This page maintains leaderboards for the largest visual novel jams across a variety of metrics. For additional details about each occurrence of jams, see List of ongoing visual novel jams.
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- Main article: Interpreting jam statistics
The VNDev Wiki collects the officially visible participant and entry counts on the itch.io jam page, immediately after the jam is completed. Caveats for this data are available on the above reference page.
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Most entries in a single jam
| 1st | 272 | Spooktober 2024 |
| 2nd | 210 | Spooktober 2023 |
| 3rd | 192 | O2A2 2024 |
| 4th | 187 | SuNoFes 2024 |
| 5th | 185 | NaNoRenO 2022 |
| 6th | 161 | NaNoRenO 2023 |
| 7th | 160 | Spooktober 2022 |
| 8th | 155 | O2A2 2023 |
| 9th | 152 | NaNoRenO 2024 |
| 10th | 138 | Winter Jam 2022 |
| 11th | 116 | MVNA 2025 |
| 12th | 115 | SuNoFes 2022 |
| 13th | 112 | Spooktober 2021 |
| 14th | 109 | Micro Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 1 |
| 15th (tie) | 106 | Yuri Jam 2024 |
| 15th (tie) | 106 | O2A2 2022 |
| 17th | 105 | NaNoRenO 2020 |
| 18th (tie) | 103 | O2A2 Queer 2023 |
| 18th (tie) | 103 | Otome Jam 2024 |
| 20th | 96 | O2A2 2021 |
Most participants in a single jam
| 1st | 2444 (partial) | Road Trip 2025 |
| 2nd | 1487 | Spooktober 2024 |
| 3rd | 1450 | SuNoFes 2024 |
| 4th | 1097 | Spooktober 2023 |
| 5th | 965 | SuNoFes 2022 |
| 6th | 907 (partial) | NaNoRenO 2025 |
| 7th | 891 | NaNoRenO 2022 |
| 8th | 852 | Winter Jam 2022 |
| 9th | 811 | Spooktober 2022 |
| 10th | 802 | Otome Jam 2024 |
| 11th | 708 | NaNoRenO 2023 |
| 12th | 699 | Magical Girl Game Jam No. 10 |
| 13th | 678 | SuNoFes 2021 |
| 14th | 552 | Yuri Jam 2024 |
| 15th | 535 | Spooktober 2021 |
| 16th | 466 | NaNoRenO 2024 |
| 17th | 465 | Winter Jam 2021 |
| 18th | 450 | NaNoRenO 2020 |
| 19th | 439 | NaNoRenO 2017 |
| 20th | 408 | O2A2 2024 |
Cumulative entries per jam
| 1st | 1199 | NaNoRenO | 2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025 |
| 2nd | 813 | Spooktober | 2024 Spooktober 2024 |
| 3rd | 672 | O2A2 | 2024 O2A2 2024 |
| 4th | 552 | SuNoFes | 2024 SuNoFes 2024 |
| 5th | 524 | Yuri Jam | 2024 Yuri Jam 2024 |
| 6th | 399 | Ukrainian | 2024 Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 5 |
| 7th | 389 | Magical Girl | 2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11 |
| 8th | 385 | Winter | 2024 Winter Jam 2024 |
| 9th | 271 | Otome | 2024 Otome Jam 2024 |
| 10th | 236 | Yaoi Jam | 2024 Yaoi Jam 2024 |
Cumulative participants per jam
| 1st | 5037 | NaNoRenO | 2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025 |
| 2nd | 4167 | Spooktober | 2024 Spooktober 2024 |
| 3rd | 4056 | SuNoFes | 2024 SuNoFes 2024 |
| 4th | 2619 | Magical Girl | 2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11 |
| 5th | 2487 | Yuri Jam | 2024 Yuri Jam 2024 |
| 6th | 2444 | Road Trip | 2025 (partial) Road Trip 2025 |
| 7th | 2209 | Winter | 2024 Winter Jam 2024 |
| 8th | 1828 | Otome | 2025 (partial) Otome Jam 2025 |
| 9th | 1725 | Yaoi Jam | 2025 (partial) Yaoi Jam 2025 |
| 10th | 1326 | O2A2 | 2024 O2A2 2024 |
Most entries per year
| 2025 (partial) | MVNA (116) | SWAK (79) | Yandere (65) |
| 2024 | Spooktober (272) | O2A2 (192) | SuNoFes (187) |
| 2023 | Spooktober (210) | NaNoRenO (161) | O2A2 (155) |
| 2022 | NaNoRenO (185) | Spooktober (160) | Winter (138) |
| 2021 | Spooktober (112) | O2A2 (96) | NaNoRenO (88) |
| 2020 | NaNoRenO (105) | SuNoFes (62) | Spooktober (44) |
| 2019 | NaNoRenO (88) | Yuri Jam (37) | Bara (19) |
| 2018 | NaNoRenO (71) | Yuri Jam (55) | Ren'Py (27) |
| 2017 | NaNoRenO (68) | Yuri Jam (66) | TyranoJam (44) |
| 2016 | NaNoRenO (75) | Yuri Jam (56) | Yaoi Jam (19) |
| 2015 | NaNoRenO (34) | TyranoJam (33) | Yuri Jam (32) |
Most participants per year
| 2025 (partial) | Road Trip (2444, partial) | NaNoRenO (907, partial) | SWAK (392) |
| 2024 | Spooktober (1487) | SuNoFes (1450) | Otome (802) |
| 2023 | Spooktober (1097) | NaNoRenO (708) | Winter (380) |
| 2022 | SuNoFes (965) | NaNoRenO (891) | Winter (852) |
| 2021 | SuNoFes (678) | Spooktober (535) | Winter (465) |
| 2020 | NaNoRenO (450) | SuNoFes (368) | Yaoi Jam (189) |
| 2019 | NaNoRenO (330) | Yuri Jam (177) | Yaoi Jam (84) |
| 2018 | Yuri Jam (251) | NaNoRenO (235) | Yaoi Jam (123) |
| 2017 | NaNoRenO (439) | Yuri Jam (325) | TyranoJam (320) |
| 2016 | NaNoRenO (178) | Yuri Jam (166) | Yaoi Jam (105) |
| 2015 | Yuri Jam (103) | TyranoJam (41) | NaNoRenO (39) |
Largest top prize
| 1st | 3,060 USD306,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2022 |
| 2nd (tie) | 2,850 USD285,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2021 |
| 2nd (tie) | 2,850 USD285,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2023 |
| 4th | 2,000 USD200,000 centsUSD <br /> | VN CUP 2023 |
| 5th | 1,800 USD180,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2024 |
| 6th (tie) | 500 USD50,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2020 |
| 6th (tie) | 500 USD50,000 centsUSD <br /> | TyranoJam 2018 |
| 6th (tie) | 500 USD50,000 centsUSD <br /> | TyranoJam 2017 |
| 9th | 350 USD35,000 centsUSD <br /> | TyranoJam 2015 |
| 10th | 300 USD30,000 centsUSD <br /> | VN CUP 2022 |
Largest total prize pool
| 1st | 7,500 USD750,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2023 |
| 2nd | 7,020 USD702,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2022 |
| 3rd | 5,700 USD570,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2021 |
| 4th | 5,500 USD550,000 centsUSD <br /> | VN CUP 2023 |
| 5th | 4,550 USD455,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2024 |
| 6th | 1,250 USD125,000 centsUSD <br /> | Menhera Jam 2024 |
| 7th | 1,200 USD120,000 centsUSD <br /> | Spooktober 2020 |
| 8th (tie) | 1,100 USD110,000 centsUSD <br /> | TyranoJam 2018 |
| 8th (tie) | 1,100 USD110,000 centsUSD <br /> | TyranoJam 2017 |
| 10th | 1,000 USD100,000 centsUSD <br /> | TyranoJam 2015 |
Longest running jams
This table shows the longest running jams, as measured by the number of letters in their titles.
(Happy April Fool's! -Iron)
| Rank |
Jam name |
Length
|
| 1st |
Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam |
44
|
| 2nd |
Battle Action Fantasy Visual Novel Jam |
38
|
| 3rd |
Monstrous Desires Visual Novel Jam |
34
|
| 4th |
Yuri Visual Novel Jam - Kagarisoft |
34
|
| 5th |
Velox series of visual novel jams |
33
|
| 6th |
TyranoBuilder Summer Game Jam |
29
|
| 7th (tie) |
Finish Your Visual Novel Jam |
28
|
| 7th (tie) |
Interactive Fiction Showcase |
28
|
| 7th (tie) |
Make Visual Novel Assets Jam |
28
|
| 10th |
Dying Year Visual Novel Jam |
27
|
