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Users

Monthly active 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.

Comments by most active commenters #

Percentage of comments made by the n per cent of users who made the most comments.

Posts and comments

Posts #

Comments #

Posts per active user #

1999 and 2000 are excluded so later years are readable. September 1999 saw 20 posts per active user.

Comments per active user #

Comments per post #

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.