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"Hacker News has 3.4 million users per month and 350,000 users per day, with 4 million pageviews a day. There are just under 1 million registered accounts, wit

"Hacker News has 3.4 million users per month and 350,000 users per day, with 4 million pageviews a day. There are just under 1 million registered accounts, with several hundred added each day. Users post around 1,000 articles and 6,000 comments to the site per day." First time I have seen those numbers, very impressive. I thought there were a lot less users.

kevinmannix 10y ago
I am sure there are many more lurkers than active participants
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- TeMPOraL 10y ago
  This is true of pretty much any Internet community, so not that surprising.
  - justinhensley 10y ago
    I think it's especially true here though due to HN's crowd sourced quality control. The rules are largely adhered to by the user base as well, and it's not just an agree/disagree button.
- minimaxir 10y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture)
- fabrice_d 10y ago
  For sure, with 6,000 comments and 350,000 daily users.
nsgoetz 10y ago
Those numbers surprised me to, but I don't think they should have. I rarely meet anyone in software that doesn't know at least know about HN, if not actively read it. In fact, my sister's boyfriend is in tech even though she isn't. When I met him for the first time, my sister felt a little left out because we immediately got into a deep discussion about an article we read on here. We live across the country from each other, but reading hacker news is almost expected for both of us.
tradersam 10y ago
Pretty impressive that HN has mostly maintained the level of quality it set out to, especially with 350,000 users per day. I'm always relieved that there is a place on the Internet I can go where 90% of the comments on the page aren't "me too thanks".
- isseu 10y ago
  me too thanks
- softawre 10y ago
  Moderation does a dang good job
nickpsecurity 10y ago
Now I can see where the Hacker News Hug of Death comes from. That's enough people that even a subset might kill a small server. More than I thought, too.
purple-again 10y ago
I would love to see how many of those are lurkers. I've been reading hacker news for almost 3 years now but made my very first comment less than a month ago (fat thumb logged out on my iPhone and couldn't remember my password so this is account #2). I have over 8 years of daily Reddit use with 0 comments made as well. Just a personality thing.

kevinmannix 10y ago

I am sure there are many more lurkers than active participants

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TeMPOraL 10y ago
This is true of pretty much any Internet community, so not that surprising.
- justinhensley 10y ago
  I think it's especially true here though due to HN's crowd sourced quality control. The rules are largely adhered to by the user base as well, and it's not just an agree/disagree button.
minimaxir 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule_(Internet_culture)
fabrice_d 10y ago
For sure, with 6,000 comments and 350,000 daily users.

nsgoetz 10y ago

Those numbers surprised me to, but I don't think they should have. I rarely meet anyone in software that doesn't know at least know about HN, if not actively read it. In fact, my sister's boyfriend is in tech even though she isn't. When I met him for the first time, my sister felt a little left out because we immediately got into a deep discussion about an article we read on here. We live across the country from each other, but reading hacker news is almost expected for both of us.

tradersam 10y ago

Pretty impressive that HN has mostly maintained the level of quality it set out to, especially with 350,000 users per day. I'm always relieved that there is a place on the Internet I can go where 90% of the comments on the page aren't "me too thanks".

isseu 10y ago
me too thanks
softawre 10y ago
Moderation does a dang good job

nickpsecurity 10y ago

Now I can see where the Hacker News Hug of Death comes from. That's enough people that even a subset might kill a small server. More than I thought, too.

purple-again 10y ago

I would love to see how many of those are lurkers. I've been reading hacker news for almost 3 years now but made my very first comment less than a month ago (fat thumb logged out on my iPhone and couldn't remember my password so this is account #2). I have over 8 years of daily Reddit use with 0 comments made as well. Just a personality thing.