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Not affiliated with MetaFilter.com . Active users means users who made at least one comment or post on the
selected site in the given month. For different definitions of activity, see
this chart .Users Monthly active users by year joined #
Monthly users by number of posts and comments #
New and cumulative active users #
Cumulative registered and active users #
Registered users (shaded area) completed the signup process.
Active users (lines) made at least one post or comment on a given site.
Users' ID numbers are much higher, because the site allocates an ID before signup is completed.
Activity distribution Posts and comments by user account age #
User account age at time of posting or commenting.
Posts by most active posters #
Percentage of posts made by the n per cent of users who made the most posts.
Percentage of comments made by the n per cent of users who made the most comments.
Posts and comments Posts per active user #
1999 and 2000 are excluded so later years are readable. September 1999 saw 20 posts per active user.
Deleted posts #
Infodump excludes deleted Ask MetaFilter questions.
Activity by time period Posts and comments by day of week #
Posts and comments by hour #
Post and comment timestamps are Pacific Time. Day of week and hour charts can be filtered by site but not by
time period.