Hi, this is for the more technical folks as you would need to know how to run php scripts locally in order to enjoy this, but I wanted to share a tool I made to gather information in a useful way about which of my observations are rare. I started thinking about rarity as a concept on iNaturalist, l…

Check out this tool that was created by @glauber735 , specifically the Rarity Category. It is similar, but not the same as your query. https://glauberramos.github.io/inat/achievements?user=jayparoline

That’s awesome! Nicely done, I love looking at user stats! There’s a similar but slightly different tool here as well, I assume be Elias Pschernig https://elias.pschernig.com/wildflower/leastobserved.html

I know both @glauber735 ’s and Elias’s tool. Is there also something that can compare two users like Elias’s but show species that both or only either one has like @glauber735 ’s “Location Species Compate” but for users? I thought I saw this somewhere…

I vibe-coded a similar script to analyse my iNaturalist & iRecord garden moth data. I reported on the number I’d seen ever … then how many records existed on iNaturalist for a 20km radius to gauge local rarity … then a national total.

I loved using this site, but I went to check it today and the entire thing appears to be down…maybe it’s just me but :pensive_face:

Oh no! me too - what a bummer :(

How sad! :downcast_face_with_sweat: I had hoped it was just my computer bugging or something…

“Rare” and “few observations on iNaturalist” are very different. I recently added an observation of a water mite because there were none on iNaturalist despite it being a very common species in Britain and Europe.

Ever wondered which of your observations are the most rare?

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jayparoline January 29, 2026, 5:04pm 4

Ah wow, thanks! This one is really nice.

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Ever wondered which of your observations are the most rare?

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