Mensa Switzerland The High IQ Society

The following tables display how many members have joined or quit Mensa in each month.

Entries by month

Year of Entry	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year Total
2010	3	4	6	11	8	18	7	4	9	16	15	11	112
2011	12	3		4	1	2	10	16	10	10	17	7	92
2012	12	11	11	10	16	8	13	10	17	12	12	6	138
2013	11	7	10	10	7	9	14	8	12	14	10	20	132
2014	10	12	12	15	11	6	11	12	8	24	16	10	147
2015	20	17	15	17	15	14	15	9	35	17	22	19	215
2016	15	13	23	14	25	9	13	15	20	20	7	18	192
2017	30	17	10	20	32	14	15	9	25	20	21	5	218
2018	19	21	8	19	16	19	39	8	16	21	15	15	216
2019	16	26	21	21	20	21	23	13	12	18	29	26	246
2020	16	11											27

Exits by month

Year of Exit	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year Total
2010						14	6	5	5	1	2	3	36
2011	40	3				3	2	25	6	4	2		85
2012	1	1	3		52	5	27				24	1	114
2013	1	1				32		1	2				37
2014	17					34			1				52
2015	22				1	19	2	3	3	3	3	27	83
2016						26	6	2	1	2	1	1	39
2017		33				24	6	2	3		1	2	71
2018	3	3	46	5	8	67	9	1	2	2	1	2	149
2019	59		1	3	1	85	3	1		1		54	208
2020													0

Resulting Balance

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year Total
2010	3	4	6	11	8	4	1	-1	4	15	13	8	76
2011	-28			4	1	-1	8	-9	4	6	15	7	7
2012	11	10	8	10	-36	3	-14	10	17	12	-12	5	24
2013	10	6	10	10	7	-23	14	7	10	14	10	20	95
2014	-7	12	12	15	11	-28	11	12	7	24	16	10	95
2015	-2	17	15	17	14	-5	13	6	32	14	19	-8	132
2016	15	13	23	14	25	-17	7	13	19	18	6	17	153
2017	30	-16	10	20	32	-10	9	7	22	20	20	3	147
2018	16	18	-38	14	8	-48	30	7	14	19	14	13	67
2019	-43	26	20	18	19	-64	20	12	12	17	29	-28	38
2020	16	11											27

Number of Members at end of month

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2010	795	799	805	816	824	828	829	828	832	847	860	868
2011	840	840	840	844	845	844	852	843	847	853	868	875
2012	886	896	904	914	878	881	867	877	894	906	894	899
2013	909	915	925	935	942	919	933	940	950	964	974	994
2014	987	999	1011	1026	1037	1009	1020	1032	1039	1063	1079	1089
2015	1087	1104	1119	1136	1150	1145	1158	1164	1196	1210	1229	1221
2016	1236	1249	1272	1286	1311	1294	1301	1314	1333	1351	1357	1374
2017	1404	1388	1398	1418	1450	1440	1449	1456	1478	1498	1518	1521
2018	1537	1555	1517	1531	1539	1491	1521	1528	1542	1561	1575	1588
2019	1545	1571	1591	1609	1628	1564	1584	1596	1608	1625	1654	1626
2020	1642	1653

The following table shows the event activity by month by counting the signups for all Mensa events in each month.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year Total
2010								18	39	96	45	55	253
2011	80	74	26	16	78	65	42	64	82	145	100	107	879
2012	55	57	62	61	94	88	69	179	75	76	95	83	994
2013	123	54	65	73	46	38	66	114	69	62	77	31	818
2014	110	54	50	39	59	24	89	151	72	61	59	62	830
2015	79	46	72	39	55	63	58	83	155	79	58	83	870
2016	108	107	76	104	73	76	86	179	143	66	101	94	1213
2017	94	142	128	86	117	129	135	75	66	74	65	86	1197
2018	117	54	97	120	116	93	105	116	127	118	99	60	1222
2019	115	107	153	138	103	98	83	111	101	155	134	102	1400
2020	341	145											486

The following table displays the number of forum posts by month. As you can guess from the numbers, the website was launched in August 2010. Forum activity reached an all-time high in January 2011 with 2'217 posts. The most active single day was March 23rd 2011 with 167 posts. In general, forum activity has been declining in the last years, reaching an all-time low in February 2019 with 10 posts.

Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year Total
2010	2	4	1	7		2		255	613	450	344	613	2291
2011	2217	1176	1095	555	645	534	222	250	479	1268	955	805	10201
2012	605	385	651	839	825	443	404	579	783	924	777	309	7524
2013	370	541	653	425	572	368	174	305	177	399	217	173	4374
2014	340	342	250	338	390	241	278	250	335	250	358	231	3603
2015	370	169	298	211	165	174	167	163	244	107	390	48	2506
2016	161	170	149	108	64	67	71	54	50	20	148	77	1139
2017	101	59	64	46	43	12	88	32	118	58	65	31	717
2018	45	26	57	20	16	12	16	33	13	33	57	68	396
2019	14	10	48	45	14	46	26	14	12	18	24	6	277
2020	39	9											48

Today is day number 53 of 2020. The predicted total at year-end is 331 posts.

The following table displays the distribution of our members by decade of entry into Mensa Switzerland.

Decade of Entry	Number of Members who joined in that decade	Cumulative
1960s	3	3
1970s	5	8
1980s	8	16
1990s	59	75
2000s	365	440
2010s	1196	1636
2020s	27	1663

As the table shows, although Mensa Switzerland was founded as early as 1965, the majority of our members joined just recently in the 2010s, and more than 90% joined after the turn of the millennium.

The following table displays the distribution of our members by year of entry into Mensa. Please note that the actual number of members that Mensa Switzerland had in these years is higher, because in this table only members who are still members today are counted. Nevertheless, the numbers can give you some indication of the speed at which Mensa Switzerland was growing at various times. In percentage terms, Mensa Switzerland underwent a particularly rapid expansion in the five years from 1998 to 2002.

Year of Entry	Number of Members who joined in that year	Growth in %	Cumulative
1965	2		2
1966	1	50%	3
1970	1	33%	4
1972	1	25%	5
1975	2	40%	7
1977	1	14%	8
1981	4	50%	12
1982	1	8%	13
1983	2	15%	15
1986	1	7%	16
1990	3	19%	19
1991	4	21%	23
1992	1	4%	24
1993	7	29%	31
1994	1	3%	32
1995	2	6%	34
1996	3	9%	37
1997	6	16%	43
1998	17	40%	60
1999	15	25%	75
2000	19	25%	94
2001	49	52%	143
2002	60	42%	203
2003	26	13%	229
2004	22	10%	251
2005	23	9%	274
2006	39	14%	313
2007	35	11%	348
2008	46	13%	394
2009	44	11%	438
2010	51	12%	489
2011	48	10%	537
2012	79	15%	616
2013	85	14%	701
2014	96	14%	797
2015	131	16%	928
2016	126	14%	1054
2017	155	15%	1209
2018	182	15%	1391
2019	235	17%	1626
2020	27	2%	1653

Average year of entry = 2012.36

The following table displays the age distribution of our members by birthyear.

Birthyear	Age	Number of Members
1928	92	2
1929	91
1930	90	1
1931	89
1932	88
1933	87
1934	86	1
1935	85
1936	84
1937	83	1
1938	82	1
1939	81	1
1940	80	2
1941	79	1
1942	78	2
1943	77
1944	76	1
1945	75	3
1946	74
1947	73	2
1948	72	2
1949	71	2
1950	70	3
1951	69	4
1952	68	3
1953	67	4
1954	66	9
1955	65	13
1956	64	12
1957	63	18
1958	62	11
1959	61	15
1960	60	15
1961	59	24
1962	58	26
1963	57	19
1964	56	23
1965	55	30
1966	54	30
1967	53	36
1968	52	43
1969	51	38
1970	50	43
1971	49	43
1972	48	48
1973	47	54
1974	46	52
1975	45	45
1976	44	60
1977	43	59
1978	42	47
1979	41	52
1980	40	65
1981	39	62
1982	38	52
1983	37	53
1984	36	49
1985	35	51
1986	34	45
1987	33	48
1988	32	51
1989	31	42
1990	30	42
1991	29	43
1992	28	30
1993	27	37
1994	26	50
1995	25	25
1996	24	29
1997	23	34
1998	22	12
1999	21	14
2000	20	9
2001	19	15
2002	18	7
2003	17	10
2004	16	10
2005	15	6
2006	14	7
2007	13	6
2008	12	4
2009	11	7
2010	10	4
2011	9	6
2012	8	2
2013	7	2
2014	6	1

Average Birthyear = 1979.93
Current Year = 2020.14
Average Age = 40.21