I found some more US #hamRadio license count data in various places and put it all together here. Download the CSV and fool around if you'd like! https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses

Haven't gotten to state-by-state numbers yet.

There *is* a very rough interactive version of the total license plot if you trust me enough to download this HTML file with JS: https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses/src/branch/main/plots/total-over-time-y.html

Big shoutout to @dlarc for the W3HF dataset!

Added some more data from W5YI Report issues in @dlarc as well as class data from W3HF. Class plots are getting funky now.

https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses

It's been a while but there is a slight flattening of the ARRL license count lately (~last three weeks).

I'm not caught up on the AE7Q and HamCall numbers, but they are consistently above the ARRL numbers.

And just an update on how this is going; every few weeks I update the latest data, but I'm also still going through historical data from the W5YI Report.

All data and plots here: https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses #hamRadio #amateurRadio

Welp, that didn't last long.

My most recent update was only for the ARRL FCC numbers. All data and plots here: https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses #hamRadio #amateurRadio

US #hamRadio license counts have been updated.

We continue to see a drop of ~1000-1500 licensed hams per month since December 2021. Here's the last two months of totals, according to the FCC counts posted by ARRL:

Now that I'm scraping some of these websites, the updates are easier (but I also forget about them). Data: https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses

I do have "enter numbers of new licenses" in the backlog, but there's only so much time I have for this. Licensing rate may help people who are afraid of the hobby dying.

There are bound to be errors in my data--but this is common ground to start from and fix as we go.

I updated the US #hamRadio license counts yesterday. No real change in trends. I need to prioritize filling in historical data so there aren't big gaps in the data.

https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses

I am starting to play with new US FCC ham radio license counts scraped from AE7Q.

How should I structure these data so they are useful?

Attached is an example of what I can summarize down to for FCC actions on a certain date. Or I could just count brand new systematic callsigns--these indicate brand new hams (and maybe a few old hams getting back into it). Maybe the cleanest number for how fast/slow growth is over time.

AE7Q has historic data back to 1994. https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses/issues/114

Interesting thing about the AE7Q database is that "License Status" is as of the date the query is run.

So if you query and see "new systematic call sign assigned" and "canceled" together, that means the call was canceled (maybe in favor of a vanity) *after* the activity date and *before* the query was run.

Another update to the US #hamRadio license counts. I made a few plots of the license action summary data from AE7Q's database at the bottom of the README.

It's interesting that new licenses seem to peak in April/May and valley in September for the last few years.

https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses

Updated the easy total/state/city US #hamRadio data. Something interesting happening in total license count since July 2024.

I need to figure out why my license action scraper isn't working and update those data for the past few months.

https://amiok.net/gitea/W1CDN/ham-radio-licenses

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Matt

Is there a straightforward way to get license counts by US county in any of this?

I know that I've seen "top cities" tables, but no aggregates at the county level. And selfishly I'd love to have some orderly way to track "active licenses in Washtenaw County, Michigan" over time.