# Biggest Message Boards

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 14, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193 "2002-10-14T05:00:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![BZ00000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/47e85d/32.png) [@BZ00000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BZ00000)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/1 "2002-10-14T05:00:21Z")

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What are the biggest message boards on the web? Most posts? Most members?

How about longest running?

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### Author: ![Sxyzzx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sxyzzx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sxyzzx)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/2 "2002-10-14T06:30:21Z")

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[Google Groups](http://groups.google.com) has apparently been running since 1981.

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### Author: ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/3 "2002-10-14T09:28:45Z")

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[www.avsforums.com](http://www.avsforums.com) is pretty big

Threads: 174,213 Posts: 1,407,408  
Registered Members: 44,579

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### Author: ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/4 "2002-10-14T10:13:52Z")

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The above link leads elsewhere: try this one.

> **[AVS Forum](https://www.avsforum.com/)**
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> A forum community dedicated to home theater owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about home audio/video, TVs, projectors, screens, receivers, speakers, projects, DIY’s, product reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more!

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### Author: ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/5 "2002-10-14T10:17:36Z")

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oops

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### Author: ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/6 "2002-10-14T10:41:42Z")

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[http://www.flashkit.com](http://www.flashkit.com)

Members: 370,643, Threads: 346,870, Posts: 1,554,133

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### Author: ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/7 "2002-10-14T11:06:53Z")

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We have 2.4 million posts. More than the other two mentioned but definately not the most. This has been done before although I forgot which board came out on top. I believe we’re in the top 5 or 10.

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### Author: ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-message-boards/132193/8 "2002-10-14T14:24:24Z")

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