# Are there any statistics about which times the forums are busiest?

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**Created:** [June 8, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-statistics-about-which-times-the-forums-are-busiest/407281 "2007-06-08T16:51:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cryptoderk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cryptoderk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoderk)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-statistics-about-which-times-the-forums-are-busiest/407281/1 "2007-06-08T16:51:29Z")

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Question as title.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-statistics-about-which-times-the-forums-are-busiest/407281/2 "2007-06-08T16:57:27Z")

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Being on the other side of the world, 7 hours ahead of GMT, I notice a definite slowdown during my afternoon if I’m logged on then. That’s the wee hours of the morning in the US. About midnight here right now, late morning in most of the US, and this is when I notice the boards jumping.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-statistics-about-which-times-the-forums-are-busiest/407281/3 "2007-06-09T21:49:03Z")

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Prime seems to be about 5:00 p.m. Eastern time M-F. Not exactly sure why. Overlap from work/school/people getting home? Anyway, that’s when the gang’s all here.