Source: https://aidb.si/d/pdb-structures-by-year — Data from the RCSB Protein Data Bank (rcsb.org), part of the Worldwide Protein Data Bank (wwPDB). H.M. Berman et al. (2000) The Protein Data Bank, Nucleic Acids Research 28: 235–242.
| Year | Structures released | X-ray | Cryo-EM | NMR | Electron crystallography | Neutron diffraction | Other methods | Cryo-EM share (%) | Cumulative total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1977 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 1978 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 1979 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 1980 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 69 |
| 1981 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 1982 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| 1983 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 |
| 1984 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175 |
| 1985 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
| 1986 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
| 1987 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
| 1988 | 53 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 291 |
| 1989 | 74 | 71 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 365 |
| 1990 | 142 | 135 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 507 |
| 1991 | 187 | 162 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 694 |
| 1992 | 192 | 181 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 886 |
| 1993 | 696 | 622 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1582 |
| 1994 | 1289 | 1057 | 0 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2871 |
| 1995 | 941 | 748 | 0 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3812 |
| 1996 | 1172 | 980 | 0 | 188 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4984 |
| 1997 | 1564 | 1233 | 1 | 329 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 6548 |
| 1998 | 2055 | 1721 | 0 | 331 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8603 |
| 1999 | 2356 | 1960 | 1 | 390 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10959 |
| 2000 | 2624 | 2231 | 11 | 371 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0.4 | 13583 |
| 2001 | 2810 | 2375 | 9 | 413 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0.3 | 16393 |
| 2002 | 2994 | 2525 | 24 | 441 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.8 | 19387 |
| 2003 | 4144 | 3583 | 29 | 531 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.7 | 23531 |
| 2004 | 5149 | 4394 | 12 | 729 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0.2 | 28680 |
| 2005 | 5334 | 4426 | 23 | 874 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0.4 | 34014 |
| 2006 | 6405 | 5506 | 26 | 861 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0.4 | 40419 |
| 2007 | 7134 | 6141 | 19 | 965 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0.3 | 47553 |
| 2008 | 6902 | 6197 | 41 | 653 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0.6 | 54455 |
| 2009 | 7288 | 6662 | 40 | 568 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.5 | 61743 |
| 2010 | 7742 | 7163 | 53 | 518 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0.7 | 69485 |
| 2011 | 7924 | 7341 | 53 | 524 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0.7 | 77409 |
| 2012 | 8750 | 8143 | 65 | 536 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.7 | 86159 |
| 2013 | 9338 | 8709 | 118 | 506 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1.3 | 95497 |
| 2014 | 9551 | 8808 | 186 | 550 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1.9 | 105048 |
| 2015 | 9242 | 8589 | 213 | 433 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2.3 | 114290 |
| 2016 | 10800 | 9931 | 406 | 453 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 3.8 | 125090 |
| 2017 | 11056 | 10075 | 549 | 412 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 136146 |
| 2018 | 11155 | 9870 | 844 | 399 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 7.6 | 147301 |
| 2019 | 11470 | 9632 | 1421 | 385 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 12.4 | 158771 |
| 2020 | 13976 | 11204 | 2361 | 386 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 16.9 | 172747 |
| 2021 | 12567 | 9249 | 2947 | 364 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 23.5 | 185314 |
| 2022 | 14247 | 9833 | 4058 | 307 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 28.5 | 199561 |
| 2023 | 14445 | 9594 | 4561 | 274 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 31.6 | 214006 |
| 2024 | 15277 | 9196 | 5780 | 290 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 37.8 | 229283 |
| 2025 | 17559 | 10082 | 7198 | 237 | 35 | 24 | 3 | 41 | 246842 |
| 2026 | 14054 | 7570 | 6264 | 198 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 44.6 | 260896 |