Statistics about StreetComplete usage

[piebro]

Hey, I gathered some statistics about StreetComplete from the OSM changeset file because I was curious about the impact of StreetComplete that I want to share. Among others, this issue: #1749 inspired me to start the project.

Once I started, I realized that I could gather many more interesting statics about OSM in general and I created a little website visualizing everything and make the code easily expandable. Here are some plots about StreetComplete I think are interesting. For more interactive statics about StreetComplete and OSM in general, you can check out the website at: https://piebro.github.io/openstreetmap-statistics/ and the code at: https://github.com/piebro/openstreetmap-statistics. Also the data at the repo and website should always be up-to-date since it can easily be updated with GitHub actions.

There are on average over 1M edits each month in the last two years after an interesting spike at the end of 2020. I wonder why the growth is so sudden.

In the last month, 14.5% of all users contributing to OSM in that month also used StreetComplete to contribute at least once. I think that's quite a big number considering that the app is an independent project and only available for android.

The map shows that Europe is the hotspot for StreetComplete, but it is used all over the world.

yearly edit count per quest

Rank	StreetComplete	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Total
1	AddRoadSurface	0	699,705	534,706	428,071	496,913	1,270,021	1,131,025	4,560,441
2	AddBuildingType	0	0	216,587	277,087	630,296	1,736,024	1,246,019	4,106,013
3	AddWayLit	0	108,264	226,736	300,578	485,481	1,255,455	789,408	3,165,922
4	AddBuildingLevels	0	84,234	137,679	159,553	396,895	1,191,709	806,285	2,776,355
5	AddPathSurface	0	0	42,597	147,386	305,752	946,911	681,030	2,123,676
6	AddRoofShape	0	20,328	53,298	64,678	175,129	859,902	364,441	1,537,776
7	AddHousenumber	0	22,274	41,388	46,711	140,976	450,658	328,786	1,030,793
8	AddCycleway	0	33,375	69,445	41,524	103,614	421,130	350,469	1,019,557
9	AddSidewalk	0	0	0	33,321	75,975	472,282	344,234	925,812
10	AddLanes	0	30	4	0	86,714	360,932	264,008	711,688
11	AddTactilePavingCrosswalk	0	24,245	32,007	40,078	69,995	247,549	214,068	627,942
12	AddAddressStreet	0	0	2	0	82,162	272,991	254,076	609,231
13	AddMaxSpeed	0	115,619	121,007	39,269	52,801	77,325	62,429	468,450
14	AddOpeningHours	51	34,488	26,123	29,432	47,856	127,393	133,161	398,504
15	AddCrossingIsland	0	0	0	0	22,209	202,587	143,150	367,946
16	AddCrossingType	0	10,158	27,320	34,726	47,534	120,287	96,071	336,096
17	AddParkingAccess	0	0	18,103	46,664	83,911	111,983	63,712	324,373
18	AddRoadSmoothness	0	0	0	0	0	2,545	277,119	279,664
19	AddBusStopShelter	0	23,569	17,437	20,509	27,156	88,486	90,175	267,332
20	CheckExistence	0	0	0	0	7,377	164,515	91,714	263,606
21	AddParkingType	0	4,608	16,574	25,082	45,786	90,480	77,212	259,742
22	AddRoadName	34	40,600	28,931	30,785	51,038	58,135	50,076	259,599
23	AddTactilePavingBusStop	0	10,678	16,462	20,403	29,128	103,388	79,186	259,245
24	AddParkingFee	0	0	11,451	27,191	48,507	85,812	59,846	232,807
25	AddBenchBackrest	0	0	4,472	10,399	22,578	98,074	86,518	222,041
26	AddBenchStatusOnBusStop	0	0	0	0	18,671	103,189	99,630	221,490
27	AddBinStatusOnBusStop	0	0	0	0	0	88,595	122,283	210,878
28	AddForestLeafType	0	0	0	4,096	23,500	90,408	70,462	188,466
29	SidewalkOverlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	185,612	185,612
30	AddPathSmoothness	0	0	0	0	0	1,980	180,579	182,559
31	AddShoulder	0	0	0	0	0	13	174,878	174,891
32	AddBusStopLit	0	0	0	0	0	74,185	100,588	174,773
33	AddStepsRamp	0	0	0	0	15,498	84,623	71,038	171,159
34	WayLitOverlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	167,293	167,293
35	AddHandrail	0	0	0	4,738	20,936	68,594	72,008	166,276
36	AddTrafficSignalsButton	0	0	874	15,191	22,466	63,808	52,471	154,810
37	AddPowerPolesMaterial	0	735	2,783	4,036	10,686	57,806	71,993	148,039
38	AddTrafficSignalsSound	0	0	1,014	14,662	22,398	60,651	46,564	145,289
39	AddTrafficSignalsVibration	0	0	0	0	16,099	64,831	42,593	123,523
40	AddWheelchairAccessBusiness	0	10,024	9,096	11,471	19,141	35,602	35,844	121,178
41	AddPlaceName	0	304	0	15,111	30,972	38,547	33,021	117,955
42	AddStepsIncline	0	0	0	0	9,674	51,711	47,215	108,600
43	AddTracktype	0	0	418	7,528	16,145	39,860	33,910	97,861
44	AddStepCount	0	0	0	0	7,352	44,517	38,512	90,381
45	AddTactilePavingKerb	0	0	0	0	4,542	45,659	39,437	89,638
46	AddKerbHeight	0	0	0	0	3,767	43,395	38,621	85,783
47	AddMaxHeight	0	0	1,868	5,509	8,034	37,034	31,797	84,242
48	AddPlaygroundAccess	0	0	2,139	7,281	11,544	37,465	25,496	83,925
49	AddSidewalkSurface	0	0	0	0	3	0	81,063	81,066
50	AddBikeParkingCover	0	1,884	3,930	5,508	8,298	26,162	25,078	70,860
51	MarkCompletedHighwayConstruction	0	0	2,055	3,857	7,603	31,181	25,450	70,146
52	StreetParkingOverlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	63,893	63,893
53	AddCyclewaySegregation	0	0	1,899	7,571	8,341	24,273	21,486	63,570
54	AddBikeParkingCapacity	0	2,551	3,423	3,486	7,022	22,793	18,069	57,344
55	AddPitchSurface	0	0	0	0	58	34,852	21,576	56,486
56	AddFootwayPartSurface	0	0	0	1,830	9,740	25,979	18,751	56,300
57	AddCyclewayPartSurface	0	0	0	1,988	10,652	25,488	16,385	54,513
58	AddRailwayCrossingBarrier	0	0	7,177	9,169	5,407	12,883	19,340	53,976
59	AddProhibitedForPedestrians	0	0	0	3,520	7,099	24,463	17,704	52,786
60	AddFireHydrantPosition	0	0	0	0	0	60	50,225	50,285
61	AddPitchLit	0	0	0	0	0	25,425	24,157	49,582
62	AddMaxWeight	0	0	0	929	6,576	20,605	18,447	46,557
63	AddBikeParkingType	0	0	2,354	4,186	5,855	17,720	15,840	45,955
64	AddCrossing	0	0	0	0	0	16,581	28,314	44,895
65	AddBollardType	0	0	0	0	0	19,458	22,269	41,727
66	AddRoadWidth	0	0	0	0	0	0	40,795	40,795
67	AddPostboxCollectionTimes	0	0	2,076	3,113	5,489	15,853	8,445	34,976
68	AddFireHydrantType	0	322	472	1,394	2,345	9,707	15,455	29,695
69	AddRecyclingContainerMaterials	0	0	0	15	5,130	12,000	11,487	28,632
70	AddBridgeStructure	0	0	528	1,204	1,945	11,255	13,506	28,438
71	AddVegetarian	0	341	2,575	3,323	4,213	6,796	8,765	26,013
72	AddSeating	0	0	0	0	0	0	22,262	22,262
73	AddOneway	0	0	2,424	2,639	3,385	774	11,665	20,887
74	AddPicnicTableCover	0	0	0	0	0	4,681	16,194	20,875
75	AddRecyclingType	0	4,149	4,789	2,772	1,878	2,921	2,157	18,666
76	AddToiletsFee	0	466	459	725	1,236	7,167	8,151	18,204
77	MarkCompletedBuildingConstruction	0	0	215	867	1,448	7,401	7,747	17,678
78	AddFireHydrantDiameter	0	0	0	0	0	2,811	14,254	17,065
79	DetailRoadSurface	0	0	0	0	16,690	93	0	16,783
80	AddSport	0	2,379	1,615	1,795	2,830	4,852	3,174	16,645
81	AddBusStopName	0	0	545	1,623	3,624	4,711	2,780	13,283
82	AddBoardType	0	0	0	0	968	6,338	5,890	13,196
83	AddWheelchairAccessToilets	0	0	0	408	1,154	5,781	5,392	12,735
84	AddBicycleBarrierType	0	0	0	0	0	1,663	9,698	11,361
85	AddVegan	0	135	911	1,053	1,453	2,890	4,240	10,682
86	AddAcceptsCards	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,610	10,610
87	CheckShopType	0	0	0	0	160	4,066	5,049	9,275
88	AddCyclewayWidth	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,057	9,057
89	AddEntrance	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,856	8,856
90	AddWheelchairAccessPublicTransport	0	0	0	440	966	3,971	3,381	8,758
91	AddAirCompressor	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,755	7,755
92	AddKosher	0	0	0	0	4	4,121	3,492	7,617
93	AddHalal	0	0	0	0	0	3,240	3,895	7,135
94	DetermineRecyclingGlass	0	0	0	36	1,373	2,982	2,524	6,915
95	AddGeneralFee	0	0	0	133	515	2,487	3,670	6,805
96	AddressOverlay	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,207	6,207
97	AddCarWashType	0	38	207	244	434	2,392	2,806	6,121
98	AddToiletAvailability	0	93	315	505	576	2,200	2,416	6,105
99	AddSmoking	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,891	5,891
100	AddMotorcycleParkingCover	0	0	5	302	611	2,410	2,287	5,615

I was surprised that over a million house numbers were added with StreetComplete, since I hardly see any missing house numbers in Germany, but I guess this information is missing a lot in other parts of the world. Overall I think this table is quite interesting.

If you have any other questions about the usage of StreetComplete, ideas about plots or feedback in general, you can open an issue in the repo or comment here.

[HolgerJeromin]

There are on average over 1M edits each month in the last two years after an interesting spike at the end of 2020. I wonder why the growth is so sudden.

The growth is matching release of v26:
https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/releases/tag/v26.0

So after that all quests are immediately visible in the app. More and quicker quests => more answered quest.

[matkoniecz]

#2671 (comment) has focus on this jump with releases marked

[FloEdelmann]

@piebro, maybe it's possible to automatically fetch the release dates of all non-alpha/beta StreetComplete versions via the GitHub API and display them as vertical lines in the graph?

See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/releases/releases

[piebro]

The growth is matching release of v26: https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/releases/tag/v26.0

So after that all quests are immediately visible in the app. More and quicker quests => more answered quest.

Oh yeah, that's true, but more quest is probably not the only explanation because looking here

the number of monthly contributors is raising too. Its probably because the v26 release was also more popular.

@piebro, maybe it's possible to automatically fetch the release dates of all non-alpha/beta StreetComplete versions via the GitHub API and display them as vertical lines in the graph?

Oh yeah, that's a great idea, I will look into that, thanks!

[matkoniecz]

I was surprised that over a million house numbers were added with StreetComplete, since I hardly see any missing house numbers in Germany

That is not a number of added house numbers - that is count how many times this quest was answered. It may seem pedantic, but I encountered cases where groups of garages were mapped as building=house or building=retail where asking shopkeeper revealed that house number is not assigned there ( https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1116288092 https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/10209776391 )

See also https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/ywgzna/this_is_what_street_complete_looks_like_in/

[westnordost]

Whoa, awesome!