How many UK caches?

[+Alvia]

Just as a matter of interest, I would like to know how many traditional and multi caches are active on the UK mainland.

[+Handsyhands]

Hi Alvia

 

If you go onto the 'hide and Seek a Cache' page then into 'advanced search' you can select Traditional Cache from the drop down menu, do the same for Multi's and add them together to get a total of 38560 in the UK.

[+Haggis Hunter]

There is a total of 43350 active caches within the UK, this figure does includes events, which there does appear to be quite a few.

[+Pharisee]

As of Monday evening, the last time my data base was updated, there were :-

32,300 active traditional caches

4,710 active multi-caches

3,602 active mystery caches

202 active virtual caches

811 active assorted other types of cache

Edited May 14, 2009 by Pharisee

[+Yorkie30]

As of Monday evening, the last time my data base was updated, there were :-

32,300 active traditional caches

4,710 active multi-caches

3,602 active mystery caches

202 active virtual caches

811 active assorted other types of cache

 

I still have a couple to do then.

[Fellwanderer]

As of Monday evening, the last time my data base was updated, there were :-

32,300 active traditional caches

4,710 active multi-caches

3,602 active mystery caches

202 active virtual caches

811 active assorted other types of cache

 

I still have a couple to do then.

 

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

[Chudley Cannons]

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

You must have a lot of fingers. There were 43 UK caches on the day you signed up.

[Fellwanderer]

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

You must have a lot of fingers. There were 43 UK caches on the day you signed up.

 

Well, I did say almost!

 

How did you find that out? I'm pretty sure that when I looked when first interested there were fewer than that but it was eight years ago. Maybe I'm muddling it with the registered cachers as I do know one list showed only about ten people registered before me.

Edited May 15, 2009 by Fellwanderer

[Chudley Cannons]

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

You must have a lot of fingers. There were 43 UK caches on the day you signed up.

 

Well, I did say almost!

 

How did you find that out? I'm pretty sure that when I looked when first interested there were fewer than that but it was eight years ago. Maybe I'm muddling it with the registered cachers as I do know one list showed only about ten people registered before me.

I know because you signed up withing a few days of a good friend of mine. August 2001 - 43 UK caches.

[+Matrix]

I joined on Sunday, August 05, 2001 and if I remember correctly my nearest cache was 70 odd miles away

[+Primitive Person]

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

You must have a lot of fingers. There were 43 UK caches on the day you signed up.

 

If you want to return to that sort of cache density, just sign up with Navicache.

[+Guanajuato]

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

You must have a lot of fingers. There were 43 UK caches on the day you signed up.

 

If you want to return to that sort of cache density, just sign up with Navicache.

And even then they're mostly virtuals.

[+Primitive Person]

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

You must have a lot of fingers. There were 43 UK caches on the day you signed up.

 

If you want to return to that sort of cache density, just sign up with Navicache.

And even then they're mostly virtuals.

 

Yup...I joined up to see if it would open up more caches to me locally, but the number within about twenty miles can be counted on the fingers of one hand, all hidden by the same person. The site seems to attract a lot of loyalty, which I guess is good, but I found it a horrible site to use, and I've only found one Navicache-listed cache so far. Whatever Groundspeak's perceived crimes are, this site is light years ahead in terms of usability, features, and - of course - sheer volume of caches. Quality is more important than quantity, sure, but I use my judgement to decide which caches to go for. I won't do it just because it's there (usually!).

 

Lee

[+Loony Londo]

Any idea how many cachers in the UK?

 

Any suggestions how to find out?

 

To think, when I started I could almost count them on my fingers!

You must have a lot of fingers. There were 43 UK caches on the day you signed up.

 

If you want to return to that sort of cache density, just sign up with Navicache.

And even then they're mostly virtuals.

 

Yup...I joined up to see if it would open up more caches to me locally, but the number within about twenty miles can be counted on the fingers of one hand, all hidden by the same person. The site seems to attract a lot of loyalty, which I guess is good, but I found it a horrible site to use, and I've only found one Navicache-listed cache so far. Whatever Groundspeak's perceived crimes are, this site is light years ahead in terms of usability, features, and - of course - sheer volume of caches. Quality is more important than quantity, sure, but I use my judgement to decide which caches to go for. I won't do it just because it's there (usually!).

 

Lee

[+sTeamTraen]

Any idea how many cachers in the UK?

 

Any suggestions how to find out?

First you have to define "cacher": someone who has found 1/10/100 caches this week/month/year/ever?

[+Primitive Person]

Any idea how many cachers in the UK?

 

Any suggestions how to find out?

First you have to define "cacher": someone who has found 1/10/100 caches this week/month/year/ever?

 

Yup - lots of people sign up to websites and never use them, or use them for a while and give up, or adopt different usernames etc. Finding the number of *active* UK cachers would be pretty diffcult. As an example, I host my blog at Livejournal, which in its ten-year history has seen about thirteen million accounts created. A huge number of those are inactive, and somewhere between 100 and 150 thousand accounts are accessed in a 24-hour period - but which ones of those thirteen million are accessed, it's impossible to tell.

 

Lee

[+Loony Londo]

I went to http://www.cacherstats.com/ and found that there are 2,582 cachers in the UK with more than 200 finds . However I would have thought that there were more than 2500 active cachers in the UK. I would guess judging from my cache logs that there must be more than 5,000.

 

Is there any way of finding out how many cachers there are in the uk with a hundred or more finds?

 

Does ground speak give the number of premium members in the UK?

 

 

 

Any idea how many cachers in the UK?

 

Any suggestions how to find out?

First you have to define "cacher": someone who has found 1/10/100 caches this week/month/year/ever?

 

Yup - lots of people sign up to websites and never use them, or use them for a while and give up, or adopt different usernames etc. Finding the number of *active* UK cachers would be pretty diffcult. As an example, I host my blog at Livejournal, which in its ten-year history has seen about thirteen million accounts created. A huge number of those are inactive, and somewhere between 100 and 150 thousand accounts are accessed in a 24-hour period - but which ones of those thirteen million are accessed, it's impossible to tell.

 

Lee

[+Loony Londo]

I went to http://www.cacherstats.com/ and found that there are 2,582 cachers in the UK with more than 200 finds . However I would have thought that there were more than 2500 active cachers in the UK. I would guess judging from my cache logs that there must be more than 5,000.

 

Is there any way of finding out how many cachers there are in the uk with a hundred or more finds?

 

Does ground speak give the number of premium members in the UK?

 

 

 

Any idea how many cachers in the UK?

 

Any suggestions how to find out?

First you have to define "cacher": someone who has found 1/10/100 caches this week/month/year/ever?

 

Yup - lots of people sign up to websites and never use them, or use them for a while and give up, or adopt different usernames etc. Finding the number of *active* UK cachers would be pretty diffcult. As an example, I host my blog at Livejournal, which in its ten-year history has seen about thirteen million accounts created. A huge number of those are inactive, and somewhere between 100 and 150 thousand accounts are accessed in a 24-hour period - but which ones of those thirteen million are accessed, it's impossible to tell.

 

Lee

[+Loony Londo]

I went to http://www.cacherstats.com/ and found that there are 2,582 cachers in the UK with more than 200 finds . However I would have thought that there were more than 2500 active cachers in the UK. I would guess judging from my cache logs that there must be more than 5,000.

 

Is there any way of finding out how many cachers there are in the uk with a hundred or more finds?

 

Does ground speak give the number of premium members in the UK?

 

 

 

Any idea how many cachers in the UK?

 

Any suggestions how to find out?

First you have to define "cacher": someone who has found 1/10/100 caches this week/month/year/ever?

 

Yup - lots of people sign up to websites and never use them, or use them for a while and give up, or adopt different usernames etc. Finding the number of *active* UK cachers would be pretty diffcult. As an example, I host my blog at Livejournal, which in its ten-year history has seen about thirteen million accounts created. A huge number of those are inactive, and somewhere between 100 and 150 thousand accounts are accessed in a 24-hour period - but which ones of those thirteen million are accessed, it's impossible to tell.

 

Lee

[+Loony Londo]

I went to http://www.cacherstats.com/ and found that there are 2,582 cachers in the UK with more than 200 finds . However I would have thought that there were more than 2500 active cachers in the UK. I would guess judging from my cache logs that there must be more than 5,000.

 

Is there any way of finding out how many cachers there are in the uk with a hundred or more finds?

 

Does ground speak give the number of premium members in the UK?

 

 

 

Any idea how many cachers in the UK?

 

Any suggestions how to find out?

First you have to define "cacher": someone who has found 1/10/100 caches this week/month/year/ever?

 

Yup - lots of people sign up to websites and never use them, or use them for a while and give up, or adopt different usernames etc. Finding the number of *active* UK cachers would be pretty diffcult. As an example, I host my blog at Livejournal, which in its ten-year history has seen about thirteen million accounts created. A huge number of those are inactive, and somewhere between 100 and 150 thousand accounts are accessed in a 24-hour period - but which ones of those thirteen million are accessed, it's impossible to tell.

 

Lee