Hello all and welcome to the EastEnders Character Appearance Count for 2015. Hopefully you will join me again throughout the year to see who appears in the most episodes. The thread will be updated weekly.

EE Character Count 2014: The Top 20

1. Mick Carter- 162 episodes
2. Linda Carter- 157
3. Ian Beale- 129
4. Shirley Carter- 118
5. Phil Mitchell & Johnny Carter- 117
7. Tina Carter- 116
8. Nancy Carter- 113
9. Sharon Mitchell, Max Branning & Peter Beale- 105

12. Lauren Branning- 104
13. Carol Jackson- 94
14. Denise Fox- 93
15. Dean Wicks- 91
16. Bianca Butcher- 89
17. Alfie Moon & Kat Moon- 84
19. Whitney Dean- 76
20. Sonia Fowler- 75

Top Appearances per month 2014:

January: Mick & Linda Carter (20)

February: Mick Carter (14)

March: Ian Beale & Ronnie Mitchell (15)

April: Mick Carter (16)

May: David Wicks, Carol Jackson & Bianca Butcher (15)

June: Phil Mitchell (15)

July: Linda Carter (16)

August: Ian Beale (16)

September: Mick Carter (18)

October: Johnny Carter & Ronnie Mitchell (16)

November: Mick & Linda Carter (11)

December: Ian Beale, Lauren Branning & Mick Carter (15)


Past Winners: (courtesy of Bertypop)

1985: Pete Beale – 83 episodes
1986: Simon Wicks – 97 episodes
1987: Den Watts – 64 episodes (missing credits for September – November)
1988: Den Watts – 94 episodes
1989: Ian Beale & Dot Branning – 88 episodes
1990: Simon Wicks – 96 episodes
1991: Grant Mitchell – 88 episodes
1992: Sharon Rickman – 77 episodes (missing credits for December)
1993: Kathy Mitchell – 88 episodes
1994: Grant Mitchell – 109 episodes
1995: Mark Fowler – 132 episodes
1996: Grant Mitchell – 134 episodes
1997: Grant Mitchell – 110 episodes
1998: Peggy Mitchell – 85 episodes (missing credits for 4 months)
1999: Melanie Owen – 125 episodes
2000: Melanie Owen - 135 episodes
2001: Lynne Hobbs - 148 episodes
2002: Peggy Mitchell - 166 episodes
2003: Alfie Moon - 176 episodes
2004: Alfie Moon - 156 episodes
2005: Pauline Fowler - 133 episodes
2006: Peggy Mitchell - 135 episodes
2007: Peggy Mitchell & Stacey Branning - 135 episodes
2008: Jack Branning - 136 episodes
2009: Ronnie Mitchell - 115 episodes
2010: Max Branning - 126 episodes
2011: Alfie Moon – 118 episodes
2012: Derek Branning – 130 episodes
2013: Abi Branning & Kat Moon - 133 episodes
2014: Mick Carter - 162 episodes

Will 2015 see another first time winner?

All-Time Count (1985-2014) (courtesy of Bertypop)

1. Ian Beale (2686 episodes)
2. Phil Mitchell (2491 episodes)
3. Pat Evans (2044 episodes)
4. Dot Branning (1933 episodes)
5. Pauline Fowler (1840 episodes)
6. Peggy Mitchell (1579 episodes)
8. Sharon Rickman (1523 episodes)
8. Ricky Butcher (1374 episodes)
9. Billy Mitchell (1351 episodes)
10. Mark Fowler (1159 episodes)
11: Bianca Butcher (1137 episodes)
12. Sonia Fowler (1106 episodes)
13. Kat Moon (1089 episodes)
14. Janine Butcher (1085 episodes)
15. Kathy Mitchell (1073 episodes)
16. Mo Harris (1010 episodes)
17. Alfie Moon (975 episodes)
18. Grant Mitchell (965 episodes)
19. Patrick Trueman (943 episodes)
20. Max Branning (917 episodes)


Archive:
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Can you predict the top 10 for 2015? Leave your guesses below by 2nd February.

EastEnders Character Appearance Count 2015 (up to and including 16th Jan.)

no. of episodes aired: 11

010 episodes: Charlie Cotton

009 episodes: Roxy Mitchell, Ben Mitchell, Abi Branning & Max Branning

008 episodes: Dot Branning, Stacey Branning & Pam Coker

007 episodes: Ronnie Mitchell, Sharon Mitchell, Jay Brown, Lauren Branning, Nick Cotton, Yvonne Cotton & Aleks Shirovs

006 episodes: Billy Mitchell, Tina Carter, Shirley Carter, Stan Carter & Kat Moon

005 episodes: Phil Mitchell, Ian Beale, Dean Wicks, Nancy Carter, Cora Cross, Fatboy Chubb, Masood Ahmed, Carol Jackson, Kush Kazemi & Donna Yates

004 episodes: Lee Carter, Les Coker, Tamwar Masood, Shabnam Masood, Alfie Moon & Amy Mitchell

003 episodes: Peter Beale, Babe Smith, Denise Fox, Patrick Trueman, Kim Fox-Hubbard & Mo Harris

002 episodes: Lola Pearce, Jane Beale, Whitney Dean & Ineta Shirovs

001 episode: Cindy Williams, Sonia Fowler, Mick Carter, Linda Carter & Bobby Beale

Yet to appear:
Liam Butcher. Rebecca Fowler, Martin Fowler, Lily Branning, Janet Mitchell & Dennis Rickman Jnr.

Recurring Characters:
02 episodes: Ritchie Scott, Sylvie Carter & DS Heathcote
01 episode: DS Cameron Bryant & DS Bain

Departed Characters:
002 episodes: Dexter Hartman & Emma Summerhayes

Charlie leads at this early stage.



My TOP 10 guesses (no order):

+ Mick
+ Max
+ Phil
+ Ian
+ Ben
+ Linda
+ Stacey
+ Shirley
+ Sharon
+ Nancy

Thanks for this dullag. Hopefully we get to see more of Liam and Whitney, it would be pointless otherwise since they didn't leave with Bianca for a reason.

Mick and Linda haven't even appeared in a single episode this year so I don't know why people seem to think they are over used.

Thanks for the thread Dully me old mucker

My predictions:
1) Linda Carter
2) mick Carter
(Just because they had. Break at the start of the year doesn't mean they won't heavily dominate again for the remainder of this year)
3) Ian Beale
4) max branning
5) Charlie cotton and Stacey slater
6) Ben Mitchell
7) roxy Mitchell
8) Phil Mitchell
9) Jane Beale
10) shabnam masood and Kat slater

How, exciting... my predictions are:

Mick Carter
Linda Carter
Shirley Carter
Ronnie Mitchell
Phil Mitchell
Ben Mitchell
Max Branning
Ian Beale
Kat Moon
Stacey Branning

Thanks

My top 10 predictions are (in no particular order):

Mick
Linda
Stacey
Kat
Alfie
Phil
Sharon
Ronnie
Charlie
Nancy

its interesting to see in 2003 Alfie had 176 eps in a year, think he was landlord then and people say that a lots of micks appearances are not down to that.

I think Nancy will be in the top ten. gonna have a think about it before i do them all.

interesting reading Dullagj2

Thanks for the thread Dullag, I'm glad you're still doing this thread Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into this. I know it's appreciated by many of the readers here.

It's so strange to see Linda and Mick so low down the count! I wonder how soon it'll take them to catch up? But they won't win January.

Seeing as 6 Carters got into the top 10 last year, I suspect they'll feature heavily this year also. I think Mick, Linda, Nancy and Shirley will crack the top 10. Tina I think will just be short whereas I'd be very shocked to see Dean last the year. Lee will probably chart decent. Therefore the other 6 I'll add will be Stacey, Max, Kat, Alfie, Ian and Jane.

Its kinda hard to guess though considering Dean nearly got in the top 10 from rejoining the soap in April.

Anyway I look forward to seeing how the thread progresses throughout the year.

Top 10 predictions are: (in no order)

Linda Carter
Mick Carter
Ian Beale
Stacey Branning
Sharon Mitchell
Phil Mitchell
Ben Mitchell
Nancy Carter
Shirley Carter
Ronnie Mitchell

Mick or Linda will win again. As soon as they are back they take over again - they already have an episode dedicated to them, Shirley and Dean on 21 Jan or around then.

Kat, Alfie, Shirley, Ian, Phil and Max will do well. They always do

Roxy should be up the top this year after only appearing in like 60 episodes in 2014. That's about 3 months worth of episodes.

I agree with your list. I would also add Sharon at the top 10 because shes always at the top 10 character count every year even though Sharon is always having a few weeks off. Ronnie and Stacey will fare well I think

I hope Roxy will be a prominent character.

Top 5

- Shabnam Masood
- Stacey Branning
- Charlie Cotton
- Ronnie Mitchell
- Roxy Mitchell

I think there's a possibility that Mick and Linda will be in the Top 10, but I don't think they will be in the Top 5. Max Branning and the Mitchell's could also fare well.

My top 5:
1 Stacey Branning
2 Mick Carter
3 Sharon Rickman
4 Linda Carter
5 Roxy Mitchell.

My pleasure Hendra/Scrabbler/Matt/Sez.

15/1: Nick +1

EastEnders Character Appearance Count 2015 (up to and including 22nd Jan.)

no. of episodes aired: 15

011 episodes: Charlie Cotton

010 episodes: Ben Mitchell, Abi Branning, Max Branning & Shirley Carter

009 episodes: Roxy Mitchell, Dot Branning, Stacey Branning, Sharon Mitchell, Tina Carter, Stan Carter & Dean Wicks

008 episodes: Pam Coker, Nick Cotton, Jay Brown, Lauren Branning & Nancy Carter

007 episodes: Ronnie Mitchell, Yvonne Cotton, Billy Mitchell, Lee Carter & Aleks Shirovs

006 episodes: Kat Moon, Phil Mitchell, Cora Cross, Fatboy Chubb, Carol Jackson & Kush Kazemi

005 episodes: Ian Beale, Masood Ahmed, Donna Yates, Shabnam Masood, Linda Carter, Mick Carter & Babe Smith

004 episodes: Les Coker, Tamwar Masood, Alfie Moon & Amy Mitchell

003 episodes: Peter Beale, Denise Fox, Patrick Trueman, Kim Fox-Hubbard & Mo Harris

002 episodes: Lola Pearce, Jane Beale, Whitney Dean, Sonia Fowler & Ineta Shirovs

001 episode: Cindy Williams & Bobby Beale

Yet to appear:
Liam Butcher. Rebecca Fowler, Martin Fowler, Lily Branning, Janet Mitchell & Dennis Rickman Jnr.

Recurring Characters:
04 episodes: Sylvie Carter
03 episodes: Ritchie Scott
02 episodes: DS Heathcote
01 episode: DS Cameron Bryant & DS Bain

Departed Characters:
002 episodes: Dexter Hartman & Emma Summerhayes

Charlie leads by one.

Thanks for those

Thanks for the count dullagj!

Here's my top 10 guesses in no particular order, let's try and beat the 7 I got last year.

+ Mick
+ Max
+ Phil
+ Ian
+ Kat
+ Linda
+ Stacey
+ Shirley
+ Sharon
+ Jane

Thanks for the update.

Of course, Linda and Mick go from 0 to 5 appearances in a matter of days, and Ian Beale, the one with the big story coming up, goes from 0 to 5 appearances in almost a month.

I'm not bitter. Thanks for the update dull

Weird to see Ben Mitchell and Abi Branning so high up. Abi did quite well last year as well!

EastEnders Character Appearance Count 2015 (up to and including 30th Jan.)

no. of episodes aired: 19

013 episodes: Ben Mitchell & Stacey Branning

012 episodes: Sharon Mitchell, Abi Branning, Max Branning, Shirley Carter, Tina Carter & Dean Wicks

011 episodes: Charlie Cotton, Stan Carter & Lee Carter

010 episodes: Jay Brown & Nancy Carter

009 episodes: Roxy Mitchell, Dot Branning, Lauren Branning, Kush Kazemi, Shabnam Masood, Linda Carter & Mick Carter

008 episodes: Pam Coker, Nick Cotton, Phil Mitchell & Carol Jackson

007 episodes: Ronnie Mitchell, Yvonne Cotton, Billy Mitchell, Aleks Shirovs, Ian Beale, Masood Ahmed & Tamwar Masood

006 episodes: Kat Moon, Cora Cross, Fatboy Chubb, Donna Yates & Alfie Moon

005 episodes: Babe Smith, Peter Beale, Denise Fox, Patrick Trueman & Kim Fox-Hubbard

004 episodes: Les Coker, Amy Mitchell, Jane Beale, Whitney Dean & Mo Harris

003 episodes: Lola Pearce & Sonia Fowler

002 episodes: Ineta Shirovs & Bobby Beale

001 episode: Cindy Williams & Lily Branning

Yet to appear:
Liam Butcher. Rebecca Fowler, Martin Fowler, Janet Mitchell & Dennis Rickman Jnr.

Recurring Characters:
04 episodes: Sylvie Carter
03 episodes: Ritchie Scott & DC Stephan Franklin
02 episodes: DS Heathcote, DS Cameron Bryant & PC Vanessa Jenkins
01 episode: DS Bain

Departed Characters:
002 episodes: Dexter Hartman & Emma Summerhayes

Ben and Stacey lead/win January.

January: Ben Mitchell & Stacey Branning (13)







Very welcome all.

Yeah, 162 episodes in 2014 (They've been the stars of each episode they're in as well)
Clearly not overused....

Thanks for the update

As much as I love the Carters, it's nice to not see one of them win the month. Even nicer to see Stacey at the top!

Early days obviously but nice to see Jay, Charlie, Shabnam and Kush in the mix.

Yvonne has left now.

I want to know when Martin and Rebecca are back!!!

It is nice to see kush quite high up after only appearing in the odd episode since he arrived.

Guessing mick and Linda are still
Appearing in every episode now they are back. -.-

I'm hooping ian wins February as
That is anneversary month and when Lucy's killer is exposed xD