2017 In Numbers

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NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017 In Numbers

• 25 Challenges
• 2,017 solutions submitted in response to challenges
• Solutions by Category
  • Ideate and Create! 686
  • The Earth and Us 582
  • Warning! Danger Ahead! 364
  • Planetary Blues 202
  • Our Ecological Neighborhood 183
• Solutions by Challenge
  • And You Can Help Fight Fires 219
  • Live Smart 169
  • You Are My Sunshine 154
  • Small Spaces, Big Ideas 127
  • Dictionary of Earth 105
• 25,140 Participants, including 2,909 Virtual Participants across 187 cities in 69 countries.
• 78 new locations
• 2 Main Stages
  • NYC Participants 120
  • Silicon Valley Participants 160
  • NYC Solutions 23
  • Silicon Valley Solutions 23
• 53 events with more than 100 participants
• 3,519 Pre-event Participants (registrants on spaceappschallenge.org)
• 42 events were sold out
• 81 total pre-events
• 60% Return Rate for Hosts
  • 111 locations hosted events before 2017
• UN Sustainable Development Goals Addressed: 1.5, 3.9, 6.6, 9.1, 11.1, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 13.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.4, 15.5, 15.9
• Top 10 Largest Events
  • Cairo 3,021
  • Virtual Participation 2,909
  • Visakhapatnam 1,306
  • Alexandria 1,070
  • Kuala Lumpur 779
  • Dhaka 551
  • Bengaluru 541
  • Hyderabad 439
  • Ismailia 403
  • Vellore 400
  • New York 399
• Top 10 Largest Pre-Events
  • Cairo 893
  • Alexandria 423
  • Ismailia 157
  • Sydney 151
  • New York 147
  • Maringá 126
  • Serra 113
  • Kuala Lumpur 103
  • New Delhi 81
  • Bengaluru 79
• Northernmost Event: Barrow, Alaska
• Southernmost Event: Melbourne, Australia
• US Embassies and Consulates Represented
  • Moscow, Russia
  • Managua, Nicaragua
  • Rome, Italy
  • Limassol, Cyprus
  • Lagos, Nigeria
  • Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Prishtina, Kosovo
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Alexandria, Egypt
  • Vicenza, Italy
• Space Agencies Represented
  • Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
  • European Space Agency (ESA)
  • National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU)
  • Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
  • Polish Space Agency (POLSA)
  • Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
  • Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE)
• #SPACEAPPS
  • 21,850+ Posts with #spaceapps (or that mentioned "Space Apps")
  • 240+ media mentions
  • 6,850+ social media users engaged
• Livestreaming from 34 cities
• People Reached 44,000,000+
• Women in Data:
  • 28% of leads were women
  • 46% of posts were by women
• Space Apps is Managed by the NASA Earth Science Devision
  • www.spaceappschallenge.org