Postcrossing in numbers: 2023 stats

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As in previous years, I’m sharing here the longer rankings of the Postcrossing in numbers: 2023 stats blog post that would otherwise had made it too long.

📈 Postcards sent per country/territory
Ranking Country/Territory Sent
1 Germany 1,146,458
2 U.S.A. 956,688
3 Russia 402,525
4 Netherlands 234,464
5 Finland 210,123
6 Japan 181,951
7 China 166,752
8 Taiwan 146,210
9 Canada 120,579
10 Belarus 117,186
11 United Kingdom 103,556
12 Czechia 90,437
13 France 88,759
14 Poland 77,736
15 Australia 58,809
16 India 56,420
17 Switzerland 55,540
18 Austria 54,559
19 Italy 47,709
20 Lithuania 47,162
21 Belgium 44,908
22 Spain 41,346
23 Ukraine 38,207
24 Hong Kong 37,934
25 Malaysia 34,219
26 Portugal 31,329
27 Slovakia 26,691
28 Brazil 24,192
29 Korea (South) 23,759
30 Singapore 23,076
31 Indonesia 16,961
32 Norway 15,249
33 Ireland 14,543
34 Latvia 13,144
35 Sweden 13,003
36 Luxembourg 12,557
37 Slovenia 12,362
38 Estonia 11,821
39 Romania 10,586
40 New Zealand 10,543
41 Greece 9,932
42 Hungary 8,457
43 Thailand 8,300
44 Serbia 8,137
45 Bulgaria 7,992
46 Türkiye 7,164
47 Macao 6,849
48 Philippines 6,269
49 Kazakhstan 6,039
50 Croatia 5,040
51 Cyprus 4,576
52 Israel 4,538
53 Moldova 4,104
54 Åland Islands 3,944
55 Mexico 3,770
56 Denmark 2,895
57 United Arab Emirates 2,606
58 Uzbekistan 2,426
59 Chile 1,975
60 Georgia 1,733
61 Bangladesh 1,597
62 Iceland 1,499
63 Sri Lanka 1,241
64 Armenia 1,231
65 Puerto Rico 1,152
66 Malta 1,105
67 South Africa 1,094
68 Guam 986
69 Algeria 950
70 Bosnia-Herzegovina 875
71 Liechtenstein 830
72 Tunisia 669
73 Vietnam 623
74 Morocco 617
75 Montenegro 591
76 Azerbaijan 573
77 Guernsey 523
78 Réunion 485
79 Bahrain 460
80 Ghana 440
81 Bahamas 431
82 Costa Rica 404
83 North Macedonia 370
83 Argentina 370
85 French Guiana 358
86 Uruguay 336
87 Trinidad and Tobago 320
88 Egypt 315
89 Isle of Man 298
90 French Polynesia 287
91 Gibraltar 278
92 Vatican 267
93 Lebanon 220
94 Brunei 208
95 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 202
96 Bermuda 188
97 Kyrgyzstan 186
98 Cambodia 180
99 Andorra 178
100 Jordan 177
101 Peru 175
102 Belize 170
103 Christmas Island 169
104 Albania 161
105 Nepal 158
106 Iran 155
107 San Marino 152
108 Mauritius 139
109 Guadeloupe 136
110 Laos 135
111 Monaco 126
112 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 125
113 Uganda 124
114 Kenya 122
115 Gambia 115
116 Fiji 114
117 Mongolia 110
118 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 109
119 Qatar 107
120 Kosovo 104
121 Colombia 98
122 Palestine 92
123 Saudi Arabia 91
124 Faroe Islands 88
125 Antarctica 83
126 Dominican Republic 82
127 Bhutan 79
128 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 75
128 Benin 75
128 Namibia 75
131 Oman 74
132 Turkmenistan 70
132 Curaçao 70
134 Madagascar 67
135 New Caledonia 66
135 Tanzania 66
137 Turks and Caicos Islands 65
137 El Salvador 65
139 Maldives 64
140 Cuba 58
141 Martinique 50
142 Antigua & Barbuda 48
143 Barbados 47
144 Honduras 46
144 Jersey 46
146 Timor-Leste 44
147 Seychelles 40
148 Aruba 39
149 Wallis & Futuna 37
149 Burkina Faso 37
151 Virgin Islands (British) 35
152 Norfolk Island 34
153 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 32
154 Pakistan 30
155 Iraq 29
156 South Sudan 27
157 Zambia 26
157 Cayman Islands 26
157 Saint Lucia 26
160 Cabo Verde 25
160 Liberia 25
162 Cook Islands 24
163 Jamaica 23
164 Greenland 22
164 Kuwait 22
166 Panama 21
167 Dominica 20
167 Sierra Leone 20
169 Burundi 19
170 Saint Pierre & Miquelon 18
171 Vanuatu 17
171 Pitcairn 17
171 Botswana 17
174 Northern Mariana Islands 16
174 Nauru 16
176 Paraguay 15
176 Togo 15
178 Bolivia 14
178 Ethiopia 14
178 Angola 14
178 Guyana 14
182 Rwanda 13
183 Libya 12
184 Western Sahara 11
184 Senegal 11
184 Eswatini 11
187 Guinea-Bissau 10
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10
189 Lesotho 9
189 Cocos Islands 9
189 Ecuador 9
192 Saint Martin 8
192 Guinea 8
192 Tajikistan 8
195 Congo 7
195 Korea (North) 7
195 Sao Tome and Principe 7
195 Grenada 7
195 Syria 7
200 Nicaragua 6
200 Nigeria 6
200 Malawi 6
200 Tuvalu 6
204 Marshall Islands 5
205 American Samoa 4
205 Zimbabwe 4
207 Haiti 3
207 Congo (Dem. Rep.) 3
207 Samoa 3
207 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3
207 Kiribati 3
212 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 2
212 Montserrat 2
212 Cameroon 2
212 Chad 2
212 Papua New Guinea 2
217 Solomon Islands 1
217 Mauritania 1
217 Djibouti 1
217 Mozambique 1
217 Myanmar 1
📈 Postcards sent per capita
Ranking Country/Territory Postcards per capita
1 Åland Islands 147.6545
2 Finland 38.0792
3 Liechtenstein 21.8940
4 Luxembourg 20.6622
5 Lithuania 16.9068
6 Germany 13.8248
7 Netherlands 13.6071
8 Belarus 12.3544
9 Macao 10.8433
10 Estonia 8.9493
11 Czechia 8.5112
12 Gibraltar 8.2449
13 Guernsey 8.0180
14 Latvia 6.8226
15 Switzerland 6.5214
16 Taiwan 6.2345
17 Austria 6.1669
18 Slovenia 5.9796
19 Guam 5.9481
20 Hong Kong 5.0911
21 Slovakia 4.9001
22 Iceland 4.2396
23 Singapore 4.0925
24 Belgium 3.9317
25 Cyprus 3.8478
26 Isle of Man 3.5444
27 Canada 3.2537
28 Portugal 3.0470
29 Ireland 2.9964
30 Bermuda 2.9390
31 U.S.A. 2.9242
32 Norway 2.8694
33 Russia 2.7861
34 Australia 2.3531
35 Andorra 2.3115
36 Malta 2.2853
37 New Zealand 2.1580
38 Poland 2.0468
39 French Guiana 1.8311
40 United Kingdom 1.5575
41 Japan 1.4380
42 France 1.3250
43 Croatia 1.3017
44 Sweden 1.2769
45 Serbia 1.1654
46 Moldova 1.1574
47 Bulgaria 1.1417
48 Bahamas 1.1176
49 Malaysia 1.0853
50 French Polynesia 1.0336
51 Montenegro 0.9496
52 Greece 0.9258
53 Spain 0.8849
54 Hungary 0.8657
55 Ukraine 0.8562
56 Italy 0.7895
57 Réunion 0.6242
58 Romania 0.5436
59 Israel 0.5108
60 Jersey 0.5065
61 Denmark 0.4994
62 Brunei 0.4849
63 Georgia 0.4645
64 Korea (South) 0.4601
65 Belize 0.4438
66 Curaçao 0.4379
67 Armenia 0.4170
68 Aruba 0.3685
69 Puerto Rico 0.3605
70 Kazakhstan 0.3304
71 Guadeloupe 0.3070
72 Bahrain 0.2931
73 United Arab Emirates 0.2706
74 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.2632
75 New Caledonia 0.2323
76 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2302
77 North Macedonia 0.1776
78 Barbados 0.1640
79 Fiji 0.1290
80 Thailand 0.1195
81 China 0.1181
82 Brazil 0.1155
82 Martinique 0.1155
84 Mauritius 0.1099
85 Chile 0.1055
86 Uruguay 0.0974
87 Türkiye 0.0870
88 Costa Rica 0.0808
89 Uzbekistan 0.0736
90 Indonesia 0.0634
91 Philippines 0.0588
92 Tunisia 0.0578
93 Azerbaijan 0.0576
94 Sri Lanka 0.0573
95 Gambia 0.0504
96 India 0.0417
97 Qatar 0.0385
98 Mongolia 0.0347
99 Lebanon 0.0321
100 Namibia 0.0306
101 Mexico 0.0299
102 Kyrgyzstan 0.0294
103 Algeria 0.0225
104 South Africa 0.0189
105 Guyana 0.0180
106 Jordan 0.0178
107 Morocco 0.0171
108 Oman 0.0153
109 Ghana 0.0148
110 Turkmenistan 0.0120
111 Cambodia 0.0111
112 El Salvador 0.0101
113 Bangladesh 0.0099
114 Argentina 0.0083
115 Jamaica 0.0078
116 Dominican Republic 0.0077
117 Vietnam 0.0065
118 Nepal 0.0056
119 Peru 0.0055
120 Kuwait 0.0053
121 Cuba 0.0051
122 Panama 0.0050
123 Honduras 0.0048
124 Egypt 0.0032
125 Uganda 0.0029
126 Saudi Arabia 0.0027
127 Madagascar 0.0026
128 Kenya 0.0024
129 Paraguay 0.0022
130 Colombia 0.0020
131 Iran 0.0019
132 Tanzania 0.0012
132 Bolivia 0.0012
134 Nicaragua 0.0009
135 Iraq 0.0008
136 Senegal 0.0007
137 Ecuador 0.0005
138 Zimbabwe 0.0003
139 Ethiopia 0.0001
139 Pakistan 0.0001
141 Nigeria 0.0000
141 Myanmar 0.0000

A couple of notes:

  • Numbers are per 1,000 habitants and only for countries with 10 or more members
  • It’s by number of postcards sent that where received last year (some could have been sent in the year before)
📈 Top 100 senders
Ranking* username Country Postcards
1 Shelleh U.S.A. 2,483
2 BeckyS U.S.A. 2,391
3 suegathman U.S.A. 2,357
4 Djain U.S.A. 2,284
5 christelvonderpost U.S.A. 2,145
6 LarryHidingHawk U.S.A. 2,086
7 Manu86 Germany 2,080
8 uttia4a Germany 2,079
9 ennasor U.S.A. 2,035
10 DJHK Germany 2,028
11 Willi Germany 2,019
12 CarminaBurana Canada 2,018
13 M-Hamilton U.S.A. 2,016
14 elbe Germany 1,983
15 tomphila U.S.A. 1,979
16 kgcgkg Germany 1,970
17 hepman Germany 1,957
18 RomaandPaul U.S.A. 1,950
19 ned44440 Ireland 1,949
20 Antje321 Germany 1,943
21 HalfMoon2018 Germany 1,936
22 mfeda U.S.A. 1,933
23 klausdiemaus Germany 1,931
24 Sidolix Germany 1,926
25 ho-modellfan Germany 1,925
26 OlafArens Germany 1,915
27 tilly30318 U.S.A. 1,904
28 snakedoctor U.S.A. 1,903
29 Felice1959 U.S.A. 1,900
30 diams1 Switzerland 1,873
30 tiinama Finland 1,873
32 Lakewood44 Germany 1,872
33 SMatti Finland 1,868
34 ThoreWeiss Germany 1,867
35 reinholdo Germany 1,861
36 jwnewman53 U.S.A. 1,860
37 Tinaigbi Germany 1,856
38 Nordbaer Germany 1,850
39 Cyranthus Germany 1,848
40 Flicki Germany 1,839
41 orangesunshine U.S.A. 1,802
42 Matin Germany 1,792
42 Siegie Germany 1,792
44 rosenbusch Germany 1,779
45 bas31 Czechia 1,773
45 EFR Canada 1,773
47 Rehus Germany 1,771
48 clbrown U.S.A. 1,767
48 samquito U.S.A. 1,767
50 Silke45 Germany 1,766
51 SusanneMartijn Netherlands 1,754
52 tullipan Germany 1,743
53 sarmas Finland 1,738
54 JazzyRose81689 U.S.A. 1,736
55 marie61 Germany 1,713
56 elfie-luna Germany 1,707
57 radiofan Austria 1,704
57 uconn U.S.A. 1,704
59 Piipi22 Finland 1,702
59 Hurbig Switzerland 1,702
61 Giegsegaggse Germany 1,699
62 MrMopar U.S.A. 1,697
62 lyo Japan 1,697
64 MerlinM Germany 1,690
65 blnbear Germany 1,689
66 mapcardcollector United Kingdom 1,683
67 Ramya U.S.A. 1,681
68 Mollymoritz Germany 1,677
69 sasori1027 Japan 1,669
70 Rosenquarz Germany 1,665
71 schneggisabrina Switzerland 1,662
71 almex Germany 1,662
73 JonathanChua Singapore 1,661
73 mcbuchanan Canada 1,661
75 -Tiina- Finland 1,657
76 Schnaufi Germany 1,652
77 Sollozzo U.S.A. 1,648
77 PeggyLoh Singapore 1,648
79 hortenzia Slovakia 1,645
80 GeertS Netherlands 1,638
80 Bock Austria 1,638
82 candisk U.S.A. 1,636
83 slavius Slovakia 1,633
84 sktour Japan 1,630
85 meuamor Portugal 1,629
86 Pelke Germany 1,628
86 jjv Netherlands 1,628
88 tabru Germany 1,624
89 rpm1978 U.S.A. 1,621
89 Eckhardt Germany 1,621
91 Minna71 Finland 1,608
92 DocSchuette Germany 1,606
93 honeybee Austria 1,605
93 TimSarah Germany 1,605
95 freddybear Netherlands 1,596
95 PHILATELY07 U.S.A. 1,596
97 sissi Germany 1,595
97 sonataca U.S.A. 1,595
99 mag-berlin Germany 1,586
100 lehvo21 Cyprus 1,581
  • There’s one difference from previous year’s rankings. Now, if there’s a tie, the same ranking position is given, and the following ranking position(s) are skipped accordingly.
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My favorite forum post of the year! Thank you!

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It’s interesting to see that Poland has sent quite a bit more cards in 2023 than in 2021 or 2022 (and also, that it was 2022 which was the lowest, not 2021, so it’s not quite pandemic related, or only partially).

I wonder how 2024 will look like, after our significant postage increase…

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I am not surprised that there aren’t any Australian people in the top 100 senders. I’d love to see more of these breakdowns especially by country! I wonder how many postcards the top sender in Australia sent this year alone!

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You can see some numbers for Australia here, including who are the top senders:

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I love statistics!!! :grinning:

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It shows top sender all time, not per year

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I manually check statistic of top 10 senders (all time) from my country. I sent more than no 1, no 4, no 8 and no 9 in 2023 :smile:

I agree I need to see the breakdown by country. I dont have time to check it one by one :smile: Only checking 10 people made me tired :smile:

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Thank you for the 2023 detailed statistics.

From 2023 stats and the previous stats, I’ve just done the additional analysis for study of Postcrossing postcard received in each countries. (This is a sample for an analysis of the first 50 countries.)

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What can you see from this additional analyzed data?

  1. We see the significant declining of postcard received in many countries (Russia :ru:, UK :uk:, Indonesia :indonesia: and Hungary :hungary:) as well as we see the significant increasing of them in some countries (especially India :india:, South Korea :kr:, Greece :greece: and Kazakhstan :kazakhstan:).
  2. Ranking: Top 6 is still the same, but it has changes in ranking of some countries/territory. In 2023, Taiwan :taiwan: and UK :uk: received less postcard, but China :cn: received more postcard.

For Thailand :thailand:, the growth of receiving postcard was in the positive way with the declining growth rate, 1.88% growth in 2023 and 5.39% in 2022. The postal rate for international postcards sent from Thailand, THB 35-40, is considered that it’s too expensive for Thai postcrossers when comparing with the past or the cost of living. But I cannot tell that it’s the main reason, because it may have another factors for this growth.

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Yes that one is handy! I’d love to know even more though haha! Maybe the overall top senders aren’t the top 10 for sent this year within Australia (just the numbers are so high they stay in)! Stats are very interesting :smiley:

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Yes! That’s the type of information I wish we had. It’s so cool to see where we stand within our own countries on a yearly bases!

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Very cool info! Makes me want to travel to send some from countries that don’t normally send many cards like Mexico!