The Gun Violence Archive reported that in 2025 the United States experienced more than 330 mass shootings, defining a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people were shot.
October 11, 2025
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Annual count and definition of mass shootings provided by the Gun Violence Archive.
The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as any incident in which more than four people are shot, not including the shooter.
October 11, 2025
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Operational definition used by the Gun Violence Archive for counting mass shootings.
There were 689 mass shootings in the United States in 2022, the highest annual total recorded by the Gun Violence Archive since it began tracking gun violence in 2013.
December 31, 2022
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Annual total of incidents classified as mass shootings according to Gun Violence Archive's historical records.