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demon of speed · Aug 20, 2004

On average how many new people join this forum a day?

Jordan · Aug 20, 2004

We usually get 80 to 100 new user registrations per day.

Famine · Aug 20, 2004

Right now, GTP has 34,090 members. It's been running for 1194 days (well 1193 and today). That makes a grand average of...

28.6 new members every day - but that's an overall average, rather than the current rate.

With 1,201,638 posts made so far (although this one is number 1,213,398, meaning nearly 12,000 posts have been deleted/purged), that means GTP is growing by just over 1006 posts each day - and I only make 14 of them, so it's not my fault.

Mike Rotch · Aug 20, 2004

Famine
Right now, GTP has 34,090 members. It's been running for 1194 days (well 1193 and today). That makes a grand average of...

28.6 new members every day - but that's an overall average, rather than the current rate.

With 1,201,638 posts made so far (although this one is number 1,213,398, meaning nearly 12,000 posts have been deleted/purged), that means GTP is growing by just over 1006 posts each day - and I only make 14 of them, so it's not my fault.

But remember, when GTP first began, membership growth was fairly slow and has been increasing at an increasing rate ever since. So the 28.6 members p.d. isnt a true reflection of growth. But Famine being Famine, already knew that

Famine · Aug 20, 2004

Indeed - hence my disclaimer..

There's 44,799 threads currently. That makes 37.5 new threads a day - and not all of them are John's [SPECIAL TOPIC]s.

Mike Rotch · Aug 20, 2004

Famine
Indeed - hence my disclaimer..

There's 44,799 threads currently. That makes 37.5 new threads a day - and not all of them are John's [SPECIAL TOPIC]s.

We should document these stats, and see how things change whenever GT4 is released.

Event · Aug 20, 2004

We should put these stats in real-time on the forums! :lol:

DQuaN · Aug 20, 2004

Jordan
We usually get 80 to 100 new user registrations per day.

And how many of those users actually post?

Mike Rotch · Aug 20, 2004

And how many of those users actually post?

Thats the double-edged sword of having some of the most desireable downloads on the net.

Famine · Aug 20, 2004

DQuaN
And how many of those users actually post?

You asked, and so I shall answer...

In the Members section, there are 1124 complete pages of members (20 per page) and 4 on page 1125. That's 22,484 members listed (the main site index says 34,000ish).

The top 435 pages - and 16 on page 436 - contain all the posts ever made on GTP. Everyone after that is on zero. This means we have 8714 posting members.

Thus only 38% of members who register on GTP post here (although taking the larger figure on the main site pulls this stat down to 26%).

Interesting fact - with the 8714 members making all 1,201,638 posts (as of last night), the average member has made just under 138 posts. So everyone who has their own avatar is better than average. Hurrah!

Pupik · Aug 20, 2004

Famine
...the average member has made just under 138 posts. So everyone who has their own avatar is better than average. Hurrah!

Yeah, but there's a handful of post-whoring-greedy-for-an-avatar-dodos around here that are extinct by now.

There's probably about another 10% that post once or twice, just for a quick question-and-answer; never to be seen again. I remember the days when only about one or two new members were created per day...you'd log in, and the same new member announcement was there twelve hours later.

Of course, then there was the "First GTF Migration" in February 2002; I can't believe the servers could handle the traffic at the time! They all got a warm welcome, too.

Jordan · Aug 20, 2004

Mike Rotch
Thats the double-edged sword of having some of the most desireable downloads on the net.

Double-edged sword? You guys make it sound as if user registrations are some kind of bad thing! Regardless of whether they post or not, they are spending more time at the site, increasing revenue, and submitting their email address as well, a very valuable thing to have! Now their inbox will have reminders of GTP, they'll get birthday messages and new post notifications from any thread they subscribe to, any newsletter I send out, etc., all of which will bring a lot of them back for yet another visit. And every time they visit it gives them another chance to make their first post which will dramatically increase their chances of getting involved in the site.

Anything that increases the chances of a visitor getting involved in the community is NOT a bad thing!

ExigeEvan · Aug 20, 2004

I know this topic has been brought up before, but if growth continues at its current rate could we soon be seeing users being deleted?
I don't believe that It should be hotmail style of 30days, or even 6months. But maybe nearer a year or possibly more.

Mike Rotch · Aug 23, 2004

Jordan
Double-edged sword? You guys make it sound as if user registrations are some kind of bad thing! Regardless of whether they post or not, they are spending more time at the site, increasing revenue, and submitting their email address as well, a very valuable thing to have! Now their inbox will have reminders of GTP, they'll get birthday messages and new post notifications from any thread they subscribe to, any newsletter I send out, etc., all of which will bring a lot of them back for yet another visit. And every time they visit it gives them another chance to make their first post which will dramatically increase their chances of getting involved in the site.

Anything that increases the chances of a visitor getting involved in the community is NOT a bad thing!

Well. when you put it like that.

I was thinking more along the lines of space taken up by 'dead' profiles ---> not the big picture.

Jordan · Aug 23, 2004

Yeah, a lot of people think that (well, everybody), but the "physical space" taken up by each user account is about as insignificant as it gets.

Event · Aug 23, 2004

Kinda off-topic, but You should add "Gender" in the profiles . I wanna se how many girls actually are here.

Jugend · Aug 23, 2004

Feeling horny?

SS2 · Aug 23, 2004

Jordan
Double-edged sword? You guys make it sound as if user registrations are some kind of bad thing! Regardless of whether they post or not, they are spending more time at the site, increasing revenue, and submitting their email address as well, a very valuable thing to have! Now their inbox will have reminders of GTP, they'll get birthday messages and new post notifications from any thread they subscribe to, any newsletter I send out, etc., all of which will bring a lot of them back for yet another visit. And every time they visit it gives them another chance to make their first post which will dramatically increase their chances of getting involved in the site.

Anything that increases the chances of a visitor getting involved in the community is NOT a bad thing!

I never got one of those.

Famine · Aug 23, 2004

Jordan
Yeah, a lot of people think that (well, everybody), but the "physical space" taken up by each user account is about as insignificant as it gets.

Except mine. Obviously...

Stats update.
20th August:
Threads: 44,799
Posts: 1,201,638
Members: 34,090

23rd August:
Threads: 44,932
Posts: 1,205,946
Members: 34,417

In three whole days we've gained 327 members (109 per day), 4308 posts (1436 per day) and 133 threads (44ish per day)

Der Alta · Aug 23, 2004

pupik
Yeah, but there's a handful of post-whoring-greedy-for-an-avatar-dodos around here that are extinct by now.

There's probably about another 10% that post once or twice, just for a quick question-and-answer; never to be seen again. I remember the days when only about one or two new members were created per day...you'd log in, and the same new member announcement was there twelve hours later.

Of course, then there was the "First GTF Migration" in February 2002; I can't believe the servers could handle the traffic at the time! They all got a warm welcome, too.

Interesting notes there. Actually, I think the first "GTF migration" was in January 2001. Kenji closed the servers for a month, and everyone went elsewhere. I was one of them. Edit: Pupik was right. 2002.

You're not far off in that 10% thought. Here are a few notes (Done a few days ago, so add 30-40 members to these numbers).

I just surfed back through 30 pages of members. That's 600 members. Of that, only 66 have posted. Of those 66, only one has posted more than 20 times.

I'm on page 34 before I find someone who's posted more than 100 posts. It was 198 pages (3945 members) before I found someone that could have a custom title. I was up to member 4554 before I found a second one. Member 4743 was #3. #4 was member 5138.

I made it all the way back to member #5618 before I found someone that could legally have a custom title. Congrats Victor Vance. I had a few more pages to go to reach member #5890 to find the second one (87chevy).

I'm almost as good as Famine at generating useless numbers.

AO

Famine · Aug 23, 2004

Famine
In three whole days we've gained 327 members (109 per day), 4308 posts (1436 per day) and 133 threads (44ish per day)

Just to add to this, three days ago we had 435 pages of posting members (at 20 members per page), and 16 on page 436 - making 8,714 posting members.

Today we have 437 complete pages of posting members and 3 on page 438, making for 8,743 posting members.

So, of the 327 members who have joined in the last three days, 29 have made at least one post. That's just 8.1% of new members.

SS2 · Aug 23, 2004

After the exposure of GTP on Compact Car Magazine was there a big impact in guests or user registrations?

Der Alta · Aug 24, 2004

Well, you'd have to check the dates of the car magazine against the influx of members registered in the days after it.

Here's an interesting tidbit, I was member #3612. That's 8 months after Jordan set up GTplanet.net. Now, 3 years later, there are that many people registered in two months. Just this year alone (from January to now - approx 8 months), GTplanet has had 8563 people register.

When I became a moderator, there were 11042 members. That was just about a year ago. Which means we've added 11742 or about 1000/month.

Now I just noticed something really odd...

There are 1140 pages of members at 20 members per page. That really flaws my math. Off to count how many members I've banned.

AO

Jordan · Aug 24, 2004

I know this topic has been brought up before, but if growth continues at its current rate could we soon be seeing users being deleted?
I don't believe that It should be hotmail style of 30days, or even 6months. But maybe nearer a year or possibly more.

Yes, it has been brought up a million times before. Read my post above, there is virtually no reason to delete accounts at all.

Kinda off-topic, but You should add "Gender" in the profiles . I wanna se how many girls actually are here.

Great idea, you'll find it now under "Edit Profile" on My GTPlanet, and it will be displayed on your profile. It is not specified by default, so you must change it yourself.

I never got one of those.

This feature was added when we upgraded to vB3, which was after your last birthday.

Except mine. Obviously...

Stats update.
20th August:
Threads: 44,799
Posts: 1,201,638
Members: 34,090

23rd August:
Threads: 44,932
Posts: 1,205,946
Members: 34,417

In three whole days we've gained 327 members (109 per day), 4308 posts (1436 per day) and 133 threads (44ish per day)

Well, not technically. Posts are all stored together, the only way we know it's yours is because it's stuck with your user id in the database. The 1 or 2 KB's making up your profile data and user options are no more than anyone else's.

After the exposure of GTP on Compact Car Magazine was there a big impact in guests or user registrations?

There was no sudden spike, it instead brought on a steady increase in traffic that has never really gone down so I can't determine the real impact of the article.

There are 1140 pages of members at 20 members per page. That really flaws my math. Off to count how many members I've banned.

Don't worry about your math, Alex.

That was a botch on my part with the usergroup settings. The member list should add up now.

Famine · Aug 24, 2004

Jordan
Well, not technically. Posts are all stored together, the only way we know it's yours is because it's stuck with your user id in the database. The 1 or 2 KB's making up your profile data and user options are no more than anyone else's.

Surely, because it's mine it's big and important.

Isn't it?

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