How active is the Dope these days?

[Die_Capacitrix]

Numbers from some years ago:
In 2017:

The elephant in the room. 4063 active members.

Anyone concerned? Not an appropriate question?

@Heffalump_and_Roo

Here are some data points of dates and active member counts.

11/18/18. . . . . .3423
12/19/18. . . . . .3429
01/23/19 . . . . . 3426
02/19/19 . . . . . 3485
03/09/19 . . . . . 3470
04/11/19 . . . . . 3400

That’s actually pretty stable. There hasn’t been all that much change in the last several months.

Contrast that with previous years’ active member count.

10/10/16. . . . . . 5005
10/11/17. . . . . . 4825

Betweem 2017 and 2018 was a bit more of a change.

A bunch of numbers from 2021:

Why is the SDMB membership declining, and what's the best way to add younger members?

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Current stats:
https://boards.straightdope.com/about

Out of 20 new users registered, maybe 1-2 actually posted, that I noticed.

As long as our hosts let us stay, then we have access to 25+ years of DOPE history. We’re trending downwards, that’s clear. And we have no idea what the hosts are planning, or when they might pull the plug.