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Source Stats Peaked in 1987

TAS : Source Stats Peaked in 1987

Update: A just-completed analysis from September 2004 shows that Flag stats actually peaked in 1989 - see the Source summary analysis for details.

A complete analysis of Source statistics is not yet possible, because we don't yet have all the data from every issue.

However, there are two three-year runs when we have data from every issue during those time periods: 1986-1988 and 2001-2003.

Those statistics show that total completions peaked in 1987 and have not recovered, and that the total for 2003 was about half (54%) of the total for 1987.

Here is the data on the total number of completions for each year:

1986	1987	1988	2001	2002	2003
4099	7927	6682	3751	5689	4275

By contrast, Freewinds completions peaked in 1999, while AOLA's stats have most recently gone up, peaking in 2002.

This page was last updated on September 12, 2004 by Kristi Wachter.