More Milestones for boards.ie

Last month we passed the 4 million posts mark at boards.ie; it almost coincided with the 8th anniversary of our first post on 12th February 1998, so that averages at 1370 posts a day over the eight years (this month we've been averaging at over 6k posts per day).

Some statistics are always good... aren't they?! :) Detailed statistics for our vBulletin installation began in August 2004, so the following are over an 18-month period.

• Our monthly registrations have more than doubled from about 1.2k per month in August 2004 to 2.7k in January 2006.
• Also, in terms of user activity, the number of users who check in every day has tripled from around 1.5k during August 2004 to around 4.5k this January. So comparing this with the number of registrations, it seems that more users are 'sticking' with the site.
• Threads created per month have jumped from 6.6k in August 2004 to 15k in January 2006.
• Posts per month have similarly increased from 76k in August 2004 to 185k in January 2006.

Finally, here are some of the busiest forums in terms of total thread views (since whenever our statistics on thread views began):

mysql> select sum(views) as totalviews, forum.title from thread, forum where thread.forumid = forum.forumid group by thread.forumid order by totalviews desc;

+------------+---------------------------------------+
| totalviews | title                                 |
+------------+---------------------------------------+
|    7219221 | After Hours                           |
|    3109642 | Personal Issues                       |
|    2717733 | Broadband                             |
|    2411234 | IrelandOffline                        |
|    2325536 | Computers / Technology                |
|    2170701 | Humour                                |
|    2150572 | Satellite                             |
|    2002948 | Soccer                                |
|    1950895 | Motors                                |
|    1825865 | FS General                            |
|    1704899 | Politics                              |
|    1633224 | Games                                 |
|    1632711 | Bargain Alerts                        |
|    1468589 | FS Computer Hardware                  |
|    1320472 | Poker                                 |
|    1171509 | Feedback                              |
|    1021933 | Television                            |
|     948190 | Films                                 |
|     794969 | Phantom FM                            |
|     734293 | Counter-Strike                        |
|     715581 | Commuting / Transport                 |
|     694197 | Mobiles / PDAs                        |
|     639705 | Work                                  |
|     621485 | Recycle Bin                           |
|     602130 | Rock / Metal                          |
|     573295 | FS Mobiles                            |
|     549609 | Leaving Cert                          |
|     538910 | CTYI                                  |
|     522830 | Gigs / Events                         |
|     517255 | Humanities                            |
|     491049 | Fashion / Appearance                  |
|     474362 | Windows                               |
|     468827 | Tweaking / Modding                    |
|     464651 | Help Desk                             |
|     447610 | Nets / Comms                          |
|     442174 | Music                                 |
|     439946 | Fitness                               |
|     436731 | TCD                                   |
|     415100 | Programming                           |
|     405811 | Instruments                           |
|     402499 | The Cuckoo's Nest                     |
|     384638 | Wanted General                        |
|     378037 | Komplett                              |
|     376489 | Gardening / DIY                       |
|     371324 | Business / Economy / Finance          |
|     370587 | Self Defence / Martial Arts           |
|     366277 | UCD                                   |
|     360550 | Pro Wrestling                         |
|     350333 | Moderators                            |
|     348003 | Webmaster / Flash                     |
|     340860 | Home Entertainment                    |
|     337296 | Battlefield                           |
|     333966 | Bands / Musicians                     |
|     332511 | Dance / Electronic                    |
|     328558 | Travel / Holidays                     |
|     314799 | Wireless                              |
|     291724 | Food / Drink                          |
|     284786 | Half-Life                             |
|     283373 | Events                                |
|     279440 | FS Consoles                           |
|     269014 | Photography                           |
|     267790 | Cable / MMDS / Broadband              |
|     266989 | FS Motors                             |
|     266204 | Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual              |
|     255491 | FS Discs                              |
|     248717 | Accommodation / Property              |
|     248466 | Shooting                              |
|     233028 | Lost                                  |
|     227692 | LAN Parties                           |
|     225630 | Tattoos / Piercings                   |
|     212626 | Rip Off Ireland                       |
|     206938 | All Things Retro                      |
|     192814 | Unix                                  |
|     187035 | Literature                            |
|     177733 | Animals / Pet Issues                  |
|     172366 | Rugby                                 |
|     172081 | Horse Racing                          |
|     170043 | Dublin City                           |
|     167329 | Xbox                                  |
|     165143 | GAA                                   |
|     161165 | FS Tickets                            |
|     158940 | FS Music Equipment                    |
|     157020 | Security                              |
|     150379 | Paranormal                            |
|     150132 | Carlow IT                             |
|     149874 | Weather                               |
|     148082 | Laptops                               |
|     145092 | News / Media                          |
|     142725 | PearTree House                        |
|     139724 | Terrestrial                           |
|     138047 | Forums Approved / Rejected            |
|     136853 | Digital Art / Design                  |
|     133979 | Slydice Specials                      |
|     133288 | World of Warcraft                     |
|     132472 | Classic Cars                          |
|     131272 | Cork City                             |
|     125673 | The Thunderdome                       |
|     125673 | Alternative / Indie                   |
|     124288 | Gadgets                               |
|     124060 | Mac                                   |
|     119912 | Trading                               |
|     118961 | Rap / Hip-Hop                         |
|     118224 | PlayStation                           |
|     112433 | Galway City                           |
|     112398 | Quake                                 |
|     111747 | DCU                                   |
|     110871 | Star Trek                             |
|     110384 | Football Management                   |
|     109677 | Emulators                             |
|     109157 | Broadcasting                          |
|     107216 | Unreal                                |
|     106900 | Tipp Inst                             |
|     105724 | Sports                                |
|     105434 | Wanted Computer Hardware              |
|     105285 | Reaver                                |
|     100298 | Christianity                          |
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