A Brief History of Time: CoinTalk edition

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I have no idea how this is relevant to this thread but I happen to know something about what you asked.
Thom Hogan is the man you want to read on this subject. Here are a few links:.



DX vs FX
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A tip o' my hat to thee, @geekpryde, CoinTalk Statistician Extraordinaire.

 

Hi everyone,

I am currently working on compiling stats based on members activity, which will be new information and not just updates of what I have done in the past. In all my previous posts here, the stats were based around Threads. Who creates new threads, how many threads, views of threads, replies of threads, etc.

So this will be more member-centric stats. Meaning, there are many members who reply to posts frequently, but don't necessarily start new threads of their own. I will also be incorporating other members details such as "likes", "followers", "featured", "activity", etc. In the past I did not attempt to compile information like this, since CT website actually tracks some of this information, but I plan on fleshing out the stats, so it should be fresh and fun.

Stay tuned....

 

Yup. Many of the big dogs from 2012-2014 timeframe when I was super active, aren't around any more. Some ghosted like me, others were banned (for legit reasons), some could have died, others who knows... After 2014 alot of people sort of left, I don't necessarily mean only CT, but I think the hobby in general really hit the skids around 2014. Seems to be nice and healthy again!

But I miss those old members who posted a ridiculous amount in 2012 timeframe, even some of the banned ones. Don't tell Doug, LOL.

 

I wasn't around for that. Joined in '07, but only posted less than a dozen times before wandering off and forgetting to return. Only in 2016 did I rediscover this place and become active.

 

A Brief History of Time
CoinTalk edition
updated 11.22.2019 by geekpryde
(Post Part 2 of 2)
Link to Part 1 HERE​

Member Based Stats are Here!
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My numbers are based on what I can find/see as a non-admin. So if you are wondering why my numbers look different than official membership numbers, that is why. It took way longer to compile than I was expecting, but I think it was worth the wait. I even included de-activated accounts as long as the posts were still up. This is what I found:

75,661 members with a username/profile

YEAR	NEW MEMBERS
2002	139
2003	350
2004	1,323
2005	2,799
2006	2,500
2007	4,215
2008	4,678
2009	5,648
2010	5,822
2011	5,640
2012	6,067
2013	3,487
2014	2,772
2015	3,176
2016	5,484
2017	6,706
2018	7,257
2019 (excluding Dec)	7,598
TOTAL	75,661

2017-2019 saw amazing membership growth!

36,816 members with at least 1 post. That means there are more members who have NEVER posted, than there are who have.


Membership Based Top 100 Lists
(The Official CT Notable Members only includes top 20, so here's your second chance at fame!)

Top 100 Posters on Coin Talk All-Time

RANK	MEMBER	YEAR JOINED	POSTS
1	GDJMSP	2002	48,227
2	green18	2007	46,575
3	mpcusa	2009	39,656
4	cpm9ball	2010	38,242
5	Treashunt	2006	37,426
6	paddyman98	2013	26,698
7	Collecting Nut	2015	24,123
8	Conder101	2002	21,627
9	ldhair	2007	20,801
10	krispy	2009	20,128
11	rlm's cents	2007	19,138
12	Bing	2013	19,052
13	stevex6	2013	18,982
14	medoraman	2010	18,386
15	Santinidollar	2015	17,790
16	mrbrklyn	2005	17,491
17	Kentucky	2011	17,248
18	desertgem	2008	16,987
19	dougsmit	2009	16,275
20	V. Kurt Bellman	2014	15,544
21	rickmp	2010	15,271
22	Paddy54	2009	15,271
23	-jeffB	2010	15,076
24	Mat	2009	14,554
25	jello	2007	14,496
26	John Anthony	2012	13,978
27	mark_h	2005	13,886
28	CamaroDMD	2006	13,835
29	lordmarcovan	2007	13,521
30	BooksB4Coins	2012	13,485
31	spock1k	2006	13,431
32	rzage	2008	13,124
33	Pickin and Grinin	2015	12,855
34	furryfrog02	2012	12,741
35	Lehigh96	2008	12,722
36	Mainebill	2013	12,570
37	randygeki	2008	12,432
38	Alegandron	2013	12,404
39	TIF	2013	12,156
40	spirityoda	2013	12,124
41	Speedy	2004	12,091
42	Rick Stachowski	2012	11,815
43	baseball21	2016	11,158
44	mikenoodle	2003	10,895
45	chrisild	2002	10,514
46	Michael K	2016	10,506
47	Hobo	2007	10,297
48	Jwt708	2011	10,066
49	Leadfoot	2005	10,063
50	tmoneyeagles	2009	9,977
51	eddiespin	2006	9,913
52	dwhiz	2010	9,895
53	scottishmoney	2008	9,606
54	C-B-D	2013	9,446
55	tommyc03	2009	9,236
56	chrsmat71	2012	9,216
57	Cloudsweeper99	2005	9,215
58	Siberian Man	2010	9,179
59	De Orc	2005	9,165
60	Phoenix21	2007	9,151
61	SuperDave	2004	9,121
62	Seattlite86	2013	8,929
63	longnine009	2004	8,925
64	Clawcoins	2016	8,896
65	RickieB	2005	8,877
66	19Lyds	2008	8,801
67	Collect89	2008	8,596
68	Insider	2010	8,585
69	BadThad	2009	8,576
70	Daggarjon	2005	8,393
71	LostDutchman	2009	8,355
72	physics-fan3.14	2009	8,180
73	Cascade	2015	8,142
74	USS656	2006	8,099
75	Kasia	2011	8,089
76	Bonedigger	2005	7,894
77	ikandiggit	2008	7,786
78	gbroke	2010	7,729
79	zumbly	2013	7,635
80	elaine 1970	2007	7,334
81	Duke Kavanaugh	2009	7,207
82	TopcatCoin	2010	7,048
83	vipergts2	2005	7,021
84	kanga	2007	6,967
85	Cheech9712	2017	6,883
86	Arizona Jack	2007	6,854
87	fretboard	2009	6,761
88	Kirkuleez	2012	6,732
89	Mikey Zee	2014	6,667
90	HandsomeToad	2008	6,641
91	bqcoins	2006	6,609
92	TypeCoin971793	2016	6,537
93	Aidan Work	2004	6,501
94	Sallent	2015	6,494
95	Peter T Davis	2002	6,226
96	panzerman	2016	6,200
97	non_cents	2011	6,162
98	BUncirculated	2011	6,160
99	Morgandude11	2012	6,146
100	clembo	2007	6,139

Top 100 Members with Most LIKES on Coin Talk
(@GDJMSP Favorite Stat)

RANK	MEMBER	YEAR JOINED	LIKES
1	dougsmit	2009	72,182
2	Alegandron	2013	69,728
3	Bing	2013	67,534
4	stevex6	2013	57,533
5	TIF	2013	53,093
6	Roman Collector	2015	41,012
7	zumbly	2013	40,662
8	Sallent	2015	32,417
9	chrsmat71	2012	32,355
10	Mat	2009	31,636
11	lordmarcovan	2007	30,900
12	John Anthony	2012	29,373
13	paddyman98	2013	28,718
14	Mikey Zee	2014	25,155
15	randygeki	2008	23,423
16	Cucumbor	2005	23,084
17	Santinidollar	2015	22,634
18	cpm9ball	2010	22,546
19	green18	2007	21,858
20	ldhair	2007	21,729
21	Orfew	2015	21,410
22	maridvnvm	2011	21,175
23	Paddy54	2009	20,129
24	dwhiz	2010	20,077
25	panzerman	2016	20,071
26	Severus Alexander	2017	19,688
27	Jwt708	2011	18,304
28	Andres2	2016	17,769
29	David Atherton	2007	17,221
30	Mainebill	2013	16,160
31	furryfrog02	2012	15,926
32	C-B-D	2013	15,015
33	Valentinian	2013	14,361
34	ancient coin hunter	2017	14,137
35	Ancient Aussie	2016	14,061
36	coin_nut	2016	13,614
37	Deacon Ray	2016	13,025
38	Pickin and Grinin	2015	12,966
39	TypeCoin971793	2016	12,909
40	Ancientnoob	2013	12,685
41	Collect89	2008	12,540
42	Ryro	2017	12,507
43	ValiantKnight	2013	12,437
44	Eduard	2007	12,087
45	robec	2009	11,743
46	Pishpash	2014	11,678
47	ro1974	2015	11,540
48	Kentucky	2011	11,496
49	Curtisimo	2016	11,496
50	Ken Dorney	2015	11,152
51	GDJMSP	2002	10,954
52	red_spork	2015	10,658
53	Collecting Nut	2015	10,486
54	7Calbrey	2012	10,474
55	-jeffB	2010	10,421
56	Siberian Man	2010	10,157
57	Okidoki	2014	10,152
58	V. Kurt Bellman	2014	10,113
59	spirityoda	2013	10,103
60	rrdenarius	2015	9,991
61	Skyman	2010	9,935
62	jello	2007	9,562
63	SuperDave	2004	8,972
64	Muzyck	2016	8,781
65	BooksB4Coins	2012	8,685
66	Randy Abercrombie	2018	8,603
67	Treashunt	2006	8,535
68	ominus1	2017	8,422
69	Cascade	2015	8,166
70	physics-fan3.14	2009	8,150
71	Circus	2013	8,096
72	jamesicus	2008	8,086
73	Seattlite86	2013	7,848
74	Justin Lee	2017	7,848
75	jtlee321	2015	7,811
76	AncientJoe	2013	7,633
77	Smojo	2016	7,616
78	tommyc03	2009	7,412
79	RonSanderson	2016	7,334
80	Carthago	2015	7,294
81	Marsyas Mike	2017	7,252
82	Theodosius	2016	7,058
83	Rick Stachowski	2012	6,821
84	Nathan401	2016	6,785
85	Julius Germanicus	2016	6,721
86	Michael K	2016	6,701
87	David@PCC	2016	6,693
88	medoraman	2010	6,689
89	Parthicus	2016	6,685
90	ToughCOINS	2009	6,666
91	Conder101	2002	6,629
92	rickmp	2010	6,614
93	FitzNigel	2015	6,499
94	IdesOfMarch01	2012	6,436
95	JPeace$	2012	6,366
96	H8_modern	2010	6,319
97	desertgem	2008	6,292
98	ancientone	2014	6,257
99	Volodya	2009	6,173
100	Gavin Richardson	2016	6,083

Top 100 Members with Most Followers on Coin Talk
(Special shout-out to @mpcusa for demolishing the competition)

RANK	MEMBER	YEAR JOINED	FOLLOWERS
1	mpcusa	2009	591
2	Peter T Davis	2002	292
3	GDJMSP	2002	213
4	jello	2007	166
5	green18	2007	161
6	paddyman98	2013	157
7	Coinfreak~24	2008	146
8	cpm9ball	2010	140
9	SNDMN59	2009	125
10	gbroke	2010	115
11	LostDutchman	2009	102
12	rzage	2008	96
13	krispy	2009	95
14	mikenoodle	2003	89
15	rlm's cents	2007	79
16	zach24	2011	79
17	spirityoda	2013	77
18	lordmarcovan	2007	76
19	Treashunt	2006	73
20	Lehigh96	2008	71
21	vnickels	2010	70
22	desertgem	2008	67
23	Hobo	2007	66
24	papermoney54	2011	65
25	stainless	2008	64
26	CamaroDMD	2006	63
27	Conder101	2002	61
28	jaceravone	2007	60
29	The Penny Lady®	2009	59
30	medoraman	2010	58
31	furryfrog02	2012	55
32	Phoenix21	2007	55
33	Rick Stachowski	2012	52
34	TIF	2013	51
35	Speedy	2004	51
36	rickmp	2010	50
37	McBlzr	2005	49
38	dougsmit	2009	48
39	randygeki	2008	48
40	tommyc03	2009	48
41	ldhair	2007	47
42	De Orc	2005	47
43	Kentucky	2011	45
44	iGradeMS70	2011	45
45	snaz	2007	45
46	Siberian Man	2010	44
47	Kasia	2011	43
48	Pickin and Grinin	2015	42
49	eddiespin	2006	42
50	Bing	2013	41
51	non_cents	2011	41
52	mark_h	2005	41
53	USS656	2006	41
54	mrbrklyn	2005	41
55	John Anthony	2012	40
56	ToughCOINS	2009	40
57	Arizona Jack	2007	40
58	chrisild	2002	39
59	ryanbrooks	2007	39
60	BooksB4Coins	2012	38
61	DJP7x0s	2006	38
62	Collecting Nut	2015	37
63	Seattlite86	2013	37
64	Michael K	2016	35
65	Shrews1994	2018	35
66	SteveInTampa	2010	35
67	Bedford	2006	34
68	bkozak33	2011	33
69	Indianhead65	2006	33
70	900fine	2006	33
71	Mat	2009	32
72	Ardatirion	2007	32
73	ziggy9	2007	32
74	rockdude	2008	32
75	robec	2009	31
76	stldanceartist	2008	31
77	kookoox10	2011	31
78	Catbert	2008	31
79	fred-weinberg	2017	30
80	Daggarjon	2005	30
81	Santinidollar	2015	29
82	Cazkaboom	2011	29
83	kidromeo	2008	29
84	Collect89	2008	28
85	Randy Abercrombie	2018	28
86	Kirkuleez	2012	28
87	BadThad	2009	28
88	AdamL	2006	28
89	19Lyds	2008	27
90	mikediamond	2004	27
91	coingeek12	2012	27
92	raider34	2008	27
93	ikandiggit	2008	26
94	Bonedigger	2005	26
95	Jwt708	2011	25
96	Mainebill	2013	25
97	silentnviolent	2007	25
98	clembo	2007	25
99	physics-fan3.14	2009	24
100	illini420	2009	24

Top Members with Most Featured Articles on Coin Talk

RANK	MEMBER	YEAR JOINED	FEATURED ARTICLES
1	johnmilton	2019	31
2	Roman Collector	2015	27
3	Curtisimo	2016	21
4	Jochen1	2018	18
5	AncientJoe	2013	16
6	TIF	2013	15
7	Ryro	2017	13
8	FitzNigel	2015	12
9	Julius Germanicus	2016	11
10	The Penny Lady®	2009	11
11	TypeCoin971793	2016	10
12	ValiantKnight	2013	10
13	lordmarcovan	2007	9
14	Valentinian	2013	9
15	physics-fan3.14	2009	8
16	seth77	2013	8
17	Jack D. Young	2018	8
18	geekpryde	2012	7
19	kaparthy	2002	7
20	Parthicus	2016	6
21	Lehigh96	2008	6
22	willieboyd2	2006	6
23	dougsmit	2009	5
24	David Atherton	2007	5
25	Seattlite86	2013	5
26	Justin Lee	2017	5
27	WingedLiberty	2010	5
28	Al Kowsky	2018	5
29	Ocatarinetabellatchitchix	2018	5
30	nicholasz219	2015	5
31	gsalexan	2010	5
32	Sallent	2015	4
33	Ancient Aussie	2016	4
34	Eduard	2007	4
35	jamesicus	2008	4
36	Magnus Maximus	2015	4
37	Loong Siew	2015	4
38	Sulla80	2018	4
39	JCro57	2017	4
40	CamaroDMD	2006	4
41	Chris B	2017	4
42	leeg	2009	4
43	USS656	2006	4
44	Roerbakmix	2019	4
45	Iosephus	2014	4
46	zumbly	2013	3
47	John Anthony	2012	3
48	C-B-D	2013	3
49	ancient coin hunter	2017	3
50	Ancientnoob	2013	3
51	Collect89	2008	3
52	GDJMSP	2002	3
53	Marsyas Mike	2017	3
54	David@PCC	2016	3
55	CircCam	2017	3
56	1934 Wreath Crown	2016	3
57	mikenoodle	2003	3
58	Tom B	2008	3
59	illini420	2009	3
60	SwK	2009	3
61	Blake Davis	2017	3
62	Norsk64	2015	3
63	Bing	2013	2
64	paddyman98	2013	2
65	ldhair	2007	2
66	Severus Alexander	2017	2
67	furryfrog02	2012	2
68	Collecting Nut	2015	2
69	rrdenarius	2015	2
70	Skyman	2010	2
71	Theodosius	2016	2
72	Clavdivs	2018	2
73	Morgandude11	2012	2
74	Evan8	2015	2
75	Aethelred	2016	2
76	Finn235	2018	2
77	Jaelus	2013	2
78	lrbguy	2017	2
79	Pavlos	2018	2
80	Orielensis	2018	2
81	krispy	2009	2
82	Shea19	2017	2
83	Bart9349	2006	2
84	gxseries	2005	2
85	Marsman	2018	2
86	Nap	2014	2
87	Limes	2019	2
88	Ed Sims	2013	2
89	lettow	2006	2
90	myownprivy	2017	2
91	YoloBagels	2018	2
92	TuckHard	2019	2
93	DrDarryl	2012	2
94	Drusus	2006	2

Top 150 Members with Highest 'Notable Members' Score.
I made this score up, but I think it captures the overall participation of members very well. This is the summary of all of my other stats combined. If you made this list, THANK YOU, without you CoinTalk would not be the amazing website that it is!

Methodology is: Posts + Likes + (Threads * 10) + (Followers * 10) + (Articles * 10) = Score

RANK	MEMBER	YEAR JOINED	POSTS	LIKES	THREADS	FOLLOWERS	ARTICLES	OVERALL SCORE
1	dougsmit	2009	16,275	72,182	516	48	5	94,147
2	Bing	2013	19,052	67,534	372	41	2	90,736
3	Alegandron	2013	12,404	69,728	85	20	0	83,182
4	stevex6	2013	18,982	57,533	359	0	0	80,105
5	green18	2007	46,575	21,858	552	161	1	75,573
6	TIF	2013	12,156	53,093	204	51	15	67,949
7	cpm9ball	2010	38,242	22,546	360	140	0	65,788
8	paddyman98	2013	26,698	28,718	679	157	2	63,796
9	GDJMSP	2002	48,227	10,954	236	213	3	63,701
10	Mat	2009	14,554	31,636	767	32	1	54,190
11	mpcusa	2009	39,656	4,046	450	591	0	54,112
12	Roman Collector	2015	6,016	41,012	627	13	27	53,698
13	zumbly	2013	7,635	40,662	260	12	3	51,047
14	Treashunt	2006	37,426	8,535	397	73	1	50,671
15	lordmarcovan	2007	13,521	30,900	453	76	9	49,801
16	John Anthony	2012	13,978	29,373	487	40	3	48,651
17	ldhair	2007	20,801	21,729	393	47	2	46,950
18	chrsmat71	2012	9,216	32,355	186	21	0	43,641
19	Santinidollar	2015	17,790	22,634	154	29	0	42,254
20	Sallent	2015	6,494	32,417	307	17	4	42,191
21	randygeki	2008	12,432	23,423	410	48	0	40,435
22	Paddy54	2009	15,271	20,129	490	0	1	40,310
23	dwhiz	2010	9,895	20,077	784	21	0	38,022
24	Collecting Nut	2015	24,123	10,486	124	37	2	36,239
25	Mikey Zee	2014	6,667	25,155	153	11	0	33,462
26	rlm's cents	2007	19,138	3,670	960	79	0	33,198
27	furryfrog02	2012	12,741	15,926	302	55	2	32,257
28	panzerman	2016	6,200	20,071	577	21	0	32,251
29	mrbrklyn	2005	17,491	37	1396	41	0	31,898
30	Kentucky	2011	17,248	11,496	264	45	0	31,834
31	C-B-D	2013	9,446	15,015	706	23	3	31,781
32	jello	2007	14,496	9,562	547	166	0	31,188
33	Mainebill	2013	12,570	16,160	101	25	0	29,990
34	Jwt708	2011	10,066	18,304	91	25	0	29,530
35	Orfew	2015	4,781	21,410	281	5	1	29,061
36	Conder101	2002	21,627	6,629	8	61	0	28,946
37	-jeffB	2010	15,076	10,421	329	12	0	28,907
38	Pickin and Grinin	2015	12,855	12,966	239	42	0	28,631
39	Cucumbor	2005	4,716	23,084	46	15	1	28,420
40	LostDutchman	2009	8,355	2,481	1628	102	0	28,136
41	maridvnvm	2011	3,716	21,175	308	13	1	28,111
42	medoraman	2010	18,386	6,689	185	58	1	27,515
43	rickmp	2010	15,271	6,614	480	50	0	27,185
44	V. Kurt Bellman	2014	15,544	10,113	78	0	0	26,437
45	desertgem	2008	16,987	6,292	196	67	0	25,909
46	Collect89	2008	8,596	12,540	442	28	3	25,866
47	David Atherton	2007	3,982	17,221	309	8	5	24,423
48	Rick Stachowski	2012	11,815	6,821	519	52	0	24,346
49	spirityoda	2013	12,124	10,103	89	77	0	23,887
50	Severus Alexander	2017	3,334	19,688	30	7	2	23,412
51	krispy	2009	20,128	1,530	59	95	2	23,218
52	Valentinian	2013	2,747	14,361	580	16	9	23,158
53	Lehigh96	2008	12,722	5,619	391	71	6	23,021
54	TypeCoin971793	2016	6,537	12,909	314	16	10	22,846
55	BooksB4Coins	2012	13,485	8,685	4	38	0	22,590
56	tommyc03	2009	9,236	7,412	537	48	0	22,498
57	Siberian Man	2010	9,179	10,157	252	44	1	22,306
58	Bonedigger	2005	7,894	15	1358	26	0	21,749
59	CamaroDMD	2006	13,835	2,363	483	63	4	21,698
60	Andres2	2016	1,851	17,769	102	4	0	20,680
61	Eduard	2007	3,985	12,087	401	23	4	20,352
62	Ancientnoob	2013	4,723	12,685	254	20	3	20,178
63	ancient coin hunter	2017	4,316	14,137	160	7	3	20,153
64	Seattlite86	2013	8,929	7,848	276	37	5	19,957
65	7Calbrey	2012	3,377	10,474	580	4	0	19,691
66	Detecto92	2011	5,575	613	1319	22	0	19,598
67	ValiantKnight	2013	3,778	12,437	306	12	10	19,495
68	physics-fan3.14	2009	8,180	8,150	276	24	8	19,410
69	mikenoodle	2003	10,895	3,491	350	89	3	18,806
70	SuperDave	2004	9,121	8,972	39	21	1	18,703
71	gbroke	2010	7,729	5,002	479	115	1	18,681
72	ro1974	2015	3,256	11,540	369	3	0	18,516
73	Cascade	2015	8,142	8,166	187	14	0	18,318
74	coin_nut	2016	4,388	13,614	6	5	0	18,112
75	stldanceartist	2008	4,093	4,604	909	31	1	18,107
76	Ancient Aussie	2016	3,192	14,061	67	7	4	18,033
77	mark_h	2005	13,886	1,594	207	41	0	17,960
78	spock1k	2006	13,431	205	418	0	0	17,816
79	Deacon Ray	2016	2,738	13,025	189	12	0	17,773
80	Michael K	2016	10,506	6,701	6	35	0	17,617
81	baseball21	2016	11,158	5,788	17	9	0	17,206
82	rzage	2008	13,124	2,326	70	96	0	17,110
83	Randy Abercrombie	2018	5,771	8,603	226	28	0	16,914
84	RickieB	2005	8,877	310	765	0	0	16,837
85	kanga	2007	6,967	3,126	642	13	0	16,643
86	bkozak33	2011	5,066	3,898	708	33	0	16,374
87	Pishpash	2014	3,217	11,678	132	10	0	16,315
88	eddiespin	2006	9,913	4,185	169	42	0	16,208
89	Ryro	2017	2,184	12,507	130	1	13	16,131
90	robec	2009	3,777	11,743	20	31	0	16,030
91	chrisild	2002	10,514	4,185	75	39	0	15,839
92	Ken Dorney	2015	2,931	11,152	174	0	0	15,823
93	jtlee321	2015	5,437	7,811	226	16	1	15,678
94	Clawcoins	2016	8,896	5,838	63	22	0	15,584
95	Curtisimo	2016	2,121	11,496	137	20	21	15,397
96	longnine009	2004	8,925	4,017	225	6	0	15,252
97	scottishmoney	2008	9,606	3,951	143	0	1	14,997
98	Speedy	2004	12,091	42	234	51	0	14,983
99	fretboard	2009	6,761	1,821	621	16	0	14,952
100	Phoenix21	2007	9,151	49	514	55	0	14,890
101	Kasia	2011	8,089	4,643	167	43	1	14,842
102	red_spork	2015	2,063	10,658	172	13	1	14,581
103	Dougmeister	2013	4,327	3,543	654	11	0	14,520
104	BadThad	2009	8,576	3,764	181	28	0	14,430
105	Peter T Davis	2002	6,226	1,852	329	292	1	14,298
106	jwitten	2014	5,891	5,491	275	13	0	14,262
107	Insider	2010	8,585	4,695	78	19	0	14,250
108	Okidoki	2014	2,702	10,152	134	5	0	14,244
109	Hiddendragon	2010	4,073	5,612	436	11	1	14,165
110	Skyman	2010	1,955	9,935	212	10	2	14,130
111	Hobo	2007	10,297	67	309	66	1	14,124
112	Endeavor	2013	3,932	5,206	483	12	0	14,088
113	Kirkuleez	2012	6,732	5,883	104	28	0	13,935
114	BigTee44	2012	3,491	4,245	605	9	0	13,876
115	Morgandude11	2012	6,146	5,143	233	22	2	13,859
116	ToughCOINS	2009	5,033	6,666	174	40	1	13,849
117	rrdenarius	2015	1,594	9,991	191	5	2	13,565
118	19Lyds	2008	8,801	3,038	121	27	0	13,319
119	USS656	2006	8,099	1,099	367	41	4	13,318
120	tmoneyeagles	2009	9,977	269	299	0	1	13,246
121	ddddd	2009	5,808	4,394	244	4	0	12,682
122	JPeace$	2012	5,790	6,366	25	11	0	12,516
123	ominus1	2017	3,218	8,422	76	3	0	12,430
124	De Orc	2005	9,165	46	255	47	0	12,231
125	Muzyck	2016	3,290	8,781	10	0	0	12,171
126	Aidan Work	2004	6,501	8	553	0	0	12,039
127	heavycam.monstervam	2015	5,184	3,838	280	5	1	11,882
128	TopcatCoin	2010	7,048	2,216	238	13	1	11,784
129	Leadfoot	2005	10,063	98	120	22	0	11,581
130	Markus1959	2014	5,087	4,759	156	0	0	11,406
131	stainless	2008	3,741	1	693	64	0	11,312
132	WingedLiberty	2010	3,060	6,073	203	0	5	11,213
133	non_cents	2011	6,162	2,979	164	41	1	11,201
134	jamesicus	2008	1,848	8,086	120	0	4	11,174
135	Smojo	2016	2,640	7,616	71	6	0	11,026
136	Nathan401	2016	3,474	6,785	60	8	0	10,939
137	Justin Lee	2017	1,809	7,848	115	2	5	10,877
138	ikandiggit	2008	7,786	82	258	26	0	10,708
139	Daggarjon	2005	8,393	12	191	30	0	10,615
140	Circus	2013	2,227	8,096	25	2	0	10,593
141	Danr	2005	4,547	15	587	12	0	10,552
142	Arizona Jack	2007	6,854	19	326	40	0	10,533
143	alurid	2016	4,368	5,474	68	0	0	10,522
144	Theodosius	2016	2,381	7,058	81	4	2	10,309
145	H8_modern	2010	2,135	6,319	175	8	0	10,284
146	Numismat	2008	4,609	2,894	266	8	1	10,253
147	AncientJoe	2013	1,375	7,633	76	20	16	10,128
148	Johndoe2000$	2016	5,063	4,320	67	2	0	10,073
149	Marsyas Mike	2017	1,439	7,252	132	0	3	10,041
150	Ardatirion	2007	5,452	1,807	238	32	0	9,959

-That's All For Now!

* Below are Thread Related Stats that didn't fit on Part 1 Post *​

Top 25 Thread Starters by Year
This is helpful to see how very active people come and go over the years. Scroll down to 2002-2003 time-frame, crazy to see you can be in the top 25 creating only two threads in a year!

2019 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	FoundinTN	2019	185
2	Roman Collector	2019	157
3	CoinRoller	2019	149
4	Jochen1	2019	134
5	JCro57	2019	128
6	CoinBlazer	2019	128
7	dwhiz	2019	118
8	Chip Kirkpatrick	2019	116
9	paddyman98	2019	112
10	MCPark82	2019	110
11	panzerman	2019	108
12	Randy Abercrombie	2019	107
13	johnmilton	2019	106
14	lordmarcovan	2019	106
15	furryfrog02	2019	104
16	Shrews1994	2019	102
17	MatrixMP-9	2019	101
18	Bargainbidder	2019	98
19	MeowtheKitty	2019	96
20	Avery G.	2019	93
21	David Atherton	2019	85
22	Orfew	2019	83
23	7Calbrey	2019	82
24	Wilddavy	2019	80
25	COINWILD	2019	78

2018 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	dlp_dlp21	2018	260
2	Roman Collector	2018	229
3	Joy Matherne	2018	207
4	Shrews1994	2018	206
5	JCro57	2018	197
6	paddyman98	2018	192
7	Newbie69	2018	175
8	CoinBlazer	2018	162
9	Anthony Rojas	2018	161
10	Valentinian	2018	136
11	Willysilver	2018	129
12	lordmarcovan	2018	127
13	panzerman	2018	120
14	Randy Abercrombie	2018	119
15	C-B-D	2018	117
16	dwhiz	2018	105
17	RachelRuth	2018	105
18	Mary Neely	2018	105
19	galba68	2018	104
20	Newcoinboy2018	2018	104
21	furryfrog02	2018	98
22	Bate	2018	98
23	Nolan Workman	2018	94
24	tommyc03	2018	92
25	Mark Metzger	2018	92

2017 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	paddyman98	2017	238
2	ro1974	2017	193
3	Roman Collector	2017	187
4	Tyler Graton	2017	185
5	Valentinian	2017	173
6	dwhiz	2017	168
7	Nolan Workman	2017	162
8	lordmarcovan	2017	126
9	C-B-D	2017	114
10	Sallent	2017	113
11	Rick Stachowski	2017	108
12	TypeCoin971793	2017	107
13	panzerman	2017	104
14	tommyc03	2017	103
15	Willysilver	2017	98
16	iPen	2017	97
17	SF11Dude	2017	95
18	Dougmeister	2017	94
19	mpcusa	2017	93
20	Mark Metzger	2017	92
21	stldanceartist	2017	91
22	Paddy54	2017	90
23	Julius Germanicus	2017	89
24	sakata	2017	86
25	Mat	2017	85

2016 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	panzerman	2016	245
2	Sheila Ruley	2016	178
3	eric6794	2016	176
4	iPen	2016	156
5	usmc60	2016	155
6	stldanceartist	2016	141
7	dchjr	2016	135
8	Endeavor	2016	130
9	Topcat7	2016	125
10	TJ1952	2016	125
11	Write2bfree	2016	121
12	C-B-D	2016	120
13	dwhiz	2016	115
14	Paddy54	2016	111
15	Dougmeister	2016	111
16	DysfunctionalVeteran	2016	110
17	Valentinian	2016	105
18	Cascade	2016	104
19	Markus1959	2016	99
20	lordmarcovan	2016	94
21	Onofrio Bacigalupo	2016	87
22	Sallent	2016	85
23	Rick Stachowski	2016	84
24	Omegaraptor	2016	84
25	7Calbrey	2016	83

2015 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	tommyc03	2015	180
2	stldanceartist	2015	170
3	phankins11	2015	154
4	coinman1234	2015	148
5	tomfiggy	2015	125
6	7Calbrey	2015	119
7	Dougmeister	2015	115
8	Paddy54	2015	108
9	ro1974	2015	108
10	Hommer	2015	105
11	John Anthony	2015	104
12	teachmind	2015	102
13	heavycam.monstervam	2015	101
14	Endeavor	2015	100
15	bkozak33	2015	95
16	iPen	2015	95
17	SorenCoins	2015	95
18	Mat	2015	87
19	Rick Stachowski	2015	84
20	BigTee44	2015	83
21	coins776	2015	83
22	C-B-D	2015	82
23	Ancientnoob	2015	82
24	dougsmit	2015	80
25	dwhiz	2015	78

2014 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	bkozak33	2014	245
2	eddio	2014	198
3	coins776	2014	168
4	LostDutchman	2014	160
5	Dougmeister	2014	148
6	stldanceartist	2014	137
7	7Calbrey	2014	137
8	letmesee2	2014	137
9	bugo	2014	133
10	Mat	2014	127
11	Detecto92	2014	127
12	geekpryde	2014	118
13	Charles1997	2014	117
14	doug444	2014	116
15	BigTee44	2014	112
16	Briboy07	2014	109
17	halfdollardan	2014	99
18	C-B-D	2014	96
19	Profit man	2014	96
20	stevex6	2014	94
21	tomfiggy	2014	90
22	wcoins	2014	85
23	josh's coins	2014	85
24	armando0831	2014	84
25	Teddydogno1	2014	83

2013 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	Detecto92	2013	400
2	bkozak33	2013	272
3	enochian	2013	261
4	AWORDCREATED	2013	218
5	doug444	2013	204
6	BigTee44	2013	181
7	coins776	2013	170
8	rlm's cents	2013	160
9	John Anthony	2013	151
10	LostDutchman	2013	139
11	tommy cent	2013	126
12	Bing	2013	117
13	stevex6	2013	117
14	bryantallard	2013	110
15	stldanceartist	2013	106
16	C-B-D	2013	105
17	gbroke	2013	100
18	bigbruiser94	2013	99
19	bugo	2013	97
20	jello	2013	96
21	TypicalCreepahx	2013	93
22	non_cents	2013	88
23	banks hard wood	2013	83
24	Ancientnoob	2013	81
25	jay4202472000	2013	80

2012 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	mrbrklyn	2012	975
2	Detecto92	2012	689
3	LostDutchman	2012	555
4	JCB1983	2012	277
5	bigjpst	2012	188
6	rlm's cents	2012	169
7	doug444	2012	155
8	bryantallard	2012	127
9	Siggi Palma	2012	124
10	riff	2012	122
11	rickmp	2012	121
12	Owle	2012	119
13	lonegunlawyer	2012	117
14	jlblonde	2012	112
15	Atarian	2012	107
16	coinguy-matthew	2012	104
17	buddy16cat	2012	104
18	tristen1230	2012	93
19	Cazkaboom	2012	90
20	JPAUL	2012	90
21	gbroke	2012	89
22	stldanceartist	2012	82
23	tdogchristy90	2012	82
24	Morgandude11	2012	80
25	enochian	2012	80

2011 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	LostDutchman	2011	535
2	bigjpst	2011	265
3	rlm's cents	2011	189
4	Clinker	2011	176
5	gbroke	2011	155
6	Siggi Palma	2011	134
7	JDS	2011	126
8	collectingkid	2011	111
9	rickmp	2011	108
10	Hiddendragon	2011	103
11	SNDMN59	2011	100
12	1066merlin	2011	95
13	acan451	2011	88
14	Owle	2011	85
15	JCB1983	2011	85
16	WingedLiberty	2011	84
17	djhughes	2011	81
18	CCMint	2011	80
19	Detecto92	2011	80
20	iGradeMS70	2011	79
21	mizozuman2	2011	74
22	rickyh211	2011	72
23	CamaroDMD	2011	68
24	jello	2011	66
25	Mat	2011	66

2010 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	rlm's cents	2010	192
2	Clinker	2010	163
3	fretboard	2010	150
4	ikandiggit	2010	147
5	sweet wheatz	2010	118
6	mpcusa	2010	113
7	abe	2010	109
8	LostDutchman	2010	106
9	Marshall	2010	105
10	gbroke	2010	105
11	RickieB	2010	99
12	cpm9ball	2010	91
13	Siberian Man	2010	90
14	green18	2010	87
15	Pilkenton	2010	84
16	webstandardcss	2010	82
17	Lather	2010	78
18	tmoneyeagles	2010	77
19	CheetahCats	2010	77
20	Fifty	2010	74
21	jello	2010	73
22	WingedLiberty	2010	73
23	coinmaster1	2010	72
24	kanga	2010	72
25	kangayou	2010	68

2009 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	RickieB	2009	229
2	sweet wheatz	2009	224
3	tmoneyeagles	2009	202
4	yorkiedad5	2009	194
5	stainless	2009	190
6	BNB Analytics	2009	183
7	jessash1976	2009	148
8	mrbrklyn	2009	147
9	bobbeth87	2009	146
10	the_man12	2009	141
11	jello	2009	135
12	kanga	2009	134
13	snaz	2009	127
14	TheNoost	2009	125
15	Yankee	2009	122
16	Lehigh96	2009	113
17	fretboard	2009	113
18	LostDutchman	2009	110
19	jaceravone	2009	110
20	johnny54321	2009	100
21	CoinKeeper	2009	100
22	ryanbrooks	2009	99
23	AlexN2coins2004	2009	99
24	Danr	2009	99
25	Goldstone	2009	97

2008 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	stainless	2008	425
2	Phoenix21	2008	275
3	Bonedigger	2008	191
4	spock1k	2008	185
5	Arizona Jack	2008	179
6	clembo	2008	171
7	RickieB	2008	169
8	ryanbrooks	2008	151
9	snaz	2008	137
10	Magman	2008	135
11	Treashunt	2008	126
12	mrbrklyn	2008	125
13	HandsomeToad	2008	124
14	jaceravone	2008	110
15	cherylkubucko	2008	100
16	Hobo	2008	99
17	USS656	2008	94
18	tdec1000	2008	92
19	General_Godlike	2008	91
20	Ardatirion	2008	84
21	CamaroDMD	2008	82
22	Clinker	2008	81
23	mark_h	2008	80
24	rlm's cents	2008	77
25	Vess1	2008	75

2007 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	Bonedigger	2007	532
2	Aidan Work	2007	205
3	Phoenix21	2007	178
4	RickieB	2007	141
5	Coinlover	2007	135
6	Danr	2007	131
7	De Orc	2007	122
8	Moen1305	2007	107
9	DJCoinz	2007	103
10	spock1k	2007	100
11	zaneman	2007	96
12	USS656	2007	94
13	Treashunt	2007	93
14	Clinker	2007	88
15	clembo	2007	87
16	cc51	2007	78
17	Shortgapbob	2007	77
18	dreamer94	2007	77
19	hamman88	2007	77
20	Arizona Jack	2007	73
21	Drusus	2007	71
22	bruce 1947	2007	67
23	rotobeast	2007	67
24	codydude815	2007	67
25	Ed Goldman	2007	66

2006 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	Bonedigger	2006	434
2	zaneman	2006	175
3	Danr	2006	141
4	Aidan Work	2006	131
5	Mikjo0	2006	91
6	bruce 1947	2006	90
7	Moen1305	2006	88
8	xeno108	2006	77
9	Coinlover	2006	69
10	Clinker	2006	69
11	Jim M	2006	66
12	Speedy	2006	63
13	Midas	2006	56
14	Charlie32	2006	55
15	CoinKid52	2006	48
16	jwevansv	2006	46
17	nesvt	2006	45
18	Spottedeagle	2006	45
19	Bedford	2006	45
20	tracy5900	2006	44
21	AdamL	2006	43
22	chocho	2006	42
23	B12	2006	41
24	The_Cave_Troll	2006	39
25	Jim C (Mich)	2006	39

2005 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	Bonedigger	2005	201
2	Aidan Work	2005	172
3	Spider	2005	149
4	zaneman	2005	139
5	rick	2005	72
6	Speedy	2005	69
7	GDJMSP	2005	64
8	Moen1305	2005	64
9	benk1234	2005	54
10	OldDan	2005	51
11	anchor1112	2005	48
12	B12	2005	48
13	Mikjo0	2005	44
14	glaciermi	2005	44
15	Stop Motion	2005	42
16	skane	2005	41
17	Danr	2005	41
18	silvereagle82	2005	39
19	cmbdii	2005	38
20	satootoko	2005	37
21	billzach	2005	36
22	Andy	2005	36
23	Midas	2005	35
24	silver surfer	2005	34
25	2b1ask1	2005	34

2004 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	National dealer	2004	256
2	nds76	2004	79
3	collect4fun	2004	65
4	Pennycase	2004	61
5	jimmy_goodfella	2004	54
6	rolltide	2004	51
7	Aidan Work	2004	45
8	satootoko	2004	41
9	jimmiejam	2004	39
10	susanlynn9	2004	39
11	lincoln64	2004	38
12	chevy	2004	38
13	Ed Zak	2004	33
14	rbm86	2004	31
15	guy	2004	31
16	survivor	2004	30
17	kaparthy	2004	29
18	pcrdnadave	2004	28
19	CohibaCris	2004	28
20	Ferrarii52	2004	27
21	GDJMSP	2004	26
22	nesvt	2004	26
23	rick	2004	25
24	joesmom	2004	25
25	mitchell	2004	25

2003 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	Peter T Davis	2003	29
2	laz	2003	18
3	Jess	2003	18
4	rgs1975	2003	11
5	Bill Henderson	2003	9
6	numist	2003	9
7	rnealw	2003	6
8	Coin Chick	2003	6
9	Reid Goldsborough	2003	6
10	joe garbarini	2003	5
11	Hedderick	2003	5
12	RENE SIMPSON	2003	5
13	rvance	2003	4
14	Dockwalliper	2003	4
15	rugen	2003	4
16	idquodhabetesse	2003	3
17	Rodrigo	2003	3
18	jrh	2003	3
19	Elli	2003	3
20	sophia5892	2003	3
21	hvac81	2003	3
22	mbbiker	2003	3
23	Stujoe	2003	2
24	pob374	2003	2
25	CoinSeeker	2003	2

2002 RANK	MEMBER	YEAR	THREADS STARTED
1	Jess	2002	31
2	mbbiker	2002	18
3	Peter T Davis	2002	16
4	kaparthy	2002	16
5	Hedderick	2002	15
6	Bill Henderson	2002	12
7	Neptune	2002	12
8	Maxxy	2002	8
9	Reid Goldsborough	2002	8
10	Chrysta Wilson	2002	7
11	drexters	2002	7
12	Coin Chick	2002	5
13	numist	2002	5
14	coinluvr	2002	5
15	kieferscoins	2002	5
16	flacoins	2002	4
17	craton	2002	4
18	kuwala	2002	4
19	Bullionbound	2002	4
20	laz	2002	3
21	its4real	2002	3
22	chrisfuccione	2002	3
23	KINGKOIN	2002	2
24	Tiziano	2002	2
25	Crito	2002	2

 

Per my previous post, I am compiling data centered around members as we speak. I have around 25% of the members stats compiled, and what is really amazing to me is the number of people who signed up, and never posted a single post. Or signed up, posted one time on the date they signed up, and were never seen again. I will be getting specific with the numbers, but for now, I will tell it's not uncommon for people to sign up and never come back. Seems strange to me, but the data says it quite common, even normal...

Luckily, some people like you guys wander back, find the old user account, and start participating.

What I can't possibly discern from my own data is my specific scenario. Lurkers. I (think) I lurked for 2 years! without even bothering to sign up. I have no idea when I discovered and started using CT heavily, because I never had anything to add, I just consumed it all. Until one day I did want to say something, and finally signed up.