Infographic: Worldwide Hackathon Figures in 2016

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Their efforts bore 13K prototypes and new connections among tech professionals and non-technical staff. Needless to say, the hackathon is a cross-industry trend that cannot be ignored – we should know, they're our specialty. However, up until now, no statistics have existed to quantify these collaborative three-day codefests.</p> <p>And so, we took the data from our <a href="http://www.hackathon.com/" target="_blank">Hackathon.com</a> platform to show you what these events looked like in 2016, plus offer a few insights into how this trend is predicted to look moving forward.</p> <div>The top 5 countries to host hackathons in 2016 were the English-speaking US, UK, and Canada, followed by Germany and France.</div> <div> </div> <div>Three-quarters of these events were public hackathons, meaning indie developers and those from various companies were welcome to attend. The goals comprised building a community around a particular technology or market; increasing brand awareness; and getting feedback on a technology or developer portal.</div> <div> </div> <div>In terms of attendee profiles, almost half were professionals (42.8%), followed by students (21.1%), plus independent developers (18.9%), entrepreneurs (9.6) and those looking for work (7.6%).</div> <div> </div> <div>The top industries partaking in hackathons included the unsurprising tech industry as the frontrunner, followed by finance, retail, and health.</div> <div> </div> <div><strong>Looking ahead</strong></div> <div> </div> <div>As for 2017, we're predicting a rise in internal innovation activity, wherein leadership of corporations will begin to leverage startup strategies to stay relevant, increase inventiveness and enhance overall business practices.</div> <div> </div> <div>Hackathons will generate startups, not solely ideas that never get touched on again. The modern hack has evolved to support ideas beyond the traditional 72-hour event that hatched it. Thus, incubation and business acceleration programs will arise to help develop projects into actual products.</div> <div> </div> <div>Furthermore, apps, which were the focus of development for hackathons past, will be replaced by startups and developers on the AI and VR frontiers.</div> <div> </div> <div><em>If you're ready to host a hackathon or have any questions related to this post, please <a href="contact-insights.html" target="_blank">contact us</a>.</em></div> <div> </div> <p><strong>Pierre-Jean Quenardel </strong></p> <div class="insight__share insight__share--bottom"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bemyapp.com%2Finsights%2Finfographics-hackathon-figures-in-2016.html" class="insight__share__btn btn--facebook" target="_blanc">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Infographic%3A+Worldwide+Hackathon+Figures+in+2016" class="insight__share__btn btn--twitter" target="_blanc">Twitter</a> <a 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