# How many visitors? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 14, 1999, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324 "1999-09-14T05:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/1 "1999-09-14T05:04:00Z")
I considered posting this on “About This Message Board,” but it’s not a _technical_ question. Recently, Nickrz mentioned that there are manny more people who read this message board than the membership would have us believe. Any idea as to how many people (members and lurkers) read this board per day? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/2 "1999-09-14T14:17:00Z")
I’ll pose this question to Dan, our tech guru, and see what he says. I suspect we’ll only have a count of the number of “hits”, not the number of independent people (so that if I sign on twice in one day, I’d count as “two”.) ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 1999, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/3 "1999-09-16T05:34:00Z")
I wonder if counters work on threads… ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/4 "1999-09-17T00:29:00Z")
[\](http://www.beseen.com/hc-index.html) Just a harmless counter, don’t worry about it. Now let’s see how many people visit this site a day. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/5 "1999-09-17T00:51:00Z")
61 in the tewnty minutes or so since you installed it, Louie. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/6 "1999-09-17T01:05:00Z")
What’s the deal? All I get is a red ‘x.’ I wonder if my access is blocked to Louie’s link. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/7 "1999-09-17T02:20:00Z")
82 visitors as of 9:16pm Thurday Sept. 16. Geez, where are the Teeming \\ **Millions** \\ at? ---
**Author:** ![nayaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@nayaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nayaran)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/8 "1999-09-17T02:55:00Z")
95 at last count. Teeming Millions? We don’t even have Teeming Thousands! 🙂 * * * “Of course, that’s just my opinion; I could be wrong.”–Dennis Miller ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/9 "1999-09-17T03:05:00Z")
Guess counters don’t talk to Straingers. Ray (. . .or else it’s sending a kiss.) ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/10 "1999-09-17T03:05:00Z")
Louie, I just looked at the code briefly, and claim no mastery thereof, but it appears that the counter is specific to this thread. Am I reading it right? Regards ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/11 "1999-09-17T06:06:00Z")
> [@](#): > > I just looked at the code briefly, and claim no mastery thereof, but it appears that the counter is specific to this thread. > > Am I reading it right? Oh :mad: Damn, I knew that number was a little too low. I guess I need to stick it onto other threads. Thanks, beatle. Last count, 121 as of Friday Sept 17 at 1:02am. As you can see, I’m _really_ bored today. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/12 "1999-09-17T09:56:00Z")
Looks like 135 hits on this thread - and how manny people posted? A dozen or so. Draw your own conclusions. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 1999, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/13 "1999-09-17T11:26:00Z")
I always post on evey thread I open, except the sex ones.then I play voyeur.with some imagination. ---
**Author:** ![nayaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e68b1a/32.png) [@nayaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nayaran)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/14 "1999-09-18T03:12:00Z")
Almost 200 now. (196 to be exact) For one thread, that’s quite a lot, especially in GQ. Now we need one for each forum or just for the whole board. * * * “Of course, that’s just my opinion; I could be wrong.”–Dennis Miller ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/15 "1999-09-18T05:21:00Z")
And I just got counted twice for going Back, then Forward, making 210. ## Now I’ll see if the jump back makes it 211, and try reloading as well. Bob the Random Expert “If we don’t have the answer, we’ll make one up.” ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/16 "1999-09-18T05:25:00Z")
Yes, both reloading and the jump back after posting do step the counter. ## Web counters are easy to spoof, but they do give some idea anyway. Bob the Random Expert “If we don’t have the answer, we’ll make one up.” ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/17 "1999-09-18T22:49:00Z")
Well, it may not talk to Straingers while they are at work, but the counter works when Strainger’s at home! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/18 "1999-09-19T14:48:00Z")
After checking the three I know Louie’s installed, I’m starting to think that they are catching all traffic on the MB, not just visits to an individual thread. There’s this one, one on the thread “How many lurkers” in About this MB and one in the “Psst…hey lurkers” thread on MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/19 "1999-09-19T15:13:00Z")
The web site has server logs that clear identify how many successful page views there are, how long everyone is here & what they do here too. As if the number of messages wasn’t a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324/20 "1999-09-19T23:54:00Z")
beatle: All traffic on the MB? Nah, I still think there’s more than 100 visits a day on the whole message board. handy: Where are these server logs at? That is, if I’m allowed to see them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-visitors/3324.md?page=2)