Data used from AH0A, N2EY, ARRL. Year to year stat data is pulled from December data of that year.
The all-time high total of 780,526 occurred on or about November 24, 2021
General Class loss started in SEPT 2023, Tech Class Losses started in NOV 2021. Total Losses started in DEC 2021
$35 extortion "fee" to have a ham license went in effect April 2022
Requirments for Morse code testing dropped for all license classes - February 23, 2007
Restructuring began April 15, 2000 No new Advanced, Tech Plus, or Novice Licenses issued by the FCC Technician Plus renewals assigned Technican licenses
Click on the year to get month by month data.
Extra class losses are due to expired licneses, could be from non-renewal or going 10 toes up.
Year
Extra
Advanced
General
Technician
Novice
Total
156,309
29,706
184,868
368,729
5,199
744,811
155,231
32,378
186,895
374,755
5,862
755,119
154,482
34,537
186,413
387,676
6,314
769,422
154,399
36,131
186,107
396,471
6,851
779,959
152,281
37,267
182,174
392,704
7,337
771,763
150,154
38,447
179,685
387,380
7,870
763,536
147,369
39,607
175,949
384,145
8,360
755,430
145,034
41,938
174,206
377,902
9,056
748,136
143,337
45,071
172,807
371,560
10,012
742,787
139,901
48,155
172,603
363,806
10,940
735,405
136,405
51,069
169,524
357,236
12,041
726,275
133,391
54,293
167,257
349,163
13,097
717,201
130,736
56,314
163,370
345,369
13,786
709,575
126,431
57,875
160,554
342,583
14,613
702,056
122,951
59,387
155,781
342,191
15,731
696,041
119,403
60,795
150,970
334,245
17,084
682,497
115,625
62,104
144,832
322,660
18,343
663,564
112,022
65,368
142,680
315,314
20,458
655,842
108,223
69,915
131,224
323,073
23,633
656,068
107,440
74,221
135,067
319,125
26,747
662,600
106,090
77,948
138,292
319,742
29,765
671,837
104,894
82,034
141,498
322,821
32,812
684,059
103,257
84,326
139,848
321,805
36,072
685,308
97,977
86,545
138,625
319,735
40,155
683,037
93,807
88,783
134,144
319,874
45,632
682,240
75,392
103,471
110,386
335,768
52,375
677,392
74,669
103,592
111,513
326,432
57,617
673,823
73,949
105,835
114,877
317,676
64,169
676,506