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The census grew from 40 tracked awards out of 40 outlets in 2003 to a peak of 651 awards from 566 outlets in 2020. That growth is the single most important thing to know before comparing any two seasons — the total measures how much of the world was being counted, not how exciting the year was.
Every tracked award, stacked by who voted: media outlets against readers' and community votes. The collapse after 2021 is not gaming shrinking — it is where the archived census ends and our award-by-award reconstruction begins.
Media outletsReaders' choice
The original tracker followed ever more outlets over time, so a 2004 winner could never reach a 2020 winner's count. Cross-year questions belong to the award share, which the records page uses and explains — see also the methodology. Counts on this page tally the stored award rows; season pages cite the source's published year totals, which can sit a few awards higher (the documented reconciliation gap of about 0.7%).
How to read this as a health check of the database: outlets voting should move smoothly against neighbouring years — a sudden dip inside 2003–2021 would mean lost coverage, not a quiet season. Awards per outlet should stay near 1.0–1.3 (one editorial vote per outlet, plus readers' votes and ties); a spike would point at duplicate rows. Partial years are expected to be small: they carry only what we can document award by award.
| Year | Awards | Media | Readers | Outlets voting | Countries | Awards / outlet | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 40 | 6 | 1.00 | Full census |
| 2004 | 60 | 54 | 6 | 60 | 12 | 1.00 | Full census |
| 2005 | 65 | 58 | 7 | 65 | 13 | 1.00 | Full census |
| 2006 | 115 | 100 | 15 | 115 | 13 | 1.00 | Full census |
| 2007 | 160 | 146 | 14 | 160 | 17 | 1.00 | Full census |
| 2008 | 213 | 186 | 27 | 211 | 23 | 1.01 | Full census |
| 2009 | 226 | 193 | 33 | 224 | 32 | 1.01 | Full census |
| 2010 | 304 | 262 | 42 | 303 | 33 | 1.00 | Full census |
| 2011 | 411 | 331 | 80 | 410 | 40 | 1.00 | Full census |
| 2012 | 401 | 343 | 58 | 398 | 40 | 1.01 | Full census |
| 2013 | 545 | 426 | 119 | 537 | 45 | 1.01 | Full census |
| 2014 | 441 | 348 | 93 | 437 | 41 | 1.01 | Full census |
| 2015 | 482 | 363 | 119 | 477 | 48 | 1.01 | Full census |
| 2016 | 482 | 359 | 123 | 471 | 49 | 1.02 | Full census |
| 2017 | 462 | 340 | 122 | 447 | 47 | 1.03 | Full census |
| 2018 | 517 | 384 | 133 | 498 | 54 | 1.04 | Full census |
| 2019 | 472 | 360 | 112 | 456 | 51 | 1.04 | Full census |
| 2020 | 651 | 472 | 179 | 566 | 60 | 1.15 | Full census |
| 2021 | 450 | 336 | 114 | 385 | 48 | 1.17 | Full census |
| 2022 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1.05 | Partial |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1.00 | Partial |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1.00 | Partial |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1.00 | Partial |