Interactive Brokers: number of accounts 2021

While the number of accounts of brokerage firm Interactive Brokers has been consistently increasing since 2008, this growth sharply accelerated from early 2020 onwards. After taking around 12 years to grow from 100,000 accounts to 700,000 (as of January 2020), by June 2022 Interactive Broker's number of accounts had shot up to more than1.9 million. Consistent with this growth in accounts was a sharp increase in the number of contracts and shares traded by Interactive Brokers in 2020.

Number of accounts of Interactive Brokers from Jan 2008 to October 2021 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Accounts in thousands
Jun 2022	1,923
May 2022	1,890.8
Apr 2022	1,848.6
Mar 2022	1,808.5
Feb 2022	1,764.3
Jan 2022	1,725.7
Dec 2021	1,676.4
Nov 2021	1,636.8
Oct 2021	1,582.2
Sep 2021	1,535.9
Aug 2021	1,492.5
Jul 2021	1,451
Jun 2021	1,413.8
May 2021	1,385.6
Apr 2021	1,359.5
Mar 2021	1,325.3
Feb 2021	1,265.1
Jan 2021	1,189.3
Dec 2020	1,073.2
Nov 2020	1,037
Oct 2020	1,007.7
Sep 2020	981.4
Aug 2020	947.8
Jul 2020	912.7
Jun 2020	875.9
May 2020	838.7
Apr 2020	805.6
Mar 2020	759.6
Feb 2020	719.7
Jan 2020	704.6
Dec 2019	689.9
Nov 2019	681.4
Oct 2019	673.4
Sep 2019	666.2
Aug 2019	659.5
Jul 2019	652.1
Jun 2019	644.8
May 2019	638.6
Apr 2019	630.7
Mar 2019	622.5
Feb 2019	614.2
Jan 2019	606.8
Dec 2018	598.2
Nov 2018	592.6
Oct 2018	585.1
Sep 2018	575.6
Aug 2018	565.8
Jul 2018	555.4
Jun 2018	542.2
May 2018	532.8
Apr 2018	525.1
Mar 2018	517.4
Feb 2018	507.8
Jan 2018	496.7
Dec 2017	482.9
Nov 2017	474
Oct 2017	464.5
Sep 2017	456.6
Aug 2017	448.9
Jul 2017	436.2
Jun 2017	427.9
May 2017	418.1
Apr 2017	410.8
Mar 2017	405.8
Feb 2017	397.9
Jan 2017	391.2
Dec 2016	385.1
Nov 2016	380.1
Oct 2016	374.9
Sep 2016	370.4
Aug 2016	365.3
Jul 2016	360.1
Jun 2016	356.8
May 2016	352.6
Apr 2016	348.7
Mar 2016	344.6
Feb 2016	339.7
Jan 2016	334.7
Dec 2015	331.1
Nov 2015	329.1
Oct 2015	325.6
Sep 2015	321.8
Aug 2015	317.4
Jul 2015	313.7
Jun 2015	309.5
May 2015	305.7
Apr 2015	302
Mar 2015	296.4
Feb 2015	289.7
Jan 2015	284.9
Dec 2014	281.1
Nov 2014	278.5
Oct 2014	275.7
Sep 2014	272.3
Aug 2014	268.8
Jul 2014	265.5
Jun 2014	262.2
May 2014	258.9
Apr 2014	255.6
Mar 2014	251.6
Feb 2014	247.3
Jan 2014	243.4
Dec 2013	239.3
Nov 2013	236.8
Oct 2013	234.2
Sep 2013	231.3
Aug 2013	229
Jul 2013	226.5
Jun 2013	224.3
May 2013	222.3
Apr 2013	219.7
Mar 2013	217.1
Feb 2013	214.5
Jan 2013	212.1
Dec 2012	209.6
Nov 2012	209.4
Oct 2012	207.6
Sep 2012	205.3
Aug 2012	203.6
Jul 2012	201.5
Jun 2012	199.9
May 2012	198.1
Apr 2012	196.3
Mar 2012	194.5
Feb 2012	192.2
Jan 2012	190.6
Dec 2011	189.1
Nov 2011	187.7
Oct 2011	185.9
Sep 2011	183.9
Aug 2011	181.5
Jul 2011	177.7
Jun 2011	175.6
May 2011	173.3
Apr 2011	170.7
Mar 2011	167.9
Feb 2011	164.2
Jan 2011	161
Dec 2010	157.9
Nov 2010	155.4
Oct 2010	152.9
Sep 2010	150.6
Aug 2010	148.7
Jul 2010	147.1
Jun 2010	145.9
May 2010	144.4
Apr 2010	142.4
Mar 2010	140
Feb 2010	137.7
Jan 2010	135.7
Dec 2009	133.6
Nov 2009	131.8
Oct 2009	129.8
Sep 2009	127.5
Aug 2009	125.4
Jul 2009	123.3
Jun 2009	121.6
May 2009	120.2
Apr 2009	118
Mar 2009	115.7
Feb 2009	114
Jan 2009	112.6
Dec 2008	110.7
Nov 2008	109.8
Oct 2008	108.7
Sep 2008	106.9
Aug 2008	106.2
Jul 2008	105.2
Jun 2008	103.3
May 2008	102.2
Apr 2008	101
Mar 2008	99.2
Feb 2008	98.5
Jan 2008	97.2