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The two simplest statistics for a jam are the number of entries and number of participants, which can be determined directly from the jam pages (on itch.io).  
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This page maintains leaderboards for the largest [[Visual novel jam|visual novel jams]] across a variety of metrics. For additional details about each occurrence of jams, see [[List of ongoing visual novel jams]].


For the purposes of statistics the numbers to take are the officially visible ones on the itch page, immediately after the jam is completed. Aside from the specific jam restrictions that influence the amount of people who can join, there are additional caveats to these numbers, such as:
==Data Collection Methods & How to Interpret==
{{Main|Interpreting jam statistics}}


* one VN submitted to multiple jams (either as the same version, or updated version of the original)
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.
* not all team members joining the jam officially
* itch page displaying a number that doesn't correspond with the amount of visible entries (usually 1-2 entries off, e.g. the page may have 3 VNs visible, but the counter states 4 entries
* entries which don't follow the jam rules, but have been missed or are being tolerated by the jam hosts, which can lead to significant differences when counting "manually", e.g. 105 (official) vs. 91 (manual count) entries in NaNoRenO 2020 as appeared in the article [https://atpprojects.medium.com/what-vn-jam-statistics-tell-us-e90583014134 What VN statistics tell us] by mikey
* jams which allow the submission of pages without a link to a playable entry, these count towards the number of entries (at a later stage after the jam period they may indeed feature a playable entry)
* over time creators may choose to delete their games and pages, leading to innacuracies when revisiting old jams
* for any more nuanced statistics such as determining partial or full completion, and any qualitative features such as inclusion of voice acting, game length and similar, each entry must be examined and/or information gathered from the creator's pages, which will necessitate some level of editorializing and bias (e.g. what constitutes a "demo")


Below are the main VN jam statistcs (current year is highlighted):
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===Most entries in a single jam===
==Longest running jams==
{| class="wikitable"
This table shows the longest running jams, as measured by the number of letters in their titles.
! Rank !! Count !! Jam
(Happy April Fool's! -Iron)
{| class="wikitable"  
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| 1 || 185  || NaNoRenO 2022
! Rank !! Jam name !! Length
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| 2 || 160  || Spooktober 2022
|1st||Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam || 44
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| 3 || 138 || WinterJam 2022
|2nd||Battle Action Fantasy Visual Novel Jam || 38
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| 4 || 115  || SuNoFes 2022
|3rd||Monstrous Desires Visual Novel Jam || 34
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| 5 || 112 || Spooktober 2021 
|4th||Yuri Visual Novel Jam - Kagarisoft || 34
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| 6 || 106  || O2A2 2022
|5th||Velox series of visual novel jams || 33
|-
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| 7 || 105 || NaNoRenO 2020
|6th||TyranoBuilder Summer Game Jam || 29
|-
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| 8 || 96 || O2A2 2021 
|7th (tie)||Finish Your Visual Novel Jam || 28
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| 9 || 88 || NaNoRenO 2019 
|7th (tie)||Interactive Fiction Showcase || 28
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| 10 || 88 || NaNoRenO 2021
|7th (tie)||Make Visual Novel Assets Jam || 28
|-
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| 11 || 77 || WinterJam 2021
|10th||Dying Year Visual Novel Jam || 27
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| 12 || 75 || NaNoRenO 2016 
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| 13 || 71 || NaNoRenO 2018   
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| 14 || 69 || SuNoFes 2021 
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| 15 || 68 || NaNoRenO 2017
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| 16 || 66 || YuriJam 2017
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| 17 || 62 || SuNoFes 2020 
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| 18 || 56 || YuriJam 2016
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| 19 || 56  || OtomeJam 2022
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| 20 || 55 || YuriJam 2018
|}
|}


===Most participants in a single jam===
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Count !! Jam
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| 1 || 965  || SuNoFes 2022
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| 2 || 891  || NaNoRenO 2022
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| 3 || 852  || WinterJam 2022
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| 4 || 811  || Spooktober 2022
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| 5 || 678 || SuNoFes 2021
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| 6 || 535 || Spooktober 2021
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| 7 || 465 || WinterJam 2021
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| 8 || 450 || NaNoRenO 2020
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| 9 || 439 || NaNoRenO 2017
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| 10 || 394 || NaNoRenO 2021
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| 11 || 373  || YaoiJam 2022
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| 12 || 368 || SuNoFes 2020
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| 13 || 330 || NaNoRenO 2019
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| 14 || 325 || YuriJam 2017
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| 15 || 320 || TyranoJam 2017
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| 16 || 259 || Valentines Jam 2021
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| 17 || 259 || YaoiJam 2021
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| 18 || 251 || YuriJam 2018
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| 19 || 235 || NaNoRenO 2019
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| 20 || 224  || OtomeJam 2022
|}


===Cumulative VNs per jam===
{{jam nav}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank !! Count !! Jam !! Includes
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| 1 || 836 || NaNoRenO || 2022
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| 2 || 349 || YuriJam  || 2022
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| 3 || 331 || Spooktober || 2022
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| 4 || 298 || SuNoFes || 2022
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| 5 || 238 || WinterJam || 2022
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| 6 || 222 || O2A2 || 2022
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| 7 || 176 || YaoiJam || 2022
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| 8 || 97 || Otome Jam || 2022
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| 9 || 94 || TyranoJam || 2022
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| 10 || 61 || NonbinaryJam || 2022
|}


===Most participants per year===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left";
! Year !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd
|-
| style="background-color:lime" | 2022  || SuNoFes (965) || NaNoRenO (891) || WinterJam (852)
|-
| 2021 || SuNoFes (678) || Spooktober (535) || WinterJam (465)
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| 2020 || NaNoRenO (450) || SuNoFes (368) || YaoiJam (198)
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| 2019 || NaNoRenO (330) || YuriJam (177) || YaoiJam (84)
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| 2018 || YuriJam (251) || NaNoRenO (235) || YaoiJam (123)
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| 2017 || NaNoRenO (439) || YuriJam (325) || TyranoJam (320)
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| 2016 || NaNoRenO (178) || YuriJam (166) || YaoiJam (105)
|-
| 2015 || YuriJam (103) || TyranoJam (41) || NaNoRenO (39)
|}


===Most entries per year===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left";
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! Year !! 1st !! 2nd  !! 3rd
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| style="background-color:lime" | 2022  || NaNoRenO (185) || Spooktober (160) || WinterJam (138)
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| 2021 || Spooktober (112) || O2A2 (96) || NaNoRenO (88)
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| 2020 || NaNoRenO (105) || SuNoFes (62) || Spooktober (44)
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| 2019 || NaNoRenO (88) || YuriJam (37) || BaraJam (19) 
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| 2018 || NaNoRenO (71) || YuriJam (55) || Ren'Py Jam (27)
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| 2017 || NaNoRenO (68) || YuriJam (66) || TyranoJam (44)
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| 2016 || NaNoRenO (75) || YuriJam (56) || YaoiJam (19)
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| 2015 || NaNoRenO (34) || YuriJam (33) || TyranoJam (33)
|}
 
 
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Revision as of 10:06, 1 April 2025

Shortcut:
S:Stats

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.

Data Collection Methods & How to Interpret

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.

Filter settings (all tables)

These filter settings will affect all tables on this page. Please allow a few seconds for the page to load after filtering.

Include:

As of:

Most entries in a single jam

Rank Entries Jam
1st272Spooktober 2024
2nd210Spooktober 2023
3rd192O2A2 2024
4th187SuNoFes 2024
5th185NaNoRenO 2022
6th161NaNoRenO 2023
7th160Spooktober 2022
8th155O2A2 2023
9th152NaNoRenO 2024
10th138Winter Jam 2022
11th116MVNA 2025
12th115SuNoFes 2022
13th112Spooktober 2021
14th109Micro Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 1
15th (tie)106Yuri Jam 2024
15th (tie)106O2A2 2022
17th105NaNoRenO 2020
18th (tie)103O2A2 Queer 2023
18th (tie)103Otome Jam 2024
20th96O2A2 2021

Most participants in a single jam

Rank Participants Jam
1st2444 (partial)Road Trip 2025
2nd1487Spooktober 2024
3rd1450SuNoFes 2024
4th1097Spooktober 2023
5th965SuNoFes 2022
6th907 (partial)NaNoRenO 2025
7th891NaNoRenO 2022
8th852Winter Jam 2022
9th811Spooktober 2022
10th802Otome Jam 2024
11th708NaNoRenO 2023
12th699Magical Girl Game Jam No. 10
13th678SuNoFes 2021
14th552Yuri Jam 2024
15th535Spooktober 2021
16th466NaNoRenO 2024
17th465Winter Jam 2021
18th450NaNoRenO 2020
19th439NaNoRenO 2017
20th408O2A2 2024

Cumulative entries per jam

Rank Count Jam Includes
1st1199NaNoRenO2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025
2nd813Spooktober2024 Spooktober 2024
3rd672O2A22024 O2A2 2024
4th552SuNoFes2024 SuNoFes 2024
5th524Yuri Jam2024 Yuri Jam 2024
6th399Ukrainian2024 Ukrainian Visual Novel Jam No. 5
7th389Magical Girl2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11
8th385Winter2024 Winter Jam 2024
9th271Otome2024 Otome Jam 2024
10th236Yaoi Jam2024 Yaoi Jam 2024

Cumulative participants per jam

Rank Count Jam Includes
1st5037NaNoRenO2025 (partial) NaNoRenO 2025
2nd4167Spooktober2024 Spooktober 2024
3rd4056SuNoFes2024 SuNoFes 2024
4th2619Magical Girl2025 Magical Girl Game Jam No. 11
5th2487Yuri Jam2024 Yuri Jam 2024
6th2444Road Trip2025 (partial) Road Trip 2025
7th2209Winter2024 Winter Jam 2024
8th1828Otome2025 (partial) Otome Jam 2025
9th1725Yaoi Jam2025 (partial) Yaoi Jam 2025
10th1326O2A22024 O2A2 2024

Most entries per year

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2025 (partial)MVNA (116)SWAK (79)Yandere (65)
2024Spooktober (272)O2A2 (192)SuNoFes (187)
2023Spooktober (210)NaNoRenO (161)O2A2 (155)
2022NaNoRenO (185)Spooktober (160)Winter (138)
2021Spooktober (112)O2A2 (96)NaNoRenO (88)
2020NaNoRenO (105)SuNoFes (62)Spooktober (44)
2019NaNoRenO (88)Yuri Jam (37)Bara (19)
2018NaNoRenO (71)Yuri Jam (55)Ren'Py (27)
2017NaNoRenO (68)Yuri Jam (66)TyranoJam (44)
2016NaNoRenO (75)Yuri Jam (56)Yaoi Jam (19)
2015NaNoRenO (34)TyranoJam (33)Yuri Jam (32)

Most participants per year

Year 1st 2nd 3rd
2025 (partial)Road Trip (2444, partial)NaNoRenO (907, partial)SWAK (392)
2024Spooktober (1487)SuNoFes (1450)Otome (802)
2023Spooktober (1097)NaNoRenO (708)Winter (380)
2022SuNoFes (965)NaNoRenO (891)Winter (852)
2021SuNoFes (678)Spooktober (535)Winter (465)
2020NaNoRenO (450)SuNoFes (368)Yaoi Jam (189)
2019NaNoRenO (330)Yuri Jam (177)Yaoi Jam (84)
2018Yuri Jam (251)NaNoRenO (235)Yaoi Jam (123)
2017NaNoRenO (439)Yuri Jam (325)TyranoJam (320)
2016NaNoRenO (178)Yuri Jam (166)Yaoi Jam (105)
2015Yuri Jam (103)TyranoJam (41)NaNoRenO (39)

Largest top prize

Rank Top Prize Jam
1st3,060 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
4th2,000 USD200,000 centsUSD <br />VN CUP 2023
5th1,800 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
9th350 USD35,000 centsUSD <br />TyranoJam 2015
10th300 USD30,000 centsUSD <br />VN CUP 2022

Largest total prize pool

Rank Prize Pool Jam
1st7,500 USD750,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2023
2nd7,020 USD702,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2022
3rd5,700 USD570,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2021
4th5,500 USD550,000 centsUSD <br />VN CUP 2023
5th4,550 USD455,000 centsUSD <br />Spooktober 2024
6th1,250 USD125,000 centsUSD <br />Menhera Jam 2024
7th1,200 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
10th1,000 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


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