finally updated:04 Sep 2004 23:16 UK time The Joel On Software Forum is a public forum for open discussion of topics raised on Joel on Software. This site presents statistics on the usage of Old JoS ranging from the most commented items to the most active posters. These statistics cover the lifetime of this version of the JoS Forum which was born on 14 Oct 2001 and was retired on 3 Sep 2004. You can see a list of all the people who have posted more than 10 comments here. Old Joel on Software Statistics have been brought to you by Chris McEvoy, with the kind permission of Joel Spolsky. Make sure you visit the new JoS forum. 2,732 active members, commenting on 10,532 items, with 161,032 comments, of 13,365,745 words (members were classed as active if they had posted a message within the last 60 days of the board)   Daily Posts Daily Words See Also : View Quarterly Items | Most Recent Quarter Premium topics | View most recent 200 A-List topics Most commented items of all time | View top 200 Most comment writing members of all time | View all active members All comments from last week | View comments | Updated every Monday evening (UK time) View the Joelites DNA Sep 2004 Items 52    Average of 14.9 comments per item Average of 2.6 comments per member 69 new members Comments 776 Members 298 Aug 2004 Items 607    Average of 17.4 comments per item Average of 6.3 comments per member 500 new members Comments 10,582 Members 1,671 Jul 2004 Items 619    Average of 16.3 comments per item Average of 6.5 comments per member 500 new members Comments 10,070 Members 1,553 Jun 2004 Items 680    Average of 14.8 comments per item Average of 6.1 comments per member 500 new members Comments 10,067 Members 1,660 May 2004 Items 543    Average of 14.7 comments per item Average of 6.1 comments per member 500 new members Comments 7,985 Members 1,310 Apr 2004 Items 517    Average of 13.1 comments per item Average of 5.8 comments per member 489 new members Comments 6,750 Members 1,172 Mar 2004 Items 510    Average of 14.5 comments per item Average of 6.5 comments per member 473 new members Comments 7,393 Members 1,136 Feb 2004 Items 580    Average of 14.3 comments per item Average of 6.8 comments per member 496 new members Comments 8,287 Members 1,210 Jan 2004 Items 654    Average of 15.1 comments per item Average of 6.8 comments per member 500 new members Comments 9,847 Members 1,456 Dec 2003 Items 441    Average of 16.4 comments per item Average of 6.2 comments per member 500 new members Comments 7,230 Members 1,174 Nov 2003 Items 468    Average of 16.8 comments per item Average of 6.1 comments per member 500 new members Comments 7,877 Members 1,282 Oct 2003 Items 400    Average of 15.6 comments per item Average of 5.7 comments per member 449 new members Comments 6,220 Members 1,088 Sep 2003 Items 400    Average of 15.6 comments per item Average of 6.2 comments per member 391 new members Comments 6,251 Members 1,013 Aug 2003 Items 387    Average of 15.2 comments per item Average of 5.9 comments per member 428 new members Comments 5,873 Members 998 Jul 2003 Items 402    Average of 14.8 comments per item Average of 6.2 comments per member 388 new members Comments 5,965 Members 963 Jun 2003 Items 397    Average of 17.0 comments per item Average of 6.7 comments per member 451 new members Comments 6,739 Members 1,001 May 2003 Items 286    Average of 18.4 comments per item Average of 6.2 comments per member 318 new members Comments 5,257 Members 845 Apr 2003 Items 269    Average of 15.5 comments per item Average of 5.7 comments per member 276 new members Comments 4,164 Members 727 Mar 2003 Items 292    Average of 15.9 comments per item Average of 5.4 comments per member 404 new members Comments 4,651 Members 866 Feb 2003 Items 252    Average of 15.8 comments per item Average of 5.5 comments per member 334 new members Comments 3,975 Members 725 Jan 2003 Items 232    Average of 13.0 comments per item Average of 4.8 comments per member 291 new members Comments 3,017 Members 628 Dec 2002 Items 170    Average of 15.6 comments per item Average of 4.3 comments per member 288 new members Comments 2,645 Members 615 Nov 2002 Items 171    Average of 14.2 comments per item Average of 3.7 comments per member 336 new members Comments 2,433 Members 664 Oct 2002 Items 121    Average of 15.8 comments per item Average of 3.6 comments per member 257 new members Comments 1,912 Members 528 Sep 2002 Items 114    Average of 14.0 comments per item Average of 3.4 comments per member 216 new members Comments 1,593 Members 475 Aug 2002 Items 131    Average of 14.7 comments per item Average of 3.7 comments per member 270 new members Comments 1,921 Members 526 Jul 2002 Items 117    Average of 15.0 comments per item Average of 3.4 comments per member 304 new members Comments 1,755 Members 509 Jun 2002 Items 82    Average of 18.5 comments per item Average of 3.6 comments per member 257 new members Comments 1,516 Members 427 May 2002 Items 106    Average of 15.5 comments per item Average of 3.7 comments per member 239 new members Comments 1,645 Members 445 Apr 2002 Items 112    Average of 12.8 comments per item Average of 3.6 comments per member 216 new members Comments 1,430 Members 392 Mar 2002 Items 87    Average of 16.2 comments per item Average of 3.7 comments per member 224 new members Comments 1,406 Members 380 Feb 2002 Items 66    Average of 11.8 comments per item Average of 2.4 comments per member 190 new members Comments 781 Members 323 Jan 2002 Items 82    Average of 13.0 comments per item Average of 2.7 comments per member 252 new members Comments 1,068 Members 393 Dec 2001 Items 78    Average of 9.5 comments per item Average of 2.4 comments per member 218 new members Comments 740 Members 307 Nov 2001 Items 60    Average of 12.3 comments per item Average of 2.3 comments per member 260 new members Comments 735 Members 322 Oct 2001 Items 47    Average of 10.1 comments per item Average of 2.2 comments per member 219 new members Comments 476 Members 219 If you have any suggestions about other JOS Statistics you would like to see, or if you have any comments at all please contact me. Oh and I will be updating these statistics once a week on Monday evening UK time. Cheers, Chris