MetaFilter Activity Stats

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Data is from the MetaFilter Infodump published on 12 October 2025 11:54. Infodump updates show here within 24 hours.
Charts run to September 2025, which is the last completed month in the Infodump.
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Users

Users who posted or commented #

Users who posted or commented, by year joined #

Users by number of posts and comments #

Users first and last active #

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Number of users who made their first (or last) post or comment on the site in the given month. Take care interpreting this chart: recent months will naturally show large numbers of users last active. This doesn't imply they permanently left the site.

Cumulative number of users #

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Registered users (shaded area) completed the signup process. Users (lines) made at least one post or comment on the given site. User ID numbers (not shown) are much higher, because the site allocates an ID number for incomplete signups.

Activity distribution

Posts and comments by user account age #

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Age of user account at time of posting or commenting.

Posts by most active posters #

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

Comments by most active commenters #

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

Posts and comments

Posts #

Comments #

Posts per user #

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Number of posts divided by number of users who posted or commented at least once in the month. 1999 and 2000 are excluded so later years are readable. September 1999 saw 20 posts per user.

Comments per user #

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Number of comments divided by number of users who posted or commented at least once in the month.

Comments per post #

Deleted posts #

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Infodump excludes deleted Ask MetaFilter questions.

Activity by time period

Posts and comments by day of week #

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Timestamps are recorded on the MetaFilter server in Pacific Time. This chart can't be filtered by time period.

Posts and comments by hour #

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Timestamps are recorded on the MetaFilter server in Pacific Time. This chart can't be filtered by time period.