Growth in the number of searchers overall vs US vs UK vs Europe?

June 18, 2024
by a searcher from University of Victoria in London, UK
Does anyone have figures on how many new searchers are joining the Search Fund ecosystem annually?
I see that SearchFunder lists just under 35k members. I'd be curious to know how many of those members joined in the past 12 months?
from University of Victoria in London, UK
It's true the Stanford and IESE studies shine some light on the growth in number of search funds but it doesn't give much of an indication on how many searchers are in their exploration phase / considering search. They're also very much focused on traditional searchers over self-funded and single sponsor.
from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Perth WA, Australia
Newton Campos for Brazil and Europe maybe? He's at IESE.
And the annual Stanford study would have directional data for the USA.