We end week 20 of the iNaturalist World Tour in Republic of Congo. The top 10 observers are @muir, @mathiasdhaen, @congonaturalist, @anudibranchmom, @friel, @violettederozier, @liamthebirdman, @antoineede, @lera, and @ewphoto.

The number of observations per month has been sporadically jagged since 2015.

The top 5 identifiers are @jakob, @johnnybirder, @michalsloviak, @cabintom, and @martingrimm.

What can we do to get more people in Republic of Congo using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@muir @mathiasdhaen @congonaturalist @anudibranchmom @friel @jakob @johnnybirder @michalsloviak @cabintom @martingrimm

We’ll be back tomorrow in Myanmar!

We're in Mauritius for the 139th stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. Mauritius, along with Réunion and Rodrigues, make up the Mascarene Islands east of Madagascar. The top 10 observers are @rinahart169, @stephanephilizot, @romanknight, @jeanphilippeb, @attilaolah, @nevwright, @burguenomuc, @robertschaub, @taraneh, and @dpom.

The number of observations per month ramped up in 2018.

The top 5 identifiers are @guillaumeamirault, @sammyboy2059, @jakob, @ludovic53, and @greenline.

What can we do to get more people in Mauritius using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@rinahart169 @stephanephilizot @romanknight @jeanphilippeb @attilaolah @guillaumeamirault @sammyboy2059 @jakob @ludovic53 @greenline

We’ll be back tomorrow in Republic of Congo!

We're in Macedonia for the 138th stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. Macedonia sits atop Greece with Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, and Kosovo and Serbia to the north. The top 10 observers are @ahospers, @egusheva, @katya, @paulcools, @joopverbrugh, @conradaltmann, @christoskaroulis, @chrisvanswaay, @luciob, and @mileskib.

The number of observations per month increased in 2017.

The top 5 identifiers are @kharkovbut, @chrisvanswaay, @ldacosta, @jakob, and @borisb.

What can we do to get more people in Macedonia using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@ahospers @egusheva @katya @paulcools @joopverbrugh @kharkovbut @chrisvanswaay @ldacosta @jakob @borisb

We’ll be back tomorrow in Mauritius!

We're in East Timor for the 137th stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. East Timor is located on the eastern half of the island of Timor. The western half is part of Indonesia. The top 10 observers are @ruidasilvapinto, @jafetpotenzolopes, @colintrainor, @smoghead, @zeliavital, @ivansls, @kerryr, @leandroop, @milmanindo, and @barrys-place-atauro.

The number of observations per month has been ramping up since 2018.

The top 5 identifiers are @mwnhseehausen, @rajibmaulick, @aru, @colintrainor, and @briangooding.

What can we do to get more people in East Timor using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@ruidasilvapinto @jafetpotenzolopes @colintrainor @smoghead @zeliavital @mwnhseehausen @rajibmaulick @aru @colintrainor @briangooding

We’ll be back tomorrow in Macedonia!

We're in Kuwait for the 136th stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. 90% of the observations from Kuwait were added by @mohammadm who is the top observer by a long shot. Other top observers include @dbmcc09, @yasminam, @farah, @q8dragon, @habul, @yousef1, @rattubhutan, @nalessa, and @brane.

The number of observations per month ramped up in 2019, presumably when @mohammadm became involved..

The top identifiers are @firos\_ak, @sammyboy2059, @peterslingsby, @cliygh-and-mia, and @anilamanalil.

What can we do to get more people in Kuwait using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@mohammadm @dbmcc09 @yasminam @farah @q8dragon @firos_ak @sammyboy2059 @peterslingsby @cliygh-and-mia @anilamanalil

We’ll be back tomorrow in East Timor!

Today, we're updating the iNaturalist brand for the first time since iNaturalist launched over 11 years ago. Check out our evolution!

As iNat has grown exponentially, it's been important for us to make sure we can scale effectively, and a more standardized brand is part of that. You can read more about why we decided it was time for a brand refresh on the forum post from last month. One of the biggest reasons was the anticipation of the iNaturalist Store which will be launching soon. Stay tuned for ways to wear your iNaturalist pride!

Over the next several days, you'll see our brand updated across our apps and social media platforms. Over a longer timeframe, members of the international iNaturalist Network will be updating their look as well.

If you or your organization are using the original iNaturalist logo somewhere, you can find updated versions of the logo on our Press page.

Thanks so much to everyone who provided feedback as we approached this new branding. We hope you like the new look!

We're in French Guiana for the 135th stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. French Guiana is an overseas department of France located east of Suriname and north of Brazil. The top 10 observers are @andriusp, @lupoli\_roland, @jujurenoult, @polistesfuscatus, @jasondombroskie, @merav, @vanilendil, @tommy\_andriollo, @amandineabn, and @malory2.

The number of observations per month has been ramping up since 2016.

The top identifiers are @andriusp, @jasonrgrant, @karsten\_s, @matthewcock, and @borisb.

What can we do to get more people in French Guiana using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@andriusp @lupoli_roland @jujurenoult @polistesfuscatus @jasondombroskie @merav @jasonrgrant @karsten_s @matthewcock @borisb

We’ll be back tomorrow in Kuwait!

It's Week 20 of the iNaturalist World Tour. We've updated the graphs to include data from October. The following countries visited so far have moved up in rankings: India, Argentina, Japan, Austria, Greece, Kenya, Honduras, Algeria, Croatia, Benin, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Uganda, Kazakstan, Guam, Egypt, Malawi, New Caledonia, Bonaire, El Salvador, Curacao, Jordan, Angola, Nigeria, Ghana, Laos, and Kosovo. Thanks for bearing with us last week when we had no power here in Northern California. I also mentioned that as we get into the less visited/smaller countries (ie numbers 134-252) we were going to investigate a less time intensive way to continue this second half of the World Tour. It turns out that the abbreviated format we accidentally piloted last week worked well so I think we'll stick with that. I'd encourage people to add any noteworthy details we may leave out due to this abbreviated format in the comments below each post. This week we'll visit Mongolia and East Timor in Asia, French Guiana in Latin America, Kuwait in the Middle East, Macedonia in Europe, the Republic of Congo in Africa and Mauritius near Madagascar.

We begin in Mongolia. Mongolia sits north of China and south of Russia with Kazakstan to the west. The top 10 observers are @gonodactylus, @amarzee, @akilee, @marilyn20, @seasav, @sage\_and\_seaweed, @janeyd, @yuchingtam, @mfaucher, and @jnorris2.

The number of observations per month is very seasonal peaking in 2019.

The top 5 identifiers are @kastani, @vandandorj, @rajibmaulick, @john8, and @jbroadhead.

What can we do to improve iNaturalist in Mongolia? Please share your thoughts below.

@gonodactylus @amarzee @akilee @marilyn20 @seasav @kastani @vandandorj @rajibmaulick @john8 @jbroadhead

We’ll be back tomorrow in French Guiana!

We end week 19 of the iNaturalist World Tour in Iraq. Again, apologies for the continued abbreviated World Tour posts. The top observer in Iraq by a very large lead is @zayn\_alnajm with observations clustered around Basrah. Seven of the top 10 observers appear to be residents of Iraq including @sarchia, @a\_pine\_line (an environmental organization based in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan), @bahrouz (a professor in molecular microbiology at University of Sulaimani), @hanaraza (a wildlife conservationist in Kurdistan, Iraq), @kamel3 (a biologist), and @azhin. @gregpc has from 2008 near the Mosul Airport. @jonathan's frog observation made while stationed in Iraq was one of the first stories from iNaturalist picked up by the media back in 2011. @matt-ratcliffe appears to be in Iraq at the moment posting observations as recently as yesterday.

The number of observations per month peaked in 2018, particularly in Feburary when @zayn\_alnajm was most active.

The top identifiers are @cliygh-and-mia, @zayn\_alnajm, @sammyboy2059, @borisb, and @wongun

What can we do to get more people in Iraq using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@zayn_alnajm @sarchia @a_pine_line @bahrouz @hanaraza @cliygh-and-mia @sammyboy2059 @borisb @wongun @kamel3

We’ll be back tomorrow in Mongolia!

We're in Réunion for the 132nd stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. Again, apologies for the continued abbreviated World Tour posts. Reunion is an overseas department of France and an island in the Indian Ocean located to the east of Madagascar. The top observers are @jeanphilippeb,
@pieterhuy, @michi1, @thierrycordenos, @benoitnabholz, @matkf, @jimarcor, @rmcminds, @mario\_mairal, and @alextsln.

The number of observations per month jumped up in 2019.

The top identifiers are @guillaumeamirault, @jeanphilippeb, @sammyboy2059, @greenline, and @zizou.

What can we do to get more people in Reunion using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below.

@jeanphilippeb @pieterhuy @michi1 @thierrycordenos @benoitnabholz @matkf @guillaumeamirault @sammyboy2059 @greenline @zizou

We’ll be back tomorrow in Iraq!