This is the 20th edition of my semi-annual analysis of the MacRumors Top 50 Posters.
Previous "Top 50 Posters Extrapolated" threads:
The legend of column headings follows each chart. Measurements were taken yesterday (January 3rd).
This thread is for general interest and discussion of posting habits. It's not an excuse to build your post count inappropriately. But you already know that, don't you?
Chart #1: Current Top 50 Posters
Computed by Doctor Q in January 2013
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Observations
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Previous "Top 50 Posters Extrapolated" threads:
2003: July
2004: January, July
2005: January, July
2006: January, July
2007: January, July
2008: January, July
2009: January, July
2010: January, July
2011: January, July
2012: January, July
2004: January, July
2005: January, July
2006: January, July
2007: January, July
2008: January, July
2009: January, July
2010: January, July
2011: January, July
2012: January, July
The legend of column headings follows each chart. Measurements were taken yesterday (January 3rd).
This thread is for general interest and discussion of posting habits. It's not an excuse to build your post count inappropriately. But you already know that, don't you?
Chart #1: Current Top 50 Posters
Computed by Doctor Q in January 2013
Code:
Cur Cur Prev Delta
Rank Current Top 50 Posts Rate Rank Rank
---- -------------- ------ ---- ---- -----
1 GGJstudios 36,107 31.1 3 +2
2 mad jew 32,199 0.0 1 -1
3 jessica. 31,737 11.1 5 +2
4 Doctor Q 31,415 3.5 2 -2
5 mkrishnan 29,755 0.0 4 -1
6 Eidorian 28,326 1.6 6 0
7 Applejuiced 25,979 22.7 13 +6
8 rdowns 25,719 0.7 7 -1
9 Abstract 24,142 0.7 8 -1
10 robbieduncan 23,375 1.8 9 -1
11 jsw 22,572 2.3 11 0
12 Mr. Anderson 22,553 0.0 10 -2
13 Blue Velvet 21,842 0.1 12 -1
14 Hellhammer 21,445 0.9 14 0
15 bartelby 19,786 0.1 15 0
16 iGary 19,583 0.0 16 0
17 Dagless 19,503 1.8 18 +1
18 miles01110 19,264 5.7 23 +5
19 edesignuk 19,259 0.0 17 -2
20 PlaceofDis 19,235 0.5 19 -1
21 iBlue 19,170 0.1 20 -1
22 Jaffa Cake 18,929 3.2 21 -1
23 ~Shard~ 18,325 0.0 22 -1
24 maflynn 17,993 14.6 36 +12
25 alphaod 17,526 4.8 25 0
Code:
Cur Cur Prev Delta
Rank Current Top 50 Posts Rate Rank Rank
---- -------------- ------ ---- ---- -----
26 simsaladimbamba 17,355 13.9 37 +11
27 DoFoT9 17,177 0.3 24 -3
28 MacDawg 16,917 6.7 32 +4
29 MacNut 16,901 2.9 28 -1
30 wdlove 16,571 0.0 26 -4
31 dukebound85 16,548 4.6 31 0
32 iJohnHenry 16,460 1.9 29 -3
33 -aggie- 16,332 0.0 27 -6
34 yellow 16,016 0.0 30 -4
35 sushi 15,661 0.2 33 -2
36 WildCowboy 15,599 0.9 35 -1
37 devilot 15,591 0.0 34 -3
38 balamw 15,243 5.8 43 +5
39 Surely 15,048 2.8 40 +1
40 Nermal 14,993 2.2 39 -1
41 Peace 14,774 4.2 45 +4
42 r.j.s 14,712 2.4 41 -1
43 Sun Baked 14,665 0.0 38 -5
44 KnightWRX 14,539 13.6 --- ---
45 twoodcc 14,326 0.7 42 -3
46 leekohler 14,142 1.2 46 0
47 bousozoku 13,998 0.0 44 -3
48 Mitthrawnuruodo 13,558 0.0 47 -1
49 IJ Reilly 12,960 1.6 49 0
50 yg17 12,941 1.3 48 -2
- Rank = Position in order by post count, 1 (highest) to 50.
- Current Top 50 = members with the 50 currently highest post counts.
- Cur Posts = # of posts by that member.
- Cur Rate = average # posts per day by that member over the last 6 months.
- Prev Rank = previous rank, as of 6 months ago (July 2012), or "---" for those who are new to the Top 50.
- Delta Rank = change in rank, i.e., # of slots +higher or -lower in rank since 6 months ago.
Observations
- KnightWRX is new to the Top 50
- xUKHCx has dropped off the Top 50.
- As predicted last time, GGJstudios passed mad jew and Doctor Q for the #1 spot.
- As predicted last time, jessica. moved past mkrishnan, but unlike my prediction she also inched into the #3 spot by passing Doctor Q. I thought she'd be just shy of that milestone by this month.
- Applejuiced's post rate increased from 13.4 posts/day over the previous 6 months to 22.7 posts/day over the last 6 months, passing rdowns, Abstract, robbieduncan, jsw, Mr. Anderson, and Blue Velvet.
- The seven highest posters in the last 6 months (the only users to make more than 2000 posts in 6 months) were
- GGJstudios (5,717 posts)
- Applejuiced (4,170 posts)
- maflynn (2,685 posts)
- simsaladimbamba (2,549 posts)
- KnightWRX (2,496 posts)
- samcraig (2,129 posts)
- jessica. (2,037 posts)
That's a slowdown for GGJstudios, who made 7,124 posts in the preceding 6 months, and simsaladimbamba, who made 5,643 posts.
- Only Applejuiced has broken into the Top 10, knocking out Mr. Anderson. That was a lonnnnnnng time coming. Mr. Anderson was the #1 poster from the beginning of Q time (2003, when I started tracking posts) thru 2007. He stayed in the Top 10, despite making only a handful of posts, for 6 more years!
- miles01110 broke into the Top 20, displacing iBlue.
- maflynn broke into the Top 25, ousting DoFoT9.
- Largest increase in rank: maflynn, up 12 slots.
- Largest decrease in rank: -aggie-, down 6 slots.
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