"At YC," says Taggar, "Every round we have more applications. But we only accept between 2.5 and 3.5 percent of those who apply. The first round this year we ha

"At YC," says Taggar, "Every round we have more applications. But we only accept between 2.5 and 3.5 percent of those who apply. The first round this year we had 44 companies; this round we have 64 companies [almost a 50 percent increase]." I haven't seen this number before (2.5-3.5%). If they accepted 2.5-3.5% when they accepted 44 companies, that's 1760-1257 applications. If they accepted 2.5-3.5% when they accepted 64 companies, that's 2560-1829 companies. So this comment gives us a range of between 1257-2560 applications. Good luck everyone! :) I'm applying this winter.