Distinct symbols printing at least one session, by year
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-11, from The January Effect: Does It Still Work?.
| year | listings_on_tape |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 9450 |
| 2007 | 9798 |
| 2008 | 9356 |
| 2009 | 8888 |
| 2010 | 8870 |
| 2011 | 8728 |
| 2012 | 8826 |
| 2013 | 8795 |
| 2014 | 8977 |
| 2015 | 9170 |
| 2016 | 9316 |
| 2017 | 9458 |
| 2018 | 9646 |
| 2019 | 9900 |
| 2020 | 10578 |
| 2021 | 13155 |
| 2022 | 13332 |
| 2023 | 13048 |
| 2024 | 12647 |
| 2025 | 13423 |
- Rows × columns
- 20 × 2
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
year |
text | 20 distinct values (2006, 2007, 2008…) | |
listings_on_tape |
number | 8,728 to 13,423 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
toString(toYear(date)) AS year,
uniqExact(ticker) AS listings_on_tape
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE date >= '2006-01-01'
AND date < '2026-01-01'
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year
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