MacRumors Celebrates Eighth Birthday, Over Five Million Forum Posts

MacRumors · Feb 24, 2008, 05:14 AM

Today marks the eighth birthday of the MacRumors.com website. It also happens to be the 53rd birthday of Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

The MacRumors Forums, the discussion boards for the MacRumors family of sites, reached a milestone this week as well, passing five million forum posts.

It took MacRumors 3.3 years to reach one million posts, 1.3 years to reach two million posts, 10 months to reach three million posts, 9 months to reach four million posts, and only 6 months to reach five million posts. We attribute our continued rate of growth both to MacRumors' rank as the top Apple news site on the web, and to the increased interest in Apple and its products, especially since the introduction of the iPhone.

MacRumors is celebrating its latest forum milestone as it has in the past, with an Avatar Contest! Forum members are invited to create original avatars and enter them in the contest. The winners will be selected in polls and will receive extra forum privileges. For the full contest description and rules, see the Five Million Post Avatar Contest.

A few interesting reader stats from our recent survey:

- 52% own a MacBook Pro (or PowerBook)
- 41% own an iMac
- 40% own a MacBook (or iBook)
- 30% own a Mac Pro (or PowerMac)
- 17% own a Mac mini
- 2.6% own an Xserve

- 74% own an iPod
- 31% own an iPhone
- 13% own an iPod Touch
- 12% own an Apple TV

We thank our members, contributors, sponsors, and all those for whom MacRumors is an online home or a regular stop. We'd also like to thank our volunteers for their hard work and continued efforts in keeping MacRumors the popular site it is.

Editors: arn, longofest
Administrators: Doctor Q, Knox, Mudbug, WildCowboy
Moderators: AmbitiousLemon, Blue Velvet, devilot, edesignuk, HexMonkey, jsw, mad jew, Mitthrawnuruodo, mkrishnan, Mr. Anderson, Nermal, Rower_CPU, WinterMute, xUKHCx, yellow

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25lighters · Feb 24, 2008, 05:18 AM

This place is the reason why I'm a proud owner of a MBP.

Killyp · Feb 24, 2008, 05:19 AM

Woop!!! Happy Birthday!!!

I can't believe how many posts there are on this forum...

motulist · Feb 24, 2008, 05:21 AM

iPhone's release looks like it caused a visible bump in the posting rate! You can see it in the steep upswing in number of posts that happens right after the july 07 mark on that graph, and then the post rate slopes back down to where the previous posting rate trend was projecting towards.

nlivo · Feb 24, 2008, 05:21 AM

well done, thats awesome. I have been reading macrumurs for ages but when the iPhone was being released in late June, thats what made me sign up and talk in the forums. I love macrumurs, and thanks for the great reading material over the years.

gr8tfly · Feb 24, 2008, 05:22 AM

Congrats! Here's to another very successful year!

Proud owner/user of [see sig] plus a growing collection of Macs (and Newton 130) dating back to 1984 (FAT Mac). Use to have a 128k, too.

jonnos · Feb 24, 2008, 05:26 AM

happy birthday to my fav mac rumors site!

OllyW · Feb 24, 2008, 05:28 AM

Congratulations.

I'm proud to say I've made nearly 0.02% of those 5 million posts

riscy · Feb 24, 2008, 05:28 AM

Congratulations on the milestones.

This place is a great resource and a great community. Keep up the good work.

applemumba · Feb 24, 2008, 05:30 AM

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A93 Safari/419.3)

Congratulations Arn, keep up the good work. Here's to the further future success of mac rumors!

Prof. · Feb 24, 2008, 05:31 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MACRUMORS!!!!!!

And a BIG congrats to Arn for a huge success.

Ludde · Feb 24, 2008, 05:39 AM

Happy birthday!

nazuk · Feb 24, 2008, 05:40 AM

Congratulations! Thanks for a great site, great people, and keep up the good work.

Deepdale · Feb 24, 2008, 05:41 AM

This is an outstanding site in all respects, especially in how it is organized and maintained by moderators ... here's hoping for many more birthday celebrations to come.

rdowns · Feb 24, 2008, 05:43 AM

Congrats, Arn! Keep up the great work.

swagi · Feb 24, 2008, 05:50 AM

Happy Birthday MR.

And another info, the contest page seems to work now.

dogtanian · Feb 24, 2008, 05:54 AM

Whoop whoop! Proud to be part of the community

I remember using Macrumours (sp!) back when I was wondering whether to get a mac back in 2003, it obviously worked!

notsofatjames · Feb 24, 2008, 05:58 AM

well done macrumorers. This website wouldn't be what it is if the forum members were so nice and helpful. So well done everyone!!

timtam · Feb 24, 2008, 06:00 AM

Happy Birthday

Shoesy · Feb 24, 2008, 06:12 AM

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A93 Safari/419.3)

merry birth-time x

Doylem · Feb 24, 2008, 06:15 AM

Like a lot of things that 'just work', I best there's a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to make this little dysfunctional community what it is. Congratulations...

Shadow · Feb 24, 2008, 06:16 AM

Congrats MR (and by connection arm, Doctor Q, and all the other mods & gods)!

Some of those stats are quite interesting. Take a look at the "Share of Visits" pie chart and you'll see that 87% are either addicts or regulars!

Knox · Feb 24, 2008, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shagrat

I guess it's only available for those who have enought posts to enable an avatar in the first place.

i.e unlike me.

Winners of the avatar contest get exemption from the 500 post rule, so anyone can enter.

ziggyonice · Feb 24, 2008, 06:19 AM

always been a fan, macrumors.
despite my forum level.

congratulations

CmdrLaForge · Feb 24, 2008, 06:24 AM

Congrats and thanks to Arn the the team ! This is the best Mac Website !

Feb 24, 2008, 05:14 AM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	MacRumors Celebrates Eighth Birthday, Over Five Million Forum Posts Today marks the eighth birthday of the MacRumors.com website. It also happens to be the 53rd birthday of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The MacRumors Forums, the discussion boards for the MacRumors family of sites, reached a milestone this week as well, passing five million forum posts. It took MacRumors 3.3 years to reach one million posts, 1.3 years to reach two million posts, 10 months to reach three million posts, 9 months to reach four million posts, and only 6 months to reach five million posts. We attribute our continued rate of growth both to MacRumors' rank as the top Apple news site on the web, and to the increased interest in Apple and its products, especially since the introduction of the iPhone. MacRumors is celebrating its latest forum milestone as it has in the past, with an Avatar Contest! Forum members are invited to create original avatars and enter them in the contest. The winners will be selected in polls and will receive extra forum privileges. For the full contest description and rules, see the Five Million Post Avatar Contest. A few interesting reader stats from our recent survey: - 52% own a MacBook Pro (or PowerBook) - 41% own an iMac - 40% own a MacBook (or iBook) - 30% own a Mac Pro (or PowerMac) - 17% own a Mac mini - 2.6% own an Xserve - 74% own an iPod - 31% own an iPhone - 13% own an iPod Touch - 12% own an Apple TV We thank our members, contributors, sponsors, and all those for whom MacRumors is an online home or a regular stop. We'd also like to thank our volunteers for their hard work and continued efforts in keeping MacRumors the popular site it is. Editors: arn, longofest Administrators: Doctor Q, Knox, Mudbug, WildCowboy Moderators: AmbitiousLemon, Blue Velvet, devilot, edesignuk, HexMonkey, jsw, mad jew, Mitthrawnuruodo, mkrishnan, Mr. Anderson, Nermal, Rower_CPU, WinterMute, xUKHCx, yellow Article Link

Feb 24, 2008, 05:18 AM	#2
25lighters macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2007	Congrats MacRumors! This place is the reason why I'm a proud owner of a MBP. __________________ 15.4" MBP 2.16GHz C2D 4GB RAM 120GB HDD. iPhone 3GS 16GB Black

Feb 24, 2008, 05:21 AM	#5
nlivo macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ballarat, Australia	well done, thats awesome. I have been reading macrumurs for ages but when the iPhone was being released in late June, thats what made me sign up and talk in the forums. I love macrumurs, and thanks for the great reading material over the years. __________________ Steve Jobs took 6 months off to toke

Feb 24, 2008, 05:22 AM	#6
gr8tfly macrumors 68040 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 119W 34N	Congrats! Here's to another very successful year! Proud owner/user of [see sig] plus a growing collection of Macs (and Newton 130) dating back to 1984 (FAT Mac). Use to have a 128k, too. __________________ Macs from 1984 to 17" UB MBP, from Newton to iPhone 3G S⃣ , iPods, and tv.

Feb 24, 2008, 05:26 AM	#7
jonnos macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia	happy birthday to my fav mac rumors site! __________________ . . DESIGNVJ.COM . .

Feb 24, 2008, 05:19 AM	#3
Killyp macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2006	Woop!!! Happy Birthday!!! I can't believe how many posts there are on this forum...

Feb 24, 2008, 05:21 AM	#4
motulist macrumors 68040 Join Date: Dec 2003	iPhone's release looks like it caused a visible bump in the posting rate! You can see it in the steep upswing in number of posts that happens right after the july 07 mark on that graph, and then the post rate slopes back down to where the previous posting rate trend was projecting towards.

Feb 24, 2008, 05:28 AM	#8
OllyW macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Black Country Chainstore Massacre	Congratulations. I'm proud to say I've made nearly 0.02% of those 5 million posts __________________ I've got an Orgone Accumulator And it makes me feel greater I'll see you sometime later When I'm through with my Accumulator

Feb 24, 2008, 05:28 AM	#9
riscy macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kazakhstan	Congratulations on the milestones. This place is a great resource and a great community. Keep up the good work. __________________ Freeware4Macs

Feb 24, 2008, 05:30 AM	#10
applemumba macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2007	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A93 Safari/419.3) Congratulations Arn, keep up the good work. Here's to the further future success of mac rumors!

Feb 24, 2008, 05:31 AM	#11
Prof. macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: My head	HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MACRUMORS!!!!!! And a BIG congrats to Arn for a huge success. __________________ GayForMarriage • twitter • facebook

Feb 24, 2008, 05:39 AM	#12
Ludde macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2007	Happy birthday!

Feb 24, 2008, 05:40 AM	#13
nazuk macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: England, UK	Congratulations! Thanks for a great site, great people, and keep up the good work. __________________ iMac intel (Alu) Core Duo Extreme 2.8Ghz/4GB/1TB - Aug '07, Macbook Pro Unibody Dec '08 iPhone 3G, iPod Touch 3 Switcher 2003 Search before you post: MRoogle

Feb 24, 2008, 05:41 AM	#14
Deepdale macrumors 68000 Join Date: May 2005 Location: New York	This is an outstanding site in all respects, especially in how it is organized and maintained by moderators ... here's hoping for many more birthday celebrations to come. __________________ iMac G3 450 MHz (09-00) ... likely to be replaced by my first laptop.

Feb 24, 2008, 05:43 AM	#15
rdowns macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jul 2003	Congrats, Arn! Keep up the great work. __________________ I'm Larry David. I happen to enjoy wearing women's panties.

Feb 24, 2008, 05:50 AM	#16
swagi macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2007	Congratulations Happy Birthday MR. And another info, the contest page seems to work now. __________________ Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein

Feb 24, 2008, 05:54 AM	#17
dogtanian macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bournemouth, UK	Whoop whoop! Proud to be part of the community I remember using Macrumours (sp!) back when I was wondering whether to get a mac back in 2003, it obviously worked!

Feb 24, 2008, 05:58 AM	#18
notsofatjames macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wales, UK	well done macrumorers. This website wouldn't be what it is if the forum members were so nice and helpful. So well done everyone!! __________________ Search before you post: MRoogle

Feb 24, 2008, 06:00 AM	#19
timtam macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: BaLi	Happy Birthday __________________ MBP, 17'', 2.6Ghz, 200G@7200Rpm, 4Gig RAM Nikon D80, 18-200 VR Big Mac 3.0 Ghz, 8800GT http://www.flickr.com/photos/wiko/

Feb 24, 2008, 06:12 AM	#20
Shoesy macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colchester, UK.	Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A93 Safari/419.3) merry birth-time x __________________ check out my facebook fanpage for a free mixtape and other goodies!

Feb 24, 2008, 06:15 AM	#21
Doylem macrumors 68000 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Windermere: England's longest and wettest lake...	Like a lot of things that 'just work', I best there's a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to make this little dysfunctional community what it is. Congratulations... __________________ Windermere: where the present meets the past and makes an elegant swallow dive into the future...

Feb 24, 2008, 06:16 AM	#22
Shadow macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Keele, United Kingdom	Congrats MR (and by connection arm, Doctor Q, and all the other mods & gods)! Some of those stats are quite interesting. Take a look at the "Share of Visits" pie chart and you'll see that 87% are either addicts or regulars! __________________ MacBook Pro 2.66GHz 4GB 500GB 9600m (mid 2009) MacBook 320GB 2GB 9400m (early 2009) iPod touch 1G 16GB Time Capsule 500GB + WD MyBook 320GB NAS

Feb 24, 2008, 06:19 AM	#24
ziggyonice macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rural America	always been a fan, macrumors. despite my forum level. congratulations __________________ I was once a Jedi Knight, the same as your father. MacBook Pro [First Generation] \| 2.16GHz \| 2GB RAM \| 120GB HD \| Mac OS X (10.6.1) iPhone 3G \| 16GB \| White

Feb 24, 2008, 06:24 AM	#25
CmdrLaForge macrumors 68000 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: around the world	Congrats and thanks to Arn the the team ! This is the best Mac Website ! __________________ Macbook Pro 17" 2.8 GHz ; Cinema Display 23"; iPhone 3G 16GB; TimeCapsule Final Cut Pro 2; Aperture 2

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