Statistics
This page shows some statistics about the Origami Database. These are updated automatically.
General
There are 429 models available in the Origami Database.
The first model was added on and the last model on .
The average number of models added per week is 2.2, over a run time of 3 years, 8 months and 14 days.
Publications
There are 57 publications in the Origami Database. 8 of them are completed (14%).
The average amount of models in a publication is 22. The least amount of models in a single publication is 5, the most models in a single publication is 37.
Site activity
The following graph shows the activity (i.e. new models) on a monthly basis. Darker squares represent more activity while white squares represent no activity. Hover over a square to see the month and model count information.
Model difficulty
Each model has a difficulty assigned to it. This graph shows the percentage of models for each difficulty.
- Moderate 203 models (46.2%)
- Intermediate 140 models (31.9%)
- Easy 67 models (15.3%)
- Hard 24 models (5.5%)
- Complex 5 models (1.1%)
Creators
There are 111 different creators in the Origami Database. The chart below shows the distribution of models creators in the Origami Database.
- John Montroll 72 models (16.3%)
- Unknown / traditional 65 models (14.7%)
- Ryosuke Sakurai 26 models (5.9%)
- Muneji Fuchimoto 24 models (5.4%)
- John Szinger 22 models (5%)
- Jo Nakashima 19 models (4.3%)
- Mario Adrados Netto 15 models (3.4%)
- Henry Phạm 10 models (2.3%)
- Mark Bolitho 10 models (2.3%)
- 102 others 180 models (40.6%)
Fold time
The average time required to fold a model is 35 minutes. The fastest model takes 1 minute, the slowest model takes 9 hours 50 minutes.
The total estimated fold time of all models in the origami database is 249 hours 35 minutes.
Paper shapes
Most origami models are folded from a square paper. This graph shows the distribution of paper shapes in the Origami Database.
- Square 424 models (95.5%)
- 1:2 rectangle 5 models (1.1%)
- Chopstick wrapper 3 models (0.7%)
- Isosceles right triangle 3 models (0.7%)
- Other 3 models (0.7%)
- 1:3 rectangle 2 models (0.5%)
- A4 2 models (0.5%)
- 1:1.5 rectangle 1 model (0.2%)
- US Letter 1 model (0.2%)
- 1:4 rectangle 0 models (0%)
Group labels
There are 18 different group labels in the Origami Database. The chart below shows the ratio of these labels.
- Animal 261 models (54.8%)
- Mythical creature 59 models (12.4%)
- Humanoid 26 models (5.5%)
- Media 21 models (4.4%)
- Plant 19 models (4%)
- Object 18 models (3.8%)
- Geometric shape 14 models (2.9%)
- Symbol 14 models (2.9%)
- Vehicle 11 models (2.3%)
- 9 others 33 models (6.9%)
Sheets
Most models are folded using a single sheet of paper, though some use more. This graph shows the ratio of models folded with different amounts of sheets of paper.