How big is the community?

This is a question that me, you and others have probably asked themselves at one point or another. I became thoughtful by the question thanks to a post on the FFR Forums, which you can check here.

So... How big is the community? Well its small. In comparison to the Original FusionFall its pretty small, but in comparison to other fan revivals or projects, its really big. Probably the biggest.

Now for the numbers. Great FusionFall Universe User Finn_hornhoover decided to give out the stats he managed to get. If you were an old school blog viewer you might remember him for making the Don Doom and Bad Max C.R.A.T.E tracker.

August 1st was as public as it gets, and yet we didn't hit 2000 active users then. If a release happens, this number will go up due to new accounts who were previously guests, but I don't expect it to be anywhere close to 10k. The forum user count is an unreliable representation of the community at this point.

Here's some information from the forum stats that might paint a better picture though:

• Only 29 users have 1000+ posts.

• Only 293 users have 100+ posts.

• Only 1168 users have 10+ posts.

• Only 3692 users have 1+ posts. That's only 1.5% of the forum.

• The average post count per user is 2.81.

• 30.2% of all posts were made by the top 30 posters.

• Our average online users per day is 110.91.

Most users seem to be inactive. It's the bulk that's important, not the spikes. Once the game comes out and everyone calms down, the community we're going to be looking at then isn't going to be much more different from what we're looking at now in terms of percentages. Total counts are misleading.

All of it speaks some great truths and some very interesting info too. For those who dont understand it, i condensed it so its easier to understand.

• August 1st, the day of the supposed release of the future, was the most active and full day. Once release happens, guests (people without accounts) may/will create accounts to play FFR, increasing numbers. Probably wont be close to 10,000 however.
• A big majority of users post 2 to 3 posts per day, and the average is 110 per day. Not a bad number at all.
• Most (if not all) users are inactive. Some of them might be lurking thru the forums (like me), or are guests.
• Most likely after release, numbers will/might decrease and stay like right now.

Overall, while our community isnt the biggest in the world, it is good enough to sustain a game like this, and more are to come for sure.