First published by Money Metals here: https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2020/07/06/question-for-beginners-in-precious-metals-002074

More new people may have made their first purchase of physical gold or silver in the past 4 months than in any four-month period in history. This sort of data isn’t reported and tracked. But if our experience as one of the nation’s largest precious metals dealers is representative, we believe that’s the case.