# How Popular is the SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 3, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227 "2002-09-03T20:15:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/1 "2002-09-04T03:25:47Z")
This is the most popular MB among everyone who visits it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/2 "2002-09-03T21:41:18Z")
I love Quasimodem and all, but I find it hard to believe that we are the most popular MB on the internet. Just think of all the Britney Spears and N’Sync boards that must be floating around! And special-interest boards like Windows or Macintosh MBs. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/3 "2002-09-05T09:42:33Z")
[Flashkit](http://www.flashkit.com) has more than 361,000 members. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/4 "2002-09-04T02:57:49Z")
[url=“[http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/ijsbb/forum.cgi?action=list](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/ijsbb/forum.cgi?action=list)”]Television Without Pity[/ur] is pretty damn popular. 46 sets of forums for various TV shows. Just for reference, the thread on tonight’s episode of American Idol there has 622 replies and the show ended an hour ago. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/5 "2002-09-04T03:07:46Z")
[Arggh. Just Argggh.](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/ijsbb/forum.cgi?action=list) ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/6 "2002-09-04T14:15:11Z")
I wonder how the site ranks in terms of membership - 25K isn’t anything to sneeze at. Hiccup, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/7 "2002-09-03T20:15:52Z")
In [this thread in the BBQ Pit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=133785), **Quasimodem** says something along the lines of “…this is the most popular MB on the net…” Was he just exaggerating as part of his vent, or is this one of the more popular message boards? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-popular-is-the-sdmb/127227/8 "2002-09-06T20:10:43Z")
It’s so popular, it even attracted the Great Tars Tarkas!!