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I. ([info]i_) wrote,
@ 2010-02-16 14:58:00

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the growth of IJ and other similar-sized LJ-type sites
(I don't know if this kind of thing is interesting to other people, but I certainly find it interesting to look at these numbers and graphs and whatnot.)

There appear to be only 3 LJ-type sites reporting over 100k and under 1M accounts: IJ, DeadJournal, and Dreamwidth (Blurty is slightly over 1M and LJ is over 25M). These 3 sites all report about 450k-650k accounts right now. more interesting, though, is what the graph of number of accounts over the past 8 months or so (since a little before DW's data starts) looks like.
First, note that DJ is essentially flat (they are growing, but at a much slower rate than IJ and DW) and IJ has now far-surpassed DJ to be (probably) the 3rd largest LJ-type site (behind LJ itself and Blurty).
Second, note that IJ's account total is increasing faster over time (concave up) while DW's is increasing slower over time (concave down), and IJ's growth rate (slope) is steeper than DW's throughout the timeframe. It might be that the more people that come to IJ, the greater the general interest in IJ; it might be that DW has somehow begun to saturate its potential market. Also, given how very large a number DW opened with, I have long been suspicious that their initial numbers were not real (perhaps accidentally).


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[info]bri
2010-02-16 09:46 pm UTC (link)
You always post interesting information; this could be useful to Mr. Squeaky. :P

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[info]i_
2010-02-16 10:40 pm UTC (link)
i made the entry public now. (there was no reason for it to have been friends-locked in the first place.)

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[info]bri
2010-02-17 03:17 am UTC (link)
:p coolies.

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[info]feline_scribe
2010-02-19 02:40 pm UTC (link)
That is interesting.

I had wondered if DJ was even still around and operating, interesting to note it is hanging in there.

DW seems to have an uphill battle selling people on their site. I got a free account over there, that I used out of curiosity (mostly just to nose around, I don't actually update/have any entries over there). For some reason, I can't seem to warm up to that site. Also, the fact that the site is already stuck in drama (http://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/16590.html and http://dw-news.dreamwidth.org/17231.html?#cutid1 seem to sum it up) is far too reminiscent of LJ for a lot of people.

I guess, for me, I just don't see why anyone, happy in their current journal (be it at IJ, DJ, LJ or wherever) would switch to DW. I don't see what's better about it.

Another reason to be grateful for IJ, I guess. :)

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[info]i_
2010-02-20 09:52 pm UTC (link)
the somewhat-compelling argument in favor of DW is that they are actively working to improve the LJ codebase. they've actually got some interesting features like automated cross-posting. unfortunately, in making these improvements, they made some compatibility-breaking decisions, which impacts the ability of client software to work with DW.

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