# What's the most active time on SDMB? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 11, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933 "2006-03-11T12:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/1 "2006-03-11T12:25:19Z")
I’m posting at 7:24am EST on a Saturday, and I don’t think there’s many Dopers up right now. What day and time does the board see the most green dots next to Doper names? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/2 "2006-03-11T12:52:45Z")
I believe afternoon East Coast, which is morning West Coast and evening in Europe, is the busiest. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/3 "2006-03-11T18:26:25Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > What’s the most active time on SDMB? Well, things do get pretty frenzied around here, every time somebody brings up the 3rd word ending in -gry… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/4 "2006-03-12T11:22:48Z")
What is “evening East Coast” relative to UTC/GMT? E.g., we are UTC+8 hours in Broome. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/5 "2006-03-12T13:45:57Z")
U.S. Eastern Time is GMT/UTC - 5 hours. GT ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/6 "2006-03-12T14:26:52Z")
Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/7 "2006-03-12T19:01:47Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I believe afternoon East Coast, which is morning West Coast and evening in Europe, is the busiest. So when it’s 6:00 am PST (USA west coast) it’s already afternoon on the USA east coast? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/8 "2006-03-12T21:09:05Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > So when it’s 6:00 am PST (USA west coast) it’s already afternoon on the USA east coast? > > 😃 😛 Don’t be disingenuous. I meant around 2 PM east coast, which is 11 AM west coast, and 7 or 8 PM in Europe. Daytime hours all the way across, since a lot of people post from work. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/9 "2006-03-14T07:41:32Z")
Is there data on response time versus number logged in? It is 11:30 pm Pacific time, and I have never seen the boards so fast. I blink, and my reply is posted. What gives? A new breed of super hamsters? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/10 "2006-03-14T12:44:24Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Is there data on response time versus number logged in? It is 11:30 pm Pacific time, and I have never seen the boards so fast. I blink, and my reply is posted. What gives? A new breed of super hamsters? No – everyone on the east coast and in Europe is asleep. No competition. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-active-time-on-sdmb/347933/11 "2006-03-14T20:41:10Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > No – everyone on the east coast and in Europe is asleep. No competition. At 2:30 am? Slackers. I’ve been on plenty of times then, and it was unusually fast last night.