IETF Statistics

Publication rate per year

“Document Stats -- What is Going on in the IETF?”

Yearly Statistics

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Details

  • 1 RFCs in 1968.
  • 24 RFCs in 1969.
  • 56 RFCs in 1970.
  • 175 RFCs in 1971.
  • 128 RFCs in 1972.
  • 156 RFCs in 1973.
  • 61 RFCs in 1974.
  • 24 RFCs in 1975.
  • 12 RFCs in 1976.
  • 19 RFCs in 1977.
  • 8 RFCs in 1978.
  • 7 RFCs in 1979.
  • 17 RFCs in 1980.
  • 27 RFCs in 1981.
  • 36 RFCs in 1982.
  • 48 RFCs in 1983.
  • 36 RFCs in 1984.
  • 10 RFCs in 1985.
  • 34 RFCs in 1987.
  • 42 RFCs in 1988.
  • 46 RFCs in 1989.
  • 57 RFCs in 1990.
  • 95 RFCs in 1991.
  • 95 RFCs in 1992.
  • 175 RFCs in 1993.
  • 185 RFCs in 1994.
  • 131 RFCs in 1995.
  • 170 RFCs in 1996.
  • 192 RFCs in 1997.
  • 233 RFCs in 1998.
  • 259 RFCs in 1999.
  • 278 RFCs in 2000.
  • 193 RFCs in 2001.
  • 219 RFCs in 2002.
  • 234 RFCs in 2003.
  • 281 RFCs in 2004.
  • 327 RFCs in 2005.
  • 459 RFCs in 2006.
  • 320 RFCs in 2007.
  • 289 RFCs in 2008.
  • 285 RFCs in 2009.
  • 364 RFCs in 2010.
  • 390 RFCs in 2011.
  • 337 RFCs in 2012.
  • 276 RFCs in 2013.
  • 326 RFCs in 2014.
  • 300 RFCs in 2015.
  • 310 RFCs in 2016.
  • 263 RFCs in 2017.
  • 209 RFCs in 2018.
  • 179 RFCs in 2019.
  • 209 RFCs in 2020.
  • 240 RFCs in 2021.
  • 194 RFCs in 2022.
  • 86 RFCs in 2023.

Monthly Statistics

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Data Freshness and Source

This is a part of a statistics report generated by authorstats on 2024-03-28.

All data in this report is retrieved from public sources, such as publications published at the IETF. The tool and the report are independent of the IETF, however.

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