This page maintains leaderboards for the largest VN jams across a variety of metrics. For additional details about each occurrence of jams, see List of VN jams .
Data Collection Methods & How to Interpret Main article: Interpreting VN 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
210
Spooktober 2023
2
192
O2A2 2024
3
187
SuNoFes 2024
4
185
NaNoRenO 2022
5
161
NaNoRenO 2023
6
160
Spooktober 2022
7
155
O2A2 2023
8
152
NaNoRenO 2024
9
138
WinterJam 2022
10
115
SuNoFes 2022
11
112
Spooktober 2021
12
106
O2A2 2022
13
105
NaNoRenO 2020
14 (tie)
103
Otome Jam 2024
14 (tie)
103
O2A2 2023 Queer Edition
16
96
O2A2 2021
17
89
Pulse Pounding Heart Stopping Dating Sim Jam 2013
18 (tie)
88
NaNoRenO 2019
18 (tie)
88
NaNoRenO 2021
20
77
WinterJam 2021
Most participants in a single jam
Rank
Count
Jam
1
1490 (partial)
Spooktober 2024
2
1450
SuNoFes 2024
3
1097
Spooktober 2023
4
965
SuNoFes 2022
5
891
NaNoRenO 2022
6
852
WinterJam 2022
7
811
Spooktober 2022
8
802
Otome Jam 2024
9
708
NaNoRenO 2023
10
678
SuNoFes 2021
11
535
Spooktober 2021
12
466
NaNoRenO 2024
13
465
WinterJam 2021
14
450
NaNoRenO 2020
15
439
NaNoRenO 2017
16
408
O2A2 2024
17
394
NaNoRenO 2021
18
380
Winter Jam 2023
19
373
YaoiJam 2022
20
368
SuNoFes 2020
Cumulative VNs per jam
Rank
Count
Jam
Includes
1
1149
NaNoRenO
2024
2
672
O2A2
2024
3
552
SuNoFes
2024
4
541
Spooktober
2023
5
418
YuriJam
2023
6
311
WinterJam
2023
7
271
Otome Jam
2024
8
236
YaoiJam
2024
9
132
Josei Jam
2024
10
124
Yandere Jam
2024
Cumulative participants per jam
Rank
Count
Jam
Includes
1
4170
Spooktober
2024 (partial)
2
4130
NaNoRenO
2015-2024
3
4056
SuNoFes
2024
4
1965
YuriJam
2023
5
1803
WinterJam
2023
6
1723
Yaoi Jam
2024
7
1634
Otome Jam
2024
8
1326
O2A2
2024
9
585
Yandere Jam
2024
10
542
Trans Representation Jam
2024
Most participants per year
Year
1st
2nd
3rd
2024 (partial)
Spooktober (1490/part.)
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
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)
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