ZooChat is 17 years old!

[Simon Hampel]

Today marks the 17th anniversary of the launch of ZooChat.

I was hoping to have the site ready for upgrade by now - but there's still quite a bit of work to do

I'm also way behind on the stats reports - haven't done the 2019 calendar year stats yet either.

Here is a short summary of our 17th anniversary stats to keep you going until I can get more done:

1. Overview as of 19th October 2020

• 17 years since launch
• 17,164 users registered
• 36,877 threads started
• 649,927 posts written in threads
• 444,330 media items uploaded
• 407,499 media comments written
• 1,057,426 total posts
• 7,711 valid members are permitted to post
• 5,577 users have posted
• 72.3% of our valid members have posted
• 189.6 average posts made per user
• 62 members have made 50% of all posts
• 1.1% of posting users have made 50% of all posts
• 5,515 members made the other 50% of posts
• 1,356 users have uploaded media
• 17.6% of our valid members have uploaded media
• 327.7 average media uploads per user
• 27 members have uploaded 50% of all media items
• 2.0% of uploading users have made 50% of all uploads
• 1,329 members made the other 50% of uploads

Previous anniversary stats:

• ZooChat is 16 years old!
  
• ZooChat is 15 years old! - ZooChat

Previous calendar year stats:

• ZooChat 2018 stats - ZooChat

Other relevant stats threads:

• 4 Jun 2020: 1,000,000 posts and 6,300 active users
• 13 Nov 2018: 900,000 posts and 4,500 active users
• 18 May 2017: ZooChat has 800,000 posts and 9,700 members
• 24 Jan 2013: 500,000 posts on ZooChat
• 21 Jul 2011: 1,200 zoos!
• 4 Apr 2010: 100,000 / 1,000 / 100
• 5 Aug 2009: 2000 Members
• 7 Jul 2009: 50,000 photos
• 9 Dec 2008: 500 zoos
• 24 Nov 2008: 20,000 photos
• 6 Sep 2008: 15,000 photos!

 

[Jambo]

Wonderful site; personally, my favourite. It’s a great community, where everyone always seems to learn something. I’m very thankful to be here. Congratulations on 17 years @Simon Hampel.

 

[Yoshistar888]

Great site, some questionable decisions although everyone makes mistakes, overall great community and I hope that 17 years grows even more and this forum continues to flourish.

 

[Loxodonta Cobra]

Wonderful news! This is my favorite website by a country mile! Truly one of the greatest places for zoo, animal, or conservation fans and enthusiasts. Congrats to 17 years and here’s hoping for 17 more.

 

[snowleopard]

ZooChat is an amazing site and some of those statistics are a bit surprising. Having only 27 members that have uploaded 50% of all media items is eyebrow-raising, along with the fact that 62 members have made 50% of all posts. Wow!

 

[Fallax]

I'd be interested to see who those 62 members are. ZooChat hall of fame?

 

[Arizona Docent]

I'd be interested to see who those 62 members are. ZooChat hall of fame?

Look at the top bar: Forums, Media, Resources, Maps, Members. If you click on the last one, Members, you will get a list of who has made the most posts (and you can click another tab for most media, etc). I am surprised to see that my posts surpass even my friend @snowleopard . (However when it comes to media he has me beaten and clocks in at the number two position).

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Having only 27 members that have uploaded 50% of all media items is eyebrow-raising

Given the fact you are one of the two primary culprits responsible for most of that 50% your eyebrows need not raise too high

 

[TheGerenuk]

I'm glad to have discovered this site and really enjoyed participating in it for the last few years. Happy 17th ZooChat!