2008 WordCamp News Summary
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted January 5, 2009 at 3:24 am | No Comments ยป
In 2008 Year-End Wrap-Up, Matt Mullenweg says there were 29 official WordCamp events in 2009. From those reporting in to the WordPress staff, approximately 3,400 people attended the various international events.
That’s an average of 117 people per event. I’m not sure which WordCamp had the highest registration and attendance rates, but Podcamp and WordCamp Hawaii in October had more than 600 registrants at the Hawaii Convention Center. I believe about 400 were at WordCamp Israel 2008 (English) in Tel Aviv.
WordCamps were held as far away as China, Australia, Israel, Germany, the Philippines, and more. Local area and regional WordCamps started popping up all over, with more coming in 2009.
If you haven’t been to a WordCamp event yet, check out the current WordCamp and WordPress Event Schedule for January 2009 which includes the WordPress events scheduled so far this year.
