About ten years ago, they would be in my area, a rural one, every three months, and I would see some J.W;s going to nearby Homes on "Return Visits".
I cannot recall when I last saw them on the knock-knocks here, or even a lone J.W doing a R.V. It was pre-Covid for sure.
Back in the day when I was in, part of the C.O's job was making sure they got around their "Territory" at least every three months. Since the advent of Cart work, Covid, and no Hour requirement, I guess what few Cold Calls they do are nearby easy ones, and we in the Countryside get left in peace !
They are fast becoming an even more insignificant little Cult than they ever were, once upon a time every body knew of J.W's, and they seemed to be more numerous than they really were, with regular door knocking, and old-style Street Work where they really engaged people in discussion.
Now a half-hearted membership has the task of trying to make converts from a Public who are hardly aware of who they are, but are immediately conscious they are being accosted by some weirdo religious Nutjob.
The "Preaching Work" was never really at all efficient at making converts, and many long serving J.W's went through their whole life never making a Convert, and feeling THEN that the "work" was mainly a waste of time, and so not in any way satisfying.
Now it must dawn on them the Org. is only trying to keep them busy, wasting time doing nothing of value, of even less value than the Convict breaking rocks as part of his sentence.
The demise of the Org. cannot now be many years away, GOOD !