Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 04:10:20 -1000 From: robert.pudlo@dbag.ulm.daimlerbenz.com (Robert Pudlo) Message-Id: <9502271410.AA15329@dagobert> Organization: Harvard University Office of Information Technology Subject: How big is the kite-comunity? I know that a similar question appeared some months ago at rec.kites, but I never saw a satisfying answer (Sorry if I only missed it): Are there some hints, measurements, whatsoever of how many kiters participate in rec.kites (active and lurking)? How many subscriptions to the mailing list are there? If my mind doesn't fool me, someone once had the idea that everyone within the newsgroup should send an email to someone in order to get a rough estimation of participation in rec.kites. But I think this action never started. My first rough estimation is a number somewhere between 23 and 5.000.000.000. Any more precise information? Robert. ... Kite-jumping is dangerous, but skiing (even without kites) as well :^(( = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 07:45:32 -1000 From: td@research.att.com (Tom Duff 0112730) Message-Id: Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ Subject: Re: How big is the kite-comunity? Brian Reid's readership statistics, published monthly in news.lists among other places, estimate that rec.kites has about 24000 readers. His list also says rec.kites is the 1580'th most popular newsgroup (of 3180) 680f net sites receive rec.kites rec.kites carried 1.1 megabytes in 708 messages in January 10f the messages were cross-posted rec.kites costs $US0.03 per reader per month to distribute 0.20f news readers (one in 500) look at rec.kites 24,000 people! That's more than will fit in Madison Square Garden! Go team! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 12:31:23 -1000 From: andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie) Message-Id: Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation Subject: Re: How big is the kite-comunity? robert.pudlo@dbag.ulm.daimlerbenz.com (Robert Pudlo) writes: >Are there some hints, measurements, whatsoever of how many >kiters participate in rec.kites (active and lurking)? How >many subscriptions to the mailing list are there? In this anarchy, we'll never know, but there are some figures we can muse over. There is an extrapolated estimate compiled, based on surveys of some sites. Last I heard, the estimate was 14,000, but that's a long while ago and relies on rather a lot of extrapolation. I've got a list of the number of different Email addresses used to post articles to rec.kites since Nov 1992. This has some duplicates (I, for example have posted from 5 different parts of the net...), but is a fair guide to the number of people who have been active participants (but not taking "leavers" into account. Today, the number of different posting accounts is 1706, but it is increasing quickly: It was 1555 on 26th Jan That's a rate of about 10 0rowth in the last month! >If my mind doesn't fool me, someone once had the idea that >everyone within the newsgroup should send an email to someone >in order to get a rough estimation of participation in rec.kites. My request for people's details for the address FAQ a few days ago, will produce another number to ponder... Andrew -- /-\ () >< () |\/| () >< () /-\ o /\ Kite Jumping: Read the Kite FAQ's: ftp.hawaii.edu:/pub/rec/kites/faq |_ \/ If you want For sale: Prototype Keelless Rowlands Flowform. US$80 (_\ to fly, use a Kite Fliers Site: http://www.kfs.org/kites andrew@tug.com Hangglider = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 02:15:51 -1000 From: andrewh@holly.harvard.edu (Andrew Hawken) Message-Id: <3jhipn$j2g@epsilon.qmw.ac.uk> Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK Subject: Re: How big is the kite-comunity? How is Andrews readership reply thingy tallying with the official figures ? I dont think that he will be able to cope with 24000 mail messages :-) Andy -- ____________________________Andrew Hawken______________________________ "However many ways there may be of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead" R Dawkins. Home : 0895 420110 QMW : 071 975 5542 AIIT : 0494 677045 Email : A.Hawken@QMW.AC.UK = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =