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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

Rank	Entries	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

Rank	Participants	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

Rank	Count	Jam	Includes
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

Rank	Count	Jam	Includes
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

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
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

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
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

Rank	Top Prize	Jam
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

Rank	Prize Pool	Jam
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

Include:	All jams that are popular for VNs VN-specific jams
As of:	Apr 04 2025

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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).
+{{Shortcut|S:Stats}}
+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")
-===Most entries in a single jam===
+==Filter settings (all tables)==
-{| class="wikitable"
+These filter settings will affect all tables on this page. '''Please allow a few seconds for the page to load after filtering.'''
-! Rank !! Count !! Jam
+{{Special:RunQuery/All jam stats filter}}
-|-
+{{#ifeq:{{#urlget:pfRunQueryFormName}}||{{All jam stats}}}}
-| 1 || 210  || Spooktober 2023
-|-
-| 2 || 185  || NaNoRenO 2022
-|-
-| 3 || 161  || NaNoRenO 2023
-|-
-| 4 || 160  || Spooktober 2022
-|-
-| 5 || 155  || O2A2 2023
-|-
-| 6 || 152  || NaNoRenO 2024
-|-
-| 7 || 138 || WinterJam 2022
-|-
-| 8 || 115  || SuNoFes 2022
-|-
-| 9 || 112 || Spooktober 2021
-|-
-| 10 || 106  || O2A2 2022
-|-
-| 11 || 105 || NaNoRenO 2020
-|-
-| 12 (tie) || 103 || Otome Jam 2024
-|-
-| 12 (tie) || 103 || O2A2 2023 Queer Edition
-|-
-| 14 || 96 || O2A2 2021
-|-
-| 15 (tie) || 88 || NaNoRenO 2019
-|-
-| 15 (tie) || 88 || NaNoRenO 2021
-|-
-| 17 || 77 || WinterJam 2021
-|-
-| 18 || 75 || NaNoRenO 2016
-|-
-| 19 || 73 || Winter Jam 2023
-|-
-| 20 (tie) || 71 || NaNoRenO 2018
-|-
-| 20 (tie) || 71 || Otome Jam 2023
-|}
-===Most participants 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"
-| 1 || 1391  || SuNoFes 2024
-|-
-| 2 || 1097  || Spooktober 2023
-|-
-| 3 || 965  || SuNoFes 2022
-|-
-| 4 || 891  || NaNoRenO 2022
 |-
-| 5 || 852  || WinterJam 2022
+! Rank !! Jam name !! Length
 |-
-| 6 || 811  || Spooktober 2022
+|1st||Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam || 44
 |-
-| 7 || 802  || Otome Jam 2024
+|2nd||Battle Action Fantasy Visual Novel Jam || 38
 |-
-| 8 || 708  || NaNoRenO 2023
+|3rd||Monstrous Desires Visual Novel Jam || 34
 |-
-| 9 || 678 || SuNoFes 2021
+|4th||Yuri Visual Novel Jam - Kagarisoft || 34
 |-
-| 10 || 535 || Spooktober 2021
+|5th||Velox series of visual novel jams || 33
 |-
-| 11 || 466 || NaNoRenO 2024
+|6th||TyranoBuilder Summer Game Jam || 29
 |-
-| 12 || 465 || WinterJam 2021
+|7th (tie)||Finish Your Visual Novel Jam || 28
 |-
-| 13 || 450 || NaNoRenO 2020
+|7th (tie)||Interactive Fiction Showcase || 28
 |-
-| 14 || 439 || NaNoRenO 2017
+|7th (tie)||Make Visual Novel Assets Jam || 28
 |-
-| 15 || 394 || NaNoRenO 2021
+|10th||Dying Year Visual Novel Jam || 27
-|-
-| 16 || 380  || Winter Jam 2023
-|-
-| 17 || 373  || YaoiJam 2022
-|-
-| 18 || 368 || SuNoFes 2020
-|-
-| 19 || 364 || O2A2 2024 (recorded before jam end)
-|-
-| 20 || 335 || Yuri Jam 2023
 |}
-===Cumulative VNs per jam===
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Rank !! Count !! Jam !! Includes
-|-
-| 1 || 1149 || NaNoRenO || 2024
-|-
-| 2 || 541 || Spooktober || 2023
-|-
-| 3 || 418 || YuriJam  || 2023
-|-
-| 4 || 386 || SuNoFes || 2023
-|-
-| 5 || 376 || O2A2 || 2023
-|-
-| 6 || 311 || WinterJam || 2023
-|-
-| 7 || 271 || Otome Jam || 2024
-|-
-| 8 || 203 || YaoiJam || 2023
-|-
-| 9 || 132 || Josei Jam || 2024
-|-
-| 10 || 124 || Yandere Jam || 2024
-|}
-===Cumulative participants per jam===
+{{jam nav}}
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Rank !! Count !! Jam !! Includes
-|-
-| 1 || 4130 || NaNoRenO || 2015-2024
-|-
-| 2 || 3997 || SuNoFes || 2024 (partial)
-|-
-| 3 || 2680 || Spooktober || 2023
-|-
-| 4 || 1965 || YuriJam || 2023
-|-
-| 5 || 1803 || WinterJam || 2023
-|-
-| 6 || 1634 || Otome Jam || 2024
-|-
-| 7 || 1495 || Yaoi Jam || 2023
-|-
-| 8 || 1267 || O2A2 || 2024 (partial)
-|-
-| 9 || 585 || Yandere Jam || 2024
-|-
-| 10 || 533 || Trans Representation Jam || 2024 (partial)
-|}
-===Most participants per year===
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left";
-! Year !! 1st !! 2nd !! 3rd
-|-
-| 2023  || Spooktober (1097) || NaNoRenO (708) || WinterJam (380)
-|-
-| 2022  || SuNoFes (965) || NaNoRenO (891) || WinterJam (852)
-|-
-| 2021 || SuNoFes (678) || Spooktober (535) || WinterJam (465)
-|-
-| 2020 || NaNoRenO (450) || SuNoFes (368) || YaoiJam (198)
-|-
-| 2019 || NaNoRenO (330) || YuriJam (177) || YaoiJam (84)
-|-
-| 2018 || YuriJam (251) || NaNoRenO (235) || YaoiJam (123)
-|-
-| 2017 || NaNoRenO (439) || YuriJam (325) || TyranoJam (320)
-|-
-| 2016 || NaNoRenO (178) || YuriJam (166) || YaoiJam (105)
-|-
-| 2015 || YuriJam (103) || TyranoJam (41) || NaNoRenO (39)
-|}
-===Most entries per year===
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left";
-! Year !! 1st !! 2nd  !! 3rd
-|-
-| 2023  || Spooktober (210) || NaNoRenO (161) || O2A2 (155)
-|-
-| 2022  || NaNoRenO (185) || Spooktober (160) || WinterJam (138)
-|-
-| 2021 || Spooktober (112) || O2A2 (96) || NaNoRenO (88)
-|-
-| 2020 || NaNoRenO (105) || SuNoFes (62) || Spooktober (44)
-|-
-| 2019 || NaNoRenO (88) || YuriJam (37) || BaraJam (19)
-|-
-| 2018 || NaNoRenO (71) || YuriJam (55) || Ren'Py Jam (27)
-|-
-| 2017 || NaNoRenO (68) || YuriJam (66) || TyranoJam (44)
-|-
-| 2016 || NaNoRenO (75) || YuriJam (56) || YaoiJam (19)
-|-
-| 2015 || NaNoRenO (34) || YuriJam (33) || TyranoJam (33)
-|}
-{{jam nav}}
+{{ambox|text=This page is automatically generated. Contact [[User:Ironnori]] with questions, and see [[Visual novel jam statistics/maintenance]] for maintenance reports and to add jams.}}
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