A question about "# of members"

[phinds]

Although I haven't looked in years, I'm pretty sure there used to be somewhere that showed how many members the forum currently has. I can't find that anywhere now. Did it go away or am I just not finding it?

 

[WWGD]

Although I haven't looked in years, I'm pretty sure there used to be somewhere that showed how many members the forum currently has. I can't find that anywhere now. Did it go away or am I just not finding it?

Have you tried the search box here in PF?

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Although I haven't looked in years, I'm pretty sure there used to be somewhere that showed how many members the forum currently has. I can't find that anywhere now. Did it go away or am I just not finding it?

That info isn't public at the moment, but total members is around 250k

 

[WWGD]

Wow, IIRC, that number was around 200k relatively recently. Seems like a healthy growth rate.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Wow, IIRC, that number was around 200k relatively recently. Seems like a healthy growth rate.

We average about 60 signups a day. What is important is total active users.

 

[phinds]

We average about 60 signups a day. What is important is total active users.

Yeah, I'd like to see that statistic.

I seem to recall that a couple of PF iterations ago there were 250,000 members but a HUGE number of those were one-time posters who never came back.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I seem to recall that a couple of PF iterations ago there were 250,000 members but a HUGE number of those were one-time posters who never came back.

Active members will be several thousand. We're a big homework help stop so that will generate a lot of "one a done" members.

 

[WWGD]

Yeah, I'd like to see that statistic.

I seem to recall that a couple of PF iterations ago there were 250,000 members but a HUGE number of those were one-time posters who never came back.

I always wondered about those. Why bother signing to post just once, or even a few times?

 

[phinds]

I always wondered about those. Why bother signing to post just once, or even a few times?

As Greg said, we are a huge one-stop shop for students with a specific question.

 

[symbolipoint]

THIS:

I always wondered about those. Why bother signing to post just once, or even a few times?

THAT!

 

[Wrichik Basu]

I always wondered about those. Why bother signing to post just once, or even a few times?

Well, if Greg could device something like "sign up and stay as a member for $x$ days" where $x \in [30, \, \infty)$, some people would choose the lower boundary value rather than the upper.

 

[WWGD]

Well, if Greg could device something like "sign up and stay as a member for $x$ days" where $x \in [30, \, \infty)$, some people would choose the lower boundary value rather than the upper.

Good idea but it may end up being burdensome IT-wise.