Statistics
This page shows some statistics about the Origami Database. These are updated automatically.
General
There are 468 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 2.3, over a run time of 3 years, 11 months and 19 days.
Publications
There are 61 publications in the Origami Database. 9 of them are completed (14.8%).
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 210 models (44.6%)
- Intermediate 144 models (30.6%)
- Easy 83 models (17.6%)
- Hard 29 models (6.2%)
- Complex 5 models (1.1%)
Creators
There are 113 different creators in the Origami Database. The chart below shows the distribution of models creators in the Origami Database.
- Unknown / traditional 79 models (16.6%)
- John Montroll 73 models (15.3%)
- Ryosuke Sakurai 26 models (5.5%)
- Muneji Fuchimoto 25 models (5.3%)
- John Szinger 22 models (4.6%)
- Jo Nakashima 19 models (4%)
- Robert J. Lang 19 models (4%)
- Mario Adrados Netto 15 models (3.2%)
- José Aníbal Voyer Iniesta 12 models (2.5%)
- 104 others 186 models (39.1%)
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 270 hours 22 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 453 models (95.4%)
- 1:2 rectangle 5 models (1.1%)
- Other 5 models (1.1%)
- Chopstick wrapper 3 models (0.6%)
- Isosceles right triangle 3 models (0.6%)
- 1:3 rectangle 2 models (0.4%)
- A4 2 models (0.4%)
- 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 279 models (53.9%)
- Mythical creature 57 models (11%)
- Humanoid 30 models (5.8%)
- Object 26 models (5%)
- Media 24 models (4.6%)
- Plant 20 models (3.9%)
- Symbol 16 models (3.1%)
- Geometric shape 14 models (2.7%)
- Action origami 13 models (2.5%)
- 9 others 39 models (7.5%)
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.