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Be careful comparing the "Registered Users" metric on the page between sites. In some cases they're using total number of registered accounts on the forum, and
by nbm 10y ago
Be careful comparing the "Registered Users" metric on the page between sites. In some cases they're using total number of registered accounts on the forum, and in others they're using metrics that involve recent activity, like a "Monthly Active" metric.
Also, don't trust the numbers, even if they're cited. The current value for Twitter (500 million) is cited as being from an article in 2011 that mentioned 200 million. The Twitter company page - https://about.twitter.com/company https://about.twitter.com/company - says the current official monthly actives is 313 million.
- wslh 10y ago100% agree, I remember posting on a LinkedIn forum with more than 1 million members and there was no a single click on the link... Lot of LinkedIn groups are ghost towns. On the other hand I had found more answers about topics in specific subreddits with less users than in StackOverflow/StackExchange sites.
- yoodenvranx 10y agoYes. StudiVZ is listed with 17 Mio registrations but it is virtually dead. People used it for the first 1 or 2 years when it was popular and then everybody moved to Facebook.
- majewsky 10y ago> for the first 1 or 2 years when it was popular Context: It was immensely popular when I just entered university, which was in 2006.