Worldwide there were 2,029 parkruns plus 476 junior parkruns, 271,000 parkrunners plus 17,000 junior parkrunners, and 43,000 volunteers in total,
~13,000 people got their parkrun barcode this week
~9,300 people became parkrunners this week
~4,500 parkrunners joined running milestone clubs
~1,600 people became parkrun volunteers this week
~820 parkrunners joined volunteer milestone clubs
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In the UK there were 786 parkruns plus 434 junior parkruns, 146,000 parkrunners plus 15,000 junior parkrunners, and 27,000 volunteers in total,
Biggest UK parkruns: Bushy Park (1257), Battersea (1003), Southampton (953), Heaton Park (804), Poole (703), Bromley (682), Cardiff (640), Woodhouse Moor (638), Worcester (636), Coventry (631),
Median UK parkruns: Shipley Country (146), Myrtle (146), Marine Parade (146), Dishley, Loughborough (146), Cyclopark (146), Woodbank (145), Southwick Country Park (145), Sheringham (145), Castlewellan (145), Upton Court (143),
Smallest UK (open access) parkruns: Cotsford Fields (13), Garvagh Forest (13), Hafan Pwllheli (13), Lews Castle (15), Cheadle Hulme (16), Mount Stuart (18), Silloth Promenade (19), Kirkwall (23), Windy Nook (23), Crinan Canal (24),
There were 2 new UK parkruns: Birchall Playing Fields, Ingrebourne Hill,
UK 5k events compared to last week:
The number of events went up by 133.2%
The number of parkrunners went up by 176.1%
The number of parkrunners per event went up by 18.4%
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Worldwide:
13435 people got their parkrun barcode this week
9330 people became parkrunners this week
6486 parkrunners did their 'difficult second parkrun' this week
5634 parkrunners completed their parkrun hat trick this week
46626 of 4623279 (1.0%) on 1-9 parkruns added a parkrun this week
37168 of 838921 (4.4%) on 10-24 parkruns added a parkrun this week
1977 joined the 25 club
37342 of 375346 (9.9%) on 25-49 parkruns added a parkrun this week
1362 joined the 50 club
45328 of 238554 (19.0%) on 50-99 parkruns added a parkrun this week
820 joined the 100 club
29067 of 99984 (29.1%) on 100-149 parkruns added a parkrun this week
484 ran their 150th parkrun this week
20408 of 48611 (42.0%) on 150-199 parkruns added a parkrun this week
383 ran their 200th parkrun this week
14828 of 27334 (54.2%) on 200-249 parkruns added a parkrun this week
274 joined the 250 club
10055 of 17320 (58.1%) on 250-299 parkruns added a parkrun this week
174 ran their 300th parkrun this week
6428 of 10003 (64.3%) on 300-349 parkruns added a parkrun this week
114 ran their 350th parkrun this week
4143 of 5626 (73.6%) on 350-399 parkruns added a parkrun this week
61 ran their 400th parkrun this week
2427 of 3077 (78.9%) on 400-449 parkruns added a parkrun this week
46 ran their 450th parkrun this week
1444 of 1699 (85.0%) on 450-499 parkruns added a parkrun this week
29 joined the 500 club
1107 parkruns were added this week by the 1298 people on 500-599 parkruns (85.3%)
8 ran their 600th parkrun this week
231 parkruns were added this week by the 267 people on 600-699 parkruns (86.5%)
2 ran their 700th parkrun this week
48 parkruns were added this week by the 52 people on 700-799 parkruns (92.3%)
0 ran their 800th parkrun this week
7 parkruns were added this week by the 7 people on 800-899 parkruns (100.0%)
0 ran their 900th parkrun this week
1 parkruns were added this week by the 1 person on 900-999 parkruns (100.0%)
Volunteer summary:
1649 people became parkrun volunteers this week
1230 people did their 'difficult second volunteering' this week
1094 people completed their volunteer hat trick this week
389 joined the volunteer 25 club
264 joined the volunteer 50 club
134 joined the volunteer 100 club
34 joined the volunteer 250 club
2 joined the volunteer 500 club
0 joined the volunteer 1000 club
I’ll be taking a break from compiling these stats over the Christmas period. See you back here in January!