A Year of Stats

By MrOwnership.

Contents

• Intro
• General Stats
• Achievements Created
  • Monthly Breakdown
  • Console Breakdown
  • Top 25 Achievement Creators
  • Top 25 Developers
• Achievement Unlocks
  • Monthly Breakdown
  • Console Breakdown
  • Top 25 Users
  • Top 10 Awarded Achievements
• Code Notes
  • Monthly Breakdown
  • Console Breakdown
  • Top 10 Code Note Creators
• Mastery Awards
  • Monthly Breakdown
  • Console Breakdown
  • Top 25 Mastery Awards
  • Top 10 Single Month Masteries
  • Top 10 Mastered Sets
• Set Requests
  • Monthly Breakdown
  • Console Breakdown
• Leaderboards
  • Monthly Breakdown
  • Console Breakdown
  • Top 10 Leaderboard Creators

Intro

If you like looking at stats and data, then you have come to the right place. We’ve gathered tons of stats from 2021 that cover a wide range of measurable aspects that RetroAchievements offer. Check out what the community has accomplished.

General Stats

Check out some general stats from this year.

Number of sets released.	1,060
Number of achievements released.	49,373
Number of hardcore achievements earned.	4,168,132
Number of code notes created.	169,110
Number of mastery awards awarded.	44,913
Number of set requests made.	12,464
Number of leaderboards created.	8,025
Number of leaderboard entries submitted.	264,574
Number of users who have earned at least 1 hardcore achievement.	24,989
Number of total hardcore points earned by players.	58,128,440
Number of total hardcore retro points earned by players.	171,350,530
Number of user accounts created.	59,594
Number of new user accounts reaching >=500 points.	7,772

Achievements Created

Monthly Breakdown

Console Breakdown

Console	Achievements
32X	160
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	101
Apple II	142
Arcade	1,218
Atari 2600	377
Atari 7800	66
Atari Jaguar	59
Atari Lynx	20
ColecoVision	87
Game Boy	1,864
Game Boy Advance	4,264
Game Boy Color	1,575
Game Gear	574
Intellivision	143
Magnavox Odyssey 2	33
Master System	155
Mega Drive	3,299
MSX	315

Console	Achievements
Neo Geo Pocket	212
NES	2,618
Nintendo 64	2,894
Nintendo DS	6,690
PC Engine	1,163
PC-8000/8800	193
PC-FX	82
PlayStation	7,023
PlayStation Portable	6,979
Pokemon Mini	138
Saturn	874
Sega CD	410
SG-1000	133
SNES	4,038
Vectrex	96
Virtual Boy	154
Watara Supervision	756
WonderSwan	468

Top 25 Achievement Creators

Check out the top 25 achievement creators this year, how many achievements they created and what console they created the most achievements for.

Rank	Developer	Achievements	Favorite Console
1	voiceofautumn	3,157	Game Boy Advance
2	Snow	2,461	PlayStation Portable
3	SporyTike	2,287	Nintendo DS
4	AlexGatao	1,736	SNES
5	guindev	1,578	PC Engine
6	blendedsea	1,461	PlayStation Portable
7	wilhitewarrior	1,431	NES
8	pinguupinguu	1,379	Nintendo DS
9	tatoonie	1,340	PlayStation
10	televandalist	1,174	PlayStation Portable
11	MGNS8M	1,169	PlayStation Portable
12	Delmaru	1,074	Nintendo DS
13	SlashTangent	1,033	PlayStation Portable
14	TeddyWestside	1,031	PlayStation
15	lordpsycho	992	PlayStation Portable
16	hardt	911	PC Engine
17	BrunoKiko	758	PlayStation
18	NgNvNn	705	PlayStation
19	stfN1337	653	SNES
20	zxmega	637	Mega Drive
21	KingS1zzle	596	PlayStation Portable
22	MarioJunior10	595	PC Engine
23	raniejogos	589	Mega Drive
24	mopain85	569	Nintendo 64
25	Pebete	513	PlayStation

Top 25 Developers

Check out some stats regarding unlocks and points awarded by the developers. Included is the number of unlocks, points and retro points awarded to the players. This data includes all achievements but only counts unlocks during 2021. Bolded rows indicate active developers.

Rank	Developer	Unlocks Awarded	Points Awarded	Retro Points Awarded
1	Brian	150,987	2,304,602	7,886,604
2	Salsa	127,988	2,008,570	7,275,634
3	SporyTike	122,918	1,447,694	4,634,326
4	dude1286	104,065	1,820,320	4,126,734
5	televandalist	98,383	1,495,008	5,466,314
6	stfN1337	85,443	1,313,692	2,163,146
7	matheus2653	78,253	1,276,792	3,695,130
8	Dexterspet	76,945	978,470	2,586,020
9	Jaarl	73,867	1,056,408	2,528,688
10	Snow	66,873	701,226	2,167,772
11	jplima	66,654	1,267,540	3,934,888
12	Rewsifer	65,787	721,880	1,323,696
13	Blazekickn	65,680	697,448	3,571,782
14	Scott	65,110	703,456	1,664,918
15	MGNS8M	63,335	903,884	3,031,792
16	Altomar	60,797	780,374	1,883,986
17	SherryBirkin	55,482	769,554	1,545,938
18	Totaya	51,749	860,846	1,722,192
19	BrunoKiko	51,055	602,354	1,261,994
20	Delmaru	50,642	662,382	1,561,732
21	hardt	47,859	558,856	1,617,554
22	Dissection	47,606	772,090	1,583,076
23	mickyt888	47,375	672,894	1,691,512
24	Shmelyoff	45,497	670,232	3,100,644
25	salvadorc17	44,930	663,882	1,274,122

* Hardcore only

Achievement Unlocks

Monthly Breakdown

Console Breakdown

Console	Unlocks
32X	1,793
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	4,102
Apple II	1,330
Arcade	128,867
Atari 2600	53,956
Atari 7800	2,664
Atari Jaguar	319
Atari Lynx	1,923
ColecoVision	1,922
Events	3,766
Game Boy	234,037
Game Boy Advance	483,356
Game Boy Color	122,578
Game Gear	24,233
Intellivision	1,369
Magnavox Odyssey 2	732
Master System	37,522
Mega Drive	278,350
MSX	1,886

Console	Unlocks
Neo Geo Pocket	7,071
NES	579,624
Nintendo 64	290,315
Nintendo DS	185,098
PC Engine	61,693
PC-8000/8800	1,486
PC-FX	302
PlayStation	666,027
PlayStation Portable	73,816
Pokemon Mini	8,772
Saturn	20,113
Sega CD	10,729
SG-1000	2,284
SNES	862,029
Vectrex	584
Virtual Boy	3,204
Watara Supervision	7,834
WonderSwan	2,446

Top 25 Users

Check out who has the most achievement unlocks, points, retro points, and mastery awards earned this year.

Rank	User	Achievements	Points	Retro Points	Mastery Awards
1	Infernum	11,332	205,774	733,018	424
2	guineu	10,475	143,948	374,806	354
3	Blazekickn	8,786	115,322	238,344	289
4	Kinglink	8,716	79,936	109,926	34
5	Retrokaiser	8,360	89,388	177,798	156
6	freezestar	8,094	102,788	192,022	195
7	JigokuNoBanken	7,576	104,170	232,646	63
8	Pudpod	7,530	96,050	190,606	95
9	ShadwSonic	7,267	98,594	199,564	199
10	CobaltZeroni	7,082	87,756	174,350	75
11	FireSonic	6,958	96,868	232,056	174
12	Andrey199650	6,843	108,578	262,200	180
13	chocolatiel	6,628	93,292	256,338	93
14	xTyrea64	6,581	108,552	305,690	93
15	TheLooseGroose	6,307	92,346	337,170	180
16	AmericanNinja	6,251	95,860	285,198	35
17	Bendyhuman	6,247	80,022	153,924	258
18	Arekdias	6,145	117,322	548,498	72
19	minibt	6,109	84,952	184,826	139
20	Olafur	5,973	98,232	324,496	105
21	HolyShinx	5,872	89,648	207,422	190
22	ChronoGear	5,853	103,230	489,366	118
23	Zio	5,798	115,704	499,894	118
24	Sarconius	5,609	107,972	107,972	167
25	Grahamtams	5,575	84,302	235,922	50

Top 10 Awarded Achievements

Check out which achievements were earned the most this year.

Rank	Achievement	Game	Times Awarded
1	Giddy Up!	Super Mario World (SNES)	2955
2	Unleash The Dragon	Super Mario World (SNES)	2727
3	I is for Icky Iggy	Super Mario World (SNES)	2231
4	I Believe I Can Fly	Super Mario World (SNES)	2120
5	Shroooooms…	Super Mario Bros. (NES)	1836
6	You Can Spell!	Donkey Kong Country (SNES)	1783
7	A new Journey	Super Mario 64 (Nintendo 64)	1701
8	Tally Me Bananas	Donkey Kong Country (SNES)	1689
9	Now You’re Playing With Fire!	Super Mario Bros. (NES)	1645
10	Amateur Collector	Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)	1468

* Hardcore only

Code Notes

Monthly Breakdown

Console Breakdown

Console	Notes
32X	163
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	259
Apple II	395
Arcade	1,875
Atari 2600	569
Atari 7800	280
Atari Jaguar	103
Atari Lynx	39
ColecoVision	207
Dreamcast	2,882
Game Boy	3,755
Game Boy Advance	12,002
Game Boy Color	4,787
Game Gear	1,639
Intellivision	397
Magnavox Odyssey 2	34
Master System	508
Mega Drive	5,706
MSX	446

Console	Notes
Neo Geo Pocket	832
NES	5,785
Nintendo 64	7,712
Nintendo DS	29,566
PC Engine	1,921
PC-8000/8800	316
PC-FX	84
PlayStation	31,722
PlayStation Portable	39,358
Pokemon Mini	186
Saturn	1,682
Sega CD	997
SG-1000	151
SNES	9,856
Vectrex	138
Virtual Boy	332
Watara Supervision	1,261
WonderSwan	945

Top 10 Code Note Creators

Check out which developers created the most code notes this year.

Rank	Developer	Notes
1	televandalist	16,384
2	SporyTike	11,280
3	blendedsea	6,716
4	Snow	5,693
5	NgNvNn	4,470

Rank	Developer	Leaderboards
6	Delmaru	3,936
7	wilhitewarrior	3,760
8	guindev	3,506
9	voiceofautumn	3,416
10	Alfex	3,054

Mastery Awards

Monthly Breakdown

Console Breakdown

Console	Awards
32X	28
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	76
Apple II	45
Arcade	653
Atari 2600	1,884
Atari 7800	62
Atari Jaguar	7
Atari Lynx	38
ColecoVision	106
Events	382
Game Boy	3,923
Game Boy Advance	4,345
Game Boy Color	2,238
Game Gear	427
Intellivision	57
Magnavox Odyssey 2	39
Master System	466
Mega Drive	3,324
MSX	43

Console	Awards
Neo Geo Pocket	57
NES	7,127
Nintendo 64	2,656
Nintendo DS	1,366
PC Engine	257
PC-8000/8800	42
PC-FX	8
PlayStation	4,308
PlayStation Portable	494
Pokemon Mini	341
Saturn	208
Sega CD	87
SG-1000	55
SNES	9,275
Vectrex	6
Virtual Boy	46
Watara Supervision	418
WonderSwan	19

Top 25 Mastery Awards

Rank	User	Awards
1	Infernum	424
2	guineu	354
3	Blazekickn	289
4	Bendyhuman	258
5	YahwehTzVaoth	253
6	ShadwSonic	199
7	freezestar	195
8	HolyShinx	190
9	mikeisafighter	181
10	Andrey199650	180
11	TheLooseGroose	180
12	FireSonic	174
13	Sarconius	167

Rank	User	Awards
14	Xotoco	163
15	Retrokaiser	156
16	AuburnRDM	149
16	BlotchJBMR	149
18	Xymjak	146
19	Pixelach	142
20	minibt	139
21	DUT	133
21	Jungon	133
23	WanderingHeiho	133
24	adamjohnny5	130
25	MaddieKittyTV	129

Top 10 Single Month Masteries

Check out which users had the most single moth mastery awards this year.

Rank	User	Awards	Month
1	Infernum	73	June
2	AuburnRDM	72	December
3	Infernum	56	May
4	Infernum	52	July
5	Infernum	47	April
6	Infernum	47	September
7	Infernum	44	December
8	guineu	43	June
9	mikeisafighter	39	January
10	AxelViex	39	February

Top 10 Mastered Sets

Check out which sets were mastered most this year.

Rank	Game	Awards
1	Donkey Kong Country (SNES)	344
2	Crash Bandicoot (PlayStation)	249
3	Color a Dinosaur (NES)	244
4	Super Mario World (SNES)	243
5	~Homebrew~ Cookie Clicker (NES)	241
6	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest (SNES)	206
7	Legend of Zelda, The: A Link to the Past (SNES)	183
8	Caterpillar Construction Zone (Game Boy Color)	182
9	~Prototype~ Diablo | Diablo Junior (Game Boy)	179
10	~Test Kit~ SNES Burn-in Test Cartridge (SNES)	178

Set Requests

Monthly Breakdown

Console Breakdown

Console	Requests
32X	17
3DO Interactive Multiplayer	45
Apple II	19
Arcade	518
Atari 2600	36
Atari 5200	1
Atari 7800	4
Atari Jaguar	7
Atari Lynx	1
ColecoVision	6
Commodore 64	3
DOS	34
Dreamcast	229
Game Boy	189
Game Boy Advance	883
Game Boy Color	225
Game Gear	64
Intellivision	9
Magnavox Odyssey 2	4
Master System	128
Mega Drive	537
MSX	17
Neo Geo Pocket	17

Console	Requests
NES	672
Nintendo 3DS	3
Nintendo 64	649
Nintendo DS	1,633
Nokia N-Gage	1
PC Engine	141
PC-8000/8800	4
PC-9800	46
PC-FX	2
Philips CD-i	2
PlayStation	2,907
PlayStation Portable	1,228
Pokemon Mini	12
Saturn	232
Sega CD	119
SG-1000	4
SNES	1,261
Super Cassette Vision	2
Vectrex	1
Virtual Boy	11
Watara Supervision	10
WonderSwan	29
Zeebo	2

Leaderboards

Monthly Breakdown

Console Breakdown

Console	Leaderboards
Apple II	4
Arcade	113
Atari 2600	69
Atari 7800	55
Atari Jaguar	3
ColecoVision	12
Dreamcast	124
Game Boy	244
Game Boy Advance	289
Game Boy Color	231
Game Gear	31
Intellivision	29
Magnavox Odyssey 2	4
Master System	22
Mega Drive	671
MSX	68
NES	287

Console	Leaderboards
Nintendo 64	1,010
Nintendo DS	1,304
PC Engine	83
PC-8000/8800	4
PC-FX	1
PlayStation	647
PlayStation Portable	1,511
Pokemon Mini	43
Saturn	33
Sega CD	8
SG-1000	10
SNES	759
Vectrex	6
Virtual Boy	11
Watara Supervision	185
WonderSwan	24

Top 10 Leaderboard Creators

Check out which developers created the most leaderboards this year.

Rank	Developer	Leaderboards
1	SporyTike	1,649
2	lordpsycho	837
3	GalacticSpear	451
4	NgNvNn	368
5	TeddyWestside	348

Rank	Developer	Leaderboards
6	KingS1zzle	275
7	BahamutVoid	237
8	Bartis1989	231
9	valts	206
10	raniejogos	177