38,438 winners (11%). Total words written: 3,288,976,325
* 2013: 310,095 participants and 42,221 winners (14%). Total words written: 3,520,123,164
* 2014: 325,142 participants and 58,917 winners (18%)
* 2015: 351,489 participants and 40,423 winners (12%)
* 2016: 384,126 participants and over 34,000 winners
* 2017: 402,142 participants
* 2018: 295,396 participants and 35,410 winners (12%). Total words written: 2,921,032,4662018-2019 NaNoWriMo annual report
* 2019: 280,098 participantsNaNoWriMo About Us Page (Archived). This is the total number of program participants less Camp and YWP and may not be 100% accurate.
* 2020: 383,064 participantsThis is the total number of program participants less Camp and YWP and may not be 100% accurate.
==Camp NaNoWriMo==
* 2011: 6,400 July Participants, 6,236 August Participants, 1,755 total winners
* 2012: 15,307 June Particpants, 12,859 August Participants, 3,579 total winners
* 2013: 44,919 campers
* 2014: 55,774 campers
* 2015: 57,402 campers and 10,682 winners
* 2016: 60,951 campers
* 2017: 65,962 campers
* 2018: 70,023 campers and 35,410 cabins2018-2019 NaNoWriMo annual report
* 2019: 70,632 campers 
* 2020: 71,832 campers
==Young Writers Program==
* 2005: over 100 schools
* 2006: over 300 schools
* 2007: 366 schools
* 2008: 600 schools
* 2009: 1,295 schools
* 2010: 1800 schools, 68,710 participants
* 2011: 2000 schools, 81,040 participants and 16,334 winners (32%)
* 2012: 97,864 participants and 18,531 winners (22%)
* 2013: 89,500 participants and 18,670 winners (21%)
* 2014: 81,311 participants
* 2015: 80,137 students and educators and 19,979 winners (25%). 359,761,882 total words written.
* 2016: 71,229 students and educators
* 2017: 95,912 students and educators
* 2018: 101,328 students; 64,197 novels; 5,920 online classrooms; 2,500 classroom kits distributed2018-2019 NaNoWriMo annual report
* 2019: 104,350 students and educators
* 2020: 97,439 students and educators
==Come Write In==
* 2012: 615 libraries and community spaces
* 2013: 650 libraries and community spaces
* 2014: 849 libraries and community spaces
* 2015: 1,015 libraries and community spaces
* 2016: 1,168 libraries and community spaces
* 2017: 1,195 libraries, bookstores, and community centers
* 2018: 1,176 libraries, bookstores, and community centers2018-2019 NaNoWriMo annual report
* 2019: 968 libraries, bookstores, and community centers
* 2020: 448 libraries, bookstores, and community centersNote that many community centers had limited in-person hours and resources in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
==Municipal Liaisons and Regions==
* 2015: 926 Municipal Liaisons and 575 regions (633 total regions)
* 2016: 928 Municipal Liaisons and 646 regions
* 2017: 972 Municipal Liaisons and 646 regions
* 2018: 978 Municipal Liaisons and 655 regions2018-2019 NaNoWriMo annual report
* 2019: 966 Municipal Liaisons and 669 regions
* 2020: 906 Municipal Liaisons and 671 regions
==Script Frenzy==
* 2012: 16,358 participants; 312,363 pages; 1,832 winners on the main site. 3,929 participants and 44,259 pages in the YWP.
* Other Script Frenzy stats go here
==Other Statistics==
==Notes==
==External Links==
* Former Facts and Stats page on the NaNo site
* NaNoWriMo 2011 stats blog post
* NaNoWriMo 2012 stats blog post
* NaNoWriMo 2013 blog post
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