Discogs reports record numbers as people stay home and catalogue their vinyl

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It's a good time to organise your record collection. That's the verdict from online vinyl database, Discogs, which has just had its busiest ever two weeks.

It seems with many of us being told to "stay home", finding ourselves on lockdown or in self-isolation, and needing to busy ourselves indoors, cataloguing vinyl has proved popular.

The database saw 34,716 new releases submitted (compared to 25,584 in 2019), 79,400 edits (up from 58,258 in 2019), and 146,361 images added (107,036 in 2019). That's a whole lot of sorting through dusty record collections.

And more time at home, means more time to listen to vinyl, so we'd suggest it's a great time to get your vinyl system in order, too. You can check out our round-ups of the best record players and phono stages, read our guide for setting up your turntable, or dive deeper with our tips for getting the best possible sound from your turntable. Want more? There are always our recommended vinyl accessories.

Of course, with physical record stores closed – and Record Store Day delayed – it's a great time to think about supporting your local record shop, too. With many offering online ordering and delivery, a fresh batch of vinyl is an even better idea than normal, or you can consider a gift voucher for when they reopen, to keep the tills working without stretching the mail service.

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Joe is the Content Director for What Hi-Fi? and Future’s Product Testing, having previously been the Global Editor-in-Chief of What Hi-Fi?. He has worked on What Hi-Fi? across the print magazine and website for almost 20 years, writing news, reviews and features on everything from turntables to TVs, headphones to hi-fi separates. He has covered product launch events across the world, from Apple to Technics, Sony and Samsung; reported from CES, the Bristol Show, and Munich High End for many years; and written for sites such as the BBC, Stuff and The Guardian. In his spare time, he enjoys expanding his vinyl collection and cycling (not at the same time).