Is ham radio growing?

Look at the numbers! 

At the end of 2010 there were 696,041 Amateur Radio licensees in the USA.

Here are the past totals for the USA:

March 2012 - 704,236

2011 - 702,056

2010 – 696,041

2009 -  682,497

2008  - 663,564

2007  - 655,842

2006  - 656,068

2005  - 662,600

Also important...

Higher percentages of Amateur Radio licensees are going far beyond the initial Technician Class license and earning General or even Amateur Extra Class licenses.

There are approximately 2.5 million Amateur Radio operators in the world.  The numbers, while believed accurate, can vary somewhat because different countries use different systems to count licensees.