MacRumors Reaches 150,000 Members

[WildCowboy]

MacRumors has reached yet another noteworthy milestone: the 150,000th forum registration.

The rate of new registrations increased dramatically in June 2007 as the release of the iPhone approached and has remained at high levels since then, resulting in an extremely rapid rise in total registrations in recent months.

Dates of previous membership count milestones:Jul 2002: 10,000 members
Aug 2003: 20,000 members
Feb 2004: 30,000 members
Sep 2004: 40,000 members
Apr 2005: 50,000 members
Oct 2005: 60,000 members
Mar 2006: 70,000 members
Aug 2006: 80,000 members
Nov 2006: 90,000 members
Feb 2007: 100,000 members
Jun 2007: 110,000 members
Aug 2007: 120,000 members
Oct 2007: 130,000 members
Nov 2007: 140,000 members
Jan 2008: 150,000 members


Not all of these members are still active, of course, but it shows that the news, rumors, and discussions at MacRumors have continued to attract a larger and larger audience.

Once again, we thank our members for their participation, and for making MacRumors a primary Internet destination.

[bigandy]

Great news :)


Any details possible on members active in the last few months? Not just posts, but activity such as logging in and just viewing?

[Applespider]

Looks like the rate of growth has been relatively steady since the iPhone came out with each 10,000 mark taking a couple of months to achieve.

Pretty good going though given that you can browse and search the site without having to register - unlike some. ;)

[jsw]

Great news :)


Any details possible on members active in the last few months? Not just posts, but activity such as logging in and just viewing?
About 38K members have posted in the past six months, but I don't know how many simply logged in.

[bigandy]

About 38K members have posted in the past six months, but I don't know how many simply logged in.

which means you suck. :p

i'd assume that only the gods could tell, as they can do funny things with SQL. ;)

[emw]

This is nice to see - especially that about 25% of those members have actively posted recently, which I imagine is a reasonably good percentage relative to other major forums.

[bigandy]

This is nice to see - especially that about 25% of those members have actively posted recently, which I imagine is a reasonably good percentage relative to other major forums.

MacRumors: All about the retention :)

[jsw]

which means you suck. :p
I do indeed. :o

There must be some way to do it without checking every single profile.

But, if that's what must be done to answer your question, it must be done. :)

[bigandy]

I do indeed. :o

There must be some way to do it without checking every single profile.

But, if that's what must be done to answer your question, it must be done. :)

Let me be the first to say, why don't we just get the gods to run an SQL query?

Or do you have that much time on your hands to be able to trail through 150,000 accounts to see when they were last on? :p

[sushi]

There must be some way to do it without checking every single profile.

But, if that's what must be done to answer your question, it must be done. :)
Now that's what I call dedication. :)

Any idea when you'll be done with this minor task? :p

[tobefirst]

Quite the achievement. Congrats, MR.

[Eraserhead]

This is nice to see - especially that about 25% of those members have actively posted recently, which I imagine is a reasonably good percentage relative to other major forums.

AFAIR Its better than the rate we used to have here.

[jsw]

Now that's what I call dedication. :)

Any idea when you'll be done with this minor task? :p
Depends on how long it takes the code to run.

With MWSF coming up and the load on the servers? Probably March or so.AFAIR Its better than the rate we used to have here.
I think the fact that we now pay the interesting members to post has really helped a lot.

[Eraserhead]

I think the fact that we now pay the interesting members to post as really helped a lot.

Well clearly not all of them, I don't get paid anything :p.

[rdowns]

Bunch of "mindless drones" if you ask me. :p

[bigandy]

I think the fact that we now pay the interesting members to post has really helped a lot.
That's definitely one of the reasons I'm still around and posting. :D

Well clearly not all of them, I don't get paid anything :p.
But that's because you're not interesting enough. We have an interesting-o-meter, which, unfortunately, gave you only a 79% rate of interestingness as an average from all your posts. Shame, because the requirement is 97.1%.

:p


Bunch of "mindless drones" if you ask me. :p
now, rdowns, be nice to the mods! ;)

[rdowns]

now, rdowns, be nice to the mods! ;)

I'm always nice to the female mods.

[MacNut]

That was fast, it was about 10,000 shy a few days ago.

[PlaceofDis]

always nice to see the place growing. :)

[WildCowboy]

Any details possible on members active in the last few months? Not just posts, but activity such as logging in and just viewing?

I can't answer that question directly with the tools immediately available to me, but I can tell you that we have about 5,000-6,000 registered members visit the forums on an average day.

[Raid]

When I saw this thread I was expecting to see Doctor Q take the lead on this, I guess he now has apprentices! As for checking "last log in" to get an idea of how many users have logged in in the past X months couldn't you run a script like
from table where last visited date > some date? I guess it all depends on how and where the "last visited" date is stored... it would be interesting!


Depends on how long it takes the code to run.

With MWSF coming up and the load on the servers? Probably March or so.
I think the fact that we now pay the interesting members to post has really helped a lot. I assume Mad Jew isn't on the payroll, he'd bankrupt MR in a matter of days. ;)

[jsw]

As for checking "last log in" to get an idea of how many users have logged in in the past X months couldn't you run a script like
from table where last visited date > some date? I guess it all depends on how and where the "last visited" date is stored... it would be interestingWell, yes... if I could access the SQL. I can't. I surf just like any of the rest of the non-admins. :)

[emw]

I surf just like any of the rest of the non-admins. :)Well, perhaps not just like any of the rest of us, Mr. "Depends on how long it takes the code to run." ;)

[adrake86]

big boards only says 149,576 or something kind of weird.

http://www.big-boards.com/board/192/

[emw]

big boards only says 149,576 or something kind of weird.

http://www.big-boards.com/board/192/

The admins probably cleared out some trouble-makers recently. Watch out.

;)

[wordmunger]

Amazing -- this forum is now octo-sized compared to when I joined in Sept 2003. I remember it seeming big back then - and being a newcomer. All very interesting indeed.

[WildCowboy]

big boards only says 149,576 or something kind of weird.

http://www.big-boards.com/board/192/

Different areas of the site keep track of stats different ways. The broadest measure is simply number of registrations...that is charted by following the user numbers present in the URLs for members' profiles. We're up to 150,092 as I type this message.

The front page of the forums lists 149,961 as the number of members, so there is obviously a small number of members who are not included in that total. What the difference results from, I don't know.

Third, there's the Members List, which currently totals 131,692 members. This list is even more selective in what it displays. I know that it does not include banned members, but I'm unsure about who else is omitted from this count.

[twoodcc]

good news for MR. :apple:

[Doctor Q]

I will soon run out of graph paper!

[CalBoy]

I will soon run out of graph paper!

:eek: I know math can be fun, but really Doc, you've got to cut back!

[Eidorian]

I will soon run out of graph paper!We all love graphs!

Is there a script that will remove users with zero posts if they haven't logged in after a certain time? Is there any problem with leaving so many zero post users around?

I remember signing up for a few forums but never getting around to posting. :eek:

[Doctor Q]

Is there a script that will remove users with zero posts if they haven't logged in after a certain time? Is there any problem with leaving so many zero post users around?A script could be written, but our policy is to keep no-post memberships as well as inactive memberships. Sometimes they spring back to life, even after years. The disadvantages are minor: first, that they inflate statistics if you treat the total number of members as a reflection of active membership; second, that the user names can't be reused, so new members sometimes have to be more creative or use their second choice. The overhead on the forum system for inactive memberships is trivial, so that's not an issue.

We've had 150,000 people register, and that's what this milestone is about.

[eRondeau]

I'm kicking myself because I was "Anonymous" for nearly a year before I joined. I wonder how many others are in the same boat?

[CalBoy]

I'm kicking myself because I was "Anonymous" for nearly a year before I joined. I wonder how many others are in the same boat?

Plenty of us. I discovered MR back in late 2004. I kept coming back for the rumors and the forums for info (searching can be quite amazing when you're not a registered user ;)). Then in May, I randomly decided to register, and I'm glad I did. This place is 10 times better when you're on "the other side" :p.

[WildCowboy]

You betcha...I started lurking here in July 2001. I didn't get around to registering until the original iPod shuffle was released in January 2005. I've been a bit more active since then. ;)