Seven billion activities, 40 million activities each week, more than 30 million segments and 9.9 billion Kudos! They are just some of the numbers from the past 12-months on Strava.
Releasing their annual ‘Year In Sport’ data report, the eye-watering numbers are collated and aggregated from the past 12-months of uploads by Strava’s 100 million users around the world .
The 2022 findings show a gradual return to the ‘new normal’ of the post-Covid era. The stats show developing trends such as more people engaging in a second sport and the growing popularity of trail sports – both gravel cycling and running. Commuting by bike is becoming more popular, and the e-bike sector continues to charge ahead.
The numbers also prove that those who ride with one or more training partners travel further and ride for longer. Globally, cyclists went almost twice as far in pairs compared to solo efforts. Cyclists also rode faster in groups than solo.
‘People keep people active – we’ve said it before, and it’s still true. Athletes in pairs went longer in both time and distance than when they were solo, and often longer still in a group of three or more,’ stated Strava in the release of the annual numbers.
Travel Takes Off
If 2021 saw travel start to pick back up for athletes, it was fully off the ground in 2022. The share of athletes uploading activities outside their home country was up 101% over the past year – and only 3% below pre-pandemic numbers […]
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