{
  "meta": {
    "key": "alphafold",
    "title": "Protein Structures: Cumulative",
    "unit": "structures",
    "category": "Biology",
    "source": "RCSB Protein Data Bank / EMBL-EBI AlphaFold DB",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.rcsb.org/stats/growth/growth-released-structures",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/alphafold",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/alphafold.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/alphafold.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to RCSB Protein Data Bank / EMBL-EBI AlphaFold DB. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Protein Structures: Cumulative\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/alphafold, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: RCSB Protein Data Bank / EMBL-EBI AlphaFold DB."
  },
  "data": [
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      "year": 1976.99,
      "value": 13,
      "label": "PDB archive opens the table at 13"
    },
    {
      "year": 1977.99,
      "value": 36
    },
    {
      "year": 1978.99,
      "value": 42
    },
    {
      "year": 1979.99,
      "value": 53
    },
    {
      "year": 1980.99,
      "value": 69
    },
    {
      "year": 1981.99,
      "value": 85
    },
    {
      "year": 1982.99,
      "value": 117
    },
    {
      "year": 1983.99,
      "value": 153
    },
    {
      "year": 1984.99,
      "value": 175
    },
    {
      "year": 1985.99,
      "value": 195
    },
    {
      "year": 1986.99,
      "value": 213
    },
    {
      "year": 1987.99,
      "value": 238
    },
    {
      "year": 1988.99,
      "value": 291
    },
    {
      "year": 1989.99,
      "value": 365
    },
    {
      "year": 1990.99,
      "value": 507
    },
    {
      "year": 1991.99,
      "value": 694
    },
    {
      "year": 1992.99,
      "value": 886
    },
    {
      "year": 1993.99,
      "value": 1582
    },
    {
      "year": 1994.99,
      "value": 2871
    },
    {
      "year": 1995.99,
      "value": 3812
    },
    {
      "year": 1996.99,
      "value": 4984
    },
    {
      "year": 1997.99,
      "value": 6548
    },
    {
      "year": 1998.99,
      "value": 8603
    },
    {
      "year": 1999.99,
      "value": 10959
    },
    {
      "year": 2000.99,
      "value": 13583
    },
    {
      "year": 2001.99,
      "value": 16393
    },
    {
      "year": 2002.99,
      "value": 19387
    },
    {
      "year": 2003.99,
      "value": 23531
    },
    {
      "year": 2004.99,
      "value": 28680
    },
    {
      "year": 2005.99,
      "value": 34014
    },
    {
      "year": 2006.99,
      "value": 40419
    },
    {
      "year": 2007.99,
      "value": 47553
    },
    {
      "year": 2008.99,
      "value": 54456
    },
    {
      "year": 2009.99,
      "value": 61744
    },
    {
      "year": 2010.99,
      "value": 69486
    },
    {
      "year": 2011.99,
      "value": 77411
    },
    {
      "year": 2012.99,
      "value": 86161
    },
    {
      "year": 2013.99,
      "value": 95499
    },
    {
      "year": 2014.99,
      "value": 105050
    },
    {
      "year": 2015.99,
      "value": 114292
    },
    {
      "year": 2016.99,
      "value": 125095
    },
    {
      "year": 2017.99,
      "value": 136156
    },
    {
      "year": 2018.99,
      "value": 147325
    },
    {
      "year": 2019.99,
      "value": 158804
    },
    {
      "year": 2020.99,
      "value": 172808
    },
    {
      "year": 2021.99,
      "value": 185392,
      "label": "50 years of lab work: 185,392 structures"
    },
    {
      "year": 2022.99,
      "value": 214886600,
      "label": "AlphaFold 2 adds 214.7M in one release"
    },
    {
      "year": 2023.99,
      "value": 214901098
    },
    {
      "year": 2024.99,
      "value": 214916556
    },
    {
      "year": 2025.99,
      "value": 241317736,
      "label": "AFDB update: 241M (UniProt 2025_03)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2026.68,
      "value": 241329901,
      "label": "241M predicted + 259K experimental (Sep 2026)"
    }
  ]
}