parkrun Attendance and Milestone Stats for 18 March 2023 and 19 March 2023

Worldwide there were 1,804 parkruns plus 386 junior parkruns, and the worldwide parkrun population was 254,996 parkrunners and 36,658 volunteers, plus any pending results,

~17,000 people got their parkrun barcode this week

~11,000 people became parkrunners this week
~3,500 parkrunners joined running milestone clubs

~2,100 people became parkrun volunteers this week
~660 parkrunners joined volunteer milestone clubs

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In Australia this week there were 2167 parkunners per million people in the general population,
In the UK there were 1913 parkrunners per million,
In Ireland there were 1760 parkrunners per million,
In New Zealand there were 962 parkrunners per million,
In South Africa there were 399 parkrunners per million,
In Poland there were 124 parkrunners per million,
In Denmark there were 45 parkrunners per million,
In the Netherlands there were 41 parkrunners per million,
In Singapore there were 32 parkrunners per million,
In Canada there were 24 parkrunners per million,
In Finland there were 22 parkrunners per million,
In Germany there were 22 parkrunners per million,
In Sweden there were 15 parkrunners per million,
In Austria there were 14 parkrunners per million,
In Norway there were 14 parkrunners per million,
In Italy there were 11 parkrunners per million,
In the USA there were 6 parkrunners per million,
In Malaysia there were 2 parkrunners per million,
In Japan there were 1 parkrunners per million,

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In the UK there were 759 5k events, 131500 parkrunners, (of which 4904 were recording their first parkrun), and 17097 volunteers,
In Australia there were 449 5k events, 56101 parkrunners, (of which 2969 were recording their first parkrun), and 5265 volunteers,
In South Africa there were 174 events, 25145 parkrunners, (of which 1317 were recording their first parkrun), and 2277 volunteers,
In Ireland there were 101 5k events, 8694 parkrunners, (of which 419 were recording their first parkrun), and 1474 volunteers,
In Poland there were 84 events, 4673 parkrunners, (of which 286 were recording their first parkrun), and 997 volunteers,
In the USA there were 53 events, 1950 parkrunners, (of which 261 were recording their first parkrun), and 519 volunteers,
In Germany there were 47 events, 1823 parkrunners, (of which 163 were recording their first parkrun), and 438 volunteers,
In New Zealand there were 39 events, 4600 parkrunners, (of which 239 were recording their first parkrun), and 523 volunteers,
In Canada there were 29 events, 880 parkrunners, (of which 103 were recording their first parkrun), and 212 volunteers,
In the Netherlands there were 14 events, 700 parkrunners, (of which 77 were recording their first parkrun), and 118 volunteers,
In Japan there were 14 events, 171 parkrunners, (of which 5 were recording their first parkrun), and 111 volunteers,
In Italy there were 13 events, 672 parkrunners, (of which 37 were recording their first parkrun), and 141 volunteers,
In Denmark there were 9 events, 258 parkrunners, (of which 11 were recording their first parkrun), and 50 volunteers,
In Sweden there were 7 events, 155 parkrunners, (of which 14 were recording their first parkrun), and 40 volunteers,
In Finland there were 4 events, 122 parkrunners, (of which 15 were recording their first parkrun), and 34 volunteers,
In Austria there were 3 events, 127 parkrunners, (of which 15 were recording their first parkrun), and 19 volunteers,
In Singapore there were 2 events, 186 parkrunners, (of which 29 were recording their first parkrun), and 24 volunteers,
In Norway there were 2 events, 76 parkrunners, (of which 5 were recording their first parkrun), and 14 volunteers,
In Malaysia there were 1 events, 66 parkrunners, (of which 6 were recording their first parkrun), and 15 volunteers,

Biggest UK parkruns: Bushy Park (863), Southampton (785), Heaton Park (681), Poole (645), Cardiff (643), Stretford (588), Cannon Hill (563), Eastville (559), Huddersfield (538), Birkenhead (529),

Median UK parkrun: Wanstead Flats (144),

Dunbar parkruns this week (150 +/- 5%): Camperdown (143), Corby (143), North Yorkshire Water Park (143), Penrhyn (143), Sandringham (143), Barrow (144), Cwmbran (144), University of Stirling (144), Wanstead Flats (144), Temple Newsam (145), Trelissick (145), Burnage (146), Gloucester City (146), Marple (146), Redcar (146), Springburn (147), Torvean (147), Alderley Park (148), Bestwood Village (148), Millfield (148), Pegwell Bay (148), Walthamstow (148), Chichester (149), Stamford Park (149), Clair (150), Comber (150), Cleethorpes (151), Alness (152), Greenwich (152), Sheringham (152), Valentines (152), Queen’s, Glasgow (153), Blackpool (155), Castlewellan (155), Penallta (155), Salcey Forest (155), Severn Bridge (155), Harrow (156), Woodgate Valley Country Park (156),

Smallest UK parkruns: Hafan Pwllheli (28), Rostrevor (27), Larne (27), Holy Cross College (27), Bressay (27), Falls (26), Portrack (25), Hamsterley Forest (24), Girvan Prom (24), Kirkwall (23), Coed Cefn-pwll-du (23), Brynaman (23), Fort William (22), Parc* (21), Bevendean Down (21), Black Combe* (20), Marshall Drive (18), Tern Hill* (15), Lews Castle (15), Cromhall* (15), Hilltop* (14), Keppel* (9), Freckleton Road* (9), Bickershaw* (8), Feltham* (6), Downview* (6), The Spinney* (5), Lower Drummans* (5), The Grange* (4), Sudbury* (4),

(* Events marked with an asterisk are not open to the public, for instance if they are within custodial or military estates).
Of the UK parkruns that took place both last week and this week:
268 parkruns had higher attendance than last week,
280 parkruns had lower attendance than last week,
Portrack, Lanark Moor, Portobello, Harrogate, Newbury, had precisely the same as last week,
The biggest increase in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Roberts Park, with a change of 166,
The biggest increase in attendance (by percentage change) was Alness, with a change of 105%,
The biggest drop in attendance (by number of parkrunners) was Bushy Park, with a change of -282,
The biggest drop in attendance (by percentage change) was Sutton Manor, with a change of -69%.
There were 0 new UK parkruns:

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Worldwide:
16972 people got their parkrun barcode this week
10942 people became parkrunners this week
7334 parkrunners did their 'difficult second parkrun' this week
6175 parkrunners completed their parkrun hat trick this week
50703 of 3692522 (1.4%) on 1-9 parkruns added a parkrun this week
34433 of 684262 (5.0%) on 10-24 parkruns added a parkrun this week
1725 joined the 25 club
33268 of 300735 (11.1%) on 25-49 parkruns added a parkrun this week

1010 joined the 50 club
39809 of 191533 (20.8%) on 50-99 parkruns added a parkrun this week

610 joined the 100 club
25342 of 78883 (32.1%) on 100-149 parkruns added a parkrun this week

364 ran their 150th parkrun this week
15997 of 35344 (45.3%) on 150-199 parkruns added a parkrun this week

240 ran their 200th parkrun this week
9939 of 17922 (55.5%) on 200-249 parkruns added a parkrun this week

148 joined the 250 club
6267 of 10579 (59.2%) on 250-299 parkruns added a parkrun this week

104 ran their 300th parkrun this week
3582 of 5272 (67.9%) on 300-349 parkruns added a parkrun this week

54 ran their 350th parkrun this week
2033 of 2680 (75.9%) on 350-399 parkruns added a parkrun this week

29 ran their 400th parkrun this week
1049 of 1288 (81.4%) on 400-449 parkruns added a parkrun this week

13 ran their 450th parkrun this week
509 of 580 (87.8%) on 450-499 parkruns added a parkrun this week

10 joined the 500 club
327 of 382 (85.6%) on 500-599 parkruns added a parkrun this week

1 ran their 600th parkrun this week
59 of 67 (88.1%) on 600-699 parkruns added a parkrun this week

1 ran their 700th parkrun this week
12 of 12 (100.0%) on 700-799 parkruns added a parkrun this week

0 ran their 800th parkrun this week
1 of 1 (100.0%) on 800-899 parkruns added a parkrun this week

Volunteer summary:
2059 people became parkrun volunteers this week
1293 people did their 'difficult second volunteering' this week
1038 people completed their volunteer hat trick this week
322 joined the volunteer 25 club
217 joined the volunteer 50 club
99 joined the volunteer 100 club
16 joined the volunteer 250 club
3 joined the volunteer 500 club

New members of the 500 Club, numbers 453-462: - Joe PRUDHAM (ran at Windy Nook), Ian PARKER (ran at Town Moor), Dave SENNECK (ran at Roundshaw Downs), Jacek RACZYŃSKI (ran at Łódź, Poland), Anne ROBERTSON (ran at Nonsuch), Arielle Rosa ELTON-WALTERS (ran at Medina I.O.W.), Sean PARRY (ran at Lloyd), Graham MCDERMID (ran at Hazlehead), Graham TITCOMBE (ran at Bushy), John Charles NORRIS (ran at Stretford),

New members of the volunteer 500 club: - Gordon SEWARD, Gerry MCGOVERN, Graham PAWLEY,

New members of the Cowell Club (100 different events): - Tom STREET, Tabatha SIMS, Stephanie JAMES, Samantha ROSE, Rob WARWICK, Rhian PROTHEROE, Rebecca HAWKINS, Prema REDDY, Nigel NICHOLSON, Nic DAUNCEY, Martin O' SULLIVAN, Lukas BOTHA, Keith STONEMAN, Kathryn LITTLE, James LESTER, Glenn MOORE, Daniel STREET, Craig SELKIRK, Clayton KELLY, Chris DURRANT, Chris ARCHER, Charlotte MINCHELL, Anne O' SULLIVAN, Angharad PARRY-JONES,

New members of the Freyne Club (250 different events): -  none this week.

Well done to the hi-viz heroes who joined the Volunteer 25 club this week: Abigail BLUNT, Adrian GIEMZA, Aimee HOLMAN, Alan LEA, Albert WEIJERS, Alexandrea SMIT, Alice JONES, Alida MINTY, Allen MARR, Amy CASSON, Amy REID, Andrew COOK, Andrew GILES, Andy BURNETT, Andy PATERSON, Anita JAMES, Ann O'DOHERTY, Ann REED, Anna CLARKE, Anna RAMSAY, Annabel VAUGHAN, Anne-Marie KIERANS, Antony LAYZELL, Aoife LANGLEY, Archer GARSTONE, Astrid WANG, Belinda WALKER, Benjamin DARBY, Bernadette HOLDEN, Bernice VAN DER MEIJDEN, Beth BRUCE, Beth MATTS, Bev CHESMAN, Beverley RICHARDS, Björn PATSCHURECK, Błażej ŚWIT, Bożena BRUŹDZIŃSKA, Brett COLLINS, Caleb Gerrard STEWART, Carol WILLIAMS, Carole MCBURNIE, Carolyn BREIT, Carolyn Margaret WATKINS, Catherine MCLEAN, Charles WRIGHT, Charlie WADDELL, Cheryl HILL, Chris DENNELL, Chris GILES, Chris HANDS, Chris SAMPSON, Christine JAMES, Christine SKOGLI, Claire MCGONAGLE, Claire MOLLOY, Claire WASE, Clare SCALLY, Clare TYLER, Clifford NETTLESHIP, Clive GILES, Connor MACKENZIE, Connor TENNANT, Craig BARRETT, Craig DREW, D SOLIHULL, Daisy DEVERSON, Dan HOLTON, Dan WEBB, Daniel HARDIE, Darrell BENGE, David BETTLEY, David C G MILLER, David DOWLING, David MC CANN, Dawn O'CONNOR, Deanna CUSATOR, Debra JACKMAN, Denver HENDRICKS, Diane TAYLOR, Dianne JOHNSON, Donald GILLIES, Dorota Ewa KIERASIŃSKA, Douglas ELDER, Douglas GRADWELL, Elisabeth CHRISTMANN, Emma FOWLER, Emma HAWKINS, Emma TREADGOLD, Emma-Lee STILL, Erika MASNÁ, Erin FORD, Esme KITCHING, Esme NOBLE, Eugenie VERNEY, Eva RYAN, Felix D'ARJUZON, Fin HÖRNING, Fintan Patrick AIREY, Franca COOKE, Frances RHODES, Fred SMITH, Gary BAKER, Gavin SHIPLEY, Gearoid LAVERY, Gemma GRANT, Geoff MARTIN, Georgina SAINSBURY, Gergely KRISTO, Gillian RICHMOND, Graham MCINTYRE, Greville WATERMAN, Harish GOHIL, Harold TULLEY, Harriet PRIOR, Harry BEZEMER, Harry BILLINGHAM, Helen COLLINS, Henry HERDMAN, Herbert DIMMOCK, Honor LYNN, Huw A PHILLIPS, Iain BELL, Ian QUIGLEY, Ian TAYLOR, Ian WANG, Ieuan HOWELL, Irene 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