Number Day

The most popular car numbers of 2026 and more Number Day statistics

Enjoy some Number Day number data.

Steve Luvender

Steve Luvender

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The most popular car numbers of 2026 and more Number Day statistics

Today is 8/3 (we know, we know — it’s 3/8 in much of the world, but 8/3 looks like the Number Builder logo), the second Trading Paints Number Day. We’re celebrating with a giveaway on Instagram, sharing insights from artists on the blog, and just generally having a fun time playing around with Number Builder.

To celebrate, we’re sharing some statistics and numbers for you number-minded readers and racers.

Some Number Builder stats from 2026 (so far)

We’ve enjoyed seeing everybody’s creativity in Number Builder since its overhaul and launch of the Number Showroom last September. Over 8,250 projects have been created so far this year (and you can make your own for free).

Here are the most popular numbers used in Number Builder in the first half of 2026.

  1. #27: Designed 182 times
  2. #18: 174
  3. #28: 171
  4. #15: 150
  5. #19: 146
  6. #17: 145
  7. #21: 139
  8. #22: 139
  9. #2: 138
  10. #5: 137
  11. #8: 136
  12. #24: 135
  13. #7: 135
  14. #11: 121
  15. #12: 119
  16. #13: 118
  17. #1: 114
  18. #77: 114
  19. #4: 113
  20. #88: 113

And the top digits? So glad you asked!

  1. 1: 2368
  2. 2: 2295
  3. 8: 1645
  4. 7: 1625
  5. 3: 1490
  6. 4: 1467
  7. 5: 1452
  8. 9: 1372
  9. 0: 1123
  10. 6: 1055

All in all, in 2026 there have been 1,125 single-digit number projects, 6,620 double-digit numbers, and 510 triple digits.

1,095 Number Builder projects have been palindromes, and 1,026 have had the same digit repeating.

A total of 143 numbers were used exactly once.

The most popular fonts (excluding custom fonts, which account for about 6% of total projects) have been GRATIS, Magenta, SARA Spiked, Dream MMA, and Windpower-Regular.

These are the most popular Custom Number paints assigned to custom paints on Trading Paints since last year’s Number Day (excluding triple-digit numbers).

  1. #8: Assigned to 21,839 new paints
  2. #1: 21,637
  3. #88: 19,769
  4. #5: 18,620
  5. #18: 18,221
  6. #9: 16,258
  7. #3: 16,129
  8. #2: 15,089
  9. #77: 14,828
  10. #7: 13,977
  11. #24: 13,755
  12. #17: 12,887
  13. #11: 12,548
  14. #12: 11,761
  15. #99: 11,583
  16. #21: 11,475
  17. #4: 11,404
  18. #19: 11,003
  19. #22: 10,966
  20. #51: 10,748
  21. #6: 9,808
  22. #20: 9,563
  23. #15: 9,499
  24. #14: 9,325
  25. #16: 9,079
  26. #33: 8,984
  27. #28: 8,531
  28. #25: 8,446
  29. #23: 8,416
  30. #10: 8,162
  31. #32: 7,784
  32. #29: 7,758
  33. #48: 7,693
  34. #27: 6,704
  35. #26: 6,668
  36. #13: 6,470
  37. #55: 6,447
  38. #44: 6,263
  39. #54: 6,140
  40. #45: 6,099
  41. #42: 5,981
  42. #97: 5,934
  43. #71: 5,869
  44. #31: 5,296
  45. #81: 5,207
  46. #00: 5,106
  47. #46: 4,648
  48. #41: 4,529
  49. #43: 4,396
  50. #57: 4,383
  51. #67: 4,360
  52. #98: 4,323
  53. #91: 4,254
  54. #76: 4,239
  55. #0: 4,074
  56. #39: 4,069
  57. #38: 4,011
  58. #60: 3,941
  59. #49: 3,803
  60. #56: 3,803
  61. #66: 3,731
  62. #75: 3,644
  63. #30: 3,598
  64. #34: 3,569
  65. #84: 3,432
  66. #93: 3,422
  67. #92: 3,414
  68. #83: 3,413
  69. #52: 3,331
  70. #69: 3,265
  71. #07: 3,254
  72. #87: 3,234
  73. #36: 3,222
  74. #89: 3,222
  75. #47: 3,185
  76. #40: 3,180
  77. #35: 3,156
  78. #96: 2,917
  79. #78: 2,747
  80. #02: 2,715
  81. #62: 2,689
  82. #94: 2,683
  83. #72: 2,644
  84. #63: 2,616
  85. #01: 2,544
  86. #73: 2,525
  87. #82: 2,505
  88. #74: 2,409
  89. #95: 2,308
  90. #53: 2,200
  91. #37: 2,192
  92. #79: 2,189
  93. #86: 2,151
  94. #70: 2,077
  95. #50: 1,993
  96. #64: 1,947
  97. #65: 1,887
  98. #58: 1,848
  99. #85: 1,844
  100. #61: 1,749
  101. #09: 1,748
  102. #90: 1,726
  103. #68: 1,604
  104. #03: 1,523
  105. #80: 1,523
  106. #05: 1,351
  107. #04: 1,086
  108. #59: 873
  109. #08: 826
  110. #06: 721

Some more numbers on numbers

In total, 694,481 Custom Number paints were assigned since last year’s Number Day.

858 different numbers have been assigned in the past year, when counting triple-digit numbers — yes, amazingly, that means over 140 iRacing-legal numbers were not used on custom paints at all in the past year!

Repeat-digit numbers (e.g. 11, 22, 333) accounted for 103,314 Custom Number paints since last year.

Palindromic triple-digit numbers (e.g. 101, 747 999) appeared 3,204 times in the past year.

We hope you enjoyed this year’s number stats. Keep using Number Builder and we’ll keep sharing numbers on numbers. Happy Number Day!

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