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Annual totals for archived questions · 1996–2026

Period

Questions archived

1996–2026 165,702

Recorded guesses

1996–2026 6,421,597

Percentage of guesses correct

1996–2026 15.4%

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

199620022008201420202026

Each round and its guesses are counted in the year it ended. 243 archived questions have no recorded date. Guess totals are missing for 3 dated questions in this period. 2026 is year to date.

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Year	Questions archived	Recorded guesses	Guesses correct (%)
1996	515	15,840	12.1%
1997	415	20,249	8.3%
1998	5,211	335,218	8.4%
1999	11,050	799,754	8.6%
2000	12,875	818,441	10.3%
2001	16,964	946,636	12.5%
2002	15,936	906,328	12.2%
2003	13,629	638,241	14.2%
2004	11,287	338,099	20.8%
2005	8,936	246,897	21.4%
2006	7,926	204,201	23.4%
2007	7,670	196,690	23.1%
2008	6,704	166,384	22.4%
2009	5,563	108,542	26.7%
2010	6,303	145,834	23.2%
2011	5,994	107,863	29.7%
2012	5,779	100,846	30.7%
2013	6,084	102,179	32.7%
2014	5,982	102,744	32.7%
2015	4,219	64,509	33.9%
2016	1,096	6,533	43.4%
2017	0	0	—
2018	798	3,259	46.5%
2019	2,608	30,737	25.5%
2020	1,639	11,977	35.0%
2021	412	2,972	30.5%
2022	81	440	40.2%
2023	24	180	20.6%
2024	0	0	—
2025	0	0	—
2026	2	4	25.0%