# Total number of SDMB posts since the beginning?

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**Created:** [October 6, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-number-of-sdmb-posts-since-the-beginning/952022 "2021-10-06T20:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-number-of-sdmb-posts-since-the-beginning/952022/21 "2021-10-07T15:29:40Z")

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The Winter of Lost Content was in 2001-2002. I know because I joined in late 2001 and all my original posts were vanished. That’s also why I’m listed as having joined March 11, 2002. My 20th anniversary is coming up much sooner than next March.

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**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-number-of-sdmb-posts-since-the-beginning/952022/22 "2021-10-08T06:48:57Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> From 1999 to Current I get **22,895,000** posts.

In this [post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-economics-of-trolling-the-sdmb-and-moderator-decisions/843474/11) from November 2019, **TubaDiva** says almost 22 million posts at that time, so it looks like your count is pretty good.

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**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-number-of-sdmb-posts-since-the-beginning/952022/23 "2021-10-08T14:49:09Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> I think they did, but we lost some a long time ago and we lost some user records along the way.

Long time ago? Like from the Great Chicago Fire?

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-number-of-sdmb-posts-since-the-beginning/952022/24 "2021-10-15T05:21:49Z")

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Take Beckdawrek’s and divide by 2

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