# How many members does The Straight Dope have? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2005, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997 "2005-03-11T09:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Skellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skellington)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/1 "2005-03-11T09:52:49Z")
Title says it all. I’ve looked all over the site and it won’t tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/2 "2005-03-11T09:57:33Z")
Threads: 294,236, Posts: 5,827,475, Members: 51,651 Bottom of the home page ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/3 "2005-03-11T10:44:51Z")
We’re over 50,000 now? Whoo-hoo! I remember when it was a mere 30,000! ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/4 "2005-03-11T11:16:51Z")
Back in November the SDMB had [4151](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=279130) paying members. ~66 new members were signing up per month, so if that growth rate has continued there should be around 4500 paying members by now. ---
**Author:** ![Skellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Skellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skellington)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/5 "2005-03-11T11:32:37Z")
Thanks guys. Now I Know that I asked 51,651 people a question and none of them know the answer! At least I know it’s a good question. ---
**Author:** ![Skellington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Skellington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skellington)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/6 "2005-03-11T11:33:41Z")
P.S. ment to add 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/7 "2005-03-11T14:05:55Z")
You may want to check out **Ed Zotti** ’s comments in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=305410) in ATMB (which is a forum that might have been more appropriate for this question). ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-members-does-the-straight-dope-have/293997/8 "2005-03-11T14:18:40Z")
Off to ATMB. **DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator