Some Facts – Giga Events by comparison

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Actually nine Geocaching Giga Events were published worldwide. In Germany, there are again two Giga events – Hamburg and Berlin. For this, I’d like to compare them, just reduced to numbers.

#1: Project MUNICH2014 – Mia san Giga! (Germany)

6.722 WA-Logs, 7.565 Attended-Logs, attendees from 35 countries

Publish at September 8th, 2013 as a Mega (Project Event), Giga-requirement (3.000 WAs) fulfilled at April 25th, 2014, 229 days after publish.

#2: Mainz Gutenberg 2015 (Germany)

5.308 WA-Logs, 6.287 Attended-Logs, attendees from 30 countries

Publish at April 17th, 2014, 500 WAs (Mega) at June 22th, (after 67 days), 3000 WAs (Giga) at March 6th, 2015, 333 days after publish.

#3: Project GeoXantike (2015, Germany)

4.121 WA-Logs, 4.462 Attended Logs, attendees from 22 countries

Publish at August 16th, 2014 as Mega (Project Event), 3.000 WAs (Giga) at March 27th, 2015, 223 days after publish

#4: Project Glück Auf 2016 (Germany)

5.624 WA-Logs, 6.031 Attended-Logs, attendees from 27 countries

Publish at June 11th, 2015 as Mega (Project Event) with 602 WAs, 3.000 WAs (Giga) at January 14th, 2016, 217 days after publish

#5: GREAT MORAVIA 2017 (Czech Republic)

4.741 WA-Logs, 4.327 Attended-Logs, attendees from 31 countries

Publish am 2. September 2019, 627 WAs (Mega) am ersten Tag, 3.000 WAs (Giga) am 16. Januar 2017, 136 days after publish

#6: GeoWoodstock 2018 (USA)

5.175 WA-Logs, 4.631 Attended-Logs, attendees from 27 countries

Publish at Mai 27th, 2017, 500 WAs (Mega) at Juni 2nd (after 6 days), 3.000 WAs (Giga) at October 9th, 2017, 135 days after publish

#7: Project Hamburg – Im Wandel der Zeit (2019, Germany)

5.418 WA-Logs from 32 countries,  5.223 attendees from 30 countries (as of 6/4/19)

Publish at Mai 12th, 2018 as Mega (Project Event), 3.000 WAs (Giga) at January 4th, 2019, 237 days after publish

#8: Berlin – Hauptstadt der Spione (2019, Germany)

4.428 WA-Logs from 38 Countries, 3.396 Attended-Logs,  attendees from 30 countries (as of 6/4/19)

Publish at Juli 7th, 2018, 526 WAs (Mega) at first day , 3.000 WAs (Giga) at January 20th, 2019, 197 days after publish

#9: 20 Years of Geocaching Prague 2020 (2020, Czech Republic)

3.059 WA-Logs from 35 countries (as of 6/4/19)

Publish at Mai 1st, 2019, 932 WAs (Mega) at first day, 3.000 WAs (Giga) at June 4th, 2019, 34 days after publish

Summary

The first Giga event, Project MUNICH2014 was the biggest ever: the count of WA-Logs as well as the number of attendees. Both were never reached again.

The most WAs at the first day has been logged for 20 Years of Geocaching Prague 2020: 928.

By far the fastest accomplish of GIGA, goes also to 20 Years of Geocaching Prague 2020 with only 34 days after publish! Followed by GeoWoodstock 2018 (USA) with 135 days and GREAT MORAVIA 2017 with 136 days after publish.

GREAT MORAVIA was the first Giga were the number of Attended-Logs was significant lower than the number of WA-Logs. Same effect accoured at GeoWoodstock and it is stated also to some Megas.