# 3rd year Anniversary ## Last Year in a Nutshell With us hitting 3rd year since Kenmei has been made, I wanted to take a quick look at all the achievements made in the past year. I made a similar report on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/XeTFtYW) last January, but here are the updated stats: 1. Now supporting **30** sites, up from **18** last year. 2. While still fluctuating, we've had up to **3000** members join Kenmei in a month, going from an average of **250** a month to \~**1000.** 3. Kenmei went from tracking **18397** series, to **26748**. But more importantly, there are now **716312** tracked entries, up from **180000+** last year - that's **4x** growth! 4. Tripled Discord members, from **1500** to **4600+** I've also launched countless new features and improvements. These are only a snippet of everything I've worked on the past year, the full details of which you can always find over in the Changelog or individual Monthly Updates -> {% content-ref url="../changelog" %} [changelog](https://news.kenmei.co/changelog) {% endcontent-ref %} Nevertheless, here are some of the highlight features: 1. **Chapters v2** launched last [August](https://news.kenmei.co/monthly-updates/2021/august) 2. **Admin Dashboard**, crucial to the future of the platform, launched in [August](https://news.kenmei.co/monthly-updates/2021/august) 3. **Front-end overhaul** in [September](https://news.kenmei.co/monthly-updates/2021/september) 4. **Search Overhaul**, with massive speedup and alt titles search in [January](https://news.kenmei.co/monthly-updates/2022/january) 5. **Kenmei Series pages**, albeit still an experimental feature, launched in [February](https://news.kenmei.co/monthly-updates/2022/february) The year ahead is going to be even more exciting - the **Discovery** functionality will dawn a new chapter for Kenmei, with lots of new, exciting features launching as a result, which I can't wait for all of you to see and use. I am only getting started! ## Graduating from Alpha into Beta As many have mentioned, Kenmei has for the longest time now felt more than just an Alpha app. I have high standards, so I didn't feel like I was ready to move into Beta, until now. With foundations being well established and with me having started to move into the next phase - Discovery and more generally curating content directly, instead of just aggregating data across supported sites - I think it's time for us to move into **Beta**. This also brings us closer to being a more direct competitor to sites like Anilist, MangaUpdates, MyAnimeList and others. With that in mind, **all documentation on the site will mention Beta instead of Alpha going forward** and the landing page had a slight update to match. You should use that classification when talking with others, whether it's on Discord or anywhere else on the interwebs. {% embed url="" %} A slight update to the Landing Page Hero section {% endembed %} Countless things are left to be finished and we are still years away from what I would call a full release, but I am super excited about this transition and where Kenmei is now with all its features. I look forward to seeing where we'll be in another year's time - and I hope you'll still be around to witness it with me! ## Thank you Finally, I would like to once again thank everyone who has been on this journey from the start or joined in the past year. Kenmei wouldn't have been where it is today without your support and enthusiasm for the app. I am extremely grateful for all the support you've given me and will continue to build the best possible tracker, to meet all of your expectations!