# How many SDMB users?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314
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**Created:** [August 30, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314 "2002-08-30T15:48:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/1 "2002-08-30T15:48:54Z")
does anyone know the total amount of SDMB members there are??
my guess is 20,000
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### Author:  [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/2 "2002-08-30T15:59:54Z")
I’m going to guess 100 billion.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/3 "2002-08-30T16:05:04Z")
24,953
[Cite](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?)
Look for it…
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### Author:  [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/4 "2002-08-30T16:06:49Z")
oh yeah, i see. pretty good guess 😃
thanks
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### Author:  [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/5 "2002-08-30T16:14:16Z")
Shoot, I was off by a little bit…
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### Author:  [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/6 "2002-08-30T16:14:41Z")
'Course, that doesn’t take into account all of the unregistered commoners who just read our words of wisdom… 😉
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### Author:  [@a\_gherkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a_gherkin)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/7 "2002-08-30T16:17:53Z")
well they are words, im not sure about the wisdom part, tho
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### Author:  [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/8 "2002-08-30T19:55:19Z")
Jeebus H.!!! I had no idea there were that many of us. That’s about how many people live in my town - and for someone who grew up in Nowhere, USA, it’s a lot of people.
No wonder I can’t keep up with all the new posts.
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### Author:  [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/9 "2002-08-30T21:59:54Z")
Since this is a question about this message board, I’ll move this thread to ATMB.
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### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2002, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/10 "2002-08-30T22:16:53Z")
At this exact moment, it is 24, 963. 11 new dopers in the last 6 hours.
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### Author:  [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-sdmb-users/126314/11 "2002-08-31T00:02:33Z")
Still, that counts inactive users. I’ve got my current username cause Silent and Goldfish are both taken. I’ve never seen either of these people post.