31,075 jumps in one day: World Skydiving Day beats its 2024 record
On 11 July 2026, 31,075 jumps were reported from 43 countries, 724 more than at the first edition. Licensed skydivers' jumps and tandems both counted, and every tandem counted twice: once for the instructor and once for the passenger.
PhotoIn brief
- 31,075 jumps were reported from 43 countries on 11 July 2026; the previous record, 30,351, was set at the first edition in 2024.
- Jumps counted if a drop zone reported them or a skydiver submitted proof, and a tandem counted as two jumps.
- The 16.3 per cent growth USPA cites matches a comparison with 2025, when 26,718 jumps were reported.
- The fourth edition falls on Saturday 10 July 2027.
The third World Skydiving Day took place on Saturday 11 July 2026. According to a summary published on 16 July by USPA, the United States Parachute Association, 31,075 jumps were reported from 43 countries. The organisers recognised this as a new record for the event: the most recorded skydives completed in a single day.
Experienced skydivers jumped alongside people who were in the air for the first time. USPA said thousands of participants experienced skydiving for the first time as tandem passengers.
Three editions, three results
The first World Skydiving Day was held on 13 July 2024. The four organisations that founded it ratified a first record of 30,351 jumps from 50 countries. Poland was on the list of countries with participating drop zones that USPA published.
The second edition, on 12 July 2025, produced 26,718 reported jumps, short of the record. USPA's table for that year covers 39 countries, and the United States alone contributed 13,151 jumps, close to half the total. Poland does not appear in it.
In 2026 the total climbed back above the record, although from fewer countries than the first edition: 43 against 50. USPA's summary of 16 July did not list the countries.
What 16.3 per cent means
USPA wrote that participation increased by 16.3 per cent compared with the previous record-setting year. The figures in its own reports point to a different reading. Against the 2024 record, 724 jumps were added, about 2.4 per cent. Growth of 16.3 per cent matches a comparison with 2025, from 26,718 to 31,075 jumps, and that edition did not break the record.
How the jumps were counted
The total is not a census of every jump made worldwide that day. It includes only the jumps that were reported. The rules published on the event website were:
- a drop zone sent in its total number of jumps within 24 hours of the end of the day
- a skydiver could report their own jump, from any drop zone in the world, within 24 hours with proof: a signed jump certificate, a dated receipt, logbook pages or a screenshot from manifest software
- a photo of the jump alone did not count as proof
- where a drop zone sent a total, individual reports from that drop zone were not added, so no jump was counted twice
- a tandem counted as two jumps, because both the instructor and the passenger jump
- drop zones did not have to supply proof, but the rules provided for a random audit after the event, in which a selected drop zone would show its manifest with the number of loads and jumpers on each
Albert Berchtold, USPA's executive director, said the record signified the continued growth of a sport that welcomes newcomers and celebrates experienced skydivers. Drop zones held their own events on the day for local communities, families and skydivers of every level of experience.
The next date
World Skydiving Day has a fixed place in the calendar: the second Saturday in July. The fourth edition falls on Saturday 10 July 2027 and is set to be another record attempt.