NaNoWriMo 2013: By the Numbers

Check out our statistics for NaNoWriMo 2013! Our writers rocked this year as hard as usual—beating 2012’s winner number and words per person. And the Young Writers Program program continues its hot streak of 20%-and-up win rates. See below for even more facts and stats, including our website visitors (nearing a milli) and top NaNoWriMo cities.

And thanks for contributing to these awesome, humbling numbers!

NaNoWriMo by the Numbers

310,095 participants
3,520,123,164 total words
11,352 words per person (on average)
42,221 winners (14%)

The Young Writers Program by the Numbers (Note: This includes only our online participants; classroom students are not included.)

89,500 participants
444,585,841 total words
4,967 words per person (on average)
18,670 winners (21%)

Website Activity (during November)

949,147 unique visitors
36,680,504 pageviews

Top 50 NaNoWriMo Cities (based on visits during November)

London
New York
Los Angeles
Seattle
Sydney
Toronto
Chicago
Melbourne
Denver
Brisbane
Portland
San Francisco
Houston
Austin
Calgary
Minneapolis
San Diego
Helsinki
Phoenix
Boston
Ottawa
Albuquerque
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Perth
Washington
Dallas
Nashville
Montreal
Vancouver
Edmonton
Dublin
Columbus
Adelaide
San Jose
Colorado Springs
Auckland
Atlanta
Tucson
Boise
Stockholm
Indianapolis
Berlin
Leeds
Madison
Alexandria
Manchester
Charlotte
Singapore
Salt Lake City

Top 50 NaNoWriMo Countries and Territories (based on visits during November)

United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Germany
Netherlands
France
Sweden
Finland
Brazil
New Zealand
Norway
Ireland
Spain
Philippines
Denmark
India
South Africa
Japan
Belgium
Austria
Mexico
Singapore
Italy
Poland
Switzerland
Malaysia
South Korea
Hungary
Portugal
Indonesia
Israel
China
Russia
Czech Republic
Croatia
Latvia
Romania
Hong Kong
Thailand
Greece
Argentina
Puerto Rico
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Estonia
Slovenia
Taiwan
Chile
Bulgaria