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Ask YC: How many unique HN users are out there?

• pg 18y ago
  We get about 17-18k unique visitors on a weekday. There are 12385 accounts (by no means all active). Daily page views are now around 220k.
  • jmtame 18y ago
    That is a significant amount. Thanks for the info.
  • geuis 18y ago
    pg, was that 12k # of accounts? Just double checking. I love the fact that we're a small community. 18k views a day is really good for the number of users
    • siong1987 18y ago
      I visit HN at least twice everyday. I think that's why HN attracts 18k views per day from 12k users.
      • jmtame 18y ago
        siong, i know you visit at least 3x like i do :D
      • pg 18y ago
        We get 220k page views a day from 18k users.
• wlievens 18y ago
  Take into account that some people use the RSS feed exclusively.
  • RossM 18y ago
    I'll admit I'm an RSS lurker but I do take time to read the comments.
    • anaulin 18y ago
      =RossM
• mikeyur 18y ago
  No matter the count, I think HN is pretty perfect as-is. The conversations actually mean something here, it's nothing like digg (thank god!)
  • JMiao 18y ago
    http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5646/picture1rs7.png http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/5646/picture1rs7.png
  • pchristensen 18y ago
    This is refreshing to hear compared to all of the "HN is becoming Reddit, omg!" comments and threads that pop up every couple weeks.
• thomasmallen 18y ago
  We're all just sock-puppets of eight original users. Wasn't it obvious?
  • yters 18y ago
    No we aren't. (this is to keep the non users guessing)
• Angostura 18y ago
  Well, I can touch my toes with my elbows. So I reckon I'm unique. ... oh, that wasn't what you meant?
• vlad 18y ago
  Say person A is unique. If everyone else is identical to each other, then that's unique compared to person A and vice versa. So two uniques is the lower-bound, right?
  • debt 18y ago
    What's your point?
• daemon 18y ago
  I'm insanely busy, but I still find myself visiting twice a day. Definitely hooked.