There are several techniques for determining the divergence time of species in the tree of life. The most widespread at the moment is likely node-dating, where fossils serve as references for calibrating the parameters of temporal branch lengths of a phylogenetic tree. However, newer techniques such as tip-dating and total-evidence dating allow for more robust divergence estimate for species, assuming there is enough data in the relevant taxa in order to properly utilize it. This meta-data analysis aims to take a snapshot of the current state of the molecular dating techniques used in the last two years, this includes the relation between techniques used with year published, country the paper was published in, taxa/number of sub-taxa in the study, number of fossils used, and program utilized for the study. This study aims to take these connections and determine potential biases in the state of molecular phylogenetics while also investigating taxa that could benefit most from more studies and novel fossil discoveries.