Trends

Trend analyses in amateur radio …
These are largely snippets of interesting data over time regarding amateur radio.

Here’s the trend in the penetration rate for ARRL membership made proportional to the number of FCC licenses over the past few years.

Year Membership % of Licenses
2015 170,528 23.2%
2016 164,070 22.1%
2017 159,070 21.3%
2018 156,899 20.7&
2019 156,755 20.5%
2020 158,494 20.5%
2015-2020 -12,034
(-7.06%)
-2.7%
Trends in ARRL Market Penetration, 2015-2020