Statistics: Microsoft Forums vs. MrExcel

[MrExcel]

Thanks to Woody Leonard of Woody's Office Watch, I found that Microsoft recently posted statistics about their public forums. I took their data from the month of April and compared it to the MrExcel message board. Some interesting things:

1. They have about three times the volume of our board.
2. Nearly 21% of their threads go unanswered. Only 8% of our threads go unanswered (and I suspect this will be less once we perfect the "threads with 0 replies" link)
3. On average, their thread has 2.68 replies. Our average thread has 3.96 replies.
4. They did not analyze the "average response time for a reply". This would be an interesting statistic - one where I am sure we would compare favorably.

The bottom line: thanks to everyone for participating in this message board and making it a great resource.

Message Board Stats.xls
	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	Forum - April 2002 Results	Total Posts	Threads	Unreplied	Threads w/Replies	#Replies	Replies per thread
2	microsoft.public.excel.programming	8337	2428	375	2053	5909	2.88
3	microsoft.public.excel.misc	5589	1678	246	1432	3911	2.73
4	microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions	3611	1058	134	924	2553	2.76
5	microsoft.public.excel.charting	715	249	46	203	466	2.30
6	microsoft.public.excel	413	169	51	118	244	2.07
7	microsoft.public.mac.office.excel	348	116	12	104	232	2.23
8	microsoft.public.excel.setup	326	148	56	92	178	1.93
9	microsoft.public.excel.crashesgpfs	243	111	55	56	132	2.36
10	microsoft.public.excel.printing	213	110	55	55	103	1.87
11	microsoft.public.excel.links	198	106	45	61	92	1.51
12	microsoft.public.excel.templates	185	83	32	51	102	2.00
13	microsoft.public.excel.querydao	141	90	61	29	51	1.76
14	microsoft.public.excel.sdk	97	50	31	19	47	2.47
15	microsoft.public.excel.macintosh	91	73	58	15	18	1.20
16	microsoft.public.excel.worksheetfunctions	78	45	23	22	33	1.50
17	microsoft.public.excel.interopoledde	72	51	37	14	21	1.50
18	microsoft.public.excel.123quattro	61	39	26	13	22	1.69
19	microsoft.public.excel.datamap	37	29	24	5	8	1.60
20	microsoft.public.excel.worksheetfunctions	2	2	2	0	0	0.00
21	Total English	20757	6635	1369	5266	14122	2.68
22
23	20.6% of English questions never receive a reply.
24	For questions with a reply, there are an average of 2.7 replies
25
26		Total Posts	Threads	Unreplied	Threads w/Replies	#Replies	Replies per thread
27	MrExcel.com Message Board January through May	44331	9521	734	8787	34810	3.96
28
29	92% of questions receive a reply.
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This message was edited by MrExcel on 2002-05-30 04:59
This message was edited by MrExcel on 2002-05-30 05:04

 

[Mark O'Brien]

3. On average, their thread has 2.68 replies. Our average thread has 3.96 replies.

This could be higher due to our response time. (how many times do we post when someone else has posted exactly the same thing when we're typing?)
Also, it could also be ascribed to all of the polite posts with "thank you"s and "your welcome"s.

Congrats Bill.

 

[Jack in the UK]

Jack adds and speack simple

yup asaying thanks is the least you can do .. and also generally this site is safe .. in that kids can use it...

and many MANY thanks i get and personal Email.. this proves as i have always said.

our MVP (im not) deserve credit as does Bill in all this.

We help and give REAL answers maybe do others?
But i add EVERONE needs a pat on the back as they all help in their own way.. we are all friends so thats the key in my mind

I have very close friends all over the world.

Does Jack deserve this? not my call, but many of us are in the same position!