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.
Most entries in a single jam
| Rank |
Count |
Jam
|
| 1 |
272 |
Spooktober 2024
|
| 2 |
210 |
Spooktober 2023
|
| 3 |
192 |
O2A2 2024
|
| 4 |
187 |
SuNoFes 2024
|
| 5 |
185 |
NaNoRenO 2022
|
| 6 |
161 |
NaNoRenO 2023
|
| 7 |
160 |
Spooktober 2022
|
| 8 |
155 |
O2A2 2023
|
| 9 |
152 |
NaNoRenO 2024
|
| 10 |
138 |
WinterJam 2022
|
| 11 |
115 |
SuNoFes 2022
|
| 12 |
112 |
Spooktober 2021
|
| 13 |
109 |
Ukrainian Micro Visual Novel Jam 2024
|
| 14 (tie) |
106 |
O2A2 2022
|
| 14 (tie) |
106 |
Yuri Jam 2024
|
| 16 |
105 |
NaNoRenO 2020
|
| 17 (tie) |
103 |
Otome Jam 2024
|
| 17 (tie) |
103 |
O2A2 2023 Queer Edition
|
| 19 |
96 |
O2A2 2021
|
| 20 |
89 |
Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam 2013
|
Most participants in a single jam
| Rank |
Count |
Jam
|
| 1 |
1487 |
Spooktober 2024
|
| 2 |
1450 |
SuNoFes 2024
|
| 3 |
1097 |
Spooktober 2023
|
| 4 |
965 |
SuNoFes 2022
|
| 5 |
891 |
NaNoRenO 2022
|
| 6 |
852 |
Winter Jam 2022
|
| 7 |
811 |
Spooktober 2022
|
| 8 |
802 |
Otome Jam 2024
|
| 9 |
708 |
NaNoRenO 2023
|
| 10 |
699 |
Magical Girl Game Jam #10 (2024)
|
| 11 |
678 |
SuNoFes 2021
|
| 12 |
552 |
Yuri Jam 2024
|
| 13 |
535 |
Spooktober 2021
|
| 14 |
466 |
NaNoRenO 2024
|
| 15 |
465 |
WinterJam 2021
|
| 16 |
450 |
NaNoRenO 2020
|
| 17 |
439 |
NaNoRenO 2017
|
| 18 |
408 |
O2A2 2024
|
| 19 |
406 |
Winter Jam 2024
|
| 20 |
394 |
NaNoRenO 2021
|
Cumulative entries per jam
| Rank |
Count |
Jam |
Includes
|
| 1 |
1149 |
NaNoRenO |
2024
|
| 2 |
813 |
Spooktober |
2024
|
| 3 |
672 |
O2A2 |
2024
|
| 4 |
552 |
SuNoFes |
2024
|
| 5 |
524 |
YuriJam |
2024
|
| 6 |
385 |
WinterJam |
2024
|
| 7 |
354 |
Magical Girl Game Jam |
2024 (#10)
|
| 8 |
271 |
Otome Jam |
2024
|
| 9 |
236 |
YaoiJam |
2024
|
| 10 |
132 |
Josei Jam |
2024
|
Cumulative participants per jam
| Rank |
Count |
Jam |
Includes
|
| 1 |
4167 |
Spooktober |
2024
|
| 2 |
4130 |
NaNoRenO |
2015-2024
|
| 3 |
4056 |
SuNoFes |
2024
|
| 4 |
2517 |
YuriJam |
2024
|
| 5 |
2404 |
Magical Girl Game Jam |
2024 (#10)
|
| 6 |
2209 |
WinterJam |
2024
|
| 7 |
1723 |
Yaoi Jam |
2024
|
| 8 |
1634 |
Otome Jam |
2024
|
| 9 |
1326 |
O2A2 |
2024
|
| 10 |
585 |
Yandere Jam |
2024
|
Most participants per year
| Year |
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| 2024 |
Spooktober (1487) |
SuNoFes (1450) |
Otome Jam (802)
|
| 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
| Year |
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| 2024 |
Spooktober (272) |
O2A2 (192) |
SuNoFes (187)
|
| 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)
|
