View Single Post
Old 15-Jun-2006   #13
TreeBay
Tips:5¢ Advice:Free
TreeBay's a bonsaiTALK supporter! Click Here to find out how you can be one too!
 
TreeBay's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Silicon Valley
Country: USA
Posts: 9,745
Send a message via AIM to TreeBay Click Here to Skype TreeBay
Quote:
Originally Posted by Walter_Pall
I read around 15 bonsai forums in several languages. BT is the second most active in the world as far as I know, the first in the English speaking world.

The overall first, btw, is bonsaifachfourm.de in German which has managed to get 70,000 messages in only two and hallf years of existence.
I do not think that membership is really fery important. Far more important is the number of meaningful posts.
Regarding meaningful posts AoB is clearly the world leader, but only has around 200 members. But a thread about desert rose would not be accepted there, I am afraid.

That's it, this is the bonsai world on the internet.

It most be all those LongGermanWords slowing them down, Walter!

70,000 posts? Actually I think bonsaiTALK has a bit more than that, if the reported figures are accurate.

Here are the last 2 years' posting stats. It works out to 40208 posts in the June04-May05 period 57805 posts in the June05-May06 period

For a total of 98,013 in the past two years ending May 2006. If I go back another six months we'd probably have in the ballpark of 125K

BONSAITALK NEW POST STATISTICS:

Jun-04 1709
Jul-04 3536
Aug-04 3490
Sep-04 2306
Oct-04 3482
Nov-04 3080
Dec-04 2929
Jan-05 3461
Feb-05 3526
Mar-05 3923
Apr-05 4782
May-05 3984

Jun-05 5067
Jul-05 4481
Aug-05 4234
Sep-05 5183
Oct-05 5200
Nov-05 5120
Dec-05 5463
Jan-06 5516
Feb-06 4157
Mar-06 4400
Apr-06 4395
May-06 4589

!

Regards,

Matt
__________________
Want to be a seller on bonsaiAUCTIONS? Get authorized today!
bonsaiTALK: Over 100,005.36 Megabytes Served this Month!
TreeBay is offline   Reply With Quote