Top 50 Posters Extrapolated, July 2015

[Doctor Q]

This is the 25th edition of my semi-annual analysis of the MacRumors Top 50 Posters. Although MacRumors switched from the vBulletin forum software to the XenForo forum software in June 2015, I found ways to gather most of the same information I've collected in the past.

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); 2013 (January, July); 2014 (January, July); 2015 (January)
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The legend of column headings follows each chart. Measurements were taken yesterday (July 3, 2015).


Chart #1: Current Top 50 Posters

Computed by Doctor Q in July 2015

                      Cur     Cur   Prev  Delta
Rank  Current Top 50  Posts   Rate  Rank  Rank
----  --------------  ------  ----  ----  -----
 1    GGJstudios      43,763   8.2    1      0
 2    maflynn         39,382  23.4    3     +1
 3    GoCubsGo        35,587   0.3    2     -1
 4    Applejuiced     34,306   5.3    4      0
 5    Doctor Q        33,090   5.1    6     +1
 6    mad jew         32,195   0.0    5     -1
 7    mkrishnan       29,630   0.0    7      0
 8    Eidorian        28,931   0.1    8      0
 9    rdowns          26,963   0.8    9      0
10    robbieduncan    24,480   0.0   10      0
11    Abstract        24,229   0.1   11      0
12    jsw             22,803   0.0   12      0
13    Mr. Anderson    22,411   0.0   13      0
14    Blue Velvet     21,632   0.0   14      0
15    Hellhammer      21,549   0.0   15      0
16    alphaod         20,845   0.6   16      0
17    Dagless         20,519   1.6   17      0
18    Jaffa Cake      19,799   0.0   18      0
19    bartelby        19,790   0.0   19      0
20    iGary           19,583   0.0   20      0
21    SandboxGeneral  19,503   4.5   25     +4
22    miles01110      19,265   0.0   21     -1
23    PlaceofDis      19,232   0.0   22     -1
24    iBlue           19,175   0.0   23     -1
25    edesignuk       19,103   0.0   24     -1
26    MacNut          19,062   2.1   26      0
27    MRU             19,050   9.2   32     +5
28    ~Shard~         18,371   0.1   27     -1
29    Intell          18,195   5.1   34     +5
30    Peace           18,167   2.0   28     -2
31    balamw          17,928   2.1   30     -1
32    MacDawg         17,908   0.7   29     -3
33    Weaselboy       17,785   9.7   38     +5
34    dukebound85     17,491   0.5   31     -3
35    DoFoT9          17,445   0.3   33     -2
36    Nermal          17,242   2.3   35     -1
37    C DM            16,898  21.7  ---    ---
38    -aggie-         16,701   0.0   36     -2
39    wdlove          16,571   0.0   37     -2
40    IJ Reilly       16,240   2.0   40      0
41    yellow          15,921   0.0   39     -2
42    WildCowboy      15,851   0.9   41     -1
43    sushi           15,630   0.0   42     -1
44    devilot         15,532   0.0   43     -1
45    twoodcc         15,234   0.2   44     -1
46    dejo            15,177   2.8   50     +4
47    Surely          15,043   0.0   45     -2
48    KnightWRX       15,043   0.0   46     -2
49    r.j.s           14,906   0.1   47     -2
50    jav6454         14,873   0.0   48     -2

Columns:

1. Rank = Position in order by post count, 1 (highest) to 50.
   
2. Current Top 50 = members with the 50 currently highest post counts.
   
3. Cur Posts = # of posts by that member.
   
4. Cur Rate = average # posts per day by that member over the last 6 months.
   
5. Prev Rank = previous rank, as of 6 months ago (January 2015), or "---" for those who are new to the Top 50.
   
6. Delta Rank = change in rank, i.e., # of slots +higher or -lower in rank since 6 months ago.

Observations

1. GGJstudios has about a month left as the only forum member with more than 40,000 posts, because maflynn is on track to pass that milestone in a matter of weeks.
   
   
2. Six months ago the projection showed that C DM and ucfgrad93 would be the only members to join the Top 50 by this month. That proved to be true for C DM, now at #37, but ucfgrad93 didn't make the list, and would be #53 if the list was longer.
   
   
3. Sun Baked is off of the Top 50 list for the first time in the 12 years I've been tracking posts. C DM's arrival finally bumped Sun Baked to what would be #52 on a longer list.
   
   
4. The projection last time had the Top 20 users in the correct slots, except for SandboxGeneral, who took a break from the forums and ended up as #21 instead of the predicted #12. Of course, we could claim that the digits 1 and 2 were correct, just in the wrong order!
   
   
5. No user crossed the threshold to 20,000+ posts or to 30,000+ posts. Dejo was the only user to pass 15,000 posts in the last 6 months.
   
   
6. 76% of the Top 50 were active users in the last 6 months.
   
   
7. Three users had the biggest overall increase in position: 5 slots. They were MRU, up from #32 to #27, Intell, up from #34 to #29, and Weaselboy, up from #38 to #33. Next were SandboxGeneral and dejo, each up 4 slots.
   
   
8. The biggest drop was 3 slots, a tie between MacDawg and dukebound85. They both made about 100 posts in the last 6 months, but that wasn't enough to retain their slots in the Top 50.
   
   
9. Most posts in 6 months: maflynn was the only user to make over 4,000 posts (4,242). C DM missed that mark only slightly (3,929 posts). The only other users to make over 2,000 posts in 6 months were Scepticalscribe (2,954 posts), Rogifan (2,742 posts), and JayLenochiniMac (2,534 posts).
   
   
10. New stat! I don't think much of forum popularity contests, but at the risk of encourging such comparisons, I'll report a new statistic that was caught in my data net. There are seven Top 50 Posters with over 100 "likes": maflynn (452 likes), C DM (425 likes), rdowns (329 likes), SandboxGeneral (217 likes), MRU (133 likes), Doctor Q (120 likes), and MacNut (113 likes). XenForo offers a statistics page of its own, showing the top 20 overall "like" leaders.

Other stats and charts

• Current Top 50 Posters (Chart #1, this post)
  
  
• 6-Month Projected Top 50 Posters (Chart #2)
  
  
• "End of Time" Top 50 Posters (Chart #3)

 

[Doctor Q]

6-Month Projections

Chart #2: 6-Month Projected Top 50 Posters

Computed by Doctor Q in July 2015

Proj  Projection      Proj    Cur   Delta
Rank  Jan 4, 2016     Posts   Rank  Rank
----  --------------- ------  ----  -----
  1   GGJstudios      45,285    1      0
  2   maflynn         43,718    2      0
  3   GoCubsGo        35,650    3      0
  4   Applejuiced     35,286    4      0
  5   Doctor Q        34,036    5      0
  6   mad jew         32,195    6      0
  7   mkrishnan       29,635    7      0
  8   Eidorian        28,948    8      0
  9   rdowns          27,116    9      0
 10   robbieduncan    24,480   10      0
 11   Abstract        24,240   11      0
 12   jsw             22,803   12      0
 13   Mr. Anderson    22,411   13      0
 14   Blue Velvet     21,636   14      0
 15   Hellhammer      21,553   15      0
 16   alphaod         20,955   16      0
 17   C DM            20,914   37    +20
 18   Dagless         20,812   17     -1
 19   MRU             20,744   27     +8
 20   SandboxGeneral  20,341   21     +1
 21   Jaffa Cake      19,799   18     -3
 22   bartelby        19,792   19     -3
 23   iGary           19,583   20     -3
 24   Weaselboy       19,579   33     +9
 25   MacNut          19,460   26     +1
 26   miles01110      19,266   22     -4
 27   PlaceofDis      19,232   23     -4
 28   iBlue           19,176   24     -4
 29   Intell          19,141   29      0
 30   edesignuk       19,103   25     -5
 31   Peace           18,542   30     -1
 32   ~Shard~         18,382   28     -4
 33   balamw          18,317   31     -2
 34   MacDawg         18,033   32     -2
 35   Nermal          17,672   36     +1
 36   dukebound85     17,587   34     -2
 37   DoFoT9          17,502   35     -2
 38   -aggie-         16,705   38      0
 39   IJ Reilly       16,607   40     +1
 40   wdlove          16,571   39     -1
 41   WildCowboy      16,011   42     +1
 42   yellow          15,921   41     -1
 43   dejo            15,696   46     +3
 44   samcraig        15,658  ---   ---
 45   sushi           15,630   43     -2
 46   devilot         15,532   44     -2
 47   Rogifan         15,448  ---   ---
 48   twoodcc         15,271   45     -3
 49   ucfgrad93       15,101  ---    ---
 50   Surely          15,043   47     -3
 50   KnightWRX       15,043   48     -2

Columns:

1. Proj Rank = Projected position in order by post count, 1 (highest) to 50.
   
2. Projection Jan 4, 2016 = members with the 50 highest projected post counts based on current post count and rate for the last 6 months.
   
3. Proj Posts = projected # of posts by that member.
   
4. Cur Rank = current rank, as of July 2015 (see Chart #1 above), or "---" for those who are not in the current Top 50.
   
5. Delta Rank = projected change in rank, i.e., # of slots +higher or -lower in rank over the next 6 months.

Observations

• For the first-time ever, we have a tie! Surely and KnightWRX each have 15,043 posts, so they share slot #50, making this the first Top 50 with 51 members! Since Surely has been inactive since January 2013 and KnightWRX has been inactive since October of the same year, the tie will continue, although their Top 50 membership will be over next year.
  
  
• A tidy cutoff point: those projected to have 20,000 or more posts made the Top 20. Those with 19,999 or fewer posts fill the remainign slots.
  
  
• Projected to join the Top 50: samcraig, Rogifan, and ucfgrad93.
  
  
• Projected to drop off the Top 50: r.j.s (missed by 123 posts) and jav6454 (missed by 167 posts).
  
  
• According to these projections, the top 16 will remain as they are six months from now. Of the rest, only Intell and -aggie- will retain their positions.
  
  
• Largest increases: C DM, up 20 slots and into the Top 20. Nobody else went up by double digits, but Weaselboy came close (up 9 slots) and MRU right behind (up 8 slots).
  
  
• The inactive bot named MacBytes is not included, but would rank #43 right now and would be projected at #43 in 6 months.

 

[Doctor Q]

"End of Time" Top 50 Posters

Chart #3: "End of Time" Top 50 Posters

Computed by Doctor Q in July 2015

Proj  Projection      Weighted  Cur   Delta  Last  Delta
Rank  End of Time       Rate    Rank  Rank   EOT    EOT
----  --------------  --------  ----  -----  ----  -----
  1   maflynn           25.29     2     +1     1      0
  2   C DM              18.32    37    +35     4     +2
  3   Rogifan           12.66   ---    ---     6     +3
  4   Weaselboy         12.50    33    +29     3     -1
  5   Newtons Apple     11.73   ---    ---   ---    ---
  6   SandboxGeneral    11.26    21    +15     2     -4
  7   Scepticalscribe    9.61   ---    ---    39    +32
  8   Altemose           8.86   ---    ---     8      0
  9   GGJstudios         8.37     1     -8     9      0
 10   JayLenochiniMac    8.24   ---    ---    48    +38
 11   Applejuiced        8.02     4     -7     5     -6
 12   eyoungren          8.01   ---    ---    17     +5
 13   Apple fanboy       7.96   ---    ---    14     +1
 14   MRU                7.74    27    +13    13     -1
 15   mattopotamus       7.72   ---    ---    15      0
 16   Intell             7.48    29    +13     7     -9
 17   KPOM               6.28   ---    ---    24     +7
 18   Huntn              5.85   ---    ---    21     +3
 19   jrswizzle          5.74   ---    ---   ---    ---
 20   kdarling           5.19   ---    ---    27     +7
 21   samcraig           5.14   ---    ---    16     -5
 22   AppleScruff1       5.12   ---    ---    18     -4
 23   ucfgrad93          4.71   ---    ---    10    -13
 24   Night Spring       4.71   ---    ---    33     +9
 25   Michael Goff       4.64   ---    ---   ---    ---
 26   OllyW              4.53   ---    ---    37    +11
 27   Renzatic           4.51   ---    ---    22     -5
 28   cynics             4.36   ---    ---    12    -16
 29   lordofthereef      4.29   ---    ---    11    -18
 30   yjchua95           4.27   ---    ---   ---    ---
 31   Jessica Lares      4.09   ---    ---    31      0
 32   gnasher729         3.87   ---    ---    20    -12
 33   3bs                3.73   ---    ---   ---    ---
 34   batting1000        3.68   ---    ---   ---    ---
 35   Tech198            3.67   ---    ---   ---    ---
 36   Menel              3.63   ---    ---   ---    ---
 37   roadbloc           3.62   ---    ---    26    -11
 38   Chupa Chupa        3.58   ---    ---    34     -4
 39   Doctor Q           3.52     5    -34   ---    ---
 40   Piggie             3.50   ---    ---   ---    ---
 41   Menneisyys2        3.47   ---    ---   ---    ---
 42   tiggger            3.45   ---    ---   ---    ---
 43   Tyler23            3.20   ---    ---   ---    ---
 44   IJ Reilly          3.17    40     -4    25    -19
 45   shandyman          2.98   ---    ---   ---    ---
 46   deeddawg           2.96   ---    ---   ---    ---
 47   Max(IT)            2.84   ---    ---   ---    ---
 48   Gav2k              2.83   ---    ---   ---    ---
 49   Peace              2.81    30    -19    32    -17
 50   dejo               2.78    46     -4    41     -9

Columns:

1. Proj Rank = Projected position in order by post count, 1 (highest) to 50.
   
2. Projection End of Time = members with the 50 highest projected post counts as time goes to infinity, based on a computed post rate.
   
3. Weighted Rate = # posts per day by that member as a cascading weighted average, giving 50% weight to the most recent 6 months, 25% to the previous 6 months, 12.5% to the previous 6 months, and so on, with adjustments made based on the length of membership. See my definition of weighted rate.
   
4. Cur Rank = current rank as of July 2015 (Chart 1), or "---" for those who are not in the current Top 50.
   
5. Delta Rank = projected change in rank, i.e., # of slots +higher or -lower in rank from now until the end of time.
   
6. Last EOT = rank in End of Time projections from 6 months ago (January 2015, Chart #3), or "---" for those who were not in the previous End of Time Top 50.
   
7. Delta EOT = change in rank from End of Time projection 6 months ago to End of Time projection now.

These are the true "top posters" at MacRumors since they currently make the most posts over any given time period.


Observations

1. #1 poster maflynn continues his double digit rate, as he has since I started tracking him in 2011.
   
   
2. C DM's rate of qualifying posts/day has risen from 9.27 in July 2014 to 14.94 in January 2015 to 18.32 today, enough to move from End of Time #4 to End of Time #2.
   
   
3. Newtons Apple wasn't previously on my radar, after joining 15.7 months ago in March 2014. The rate shown, 11.73, is based on 5,605 posts in 15.7 months. Only time will tell if Newtons Apple can keep up that pace.
   
   
4. Also in the Top 20 and not previously on my radar is jrswizzle, who joined in August 2012. jrswizzle took 34.3 months to make 5,988 posts, a rate of 5.4 posts/day.
   
   
5. Five members have retained the same End of Time position as on the January 2015 End of Time list: maflynn (#1), Altemose (#8), GGJstudios (#9), mattopotamus (#15 -- for the 3rd time in a row!), and Jessica Lares (#31).
   
   
6. The EOT Top 50 was much more volatile over the past 6 months than in previous accountings. Last time, 10 new members joined the list. This time is was 17, including Michael Goff at #25 and yjchua95 at #30.
   
   
7. The minimum post rate required for the End of Time Top 50 has increased from 2.4 posts/day to 2.78 posts/day.
   
   
8. Biggest increase in rank within the End of Time rankings: JayLenochiniMac, up 38 slots from nearly the bottom of the list to the Top 10. Second place: Scepticalscribe, up 32 slots to #7.
   
   
9. Biggest drop in rank within the End of Time rankings: IJ Reilly, down 19 slots, folowed by
   lordofthereef, down 18, and Peace, down 17.
   
   
10. Now that MacNut has dropped off the Top 50 End of Time, that leaves Chupa Chupa and IJ Reilly as the members with the longest membership (12.97 years). They both joined on July 16, 2002. Technically, IJ Reilly has the edge for joining at 6:49pm that day. Chupa Chupa joined 41 minutes later, at 7:30pm!
    
    
    Just as amazingly, former Top 50 member scem0 joined the same day, at 7:05pm!​
    
    
11. Next in line for length of membership is Doctor Q at 12.79 years. He hasn't been on the Top 50 End of Time since the January 2013 rankings, but rumor has it that the forum conversion to XenForo has kept his post rate rather high in the last 6 months, upping his overall rate.
    
    
12. Shortest forum membership on the Top 50 End of Time: Newtons Apple, a member for only 15.7 months.
    
    
13. Members who just missed the End of Time Top 50, and their qualifying post rates: Oletros (2.76 posts/day), rhett7660 (2.74 posts/day), and annk (2.70 posts/day). annk is a forum administrator who puts in many volunteer hours each day serving forum members, but she manages to do so with very efficient posting.
    
    
14. If we expanded the list to 100, arn would be #94.

 

[Doctor Q]

Let's check on the post history of one user in particular, our top poster GGJstudios.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Well, as a fully fledged nerd, I find this sort of tabulation of data fascinating.

However, seeing your humble scribe appear as a part of that data, is also strangely interesting.

Meanwhile, grateful thanks to you, @Doctor Q , for your exemplary, sterling and trojan work preparing all of this for our perusal.

 

[Doctor Q]

Some of these Top 50 members, or others who showed up in the comments above, might have forum alerts set and want to know that they've been mentioned here.

Here are the users mentioned above who have made 10 or more posts in the last 6 months, excluding those who I know already saw this thread:

@Abstract @alphaod @Altemose @annk @Apple fanboy @Applejuiced @AppleScruff1 @balamw @C DM @Chupa Chupa @cynics @Dagless @dejo @DoFoT9 @dukebound85 @Eidorian @eyoungren @GGJstudios @gnasher729 @GoCubsGo @Huntn @IJ Reilly @Intell @jav6454 @JayLenochiniMac @Jessica Lares @kdarling @KPOM @lordofthereef @MacDawg @MacNut @maflynn @mattopotamus @MRU @Nermal @Night Spring @OllyW @Peace @r.j.s @rdowns @Renzatic @roadbloc @Rogifan @samcraig @scem0 @~Shard~ @Sun Baked @twoodcc @ucfgrad93 @Weaselboy @WildCowboy

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Some of these Top 50 members, or others who showed up in the comments above, might have forum alerts set and want to know that they've been mentioned here.

Here are the users mentioned above who have made 10 or more posts in the last 6 months, excluding those who I know already saw this thread:

@Abstract @alphaod @Altemose @annk @Apple fanboy @Applejuiced @AppleScruff1 @balamw @C DM @Chupa Chupa @cynics @Dagless @dejo @DoFoT9 @dukebound85 @Eidorian @eyoungren @GGJstudios @gnasher729 @GoCubsGo @Huntn @IJ Reilly @Intell @jav6454 @JayLenochiniMac @Jessica Lares @kdarling @KPOM @lordofthereef @MacDawg @MacNut @maflynn @mattopotamus @MRU @Nermal @Night Spring @OllyW @Peace @r.j.s @rdowns @Renzatic @roadbloc @Rogifan @samcraig @scem0 @~Shard~ @Sun Baked @twoodcc @ucfgrad93 @Weaselboy @WildCowboy

As I recall, you used to prepare a 'Top 50' of the various charts - which I, to my embarrassed fascination used to find extraordinarily interesting to read; is Xenforo the reason it is confined to 'Top 16' in the various categories, or is it that such a thing would require an astounding amount of work?

 

[Apple fanboy]

Some of these Top 50 members, or others who showed up in the comments above, might have forum alerts set and want to know that they've been mentioned here.

Here are the users mentioned above who have made 10 or more posts in the last 6 months, excluding those who I know already saw this thread:

Thanks Q for putting this together as always. I'm glad to see my time hasn't been wasted over the last six months, and I've moved up one spot!
Maybe I'll scrap the top 10 one day.
I always find the post statistics fascinating though. I'm not sure where I would find the time to average 25 posts a day.

 

[Doctor Q]

As I recall, you used to prepare a 'Top 50' of the various charts - which I, to my embarrassed fascination used to find extraordinarily interesting to read; is Xenforo the reason it is confined to 'Top 16' in the various categories, or is it that such a thing would require an astounding amount of work?

There are still 50 in each table, but they are in scrolling boxes. The [code] tags does that. Just scroll down to the see the full Top 50 in each post.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

There are still 50 in each table, but they are in scrolling boxes. The [code] tags does that. Just scroll down to the see the full Top 50 in each post.

Thank you very much for your explanation; now, I can see it - I had assume that the Xenforo system had somehow insisted on those parameters, as, in previous periods, the table posted had included the full fifty names in each category.

 

[ucfgrad93]

As always, thanks for compiling these lists. It is always interesting reading.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Some years ago, around a year or two after I had joined MR, I remember reading a similar set of statistical data which had been published.

However, at the time another chart was published, which also - if memory serves - gave a percentage breakdown of how many individuals, - and what percentage of the total - comprised held each of the user titles.

At the time, I remember that I found it extraordinarily interesting.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Some years ago, around a year or two after I had joined MR, I remember reading a similar set of statistical data which had been published.

However, at the time another chart was published, which also - if memory serves - gave a percentage breakdown of how many individuals, - and what percentage of the total - comprised held each of the user titles.

At the time, I remember that I found it extraordinarily interesting.

Yes I remember that one. I bet Q could conjour up something like that on this new forum.

 

[rhett7660]

Missed it by >------< that much!

Thanks again Doctor Q for putting this together!

 

[Doctor Q]

Pieces of pie for you to taste.

Users by Post Count - shows that 45% of users have never made a post, 22% have made only 1 post, and only 3% have made 30 or more posts. That means that 97% of users are Newbies.

Non-Newbie Users by Title - shows the distribution of the other user titles, particularly Member (up to 99 posts), Regular (up to 249 posts), 6205 (up to 499 posts) and 6205a (up to 999 posts). The percentages are based on user counts, not posts.

Posts by User Title - shows that the post distribution by user title is much more balanced than the membership counts. For example, there are about 2.2 times as many Regulars as 6502s, but they've made about the same number of posts (14% of total posts vs. 13% of total posts). Users with title 604 and above may be only 0.7% of our forum members, but they've made 7.9% of the total posts.

Posts by Top 50 Status - shows that although the top 50 posters have made a huge number of posts, it's only 6% of total forum posts.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Pieces of pie for you to taste.

Users by Post Count - shows that 45% of users have never made a post, 22% have made only 1 post, and only 3% have made 30 or more posts. That means that 97% of users are Newbies.

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Non-Newbie Users by Title - shows the distribution of the other user titles, particularly Member (up to 99 posts), Regular (up to 249 posts), 6205 (up to 499 posts) and 6205a (up to 999 posts). The percentages are based on user counts, not posts.

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Posts by User Title - shows that the post distribution by user title is much more balanced than the membership counts. For example, there are about 2.2 times as many Regulars as 6502s, but they've made about the same number of posts (14% of total posts vs. 13% of total posts). Users with title 604 and above may be only 0.7% of our forum members, but they've made 7.9% of the total posts.

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Posts by Top 50 Status - shows that although the top 50 posters have made a huge number of posts, it's only 6% of total forum posts.

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Nerd heaven, @Doctor Q, nerd heaven. Fascinating and thank you very much for going to the time and trouble to put all of this together.

 

[maflynn]

Wow, I've been on the forums a lot less these past 6 months and yet I'm still posting up a storm. That surprises quite a bit.

Great work Q, as always.

 

[MacDawg]

Always enjoy the read and appreciate the hard work making it happen

 

[Apple fanboy]

Pieces of pie for you to taste.

Users by Post Count - shows that 45% of users have never made a post, 22% have made only 1 post, and only 3% have made 30 or more posts. That means that 97% of users are Newbies.

View attachment 567362​

Non-Newbie Users by Title - shows the distribution of the other user titles, particularly Member (up to 99 posts), Regular (up to 249 posts), 6205 (up to 499 posts) and 6205a (up to 999 posts). The percentages are based on user counts, not posts.

View attachment 567363​

Posts by User Title - shows that the post distribution by user title is much more balanced than the membership counts. For example, there are about 2.2 times as many Regulars as 6502s, but they've made about the same number of posts (14% of total posts vs. 13% of total posts). Users with title 604 and above may be only 0.7% of our forum members, but they've made 7.9% of the total posts.

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Posts by Top 50 Status - shows that although the top 50 posters have made a huge number of posts, it's only 6% of total forum posts.

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Interesting reading. The fact that you used pie charts didn't go unnoticed!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Interesting reading. The fact that you used pie charts didn't go unnoticed!

Oh, bravo. Very well spotted. I will blushingly concede that I never even noticed that particular angle.

 

[Apple fanboy]

I like pie as well.

Pie and custard!

 

[ucfgrad93]

Nerd heaven, @Doctor Q, nerd heaven. Fascinating and thank you very much for going to the time and trouble to put all of this together.

Agreed, this always makes for fascinating reading.

 

[Doctor Q]

Today user maflynn became the second member to reach 40,000 posts.

Approximate dates when other Top 10 members will reach 40,000 posts:

• Applejuiced on June 12, 2018
• Doctor Q on March 19, 2019
• GoCubsGo on October 12, 2055
• rdowns on February 14, 2060
• Eidorian on July 26, 2318
• mad jew never (inactive)
• mkrishnan never (inactive)
• robbieduncan never (inactive)

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Today user maflynn became the second member to reach 40,000 posts.

View attachment 572252

Approximate dates when other Top 10 members will reach 40,000 posts:

• Applejuiced on June 12, 2018
• Doctor Q on March 19, 2019
• GoCubsGo on October 12, 2055
• rdowns on February 14, 2060
• Eidorian on July 26, 2318
• mad jew never (inactive)
• mkrishnan never (inactive)
• robbieduncan never (inactive)

Fascinating.

But 'never' sounds like such a long time. Almost an eternity, in fact….

 

[Intell]

A lovely read Q and thank you for making it. I may have to start posting more to throw off the 6 month prediction, yet again.