population of AW?

Siri Kirpal · Mar 19, 2013

Sat Nam! (literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

So, I'm wondering what the current population count of AW is. How fast is it growing? How many hits per day?

Thanks!

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal

jvc · Mar 19, 2013

Well, we currently (at making of this post) have 51,355 members. I've no idea about the other two questions, only Mac or Lisa would have that info.

MaryMumsy · Mar 19, 2013

And the population went up by 6 since Jed posted.

Keep in mind that many many members post rarely, some were active for a while and then dropped out.

I seem to remember a 'purge' a couple of years ago. Any member that hadn't posted in a certain (generous) period of time was dropped.

MM

Deleted member 42 · Mar 19, 2013

MaryMumsy said:
And the population went up by 6 since Jed posted.

Keep in mind that many many members post rarely, some were active for a while and then dropped out.

I seem to remember a 'purge' a couple of years ago. Any member that hadn't posted in a certain (generous) period of time was dropped.

MM

We purge inactive accounts on a regular basis. So the count reflects members who have logged in in the last 12 months or so.

We don't generally release other kinds of data, but we're growing at a steady clip. Enough that I'm eyeing the server and bandwidth and thinking about RAM and such as part of the next software bump.

Siri Kirpal · Mar 19, 2013

Sat Nam! (literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

Thanks!

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal

stephenf · Mar 19, 2013

As I come in and out like the tide , I did not rialize my membership was in Jeopardy . So I guess, I'm good for another twelve months?

Ken · Mar 20, 2013

jvc said:
51,355 members.

... *whistles*

stormie · Mar 20, 2013

Ken said:
... *whistles*

Same here. That's amazing! I'll celebrate that!

MacAllister · Mar 20, 2013

We have around a quarter of a million unique visitors a month, with between two and three million page loads.

mccardey · Mar 20, 2013

jvc said:
Well, we currently (at making of this post) have 51,355 members.

Fifty times the population of my village. Just sayin'.

Maryn · Mar 20, 2013

As we in the Maryn household like to say, holy guacamole!

Maryn, whose kids were late to proper cursing

jvc · Mar 20, 2013

MacAllister said:
We have around a quarter of a million unique visitors a month, with between two and three million page loads.

Wowser, that's a lots of unique people. We'd need a bigger Newbie forum if they all decided to join. Perhaps one with a swimming pool.

Siri Kirpal · Mar 20, 2013

MacAllister said:
We have around a quarter of a million unique visitors a month, with between two and three million page loads.

Sat Nam! (literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

That's amazing! Thanks so much for the info. And my combined astonishment and gratitude that you can handle so many.

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal

MacAllister · Mar 20, 2013

It IS kind of mind-blowing. And we're currently deleting about 1200-1500 would-be spambot accounts, every day.

Chris P · Mar 20, 2013

MacAllister said:
It IS kind of mind-blowing. And we're currently deleting about 1200-1500 would-be spambot accounts, every day.

Ken · Mar 20, 2013

... those are really cool stats.
Like Stormie says, "reason to celebrate."
Good going

Escape Artist · Mar 20, 2013

stephenf said:
As I come in and out like the tide , I did not rialize my membership was in Jeopardy . So I guess, I'm good for another twelve months?

I guess I'm a rare poster, too? :e2shrug:

Oh well. I post when I feel I have something valuable to say or when I'm seeking advice, but that's about it. I lurked for a long time before joining and I'm still more or less a lurker, lol.

And yeah, impressive stats. Way to go, AW!!! :e2woo:

Deleted member 42 · Mar 20, 2013

stephenf said:
As I come in and out like the tide , I did not rialize my membership was in Jeopardy . So I guess, I'm good for another twelve months?

Just logging in is enough; you don't need to post.

milkweed · Mar 20, 2013

Medievalist said:
Just logging in is enough; you don't need to post.

I'll tell hubs to log in then, I was so excited when I found this place that he joined as well, mostly to read some of the threads... ok sometimes the whole wife to husband communication thingy is non-existant and I just tell him to go read the thread himself!

He's happy I've found this place, now I have someone to talk to about writing.

thothguard51 · Mar 20, 2013

The amount of spam bots boggles the minds, and then again, not really...

Little Ming · Mar 20, 2013

MacAllister said:
We have around a quarter of a million unique visitors a month, with between two and three million page loads.

Crap, does this mean I should go put my pants back on?

Medievalist said:
We purge inactive accounts on a regular basis. So the count reflects members who have logged in in the last 12 months or so.

...

I'm a computer idiot.

What does "purge" mean here? Accounts deleted?

mccardey · Mar 20, 2013

Little Ming said:
I'm a computer idiot. What does "purge" mean here? Accounts deleted?

If only..

It starts with a bottle of castor oil :granny:

Deleted member 42 · Mar 20, 2013

Little Ming said:
Crap, does this mean I should go put my pants back on?

I'm a computer idiot. What does "purge" mean here? Accounts deleted?

The accounts are removed if they've never posted and haven't logged in in the last year. If they've posted, they're not purged.

The archiving system will periodically archive older threads that haven't been touched; they're still there but they're stored in a compressed format.

That means much less stress on the database, and speeds things like indexing enormously.

poetinahat · Mar 20, 2013

jvc said:
Wowser, that's a lots of unique people.

And that's not even counting the normal ones! *rimshot*

lastlittlebird · Mar 20, 2013

When I look at the number of AW tabs I have open right now, I'm surprised the ratio isn't skewed even further towards pageviews.

And when there's something interesting going on in TIO...

I guess the myriad of unique visitors help to offset the AW-aholics

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