text: **Connections to ORCID records**
  6M 
  5M 
  4M 
  3M 
  2M 
  1M 
  
  2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 
  
  ■**Live ORCID iDs**
  ■**w/at least 1 education** ■**w/at least 1 employee**
  ■**w/at least 1 work**
  Source: Orcid.org/statistics as of November 2018 