# Life, Death, and Exile (SDMB stats, extremely long) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 24, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-death-and-exile-sdmb-stats-extremely-long/252069 "2004-06-24T19:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 23
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-death-and-exile-sdmb-stats-extremely-long/252069/23 "2004-07-06T01:27:44Z")
First, the average [daily registrations](http://users2.ev1.net/~fpan/sdmb/2004Regs_upd.gif) in 2004, through July 4. It appears that the registration rate has been fairly flat since the middle of May. I will not hazard to guess the reason why, nor speculate whether this is a reversal of the overall decline that began in early 2003. Next, the estimated number of [posts](http://users2.ev1.net/~fpan/sdmb/DayPost_Upd.gif) and [threads](http://users2.ev1.net/~fpan/sdmb/DayThd_Upd.gif) per day, through the early part of July. The last point of the postings chart shows a fairly sharp drop in traffic, which I believe can be attributed to the U.S. Independence holiday weekend. Due to differences in sampling intervals, the threads chart is delayed by a few days and does not show this dip. As of July 1, there were 47020 members, and the Forum Leaders view showed 3952 subscribers. The monthly registration chart is also [updated](http://users2.ev1.net/~fpan/sdmb/MembCount_Upd.gif). A total of 63 members subscribed between June 5 and July 1; out of these, 38 registered prior to 2004. From the members who registered in June, 17 subscribed; interestingly enough, nearly half (8) of these subscribers registered between June 22 and June 28. Will this pattern continue in July? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-death-and-exile-sdmb-stats-extremely-long/252069)._