# What percentage of guests end up as members?

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**Created:** [July 25, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-guests-end-up-as-members/457791 "2008-07-25T22:41:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-guests-end-up-as-members/457791/1 "2008-07-25T22:41:23Z")

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Does the SDMB keep track of the number of guests who end up as members?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-guests-end-up-as-members/457791/2 "2008-07-27T03:23:00Z")

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Since subscribers (members) become Guests when the subscription runs out and they don’t renew it’s a bit difficult to track, so no.