A new Microsoft MVP award cycle, a new moment to have a look at the MVP statistics. Below numbers are taken from the public MVP site. July 1st is normally the day of the award cycle, but this year got delayed for a few days due to unknown circumstances. Because people get awarded every month, the comparison to July of every year should give an idea of the yearly trend.
Few points of attention:
- Apparently, during the award cycle MVP’s located in Russia or Belarus were removed, including MVP’s that were awarded in the first half of 2022 and thus not up for renewal.
- 19 anonymous MVP awardees do not disclose location. Those are not represented in below numbers.
- The Office Development category was rebranded M365 Development.
- The Office Apps & Services category was rebranded M365 Apps & Services.
Awardees per Category
The following table contains the awardees per award category from July of 2019 up to 2022, plus change percentage. It therefor does not reflect on changes during the year (people newly awarded or moving to Microsoft). I will leave the interpretation up to you.
| Expertise | Jul’19 | Jul’20 | % | Jul’21 | % | Jul’22 | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud and Datacenter Management | 232 | 209 | -10% | 219 | 5% | 164 | -25% |
| Microsoft Azure | 409 | 463 | 13% | 534 | 15% | 546 | 2% |
| M365 Apps & Services | 491 | 512 | 4% | 556 | 9% | 492 | -12% |
| Business Applications | 166 | 240 | 45% | 323 | 35% | 351 | 9% |
| Data Platform | 332 | 358 | 8% | 392 | 9% | 364 | -7% |
| Developer Technologies | 644 | 697 | 8% | 770 | 10% | 715 | -7% |
| Enterprise Mobility | 106 | 103 | 7% | 133 | 18% | 149 | 12% |
| AI | 84 | 122 | 45% | 138 | 13% | 128 | -7% |
| M365 Development | 47 | 64 | 36% | 69 | 8% | 59 | -14% |
| Windows Development | 119 | 110 | -8% | 120 | 9% | 92 | -23% |
| Windows and Devices for IT | 57 | 43 | -25% | 42 | -2% | 45 | 7% |
| Total no. of Awards | 2687 | 2931 | 9% | 3296 | 12% | 3105 | -6% |
| Total no. of MVP’s | 2634 | 2850 | 8% | 3224 | 13% | 3024 | -6% |
Note: The difference between total number of awards and total number of MVP’s is caused by MVP’s awarded in multiple categories. A total of 124 MVP’s were awarded in two or more categories.
M365 Apps & Services per Country
When zooming in on the M365 Apps & Services category, the awards per country are shown below, including the % change compared to last year. As you might notice, there are quiet a number of countries without MVP’s compared to last year.
| Country | Number | Country | Number | Country | Number | Country | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | 26 (-4%) | FRA | 16 (-34%) | NZL | 6 (0%) | ESP | 10 (-34%) |
| AUT | 3 (-25%) | DEU | 30 (-4%) | NGA | 4 (0%) | LKA | 0 (-100%) |
| BEL | 5 (0%) | GHA | 1 (0%) | NOR | 5 (-29%) | SWE | 8 (-20%) |
| BIH | 1 (0%) | GRC | 1 (0%) | PAK | 1 (0%) | CHE | 2 (-50%) |
| BRA | 12 (-15%) | HUN | 1 (-50%) | PER | 1 (0%) | TWN | 4 (0%) |
| BGR | 3 (0%) | IND | 10 (-29%) | POL | 5 (-38%) | THA | 2 (0%) |
| KHM | 1 (0%) | IRL | 1 (-75%) | PRT | 3 (0%) | NLD | 22 (4%) |
| CAN | 34 (-15%) | ISR | 3 (0%) | RUS | 0 (-100%) | TUR | 2 (0%) |
| CHN | 19 (0%) | ITA | 4 (0%) | SAU | 1 (-50%) | UKR | 2 (0%) |
| COL | 5 (-29%) | JPN | 17 (-15%) | SEN | 1 (0%) | ARE | 1 (-50%) |
| HRV | 5 (0%) | KOR | 14 (-18%) | SRB | 0 (-100%) | GBR | 37 (-16%) |
| CZE | 2 (0%) | MKD | 2 (0%) | SGP | 4 (0%) | USA | 112 (-16%) |
| DNK | 5 (-29%) | MYS | 1 (0%) | SVK | 1 (0%) | URY | 1 (0%) |
| EGY | 1 (0%) | MEX | 8 (0%) | SVN | 2 (0%) | VNM | 1 (0%) |
| SLV | 1 (0%) | MMR | 1 (0%) | ZAF | 4 (0%) | ||
| FIN | 5 (-17%) | NPL | 0 (-100%) |
If you have questions or comments, please leave them in the comments below.
EighTwOne (821) 
In Argentina we are 15 MPVs. Your report is incomplete, please confirm the information 😇😇😇
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I think you need to read, Alberto 😉
Lower map and table are about “M365 Apps & Services” category only.
Argentina has 15 MVP’s, but zero in that category.
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