How Many Students Appeared for JEE Mains 2026? - National Testing Agency has announced new statistics for the number of students who appeared for JEE Main 2026 from January 21 to 24 & January 28, 2026 exams. According to the new notice, 13,00,368 candidates have appeared for JEE Main from Jan 21 to 24 & 28, 2026. A 96.26% attendance has been reported. As per news reports regarding JEE Main 2026 registrations, overall 14.5 Lakh students are expected to appear for the NTA JEE Mains across all sessions. Candidates should take a look at the number of candidates appearing for the JEE Mains 2026 to know the level of competition. Candidates can check the information about the number of students appeared for JEE Mains 2026 day wise here in this article. The JEE Main 2026 exam is being conducted from January 21 to 29, 2026.
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How many Students Appeared for JEE Main 2026?

How many students registered for JEE Mains 2026

In 2025, the number of registered candidates was 13,11,544 for session 1 and 10,61,840 for session 2. The authority releases details about the number of applicants for JEE Main 2026, the number of students who appeared for the IIT JEE Main 2026, and the number of students who qualify for the entrance test. Read the article for all the complete details on how many students appeared in the JEE Mains exam 2026.

JEE Main 2026 Session 1 & 2: Statistics

NTA has released the statistics for the JEE Main exam on the official website. Detailed statistics on the number of students who registered for the JEE Main 2026 exam will be released online along with the results. Information about those who appeared for the JEE Main Jan 21 exam to Jan 24 & Jan 28 exam is given below. The number of candidates who qualified will be released online. Candidates can check the complete statistics for how many students appeared for JEE Mains 2026 sessions 1 & 2 here.

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Students Appeared for JEE Mains 2026 on January 21 to 28, 2026

Aspects	All Shifts
Scheduled Candidates (those who must have appeared)	13,50,969
Candidates Appeared	13,00,368
Attendance (%)	96.26%
Aadhaar Verified Candidates	9,96,774
Aadhaar Verification (%)	96.19%
PwD Candidates	4314

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JEE Main Previous Year Statistics

According to the previous year's notification, a total of 12,58,126 candidates appeared for the JEE Main 2025 B.Tech exam in the January session. Of these, 44,144 candidates appeared for B.Arch, and 18,596 candidates appeared for B.Planning. The attendance percentage for B.Arch was 69.54%, while for B.Planning, it was 65.63%. The attendance percentage was 95.93% this year. This year, NTA saw an increase of 89920 JEE Main application forms with over 13,11,544 registrations. The attendance rate for the JEE Main exam stood at 94.4%.

JEE Main Comparative table (2025 to 2022)

Candidates can check the table below for the total registered candidates in Session 1 and Session 2 for JEE Main (2022–2025):

Year	Session 1 – Registered Candidates	Session 2 – Registered Candidates	Total Unique Registered Candidates
2025	13,11,544	10,61,840	15,39,848
2024	12,21,624	11,79,569	14,76,557
2023	8,60,064	9,31,334	11,62,398
2022	8,72,970	6,22,034	10,26,799

Number of candidates registered and appeared for JEE Main 2025 Paper 1

Date of Exam	Paper	Registered Candidates	Appeared Candidates	%age
22, 23, 24, 28, and 29 January 2025	Paper 1 (B.E./B. Tech.)	13,11,544	12,58,136	95.93%

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The Gender/Category-wise distribution of Candidates Registered for Paper 1 (B.E./B. Tech.)

Category	General	EWS	SC	ST	OBC	Total
Female	1,67,790	45,627	42,704	13,833	1,73,668	4,43,622
Male	3,21,419	96,159	87,550	28,778	3,34,014	8,67,920
Third Gender	1	0	0	0	1	2
Total	4,89,210	1,41,786	1,30,254	42,611	5,07,683	13,11,544

The Gender-wise/Category-wise distribution of Candidates Appeared for Paper 1 (B.E./B. Tech.)

Category	General	EWS	SC	ST	OBC	Total
Female	1,59,378	44,762	40,282	12,965	1,67,423	4,24,810
Male	3,06,980	93,937	82,563	26,994	3,22,851	8,33,325
Third Gender	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	4,66,358	1,38,699	1,22,845	39,959	4,90,275	12,58,136

Number of candidates registered and appeared for JEE Main 2025 Paper 2

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted Joint Entrance Examination (Main) – 2025 Session 1 (January 2025) in 391 Centres in 289 Cities (including 12 cities outside India) for Paper 2 (B. Arch and B. Planning) as per the details given below:

Date of Exam	Paper	Registered Candidates	Appeared Candidates	%age
30 January 2025	Paper 2A (B. Arch)	63,481	44,144	69.54%
	Paper 2 B (B. Planning)	28,335	18,596	65.63%

The Gender/Category-wise distribution of Candidates who Registered for Paper 2 A(B.Arch.)

Category	General	EWS	SC	ST	OBC	Total	PwBD
Female	11,966	2,778	3,491	1,407	11,113	30,755	63
Male	10,955	3,814	4,288	2,148	11,521	32,726	152
Total	22,921	6,592	7,779	3,555	22,634	63,481	215

The Gender-wise/ Category-wise distribution of Candidates who Appeared for Paper 2A (B.Arch)

Category	General	EWS	SC	ST	OBC	Total	PwBD
Female	8,296	2,076	2,402	973	8,061	21,808	48
Male	7,011	2,678	2,836	1,400	8,411	22,336	112
Total	15,307	4,754	5,238	2,373	16,472	44,144	160

The Gender/Category-wise distribution of Candidates who Registered for Paper 2B (B. Planning)

Category	General	EWS	SC	ST	OBC	Total	PwBD
Female	4,555	1,016	1,598	668	4,506	12,343	36
Male	5,014	2,053	2,320	984	5,621	15,992	95
Total	9,569	3,069	3,918	1,652	10,127	28,335	131

The Gender/Category-wise distribution of Candidates who Appeared for Paper 2B (B. Planning)

Category	General	EWS	SC	ST	OBC	Total	PwBD
Female	2,831	794	1,026	440	3,041	8,132	27
Male	2,902	1,496	1,509	578	3,979	10,464	71
Total	5,733	2,290	2,535	1,018	7,020	18,596	98

Previous Year Comparison of JEE Main Registered and Appeared Candidates for JEE Main 2024

Candidates can check the complete statistics for how many students appeared for JEE Mains 2024 session 1 and more for the previous years from the table below.

Number of candidates registered and appeared for JEE Main 2024

Particulars	Details
Number of common candidates registered in both sessions (January/April) of the JEE Main 2024	9,24,636
Number of common candidates appeared in both sessions (January/April) of the JEE Main 2024 exam	8,22,899
Number of candidates registered in January 2024 Session 1 exam	12,21,624
Number of candidates who appeared in the January 2024 Session 1 exam	11,70,048
Number of candidates registered in the April 2024 exam	11,79,569
Number of candidates who appeared in the April Session exam	10,67,959
Total number of Unique Candidates Registered in both Sessions (January/April) of the JEE (Main) - 2024 Examination	14,76,557
Total Number of Unique Candidates Appeared in both Sessions (January/April) of the JEE (Main) - 2024 Examination	14,15,110

Number of candidates registered and appeared for JEE Main 2024 paper 2

Particulars	Details
Number of common candidates registered in all the Two (January/April) Sessions of JEE (Main) - 2024 for Paper 2.	99086
Number of common candidates appeared in all the Two (January/April) Sessions of JEE (Main) - 2024 for Paper 2	71009
Number of candidates registered in B.Arch (Session 2) for JEE (Main) - 2024 Examination	73362
Number of candidates appeared in B.Arch (Session 2) for JEE (Main) - 2024 Examination	36707
Number of candidates registered in B.Planning (Session 2) for JEE (Main) – 2024 Examination	38105
Number of candidates appeared in B.Planning (Session 2) for JEE (Main) – 2024 Examination	16228

Gender-wise distribution of Registered Candidates for JEE Main Session 1

Category wise	Total registration
Male Candidates	8,24,945
Female Candidates	4,06,920
Third-Gender Candidates	9

Gender-wise distribution of Registered Candidates for JEE Main 2024 Session 2

Category wise	Total registration
Male Candidates	8,06,045
Female Candidates	3,73,515
Third-Gender Candidates	9

Category-wise Distribution of Registered Candidates for JEE Main 2024 Session 1

Category wise	Total registration
General	4,16,086
EWS	1,54,840
OBC-NCL	4,98,179
SC	1,21,394
ST	41,375

Category-wise Distribution of Registered Candidates for JEE Main 2024 Session 2

Category wise	Total registration
General	4,19,114
EWS	1,42,564
OBC-NCL	4,58,782
SC	1,17,778
ST	41,331

JEE Main 2024 Paper 1 Distribution of Appeared Candidates

Day Wise	Shift	Gender	Students appeared	Total
	Shift	Gender	Students appeared	Total
January 27	1	Male	82371	122187
	1	Female	39816	122187
	2	Male	85659	125272
	2	Female	39613	125272
January 29	1	Male	82589	122323
	1	Female	39734	122323
	2	Male	84089	124848
	2	Female	40759	124848
January 30	1	Male	80761	121798
	1	Female	41037	121798
	2	Male	80936	121028
	2	Female	40092	121028
January 31	1	Male	83389	125094
	1	Female	41705	125094
	2	Male	81088	120917
	2	Female	39829	120917
February 1	1	Male	81237	121205
	1	Female	39968	121205
	2	Male	78568	116952
	2	Female	38384	116952

JEE Main 2024 Paper 1 Distribution of Appeared Candidates for Session 2

	Shift	Registered candidates	Students appeared	Percentage
April 4	1	118246	105288	89.04
April 4	2	118160	105795	89.54
April 5	1	118255	106970	90.46
April 5	2	118161	107160	90.69
April 6	1	118378	107635	90.92
April 6	2	118084	107494	91.03
April 8	1	117867	106992	90.77
April 8	2	117437	106952	91.07
April 9	1	118169	107254	90.76
April 9	2	116812	106419	91.10

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IIT JEE Main 2023 Statistics: How many students appeared for JEE Main?

The National Testing Agency has released the details on the no. of students who appeared in JEE Mains 2023 in both sessions. As per the NTA official notification, the number of students who appeared in JEE Main 2023 in both sessions is 11,13,325.

The Number of candidates registered and appeared for JEE (Main)-2023 B.E./B.Tech (Paper 1) in both Sessions:-

Number of common candidates Registered in both sessions (January/April) of JEE (Main) – 2023 Exam	629000
Number of common candidates who Appeared in both sessions (January/April) of JEE (Main) - 2023 Exam	594013
Number of candidates registered in January 2023 (Session 1) Examination	860064
Number of candidates appeared in January 2023 (Session 1) Examination	823967
Number of candidates registered in April 2023 (Session 2) Examination	931334
Number of candidates appeared in April 2023 (Session 2) Examination	883367
Total Number of unique candidates Registered in both Sessions (January/April) of JEE (Main) - 2023 Exam	1162398
Total Number of Unique Candidates Appeared in both Sessions (January/April) of JEE (Main) - 2023 Exam	1113325

Gender/Category wise distribution of candidates Registered in both Sessions:-

Gender	General	Gen-EWS	OBC- NCL	SC	ST	PwD	Total
Female	139417	35397	136172	33198	12709	652	357545
Male	303169	86919	303919	80254	28050	2537	804848
Third Gender	2	1	2	0	0	0	5
Total	442588	122317	440093	113452	40759	3189	1162398

Gender/Category wise distribution of candidates Appeared in both Sessions:-

Gender	General	Gen-EWS	OBC- NCL	SC	ST	PwD	Total
Female	132176	34798	129190	30677	11503	619	338963
Male	290936	85696	293488	75658	26154	2427	774359
Third Gender	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
Total	423112	120495	422680	106335	37657	3046	1113325

Total students appeared in JEE Mains 2023 (January)

Particular	Details
Total number of students applied for JEE Main 2023 January session	Paper 1 - 8.6 lakh Paper 2 - 0.46 Lakh
Number of females registered for JEE Main 2023 exam session 1	Paper 1 - 2.6 lakh Paper 2 - 21 K
Number of males registered for NTA JEE Main 2023 session 1	Paper 1 - 6 Lakh Paper 2 - 25 K
Total number of students who appeared for JEE Main Jan session	8.22 Lakh
Total percentage of candidates appeared	95.79 %

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NTA JEE Main 2022: How many students appeared in JEE Mains?

Based on the official notification released by NTA, the number of students who appeared in JEE Main 2022 in both sessions was 1026799. Candidates can check the below table to know detailed information on the no of aspirants who appeared in JEE Main.

Number of candidates appeared in JEE Main 2022

Particulars	Details
Number of common candidates Registered in both sessions (June/July) of JEE (Main) - 2022 Examination.	468205
Number of common candidates Appeared in both sessions (June/July) of JEE(Main) - 2022 Examination.	404256
Number of candidates registered in June 2022 (Session 1) Examination	872970
Number of candidates appeared in June 2022 (Session 1) Examination	769604
Number of candidates registered in July 2022 (Session 2) Examination	622034
Number of candidates appeared in July 2022 (Session 2) Examination	540242
Total Number of unique candidates Registered in both Sessions (June/July) of JEE (Main) - 2022 Examination.	1026799
Total Number of unique candidates Appeared in both Sessions (June/July) of JEE (Main) - 2022 Examination.	905590
Total Number of unique candidates Appeared in both Sessions (June/July) of JEE (Main) - 2022 Examination.

How many students appeared for JEE Main 2022: Gender/Category wise distribution of Registered candidates:-

Gender General Gen	General	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	PWD	Total
Male	302486	63372	261837	72825	26858	2259	727378
Female	128746	24712	107837	27260	10862	545	299417
Third Gender	1	1	2				4
Total	431233	88085	369676	100085	37720	2804	1026799

How many students appeared for JEE Mains 2022: Gender/Category wise distribution of candidates Appeared in both Sessions:-

Gender General Gen	General	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	PWD	Total
Male	267982	60052	234798	63125	22598	2009	648555
Female	110224	22990	92411	22813	8593	471	257031
Third Gender	1	1	2				4
Total	378207	83043	327211	85938	31191	2480	905590

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How many candidates appear in JEE Mains?

The session 1 JEE Main 2026 candidates appeared from January 21 to 28, 2026 is 13,00,368.

Q: How many students appeared for JEE Mains 2025?

As per a press release by NTA, 13,11,544 candidates have appeared for the JEE Man 2025 January session exam

Q: How many students appeared for JEE Mains 2021?

As per the official notification by NTA, a total of 2,52,954 students appeared for JEE Main 2021. Refer to the table below for detailed information on the number of aspirants who participated in the exam.

Q: How many students appeared for JEE Mains 2022?

For JEE Main 2022, 10,26,799 unique students registered, and 9,05,590 unique students appeared for the exam.

Q: How many students appeared for JEE Mains 2023?

According to the National Testing Agency, a total of 11,13,325 students appeared in both sessions of JEE Main 2023, as mentioned in the official notification.

Q: How many students appeared for JEE Mains 2024?

In 2024, a total of 12,21,624 students appeared across both sessions of the JEE Main examination.