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This week in the invisible worldWeek 2026-W36, 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06

Every number is a count over real rows in this ISO week (UTC), beside the previous week. Finished weeks never change.
Previous week Next week This week
What happenedThis weekChangePrevious
Successful uploads24,904+157% vs previous week9,691
Phones that mined39+117% vs previous week18
Phones that joined52+93% vs previous week27
Hexes measured for the first time845+329% vs previous week197
Hexes visited1,103+109% vs previous week528
Countries with activity (named hexes)14+250% vs previous week4
Speed tests4new0
Deliberate night-light readings2+100% vs previous week1
Deliberate sound readings2new0
Real units fulfilled2+100% vs previous week1

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Method: uploads and phones come from the credited ledger (Signal Lock bonuses excluded); first-time hexes from each hex's earliest layer measurement; countries from hexes with a resolved place name (a lower bound); fulfilled units from the provider-confirmed fulfilment log. Nothing is estimated.
Live since 2026-08-09 17:20:11 UTC. Every number above is an exact count over the same database Explorer and Live Map read, never an estimate. Some pages are refreshed on a schedule rather than on every visit (Records every ten minutes, Heartbeat every minute, Open data once a day) and say so. Node counts only, never identities. See the privacy policy for what is and is not collected, and the terms of use for what may be done with it.