# The elephant in the room. 4063 active members

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**Created:** [June 4, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-in-the-room-4063-active-members/788139 "2017-06-04T23:07:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elephant-in-the-room-4063-active-members/788139/190 "2025-12-26T16:52:22Z")

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That’s true.

> [@RitterSport](#):
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> How many active members do we have now?

See this thread instead:

> [@How active is the Dope these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-active-is-the-dope-these-days/1025768):
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> Compared to the last few years? It seems like it’s mostly Trump most of the time, and there seems to be less activity outside the Trump threads. Am I imagining things?

It looks like the average daily members are around 320. But that is a different criteria from the 4063 in the OP. I don’t have a similiar stat for Discourse.

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