4,589 new user accounts were created on Numista in May 2026, increasing the total member tally by 1.3%.
This May's new members added 146,000 items into their collections, although 65,000 of those are from a single Colombian user. 18% of May's new users appear to be active and 10% are not publicly visible.
4,280 of May's new members selected a nation. 150 nations are represented this month, and 84 of those nations have at least one active new account. Of May's new users, 672 are American, 597 are French, 218 are Indian, 196 are British, 177 are Spanish, and 143 are Canadian.
There were notable surges in memberships from Andorra, Australia, Belarus, Ethiopia, Moldova, Portugal, Reunion and Saudi Arabia.
American Samoa, Anguilla, Aruba, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Eswatini, Gabon, Gambia, Gibraltar, Haiti, Isle of Man, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Montserrat, Namibia, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, Tajikistan, Western Sahara, Yemen and Zambia each gained one new member.
Argentina passed Romania for 16th rank.
Of the top 25 nations, Mexico grew the fastest in May (2.4% increase), while Malaysia grew the slowest (0.3%). The USA grew by 1.1% and France grew by 1.3%.
User Participation rates for May (how many new users are actively cataloging items):
42% Netherlands
34% Romania, Poland
28% Australia, Spain
27% Chile
26% Germany, Portugal
24% Bangladesh, UK
23% Canada, Belgium
22% USA
20% Brazil, Russia, Turkey
19% Argentina, France, Colombia
12% India
9% Mexico, Ukraine
8% Egypt, Philippines
7% South Africa