Geocaching in 2023: A year in review
With 2023 now behind us, we’re taking a moment to look back at the year and all its fun and finds. We attended Maker Magic celebrations, made new friends at Events, spun the Wheel of Challenges, and explored the great outdoors the best way we know how: through geocaching! Below are statistics highlighting the geocaching community’s achievements in 2023.
2023 Year in Review
Hides and finds
- On average geocachers found 47 geocaches this year
- 1,811,232 geocachers found at least one geocache
- April 30, 2023 had the most finds of the year with 595,801 total finds
- Top 5 countries with the most find logs were:
- Germany
- United States
- France
- The Netherlands
- Czechia
- Top 5 countries with the most new geocache hides were:
- United States
- Germany
- France
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- 66,952 geocachers hid a geocache
- 21,104 geocachers hid their first geocache
- 12,602 geocachers hosted an Event
- Geocachers awarded 3,989,128 total Favorite points
- The global community of geocachers has 34,342,442 Favorite points available to award to caches
Community
- The most liked Instagram post of 2023: Have you ever seen a cache like this?
- The most shared Facebook post of 2023: The search for alien life is right at your fingertips
- The most viewed TikTok post of 2023: Geocaches are hidden all around you. Some are more hidden than others.
- The most viewed blog post of 2023: What comes next in Wheel of Challenges?
Adventure Lab
- 66,996 active Adventures
- 9,630 new Adventures created
- 9,147,066 Adventures were completed
- Top 5 countries with the most Adventures were:
- Germany
- United States
- France
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
Here’s to a safe and healthy 2024!
