This node count is above 106% compared to last year and although it is increasing the count of full node BTC implementation in contrast to many people's predictions. At that time, Bitcoin enthusiasts have thought that the amount of nodes will continue to decline and the metric scaling was heavily used in the debate. Behind this, the number of full nodes was falling within the Bitcoin core network in 2016.
SOURCE - https://news.bitcoin.com/even-though-blockchains-grow-bigger-full-node-counts-increase/