Sequencing technology
EMBL-EBI / European Nucleotide Archive
N(t) = L·e^{−e^{−k(t − t₀)}}Forecast = 10% of the 12-yr record (1.2 yr ahead). Anchored on the latest value; levels off toward L ≈ 105M.
Cumulative public sequencing runs submitted to the European Nucleotide Archive on Illumina sequencing-by-synthesis platforms — the dominant short-read chemistry. Each record is one submitted run; cumulative, so it only goes up. Counted live from the ENA Portal API by instrument_platform=ILLUMINA.
| Date | runs |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-07 | 39,555,957 |
| 2026-08-24 | 39,333,839 |
| 2026-08-17 | 39,233,978 |
| 2026-08-03 | 38,992,451 |
| 2026-07-27 | 38,888,703 |
| 2026-07-20 | 38,840,323 |
| 2026-07-13 | 38,754,376 |
| 2026-07-06 | 38,670,713 |
| 2026-06-25 | 38,482,017 |
| 2024-12-31 | 30,955,623 |
| 2022-12-31 | 21,582,764 |
| 2020-12-31 | 10,523,860 |
| 2018-12-31 | 5,586,877 |
| 2016-12-31 | 2,453,596 |
| 2014-12-31 | 781,553 |
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