# Are there reallly 53000 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 10, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-reallly-53000/311900 "2005-07-10T23:10:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isabellnecessaryonabicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/87869e/32.png) [@Isabellnecessaryonabicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabellnecessaryonabicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-reallly-53000/311900/1 "2005-07-10T23:10:17Z")
active members here and what percentage of them actually use the message board? I have a very tiny mb compared to this place, but the percentage that uses is it less than the membership… And how did you get 53000 members? :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-reallly-53000/311900/2 "2005-07-10T23:11:51Z")
53000 is the total number of people who have registered in history. The actual paid, posting membership is around 1/10th that, IIRC. Anybody have a link to the ATMB thread on this? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-reallly-53000/311900/3 "2005-07-11T00:09:10Z")
This is a question about the operation of the Board. As such, I’ve moved it to ATMB. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-reallly-53000/311900/4 "2005-07-11T00:32:14Z")
I’ve been told that, on average, any form of internet account holdership has only ten percent of it’s total number as active members. Where I work that is about right. (over three thousand customers, with about 360 active) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-reallly-53000/311900/5 "2005-07-12T12:39:20Z")
We currently have 3,411 subscribers. your humble TubaDiva