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  "meta": {
    "key": "arxiv_papers",
    "title": "arXiv Preprints",
    "unit": "papers",
    "category": "Knowledge",
    "source": "arXiv.org submission statistics",
    "sourceUrl": "https://arxiv.org/stats/monthly_submissions",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/arxiv_papers",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/arxiv_papers.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/arxiv_papers.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 arXiv.org submission statistics. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"arXiv Preprints\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/arxiv_papers, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: arXiv.org submission statistics."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1991,
      "value": 306,
      "label": "Launch year (Aug 1991)"
    },
    {
      "year": 1995,
      "value": 13014
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 30601
    },
    {
      "year": 2005,
      "value": 46855
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 70131
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 105280
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 140616
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 178329,
      "label": "Plateau begins"
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 181630
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 185692,
      "label": "Three years at ~2%/yr"
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 208493,
      "label": "AI-era surge"
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 244031
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 284486,
      "label": "284,486 submissions (+17% YoY)"
    }
  ]
}