Scientology: unparalleled growth since 2004

Overall Expansion

• Total assets and property holdings of the Church of Scientology internationally have more than doubled since 2004.
• The combined size of Church premises increased from nearly 5.6 million square feet in 2004 to 12.1 million square feet in 2010.
• The Church has acquired more than 70 buildings since 2004 in major population centers around the world.
• The Church has completed over 400,000 square feet of renovations of new premises this year alone. In addition, currently under construction are over a quarter of a million square feet.
• Over 11,000 Scientology Churches, Missions and affiliated groups exist across 167 nations, four times in just ten years. 
• The number of people newly introduced to Scientology and starting on training or counseling per week exceeds 26 times any previous week in history.

• L. Ron Hubbard has been awarded four Guinness World Records:

2006 Most Published Works by a Single Author: 1,084
2006 Most Translated Author in the World: 71 languages
2009 Most Audiobook Titles on Earth: 185

2010 Most Translated Book on Earth, The Way to Happiness: 70 languages

• 92 million L. Ron Hubbard books and lectures on Dianetics and Scientology have been distributed in the last decade—more than during the first 50 years of Dianetics and Scientology combined.
• The Church's publications organizations in Los Angeles and Copenhagen have been established as state-of-the-art digital publishing houses and are cumulatively capable of printing 1.3 million books and producing 1 million compact discs weekly. Annually, that amounts to 67 million books and 52 million CDs. 
• Over 4.2 million pages of L. Ron Hubbard's writings have been translated in the last 11 years alone compared to a total of 359,459 in the prior 50 years.
• 14,560 hours of translated L. Ron Hubbard lectures have been recorded since 2005.
• Millions of L. Ron Hubbard Dianetics and Scientology books have been placed in more than 151,000 libraries in 192 countries since July 2007.
• L. Ron Hubbard's books have won over 60 design and printing awards.

Dianetics & Scientology Films, Videos and International Live Events

• Over 8 million DVDs have been sold and/or distributed in the last six years, comprising 1,952 different DVD titles.
• 778 films (English and translated) have been produced in the last six years.
• Since 2004, 14,538 videos have been produced (English and translated)—an average of 119 per month.
• The number of hours of video produced since 2004 is 2,221, averaging 27 hours per month.
• The total number of hours of international events (English and translated) produced in the last six years totals 1,966—an average of 28 hours per month.