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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.