# Membership claims **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 15, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-claims/264595 "2004-09-15T20:57:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-claims/264595/1 "2004-09-15T20:57:11Z")
As of this posting there are 48,240 members claimed. All paid subscriptions? ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-claims/264595/2 "2004-09-15T22:00:20Z")
I think that number includes anyone who has ever registered with the SDMB. The number of paid subscriptions is only a small fraction of that. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-claims/264595/3 "2004-09-15T22:01:18Z")
Ummm. Are we being whooshed? I’ve lost track, but the last I heard there was somewhere around 4700 paid subscriptions. The membership count includes guests, bannees, inactive dopers, etc. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/membership-claims/264595/4 "2004-09-15T23:26:23Z")
[indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] **Not paid members, silly** :D[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]