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Contest Logger Statistics

Analysis of 4747 logging software families extracted from 824,859 Cabrillo log submissions across 15 major HF contests, 2005–2025.

Updated 18:02 UTC 2026-10-04

Data Source

Every Cabrillo log file contains a CREATED-BY: header identifying the logging software. We parse these headers from 496K+ logs downloaded from CQ and ARRL contest results. No operator identifiers are stored — this is aggregate statistics only.


Market Share — All Contests

Rank Logger Submissions Share
1 N1MM Logger+ 395,999 48.01%
2 N3FJP 56,068 6.8%
3 Win-Test 43,552 5.28%
4 WriteLog 29,785 3.61%
5 CTESTWIN 28,012 3.4%
6 TR4W 25,814 3.13%
7 Unknown 25,298 3.07%
8 UCXLog 23,985 2.91%
9 QARTest 23,255 2.82%
10 DXLog.net 19,339 2.34%
11 MixW 16,719 2.03%
12 Adif2Cabrillo 10,793 1.31%
13 AATest 9,774 1.18%
14 SD (EI5DI) 9,300 1.13%
15 WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 9,162 1.11%
16 CT (K1EA) 8,445 1.02%
17 LM (DL8WAA) 7,028 0.85%
18 zlog 4,806 0.58%
19 TR Log 4,659 0.56%
20 UR5EQF Log 4,633 0.56%
21 RUMlogNG 4,176 0.51%
22 DQR_Log 3,374 0.41%
23 GenLog 2,712 0.33%
24 RCKLog 2,014 0.24%
25 SkookumLogger 1,873 0.23%

Key Takeaways

  • N1MM Logger+ dominates with 48.01% of all submissions
  • Top 10 loggers account for 81.4% of all contest logs
  • Every top logger is Windows-only — macOS and Linux have < 1% combined share
  • The long tail includes 4737 additional logger families

How the top 10 loggers' market share has changed over time.

Logger 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
N1MM Logger+ 46.34% 47.88% 49.0% 50.92% 52.12% 53.12% 53.64% 56.12% 57.48% 58.52% 60.92% 61.14% 62.76% 62.97% 61.74% 62.16% 62.17% 62.23% 62.32%
WriteLog 15.99% 13.37% 10.55% 9.01% 8.15% 6.88% 6.05% 4.81% 4.3% 3.74% 3.95% 3.42% 2.89% 2.66% 2.34% 2.16% 1.9% 1.72% 1.73%
Win-Test 12.55% 12.2% 13.02% 11.93% 11.39% 10.92% 10.63% 9.55% 8.84% 8.15% 7.21% 6.37% 5.2% 4.71% 4.1% 4.11% 3.64% 3.25% 2.88%
Unknown 8.16% 6.6% 5.47% 4.52% 3.91% 3.76% 3.54% 3.34% 3.04% 2.8% 2.61% 4.72% 3.62% 3.34% 4.07% 2.81% 2.7% 2.96% 2.75%
N3FJP 7.22% 5.96% 5.3% 5.42% 5.03% 5.0% 4.91% 5.0% 5.15% 5.98% 8.89% 8.78% 9.46% 9.21% 11.33% 10.22% 9.88% 9.65% 9.12%
UCXLog 4.0% 4.02% 4.11% 4.34% 4.28% 4.22% 4.31% 4.4% 4.34% 4.13% 3.53% 3.33% 3.36% 3.28% 3.09% 3.34% 3.35% 3.33% 3.0%
TR4W 3.49% 6.55% 7.87% 8.31% 7.82% 7.46% 6.97% 6.69% 6.11% 5.62% 4.22% 3.83% 3.17% 2.8% 1.69% 2.09% 2.13% 2.07% 2.04%
QARTest 1.79% 2.53% 3.0% 3.13% 3.78% 3.99% 4.58% 4.0% 3.83% 3.81% 3.09% 2.93% 3.4% 3.64% 3.38% 3.52% 3.65% 3.86% 3.79%
CTESTWIN 0.45% 0.89% 1.66% 2.39% 3.48% 4.27% 4.63% 5.18% 5.67% 5.62% 4.13% 3.78% 3.71% 4.24% 4.66% 4.79% 4.85% 4.82% 4.97%
DXLog.net — — — 0.02% 0.05% 0.37% 0.74% 0.91% 1.23% 1.64% 1.44% 1.7% 2.42% 3.15% 3.6% 4.8% 5.73% 6.1% 7.37%

Logger by Contest

Which loggers dominate which contests? Some loggers have strong contest-specific followings.

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 2 66.67%
Unknown 1 33.33%

2018 WRTC Y83P

Logger Submissions Share
TR4W 1 100.0%

2018 WRTC Y83U

Logger Submissions Share
TR4W 1 100.0%

ARRL-10

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 19,500 60.19%
N3FJP 4,933 15.23%
CTESTWIN 1,233 3.81%
DXLog.net 1,217 3.76%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 970 2.99%
Win-Test 949 2.93%
TR4W 710 2.19%
WriteLog 707 2.18%
UCXLog 634 1.96%
QARTest 461 1.42%

ARRL-160

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 7,106 69.17%
N3FJP 1,449 14.1%
WriteLog 491 4.78%
Win-Test 357 3.48%
DXLog.net 223 2.17%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 184 1.79%
TR4W 127 1.24%
Unknown 108 1.05%
CTESTWIN 78 0.76%
UCXLog 58 0.56%

ARRL-DIGI

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 1,930 39.94%
Unknown 1,365 28.25%
N3FJP 1,007 20.84%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 251 5.19%
CTESTWIN 111 2.3%
Adif2Cabrillo 93 1.92%
WriteLog 52 1.08%
UCXLog 16 0.33%
TR4W 4 0.08%
DXLog.net 2 0.04%

ARRL-DX-CW

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 23,492 60.49%
N3FJP 2,703 6.96%
CTESTWIN 2,232 5.75%
Win-Test 2,151 5.54%
DXLog.net 1,810 4.66%
UCXLog 1,152 2.97%
WriteLog 1,110 2.86%
TR4W 1,099 2.83%
QARTest 1,055 2.72%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 564 1.45%

ARRL-DX-SSB

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 18,689 56.95%
N3FJP 5,480 16.7%
Win-Test 1,414 4.31%
DXLog.net 1,193 3.64%
CTESTWIN 1,172 3.57%
QARTest 1,139 3.47%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 1,016 3.1%
WriteLog 702 2.14%
UCXLog 519 1.58%
Unknown 450 1.37%

ARRL-RTTY

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 10,179 59.09%
Unknown 1,681 9.76%
N3FJP 1,661 9.64%
WriteLog 924 5.36%
MixW 748 4.34%
QARTest 498 2.89%
CTESTWIN 407 2.36%
DXLog.net 261 1.52%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 240 1.39%
Win-Test 214 1.24%

ARRL-SS-CW

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 7,076 72.0%
N3FJP 1,575 16.03%
WriteLog 500 5.09%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 194 1.97%
Win-Test 167 1.7%
DXLog.net 113 1.15%
Unknown 110 1.12%
TR4W 73 0.74%
SD (EI5DI) 17 0.17%
Adif2Cabrillo 3 0.03%

ARRL-SS-SSB

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 6,845 54.69%
N3FJP 4,384 35.03%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 556 4.44%
WriteLog 358 2.86%
Unknown 134 1.07%
Win-Test 112 0.89%
DXLog.net 81 0.65%
TR4W 34 0.27%
SD (EI5DI) 6 0.05%
Adif2Cabrillo 6 0.05%

CQ-160-CW

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 4,528 59.88%
DXLog.net 736 9.73%
Win-Test 515 6.81%
N3FJP 385 5.09%
UCXLog 361 4.77%
TR4W 245 3.24%
CTESTWIN 216 2.86%
WriteLog 198 2.62%
QARTest 158 2.09%
Unknown 67 0.89%

CQ-160-SSB

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 2,788 57.59%
N3FJP 541 11.18%
DXLog.net 395 8.16%
Win-Test 344 7.11%
UCXLog 312 6.44%
WriteLog 91 1.88%
QARTest 88 1.82%
TR4W 79 1.63%
Unknown 58 1.2%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 43 0.89%

CQ-WPSSB

Logger Submissions Share
DXLog.net 1 100.0%

CQ-WPX-CW

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 39,303 53.68%
Win-Test 5,898 8.06%
TR4W 4,819 6.58%
CTESTWIN 3,999 5.46%
WriteLog 2,978 4.07%
UCXLog 2,792 3.81%
N3FJP 2,784 3.8%
DXLog.net 2,458 3.36%
Unknown 1,661 2.27%
QARTest 1,592 2.17%

CQ-WPX-RTTY

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 24,478 56.67%
MixW 4,675 10.82%
WriteLog 2,268 5.25%
QARTest 2,003 4.64%
Win-Test 1,981 4.59%
CTESTWIN 1,702 3.94%
UCXLog 1,358 3.14%
N3FJP 1,248 2.89%
Unknown 1,023 2.37%
Adif2Cabrillo 1,015 2.35%

CQ-WPX-SSB

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 50,630 53.22%
N3FJP 8,655 9.1%
Win-Test 6,236 6.56%
QARTest 4,235 4.45%
TR4W 4,023 4.23%
UCXLog 3,518 3.7%
WriteLog 3,248 3.41%
CTESTWIN 3,124 3.28%
DXLog.net 2,376 2.5%
Unknown 2,232 2.35%

CQ-WW CW

Logger Submissions Share
Unknown 1 100.0%

CQ-WW-CW

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 62,598 51.26%
Win-Test 9,703 7.95%
TR4W 7,440 6.09%
WriteLog 6,429 5.26%
CTESTWIN 6,071 4.97%
N3FJP 4,985 4.08%
UCXLog 4,810 3.94%
Unknown 4,319 3.54%
QARTest 2,993 2.45%
DXLog.net 2,802 2.29%

CQ-WW-CW 05

Logger Submissions Share
MixW 1 100.0%

CQ-WW-CW 2005

Logger Submissions Share
SD (EI5DI) 6 60.0%
UCXLog 1 10.0%
Unknown 1 10.0%
N1MM Logger+ 1 10.0%
MixW 1 10.0%

CQ-WW-RTTY

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 26,144 55.8%
MixW 5,123 10.93%
WriteLog 2,970 6.34%
Win-Test 2,457 5.24%
QARTest 2,215 4.73%
CTESTWIN 1,947 4.16%
UCXLog 1,431 3.05%
Unknown 1,411 3.01%
N3FJP 1,007 2.15%
DXLog.net 765 1.63%

CQ-WW-SSB

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 67,938 51.77%
N3FJP 10,762 8.2%
Win-Test 9,128 6.96%
WriteLog 6,106 4.65%
QARTest 5,641 4.3%
TR4W 4,820 3.67%
UCXLog 4,810 3.67%
Unknown 4,684 3.57%
CTESTWIN 4,096 3.12%
Adif2Cabrillo 2,714 2.07%

CQ-WW-SSB 2005

Logger Submissions Share
UCXLog 1 100.0%

CQ-WW-SSB 05

Logger Submissions Share
SD (EI5DI) 1 100.0%

CQ-WW-SSB 2005

Logger Submissions Share
SD (EI5DI) 8 61.54%
Unknown 2 15.38%
N1MM Logger+ 2 15.38%
MixW 1 7.69%

CQ-WW-SSB VOICE

Logger Submissions Share
Unknown 1 100.0%

CQ-WW-WPX-RTTY

Logger Submissions Share
MixW 1 100.0%

CQWW SSB

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 1 100.0%

DX

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 1 100.0%

IARU-HF

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 19,593 57.07%
UCXLog 1,969 5.74%
N3FJP 1,967 5.73%
Win-Test 1,923 5.6%
DXLog.net 1,452 4.23%
TR4W 1,430 4.17%
CTESTWIN 1,371 3.99%
QARTest 1,159 3.38%
Unknown 879 2.56%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 684 1.99%

TIMES BECAUSE UNABLE TO CATCH ANY SIGNAL. SORRY FOR THE MANY REPEAT

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 1 100.0%

WRTC

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 4 80.0%
Win-Test 1 20.0%

WRTC 2018

Logger Submissions Share
WriteLog 1 100.0%

WRTC-2018

Logger Submissions Share
DXLog.net 5 100.0%

WW 2010

Logger Submissions Share
MixW 1 100.0%

WW-DIGI

Logger Submissions Share
Unknown 4,156 43.25%
N1MM Logger+ 3,170 32.99%
Adif2Cabrillo 1,300 13.53%
N3FJP 542 5.64%
CTESTWIN 222 2.31%
WriteLog 117 1.22%
UCXLog 46 0.48%
WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 19 0.2%
MixW 15 0.16%
TR4W 14 0.15%

Logger by Mode

Do CW operators prefer different loggers than SSB or RTTY operators?

CW

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 160,150 55.55%
Win-Test 19,831 6.88%
TR4W 15,355 5.33%
N3FJP 15,262 5.29%
CTESTWIN 14,155 4.91%
WriteLog 12,243 4.25%
UCXLog 10,116 3.51%
DXLog.net 9,332 3.24%
Unknown 7,177 2.49%
QARTest 6,296 2.18%

MIXED

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 12,711 57.61%
N3FJP 2,473 11.21%
Win-Test 1,308 5.93%
DXLog.net 1,053 4.77%
UCXLog 916 4.15%
WriteLog 830 3.76%
CTESTWIN 673 3.05%
TR4W 560 2.54%
Unknown 438 1.99%
QARTest 402 1.82%

RTTY

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 59,798 56.98%
MixW 10,482 9.99%
WriteLog 5,875 5.6%
QARTest 4,713 4.49%
Win-Test 4,644 4.43%
CTESTWIN 4,002 3.81%
N3FJP 3,628 3.46%
Unknown 3,606 3.44%
UCXLog 2,983 2.84%
DXLog.net 1,895 1.81%

SSB

Logger Submissions Share
N1MM Logger+ 157,328 53.38%
N3FJP 32,879 11.16%
Win-Test 17,702 6.01%
QARTest 11,832 4.01%
WriteLog 10,400 3.53%
UCXLog 9,891 3.36%
TR4W 9,389 3.19%
CTESTWIN 8,832 3.0%
Unknown 7,910 2.68%
DXLog.net 7,047 2.39%

Operator Categories

Power Class

Category Submissions Share
LOW 455,810 55.81%
HIGHPU2KMM 1 0.0%
LP 1 0.0%
50 W 1 0.0%
CW 1 0.0%
NON-ASSISTED 1 0.0%
QRP 40,579 4.97%
HIGH 320,293 39.22%
150 OR LESS 1 0.0%

Operator Class

Category Submissions Share
MULTI-OP 39,009 4.78%
CHECKLOG 866 0.11%
MULTI-ONE 1 0.0%
CHECK LOG 1 0.0%
SINGLE-OP 775,541 95.11%
DU9SS 1 0.0%
CLASSIC OPERATOR (CLASSIC) 1 0.0%

Assisted vs Non-Assisted

Category Submissions Share
NON-ASSISTED 465,765 57.31%
ASSISTED 346,471 42.63%
NO 118 0.01%
NON ASSISTED 65 0.01%
YES 39 0.0%
NON 37 0.0%
NONE 34 0.0%
UNASSISTED 32 0.0%
NO ASSISTED 9 0.0%
NA 4 0.0%
0 4 0.0%
NO-ASSISTED 4 0.0%
ASSITED 4 0.0%
NON ASISTED 4 0.0%
ASISSTED 3 0.0%
- 3 0.0%
Y 3 0.0%
NOT-ASSISTED 3 0.0%
NOT ASSISTED 3 0.0%
NONASSISTED 3 0.0%
SSISTED 2 0.0%
ASSISTEN 2 0.0%
CHECKLOG 2 0.0%
N 2 0.0%
NON-ASSISTEDS 2 0.0%
ASSISTANCE 2 0.0%
ASS 2 0.0%
HOME 2 0.0%
LIMITED TIME OVERLAY 2 0.0%
ASISTED 2 0.0%
N/A 2 0.0%
HCAT.1.1. 2 0.0%
LIMITED TIME 1 0.0%
NON-ASSIST 1 0.0%
ASSUSTED 1 0.0%
NON-ASISTIDA 1 0.0%
NON ASSISTE 1 0.0%
LOW 1 0.0%
NO ASSISTANCE 1 0.0%
24H NON-ASSISTED 1 0.0%
UN-ASSISTED 1 0.0%
NON ASSIST 1 0.0%
NO ASISTIDA 1 0.0%
SI 1 0.0%
NON ASISSTED 1 0.0%
NON-ASSITED 1 0.0%
NONE ASSISITED 1 0.0%
UN ASSISTED 1 0.0%
NONE-ASSISTED 1 0.0%
NO ASSISTENCE 1 0.0%
ONLY ONE 1 0.0%
NON_ASSISTED 1 0.0%
NOT 1 0.0%
24-HOURS 1 0.0%
ASSISSTED 1 0.0%
NON-ASSSTED 1 0.0%
24 HOURS 1 0.0%
SELF 1 0.0%
` 1 0.0%
NON-ASISTED 1 0.0%
TB-WIRES 1 0.0%
NON ASSISSTED 1 0.0%
NONE ASISTED 1 0.0%
UNASSISITED 1 0.0%
N0 1 0.0%
A 1 0.0%
NON -ASSISTED 1 0.0%
1 1 0.0%
ASISTIDO 1 0.0%
NOASS 1 0.0%
DX 1 0.0%

Platform Gap

The contest logging market is 100% Windows at the top. macOS options (SkookumLogger, RUMlogNG, MacLoggerDX) and Linux options (TLF, CQRLOG, YFKtest) together represent less than 1% of submissions.

This isn't a sample bias — it's the entire population of submitted Cabrillo logs from 15 major contests over 20 years.

For more on how this data was collected, see the methodology page.


Analysis powered by IONIS — 496K Cabrillo log headers from 15 major HF contests, 2005–2025.

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