Some more user statistical stuff relating to Sep7agon.

Not Comms Officer · April 07, 2015, 02:00:01 AM

In the first 7 days of Sep7agon's existence, 152 members registered for the site. While exactly 152 users have joined since the start of this year (which we are 97 days into now)

This means that Sep7agon is currently experiencing barely 7% the growth it experienced when it first came out. And this is including the fact that nearly half of those 152 members joined in January.

EDIT: And after a wee bit more digging, I've also learned that only one of those users who joined this year has over 1,000 posts. And only 19 users have over 100 posts. So that's 0.6% and 12.5% respectively.

EDIT 2: I decided to compare January's growth rate with March's growth rate. 34 new users joined in March, while 65 joined in January. That means that March has had 52% the growth rate that January had. Which isn't that bad honestly. Lemme get February's to check if this is a declining trend.

EDIT 3: I just got February's statistics, and 33 members joined. That's 50% of January's growth. So either the growth rate has recovered, or February is an anomaly. It's looking like the growth rate may be recovering since 16 members have joined so far in April and that only 8 members joined in the first 6 days in March.

EDIT 4: I may as well dump all of the growth rates out of the first 6 days of every month so far in Sep7agon history and compare it to the first 6 days of this forum's existence.

July/August: 100% (67% of these users made it to 100 posts). 67% contributing users.

September: 37.8% (11% of these users made it to 100 posts). 4.1% contributing users.

October: 25% (31% of these users made it to 100 posts). 7.8% contributing users.

November: 15.7% (18% of these users made it to 100 posts). 2.8% contributing users.

December: 13.5% (16% of these users made it to 100 posts). 2.1% contributing users.

January: 12.1% (17% of these users made it to 100 posts). 2% contributing users.

February: 4.2% (16% of these users made it to 100 posts). 0.6% contributing users.

March: 5.7% (12% of these users made it to 100 posts). 0.7% contributing users.

April: 11.4% (6% of these users made it to 100 posts) 0.7% contributing users.

EDIT 5: So I have discovered that 69% of Sep7agon's active community joined within the first 6 days of the site's history.

Epsira · April 07, 2015, 02:05:38 AM

Interesting. What percent would you expect for long-lived offsite groups?
Member retention is something important to consider additionally, I think.

🂿 · April 07, 2015, 02:07:11 AM

Don't forget about the few that rejoined from the dead.

Not Comms Officer · April 07, 2015, 02:07:42 AM

Quote from: Sai on April 07, 2015, 02:05:38 AM

Interesting. What percent would you expect for long-lived offsite groups?
Member retention is something important to consider additionally, I think.

I dunno. I'm just bored and I'm digging out numbers. I haven't done this for any other sites. But March's growth rate has been a great deal less than January's growth rate. Lemme do that calculation and put it in OP.

Epsira · April 07, 2015, 02:15:25 AM

Quote from: Not Comms Officer on April 07, 2015, 02:07:42 AM

Quote from: Sai on April 07, 2015, 02:05:38 AM
Interesting. What percent would you expect for long-lived offsite groups?
Member retention is something important to consider additionally, I think.
I dunno. I'm just bored and I'm digging out numbers. I haven't done this for any other sites. But March's growth rate has been a great deal less than January's growth rate. Lemme do that calculation and put it in OP.

Higher forum activity in January may be due to student breaks (I'm not sure when everyone has them, but I know I was on break for the beginning of January and posted more here).
Now, depending on schedules, people might be preparing for finals or going outside more often. A few variables come to mind that might have significant impact on forum activity.

Not Comms Officer · April 07, 2015, 02:16:10 AM

Quote from: Sai on April 07, 2015, 02:15:25 AM

Quote from: Not Comms Officer on April 07, 2015, 02:07:42 AM
Quote from: Sai on April 07, 2015, 02:05:38 AM
Interesting. What percent would you expect for long-lived offsite groups?
Member retention is something important to consider additionally, I think.
I dunno. I'm just bored and I'm digging out numbers. I haven't done this for any other sites. But March's growth rate has been a great deal less than January's growth rate. Lemme do that calculation and put it in OP.
Higher forum activity in January may be due to student breaks (I'm not sure when everyone has them, but I know I was on break for the beginning of January and posted more here).
Now, depending on schedules, people might be preparing for finals or going outside more often. A few variables come to mind that might have significant impact on forum activity.

Something interesting that I noticed is that the growth rate bottomed out in February, and there seems to e some recovery of the growth rate here. Though April's growth rate is still only 11% of the growth rate when the forum started. So that means the growth percentage was really pitiful in February.

Epsira · April 07, 2015, 02:25:50 AM

Quote from: Not Comms Officer on April 07, 2015, 02:16:10 AM

Quote from: Sai on April 07, 2015, 02:15:25 AM
Quote from: Not Comms Officer on April 07, 2015, 02:07:42 AM
Quote from: Sai on April 07, 2015, 02:05:38 AM
Interesting. What percent would you expect for long-lived offsite groups?
Member retention is something important to consider additionally, I think.
I dunno. I'm just bored and I'm digging out numbers. I haven't done this for any other sites. But March's growth rate has been a great deal less than January's growth rate. Lemme do that calculation and put it in OP.
Higher forum activity in January may be due to student breaks (I'm not sure when everyone has them, but I know I was on break for the beginning of January and posted more here).
Now, depending on schedules, people might be preparing for finals or going outside more often. A few variables come to mind that might have significant impact on forum activity.
Something interesting that I noticed is that the growth rate bottomed out in February, and there seems to e some recovery of the growth rate here. Though April's growth rate is still only 11% of the growth rate when the forum started. So that means the growth percentage was really pitiful in February.

If classes for American users started in January, the first midterms would come early to mid February (perhaps). I wonder how many days it would take of low growth to really affect the monthly trend.
And... We might be thinking about this too much.
In terms of forum activity I hope it wasn't that low.

Jono · April 07, 2015, 02:26:58 AM

At least Sep7agon didn't suffer like Halo 4's population

Not Comms Officer · April 07, 2015, 02:28:58 AM

Quote from: Jono on April 07, 2015, 02:26:58 AM

At least Sep7agon didn't suffer like Halo 4's population

I do wish there was a section I could analyze the posts counts with, but all I can get is the stuff where it's based around user count.

Not Comms Officer · April 07, 2015, 03:30:31 AM

Oh yeah, another thing I discovered.

69% (lol) of our active community joined within the first 6 days of Sep7agon's existence. Let that sink in for a moment.

Super Irish · April 07, 2015, 06:08:36 AM

Quote from: Not Comms Officer on April 07, 2015, 03:30:31 AM

Oh yeah, another thing I discovered.

69% (lol) of our active community joined within the first 6 days of Sep7agon's existence. Let that sink in for a moment.

We're so immature it's incorporated into our consciousness.

Wouldn't have it any other way.

Elegiac · April 07, 2015, 06:10:59 AM

Where is the user status page lurking at these days? You know, the one that says what people are currently doing. I can't find it anymore.

Isara · April 07, 2015, 06:29:13 AM

It was removed for members some time ago. There was a short discussion about it, even.

Quote from: Elegiac on April 07, 2015, 06:10:59 AM

Where is the user status page lurking at these days? You know, the one that says what people are currently doing. I can't find it anymore.

ExodusMae · April 07, 2015, 06:30:33 AM

Quote from: Not Comms Officer on April 07, 2015, 02:00:01 AM

So I have discovered that 69% of Sep7agon's active community joined within the first 6 days of the site's history.

Hehe, 69%.

Elegiac · April 07, 2015, 06:32:28 AM

Quote from: Isara on April 07, 2015, 06:29:13 AM

It was removed for members some time ago. There was a short discussion about it, even.

Quote from: Elegiac on April 07, 2015, 06:10:59 AM
Where is the user status page lurking at these days? You know, the one that says what people are currently doing. I can't find it anymore.

Oh, thanks. I rarely navigate away from The Flood. My posting statistics testify to it.

Kiwicake · April 07, 2015, 06:37:34 AM

It's the same sort of thing on the site I admin, majority of the current members all joined right at the beginning, even 2 and a quarter years later

Isara · April 07, 2015, 07:03:53 AM

That's why I largely care about search statistics of Sep7agon. New people will join when they find this place and that it's a fun place to be at. It's not that easy to go up in the rankings, though.

Quote from: Fruit on April 07, 2015, 06:37:34 AM

It's the same sort of thing on the site I admin, majority of the current members all joined right at the beginning, even 2 and a quarter years later