# 01/01/2026

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Hey everyone, here we are again — another year of RITA, and honestly, 2025 has been one of the most exciting and meaningful years in her journey so far.

It’s pretty amazing to think about how far we’ve come. RITA started back in 2019, long before we had paid subscriptions, dashboards, or machine-learning engines. When we shifted to a paid model, our goal wasn’t about rapid growth—it was about building something sustainable. And what’s truly impressive is not just that RITA has grown, but how steadily and naturally she’s grown—driven by genuine usage rather than short-term spikes.

2025 really proved that path right. This year alone, RITA translated nearly 4.5 billion characters, with almost 2 billion of those handled by our own AI engine. That’s real traffic, trusted daily by thousands of communities, not just a tests or proof of concept. The message volume followed suit, with nearly 100 million messages translated this year, more than ever before. 

What’s most inspiring isn’t just the numbers, but what’s behind them. Investments in infrastructure, dedicated servers, database upgrades, and those small technical choices we keep making, these have lowered downtime and boosted resilience in ways you might not always see, but definitely feel. 

None of this would be possible without our incredible team. A huge thank you to our developers, helpers, and of course, you the users, the folks who maintain, support, test, document, and quietly fix things behind the scenes, often before most users even notice. Their consistency and care are what keep RITA reliable as she scales. 
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## Thank you too:

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@BroZer - Database Developer our Database Wizards
@Quartermaster - Developer King our Discord King
@Artanis - Dev Director the one who truly keeps us going
@Jshep - HR Director for keeping everyone in check and sane

And of course our amazing Helpers

@Slasky - Special Bot Helper
@QUEENI3 - Bot Helper
@Inspirational - Senior Helper
@KingLion - Bot Helper

While i have not said everyone's name here, all the other people who have made a contribution, thank you.
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## The Stats:

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Throughout RITA’s journey, we’ve now translated over 11 billion characters and nearly a quarter of a billion messages. Those numbers weren’t promised or predicted—they’re a testament to patience, discipline, and a community that keeps finding new reasons every day to rely on RITA.

Thank you all for being part of the journey — the best years are still ahead.

And for those of you who enjoy seeing the numbers behind the story, here’s what 2025 actually looked like under the hood.
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11.36 billion characters translated over four years — scaling from 949 million in 2022 to 4.49 billion in 2025, a 4.7× increase overall.
Year-on-year character growth:
2022 → 2023: +1.01B (+107%)
2023 → 2024: +1.99B (+102%)
2024 → 2025: +542M (+14%, on an already massive base)
This isn’t linear growth — it’s infrastructure scaling under sustained demand.
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239.8 million messages translated across four years.
2022: 17.7M
2023: 36.7M (+107% YoY)
2024: 85.5M (+133% YoY)
2025: 99.9M (+17% YoY)
From 2022 to 2025, daily message throughput increased by over 5×, reflecting both wider adoption and heavier per-server usage.
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3.91 billion ML-powered characters translated to date — growing from just 9.7M in 2022 to 1.91B in 2025.
ML usage grew ~196× from 2022 → 2025
ML share of total translations:
2022: ~1%
2023: ~38%
2024: ~31%
2025: ~42%
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195.3 million translations delivered via Off/Webhook, compared to 70.1 million via Embed Mode.
5.47 million images and 1.42 million GIFs processed since 2022.
1.44 million reactions translations overall.
4.49 billion characters and 99.9 million messages in a single year — more than all of 2022, 2023, and half of 2024 combined.
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## So to everyone, All our users, all our subscribers

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THANK YOU, 

Here's to  2026 🥂 , may we do it all over again.
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That's it for now, but we will have some more info for you when we can. and if you want to check out all the changes made, dive into our change logs over in Version History

From all the Development Team at RITA, See you soon. 
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