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!Merit Badge!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014
|-
|American Business||685||667||707||679||805||650
|-
|American Cultures||2710||2353||2965||2883||2649||2174
|-
|American Heritage||5625||5853||6645||6626||6195||5333
|-
|American Labor||822||739||1168||811||1090||992
|-
|Animal Science||3444||3591||3759||4503||4174||4042
|-
|Archaeology||7821||7939||9586||10316||8913||8652
|-
|Archery||46579||45039||45204||48229||43879||43238
|-
|Architecture||2691||2840||3586||3631||3956||4019
|-
|Art||31034||28707||32146||29273||28031||25438
|-
|Astronomy||10384||10048||14941||17308||16332||15758
|-
|Athletics||3779||3728||3411||3465||3709||3241
|-
|Automotive Maintenance||9181||9520||10762||10784||10084||9763
|-
|Aviation||20787||21173||21440||20751||18330||17522
|-
|Backpacking||5003||4377||4445||4878||4114||4169
|-
|Basketry||27179||23899||23505||22073||19364||17531
|-
|Bird Study||6268||6668||6881||6952||6405||5641
|-
|Bugling||662||844||628||613||515||606
|-
|Camping*||62774||62174||62492||60772||58982||54265
|-
|Canoeing||41918||40160||41601||39042||33409||31833
|-
|Chemistry||8248||8661||9569||9692||10731||10594
|-
|Chess||0||0||6002||29298||27315||25266
|-
|Cinematography||6819||6529||7245||8308||8465||4026
|-
|Citizenship in the Community*||59203||58891||57785||57951||56928||51728
|-
|Citizenship in the Nation*||64847||64683||64558||64120||61272||56490
|-
|Citizenship in the World*||68075||67483||67779||67486||64452||61303
|-
|Climbing||25192||23698||24617||24609||22861||23200
|-
|Coin Collecting||7023||6785||7052||6043||5667||5303
|-
|Collections||5614||6090||5027||5077||4966||4295
|-
|Communication*||62153||59462||60749||59345||57111||54081
|-
|Composite Materials||1380||1603||1817||1610||1817||1614
|-
|Computers||15166||14474||14712||14474||15149||12973
|-
|Cooking*||24496||23548||23989||23384||44903||99908
|-
|Crime Prevention||6981||8049||8374||8331||7274||6917
|-
|Cycling**||7736||7533||6992||7053||6551||6268
|-
|Dentistry||5231||5506||4491||4403||4213||3416
|-
|Digital Technology||0||0||0||0||0||3014
|-
|Disabilities Awareness||6100||7362||7503||7230||6690||6204
|-
|Dog Care||3373||3455||3407||3330||3351||2955
|-
|Drafting||1514||1516||1170||1377||1440||1318
|-
|Electricity||11585||10419||11187||11350||10968||10460
|-
|Electronics||7112||7452||7186||8060||8753||8860
|-
|Emergency Preparedness||50707||49945||50510||51035||50153||46069
|-
|Energy||3427||3203||3641||3907||3989||3669
|-
|Engineering||7361||9459||9418||9682||10445||11624
|-
|Entrepreneurship||1609||1582||1895||1932||1900||2496
|-
|Environmental Science**||77285||74836||78719||76238||71609||67218
|-
|Family Life*||58568||58767||55812||56210||55080||49516
|-
|Farm Mechanics||2625||2387||2627||2457||2421||2486
|-
|Fingerprinting||46808||46395||53189||46594||45140||43820
|-
|Fire Safety||17784||15483||16886||14517||12988||12395
|-
|First Aid*||91334||89694||94268||92312||87477||80917
|-
|Fish & Wildlife Management||16971||14825||16162||15528||13411||13749
|-
|Fishing||28692||29806||32048||31932||29788||28119
|-
|Fly Fishing||634||475||4605||4291||4690||4537
|-
|Forestry||16843||14906||16456||16309||14874||14465
|-
|Game Design||0||0||0||0||2657||11853
|-
|Gardening||2576||2403||2422||2258||1972||1641
|-
|Genealogy||5674||6386||5452||5641||5740||5474
|-
|Geocaching||0||4533||19419||18711||17031||16785
|-
|Geology||23640||21798||23695||24015||22103||21282
|-
|Golf||7623||7236||5798||5128||4921||3955
|-
|Graphic Arts||2982||3093||3620||3505||3140||3189
|-
|Hiking**||8074||7658||7946||8132||7856||7344
|-
|Home Repairs||5165||4572||4324||4413||3790||3866
|-
|Horsemanship||13106||13230||13814||12670||10977||11905
|-
|Indian Lore||31293||28530||28591||26705||24535||22997
|-
|Insect Study||2582||3502||3579||4120||3613||3164
|-
|Inventing||0||616||2279||2592||2704||2902
|-
|Journalism||1285||1191||1285||1184||945||955
|-
|Kayaking||0||0||0||21765||36217||35533
|-
|Landscape Architecture||1335||1414||1475||1618||1872||1496
|-
|Law||7044||7333||7315||7274||6946||5463
|-
|Leatherwork||53896||50028||51535||48674||44344||42565
|-
|Lifesaving***||28483||27739||29382||28228||25945||24474
|-
|Mammal Study||31245||28728||31028||28309||24064||24060
|-
|Medicine||4513||4547||4480||4507||3990||3725
|-
|Metalwork||12272||11597||12790||13674||13259||12949
|-
|Mining in Society||0||0||0||0||0||3519
|-
|Model Design and Building||2586||2123||2964||3120||3628||2612
|-
|Motor Boating||12985||12578||12133||12004||11012||10748
|-
|Moviemaking||0||0||0||0||0||6195
|-
|Music||17565||16623||15875||15088||14223||12903
|-
|Nature||18404||16773||18453||18114||16164||15046
|-
|Nuclear Science||5881||5908||6965||7114||7666||6657
|-
|Oceanography||10202||11098||10720||10636||10769||9991
|-
|Orienteering||20723||18328||20221||18989||16909||16871
|-
|Painting||4696||4217||5087||5412||4911||4346
|-
|Personal Fitness*||58461||58988||56588||56908||56295||50693
|-
|Personal Management||56330||56793||53459||54529||53273||48299
|-
|Pets||6900||6346||6068||5904||5659||4821
|-
|Photography||17543||17479||18042||18879||17800||17804
|-
|Pioneering||22596||21008||23138||21550||19525||18117
|-
|Plant Science||1779||1797||2614||2593||2712||2680
|-
|Plumbing||7055||6233||6417||5785||5178||4982
|-
|Pottery||9885||8937||10493||10157||9869||9050
|-
|Programming||0||0||0||0||480||2970
|-
|Public Health||1928||1958||1989||1783||2006||1821
|-
|Public Speaking||6940||6671||6703||6987||7289||7091
|-
|Pulp and Paper||4933||5549||6449||7495||7034||6250
|-
|Radio||7190||6994||6257||6957||7208||6665
|-
|Railroading||7484||8868||9144||8681||7191||6694
|-
|Reading||7183||6590||5889||5676||5216||4712
|-
|Reptile and Amphibian Study||9902||9797||9816||9772||8483||7547
|-
|Rifle Shooting||51562||50801||54276||50435||47054||45839
|-
|Robotics||0||0||5407||13262||13401||13708
|-
|Rowing||16878||14948||15906||13769||10944||10557
|-
|Safety||4304||4088||4128||3824||4349||3778
|-
|Salesmanship||5704||6286||6765||6425||6438||6648
|-
|Scholarship||7194||7034||6570||6310||5956||5362
|-
|Scouting Heritage||0||3814||6407||5394||5660||5572
|-
|Scuba Diving||130||2962||3015||2594||2370||1989
|-
|Sculpture||10372||10750||13074||12829||11493||9887
|-
|Search and Rescue||0||0||0||725||10552||12359
|-
|Shotgun Shooting||25086||24978||27838||26173||24603||23970
|-
|Skating||3360||3119||3208||2220||2406||2010
|-
|Small Boat Sailing||19145||18471||19895||18740||16857||16511
|-
|Snow Sports||11326||11394||10586||8636||9134||8227
|-
|Soil and Water Conservation||15546||15298||15554||14553||11697||11296
|-
|Space Exploration||21977||22914||23595||23557||23290||22625
|-
|Sports||10444||9550||9167||9112||8950||8032
|-
|Stamp Collecting||1087||1434||1147||1045||1131||863
|-
|Surveying||1595||1539||1145||1235||1307||1065
|-
|Sustainability****||0||0||0||0||590||5428
|-
|Swimming**||76807||78825||80938||80376||72946||72503
|-
|Textile||2641||2232||3657||4681||4673||3694
|-
|Theater||2290||2174||2201||2776||2320||2273
|-
|Traffic Safety||7745||7148||8665||7450||7582||7088
|-
|Truck Transportation||3291||2960||3009||2928||2847||2182
|-
|Veterinary Medicine||3018||3855||3502||3460||3455||2875
|-
|Water Sports||5135||4891||4783||4291||3935||3594
|-
|Weather||17927||16345||18582||17869||15958||15846
|-
|Welding||0||0||0||4022||10919||11061
|-
|Whitewater||3993||3372||4322||4149||3252||3565
|-
|Wilderness Survival||44632||41627||46757||46829||43158||40395
|-
|Wood Carving||48489||45121||45645||44927||41120||38749
|-
|Woodwork||5217||5866||5590||4962||5602||5198
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center"
|- style="font-weight:bold" align="center"
| | MERIT BADGE
| align="center" | 1993
| align="center" | 1996
| align="center" | 2005
| align="center" | 2006
| align="center" | 2007
| align="center" | Total
| align="center" | Wiki Hits

|- 
|  | [[First Aid]]
|  | 94,528
|  | 97,565
|  | 87,300
|  | 84,792
|  | 82,274
|  | 6,361,479
|  | 112,708

|- 
|  | [[Swimming]]
|  | 93,488
|  | 90,922
|  | 75,796
|  | 76,692
|  | 74,108
|  | 5,776,804
|  | 101,371

|- 
|  | [[Camping]]
|  | 73,831
|  | 70,825
|  | 62,393
|  | 61,469
|  | 58,022
|  | 4,242,599
|  | 210,273

|- 
|  | [[Cooking]]
|  | 46,328
|  | 44,073
|  | 25,033
|  | 24,151
|  | 24,025
|  | 4,074,054
|  | 74,653

|- 
|  | [[Citizenship in the Community]]
|  | 61,185
|  | 61,271
|  | 52,666
|  | 47,001
|  | 48,498
|  | 3,068,990
|  | 205,926

|- 
|  | [[Safety]]
|  | 64,097
|  | 56,311
|  | 4,040
|  | 4,123
|  | 3,605
|  | 2,906,882
|  | 23,098

|- 
|  | [[Lifesaving]]
|  | 37,828
|  | 38,445
|  | 28,552
|  | 29,119
|  | 27,676
|  | 2,844,641
|  | 56,373

|- 
|  | [[Citizenship in the Nation]]
|  | 62,307
|  | 62,466
|  | 58,715
|  | 54,993
|  | 54,368
|  | 2,770,809
|  | 168,032

|- 
|  | [[Canoeing]]
|  | 54,697
|  | 53,862
|  | 42,414
|  | 42,604
|  | 41,685
|  | 2,754,919
|  | 46,915

|- 
|  | [[Fire Safety]]
|  | 14,150
|  | 12,147
|  | 13,261
|  | 13,358
|  | 13,661
|  | 2,503,544
|  | 34,645

|- 
|  | [[Home Repairs]]
|  | 10,788
|  | 8,432
|  | 4,536
|  | 4,659
|  | 4,292
|  | 2,384,715
|  | 27,811

|- 
|  | [[Basketry]]
|  | 48,773
|  | 53,365
|  | 32,165
|  | 30,454
|  | 28,256
|  | 2,279,180
|  | 29,997

|- 
|  | [[Pioneering]]
|  | 1,366
|  | 31,029
|  | 24,204
|  | 23,025
|  | 21,292
|  | 2,265,542
|  | 35,177

|- 
|  | [[Environmental Science]]
|  | 66,064
|  | 69,349
|  | 67,852
|  | 74,583
|  | 72,279
|  | 2,194,532
|  | 139,746

|- 
|  | [[Personal Fitness]]
|  | 46,576
|  | 11,927
|  | 54,348
|  | 55,088
|  | 53,030
|  | 2,107,226
|  | 222,836

|- 
|  | [[Leatherwork]]
|  | 66,585
|  | 64,575
|  | 56,128
|  | 54,654
|  | 50,852
|  | 2,104,721
|  | 29,124

|- 
|  | [[Wood Carving]]
|  | 48,234
|  | 48,002
|  | 49,168
|  | 46,407
|  | 45,659
|  | 1,977,764
|  | 37,423

|- 
|  | [[Citizenship in the World]]
|  | 60,844
|  | 57,187
|  | 61,746
|  | 58,097
|  | 58,608
|  | 1,811,599
|  | 168,461

|- 
|  | [[Fishing]]
|  | 29,726
|  | 32,541
|  | 27,203
|  | 26,496
|  | 26,769
|  | 1,782,550
|  | 58,028

|- 
|  | [[Communications]]
|  | 52,533
|  | 54,288
|  | 54,633
|  | 53,558
|  | 54,214
|  | 1,648,244
|  | 180,660

|- 
|  | [[Rowing]]
|  | 27,330
|  | 26,636
|  | 17,889
|  | 16,412
|  | 16,484
|  | 1,618,890
|  | 15,858

|- 
|  | [[Nature]]
|  | 17,055
|  | 17,327
|  | 15,292
|  | 15,662
|  | 16,441
|  | 1,545,332
|  | 31,620

|- 
|  | [[Public Health]]
|  | &nbsp
|  | 1,956
|  | 2,028
|  | 1,123
|  | 1,487
|  | 1,504,707
|  | 12,586

|- 
|  | [[Emergency Preparedness]]
|  | 44,142
|  | 46,502
|  | 46,346
|  | 47,362
|  | 44,987
|  | 1,493,208
|  | 144,740

|- 
|  | [[Reading]]
|  | 7,848
|  | 7,440
|  | 7,155
|  | 6,561
|  | 6,178
|  | 1,441,821
|  | 51,473

|- 
|  | [[Personal Management]]
|  | 7,955
|  | 45,973
|  | 51,197
|  | 51,334
|  | 49,861
|  | 1,439,063
|  | 206,490

|- 
|  | [[Fingerprinting]]
|  | 28,016
|  | 36,014
|  | 41,565
|  | 42,348
|  | 39,482
|  | 1,351,387
|  | 31,782

|- 
|  | [[Wilderness Survival]]
|  | 46,405
|  | 46,843
|  | 38,512
|  | 46,912
|  | 40,496
|  | 1,330,251
|  | 64,622

|- 
|  | [[Archery]]
|  | 3,470
|  | 37,020
|  | 46,902
|  | 47,297
|  | 46,550
|  | 1,286,606
|  | 49,770

|- 
|  | [[Hiking]]
|  | 10,309
|  | 8,306
|  | 8,275
|  | 7,901
|  | 7,781
|  | 1,275,737
|  | 72,674

|- 
|  | [[Scholarship]]
|  | 8,049
|  | 7,866
|  | 6,496
|  | 6,719
|  | 6,607
|  | 1,231,674
|  | 38,059

|- 
|  | [[Music]]
|  | 12,379
|  | 12,919
|  | 14,640
|  | 14,894
|  | 15,114
|  | 1,211,155
|  | 58,508

|- 
|  | [[Art]]
|  | 14,363
|  | 22,988
|  | 33,031
|  | 32,856
|  | 27,112
|  | 1,106,190
|  | 45,671

|- 
|  | [[Sports]]
|  | 31,446
|  | 28,989
|  | 12,315
|  | 12,349
|  | 10,968
|  | 1,080,553
|  | 44,539

|- 
|  | [[Metalwork]]
|  | 16,562
|  | 20,626
|  | 9,362
|  | 9,625
|  | 10,683
|  | 1,048,028
|  | 19,650

|- 
|  | [[Forestry]]
|  | 14,986
|  | 16,301
|  | 15,123
|  | 15,223
|  | 14,864
|  | 1,041,526
|  | 27,061

|- 
|  | [[Athletics]]
|  | 3,594
|  | 5,485
|  | 4,260
|  | 4,308
|  | 5,959
|  | 1,040,227
|  | 35,706

|- 
|  | [[Soil and Water Conservation]]
|  | 17,164
|  | 16,129
|  | 14,426
|  | 13,862
|  | 13,630
|  | 1,023,560
|  | 23,581

|- 
|  | [[Indian Lore]]
|  | 30,949
|  | 30,495
|  | 28,581
|  | 30,800
|  | 29,624
|  | 1,006,056
|  | 35,923

|- 
|  | [[Mammal Study]]
|  | 34,147
|  | 31,170
|  | 29,935
|  | 29,729
|  | 28,888
|  | 998,261
|  | 28,731

|- 
|  | [[Rifle Shooting]]
|  | 37,029
|  | 43,968
|  | 50,337
|  | 47,996
|  | 46,174
|  | 981,791
|  | 48,598

|- 
|  | [[Woodwork]]
|  | 5,733
|  | 4,315
|  | 4,846
|  | 4,990
|  | 4,621
|  | 935,073
|  | 29,935

|- 
|  | [[Family Life]]
|  | 2,932
|  | 61,305
|  | 52,538
|  | 52,671
|  | 51,225
|  | 773,995
|  | 188,989

|- 
|  | [[Electricity]]
|  | 8,028
|  | 7,876
|  | 11,953
|  | 10,433
|  | 10,034
|  | 728,783
|  | 30,521

|- 
|  | [[Orienteering]]
|  | 3,879
|  | 26,192
|  | 21,395
|  | 20,267
|  | 19,803
|  | 685,065
|  | 38,911

|- 
|  | [[Pets]]
|  | 4,715
|  | 7,228
|  | 6,919
|  | 6,350
|  | 6,287
|  | 616,714
|  | 39,992

|- 
|  | [[Public Speaking]]
|  | 2,405
|  | 2,318
|  | 4,640
|  | 5,239
|  | 5,827
|  | 595,080
|  | 22,735

|- 
|  | [[Reptile and Amphibian Study]]
|  | 12,989
|  | 12,322
|  | 11,093
|  | 10,286
|  | 10,434
|  | 582,050
|  | 31,692

|- 
|  | [[Horsemanship]]
|  | 13,451
|  | 11,408
|  | 11,650
|  | 12,203
|  | 11,771
|  | 553,492
|  | 21,793

|- 
|  | [[Fish and Wildlife Management]]
|  | 17,388
|  | 16,945
|  | 13,676
|  | 13,928
|  | 15,002
|  | 547,394
|  | 28,307

|- 
|  | [[Astronomy]]
|  | 6,817
|  | 16,979
|  | 11,229
|  | 9,796
|  | 10,087
|  | 544,829
|  | 50,669

|- 
|  | [[Bird Study]]
|  | 1,521
|  | 1,481
|  | 5,357
|  | 5,260
|  | 5,327
|  | 537,689
|  | 24,557

|- 
|  | [[Painting]]
|  | 14,022
|  | 3,866
|  | 4,212
|  | 4,502
|  | 4,796
|  | 529,147
|  | 17,439

|- 
|  | [[Cycling]]
|  | 5,703
|  | 4,975
|  | 7,217
|  | 7,242
|  | 6,754
|  | 526,565
|  | 67,848

|- 
|  | [[Small Boat Sailing]]
|  | 16,261
|  | 17,813
|  | 17,224
|  | 17,961
|  | 17,852
|  | 524,722
|  | 21,690

|- 
|  | [[Motorboating]]
|  | 13,228
|  | 13,566
|  | 13,724
|  | 13,552
|  | 13,324
|  | 501,386
|  | 22,427

|- 
|  | [[Geology]]
|  | 11,067
|  | 14,491
|  | 18,693
|  | 20,073
|  | 19,525
|  | 489,419
|  | 28,575

|- 
|  | [[Aviation]]
|  | 15,488
|  | 14,365
|  | 17,641
|  | 18,624
|  | 16,483
|  | 467,275
|  | 43,882

|- 
|  | [[Weather]]
|  | 12,108
|  | 14,520
|  | 17,223
|  | 16,158
|  | 16,001
|  | 459,169
|  | 33,756

|- 
|  | [[Coin Collecting]]
|  | 4,209
|  | 3,599
|  | 5,011
|  | 5,134
|  | 4,909
|  | 453,376
|  | 36,375

|- 
|  | [[Computers]]
|  | 12,744
|  | 14,489
|  | 14,647
|  | 14,215
|  | 13,702
|  | 417,582
|  | 62,375

|- 
|  | [[Dog Care]]
|  | 3,695
|  | 3,674
|  | 3,157
|  | 3,124
|  | 2,948
|  | 408,403
|  | 41,805

|- 
|  | [[Space Exploration]]
|  | 10,838
|  | 13,902
|  | 23,155
|  | 21,256
|  | 19,943
|  | 401,454
|  | 34,590

|- 
|  | [[Photography]]
|  | 36,389
|  | 4,167
|  | 9,302
|  | 10,448
|  | 12,447
|  | 383,533
|  | 43,503

|- 
|  | [[Stamp Collecting]]
|  | 1,720
|  | 1,270
|  | 1,451
|  | 1,112
|  | 1,057
|  | 381,769
|  | 11,699

|- 
|  | [[Snow Sports]] (was Skiing)
|  | 12,623
|  | 12,798
|  | 15,575
|  | 14987
|  | 10,671
|  | 381,472
|  | 25,663

|- 
|  | [[Gardening]]
|  | 2,523
|  | 2,237
|  | 1,904
|  | 1,813
|  | 1,715
|  | 372,464
|  | 22,037

|- 
|  | [[Plumbing]]
|  | 7,115
|  | 3,769
|  | 5,949
|  | 5,914
|  | 5,366
|  | 350,314
|  | 15,665

|- 
|  | [[Shotgun Shooting]]
|  | 19,713
|  | 15,188
|  | 23,562
|  | 23,062
|  | 22,986
|  | 344,035
|  | 32,832

|- 
|  | [[Pottery]]
|  | 4,363
|  | 11,358
|  | 9,218
|  | 9,272
|  | 8,574
|  | 316,172
|  | 16,102

|- 
|  | [[Chemistry]]
|  | 2,935
|  | 3,661
|  | 5,592
|  | 6,063
|  | 5,944
|  | 286,512
|  | 25,889

|- 
|  | [[Salesmanship]]
|  | 5,654
|  | 4,515
|  | 4,880
|  | 4,978
|  | 5,254
|  | 281,544
|  | 19,816

|- 
|  | [[Climbing]]
|  | &nbsp;
|  | 7
|  | 22,316
|  | 22,628
|  | 22,495
|  | 249,405
|  | 32,310

|- 
|  | [[Sculpture]]
|  | 5,440
|  | 5,042
|  | 8,760
|  | 9,450
|  | 9,091
|  | 224,275
|  | 12,866

|- 
|  | [[Water Sports]] (Water Skiing)
|  | 5,053
|  | 4,801
|  | 3,560
|  | 3,701
|  | 3,556
|  | 218,672
|  | 22,309

|- 
|  | [[Oceanography]]
|  | 26,018
|  | 6,256
|  | 9,472
|  | 9,745
|  | 9,357
|  | 215,147
|  | 22,571

|- 
|  | [[Drafting]]
|  | 2,423
|  | 1,655
|  | 1,659
|  | 1,499
|  | 1,501
|  | 214,872
|  | 16,218

|- 
|  | [[Farm Mechanics]]
|  | 2,051
|  | 1,986
|  | 1,948
|  | 2,122
|  | 1,951
|  | 203,825
|  | 11,830

|- 
|  | [[Model Design and Building]]
|  | 1,904
|  | 1,665
|  | 2,699
|  | 2,365
|  | 2,282
|  | 200,613
|  | 15,741

|- 
|  | [[Architecture]]
|  | 19,658
|  | 2,513
|  | 2,587
|  | 2,215
|  | 2,104
|  | 193,458
|  | 16,793

|- 
|  | [[Genealogy]]
|  | 6,680
|  | 6,005
|  | 5,704
|  | 5,218
|  | 4,387
|  | 192,430
|  | 28,395

|- 
|  | [[Backpacking]]
|  | 8,864
|  | 7,800
|  | 5,092
|  | 5,003
|  | 4,974
|  | 182,285
|  | 40,991

|- 
|  | [[Railroading]]
|  | 2,850
|  | 3,680
|  | 6,922
|  | 5,809
|  | 6,378
|  | 182,171
|  | 21,201

|- 
|  | [[Bugling]]
|  | 975
|  | 753
|  | 832
|  | 627
|  | 684
|  | 165,643
|  | 21,922

|- 
|  | [[Electronics]]
|  | 2,988
|  | 3,103
|  | 6,219
|  | 5,596
|  | 5,680
|  | 162,721
|  | 24,786

|- 
|  | [[Skating]]
|  | 5,059
|  | 7,770
|  | 3,841
|  | 3,564
|  | 2,920
|  | 153,926
|  | 17,854

|- 
|  | [[Insect Study]]
|  | 1,721
|  | 2,067
|  | 1,611
|  | 1,808
|  | 1,536
|  | 142,981
|  | 15,855

|- 
|  | [[Surveying]]
|  | 1,806
|  | 1,337
|  | 1,567
|  | 1,201
|  | 1,166
|  | 142,583
|  | 10,152

|- 
|  | [[Law]]
|  | 5,067
|  | 4,725
|  | 5,666
|  | 5,652
|  | 5,545
|  | 137,441
|  | 24,790

|- 
|  | [[Nuclear Science]] (Atomic Eng)
|  | 6,278
|  | 4,188
|  | 3,585
|  | 3,188
|  | 4,595
|  | 129,040
|  | 23,892

|- 
|  | [[Radio]]
|  | 1,549
|  | 1,655
|  | 4,963
|  | 5,058
|  | 5,766
|  | 125,382
|  | 24,903

|- 
|  | [[Golf]]
|  | 4,220
|  | 4,466
|  | 6,920
|  | 6,831
|  | 6,831
|  | 124,946
|  | 33,534

|- 
|  | [[Textile]]
|  | 2,441
|  | 1,428
|  | 4,173
|  | 3,502
|  | 3,677
|  | 118,539
|  | 12,275

|- 
|  | [[American Heritage]]
|  | 4,371
|  | 3,126
|  | 4,890
|  | 4,273
|  | 4,274
|  | 118,154
|  | 27,362

|- 
|  | [[Truck Transportation]]
|  | 3,334
|  | 2,924
|  | 3,295
|  | 3,109
|  | 3,167
|  | 117,332
|  | 14,097

|- 
|  | [[Collections]]
|  | 7,524
|  | 7,065
|  | 5,406
|  | 4,784
|  | 5,011
|  | 105,850
|  | 25,116

|- 
|  | [[Traffic Safety]]
|  | 2,351
|  | 2,865
|  | 5,576
|  | 5,428
|  | 5,817
|  | 105,833
|  | 23,723

|- 
|  | [[Dentistry]]
|  | 4,204
|  | 2,873
|  | 4,584
|  | 3,770
|  | 3,974
|  | 104,310
|  | 16,819

|- 
|  | [[Automotive Maintenance]]
|  | 3,566
|  | 4,724
|  | 8,175
|  | 7,600
|  | 7,480
|  | 99,127
|  | 30,950

|- 
|  | [[Journalism]]
|  | 1,080
|  | 805
|  | 1,428
|  | 1,272
|  | 1,113
|  | 98,369
|  | 13,638

|- 
|  | [[Archaeology]]
|  | 35,292
|  | 1
|  | 3,766
|  | 4,946
|  | 5,522
|  | 96,236
|  | 21,153

|- 
|  | [[Crime Prevention]]
|  | &nbsp;
|  | 1,440
|  | 6,702
|  | 6,645
|  | 6,158
|  | 84,156
|  | 26,987

|- 
|  | [[Engineering]]
|  | 2,263
|  | 1,725
|  | 5,164
|  | 4,998
|  | 5,733
|  | 82,582
|  | 29,159

|- 
|  | [[Disabilities Awareness]]
|  | 3,405
|  | 2,828
|  | 2,275
|  | 3,245
|  | 3,964
|  | 75,463
|  | 21,945

|- 
|  | [[Pulp and Paper]]
|  | 1,776
|  | 2,328
|  | 2,878
|  | 2,914
|  | 3,492
|  | 72,763
|  | 15,041

|- 
|  | [[Landscape Architecture]]
|  | 1,863
|  | 1,687
|  | 1,927
|  | 1,707
|  | 1,649
|  | 71,040
|  | 12,538

|- 
|  | [[Theater]]
|  | 1,389
|  | 1,466
|  | 2,032
|  | 2,267
|  | 1,937
|  | 67,389
|  | 19,757

|- 
|  | [[Whitewater]]
|  | 2,274
|  | 3,021
|  | 4,157
|  | 4,212
|  | 3,557
|  | 62,019
|  | 18,553

|- 
|  | [[Cinematography]]
|  | 1,730
|  | 2,525
|  | 5,143
|  | 4,768
|  | 4,839
|  | 57,050
|  | 21,796

|- 
|  | [[Energy]]
|  | 2,680
|  | 1,227
|  | 3,019
|  | 2,506
|  | 2,620
|  | 55,906
|  | 21,401

|- 
|  | [[Veterinary Medicine]]
|  | 1,355
|  | 1,166
|  | 2,400
|  | 2,204
|  | 2,355
|  | 53,197
|  | 13,313

|- 
|  | [[American Cultures]]
|  | 2,074
|  | 1,892
|  | 2,450
|  | 2,479
|  | 2,334
|  | 49,551
|  | 18,794

|- 
|  | [[American Business]]
|  | 1,442
|  | 813
|  | 541
|  | 717
|  | 539
|  | 48,453
|  | 26,641

|- 
|  | [[Medicine]]
|  | 2,495
|  | 2,079
|  | 3,396
|  | 3,493
|  | 3,644
|  | 43,093
|  | 19,557

|- 
|  | [[Animal Science]]
|  | 2,288
|  | 2,180
|  | 3,151
|  | 3,195
|  | 2,608
|  | 34,690
|  | 19,726

|- 
|  | [[Plant Science]]
|  | 3,571
|  | 978
|  | 900
|  | 753
|  | 928
|  | 29,475
|  | 11,345

|- 
|  | [[Graphic Arts]]
|  | 1,429
|  | 1,205
|  | 2,024
|  | 2,038
|  | 2,373
|  | 28,888
|  | 18,438

|- 
|  | [[American Labor]]
|  | 1,358
|  | 802
|  | 576
|  | 582
|  | 1,060
|  | 16,544
|  | 12,704

|- 
|  | [[Entrepreneurship]]
|  | &nbsp;
|  | 1
|  | 1,605
|  | 1,161
|  | 1,332
|  | 9,779
|  | 15,785

|- 
|  | [[Fly Fishing]]
|  | &nbsp;
|  | &nbsp;
|  | 1,040
|  | 701
|  | 685
|  | 7,458
|  | 17,969

|- 
|  | [[Composite Materials]]
|  | &nbsp;
|  | &nbsp;
|  | &nbsp;
|  | &nbsp;
|  | &nbsp;
|  | &nbsp;
|  | 16,365

|- class="sortbottom"
|  | Unclassified
|  | 21,569
|  | 0
|  | 0
|  | 0
|  | 0
|  | 10,324,955
|  | &nbsp;

|- class="sortbottom"
| | Totals
| | 1,969,110
| | 2,002,775
| | 1,949,049
| | 1,930,058
| | 1,877,853
| | 115,093,311
| | 3,910,685

|}
<center>'''''Wiki Hits''''' ''is the total number of [[Special:Popularpages|pages hits]] on this wiki from April 2007 through December 2008.</center>

==Notes==
The merit badges with the most page hits tend to be Eagle required.  These also show the most merit badges earned.  Scouts learn about requirements and print [[Merit Badge Workbooks|workbooks]] for merit badges they will earn.

While the Wiki page hits cannot be exactly correlated with merit badges earned, there are some trends.  Overall, for every 2 page hits, there was one merit badge earned.  Some merit badges have significant interest but with a low percentage completing the merit badges:
* American Business &ndash; 27 pages hits for each merit badge earned.  Least popular - only 539 American Business Merit Badges earned.
* Bugling &ndash; 26 pages hits for each merit badge earned.  Only 684 Bugling Merit Badges earned.
:* Prior to 1989, an average of nearly 2,000 Bugling merit badges were earned each year.
:* In 1989, a requirement was added to serve 3 months as the Troop Bugler.  Unfortunately many troops don't have a Troop Bugler.
* Fly Fishing &ndash; 20 pages hits for each merit badge earned.  Only 685 Fly Fishing Merit Badges earned.
:* The number of Fly Fishing Merit Badges earned has continued to decline since it's inception in 2002
:* Fishing Merit Badge was earned by 26,769 Scouting making it 40 times more popular than Fly Fishing

==See Also==
{{Merit Badge See Also}}


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