MeFi Hit Count

December 1, 2004 9:32 PM

I'm curious: how many hits does the Metafilter front page get on an average day?
posted by Fuzzy Monster to MetaFilter-Related at 9:32 PM (16 comments total)

While you wait for Matt to answer, I think you'll find this related-topic answer to a similar question I asked not too long ago interesting.
posted by Ryvar at 9:40 PM on December 1, 2004

The front page looks like it does about 1.5 million a month for non-logged in folks, tough to say how many logged in folks hit it now.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:09 PM on December 1, 2004

I'd hit it!

Oh, kill me, now.
posted by dirigibleman at 1:10 AM on December 2, 2004

holy wow momma. wow.
posted by dabitch at 2:56 AM on December 2, 2004

1.5 million?!
posted by armoured-ant at 3:41 AM on December 2, 2004

What is the text ad click through rate?
posted by spaghetti at 4:50 AM on December 2, 2004

1.5 million a month? holy crap!
posted by matteo at 6:15 AM on December 2, 2004

Oh relax, it's just me reloading like a rat on crack.
posted by CunningLinguist at 6:23 AM on December 2, 2004

1.5 Million a month... Wow.

(lifts a glass of champange, toasts mathowie)
posted by Fuzzy Monster at 7:59 AM on December 2, 2004

Since we're on the topic of server performance, this is new and cool:

page rendered in: 953 ms

(at the bottom of the front page).
posted by gleuschk at 8:17 AM on December 2, 2004

For comparison, I was reading CraigsBlog from the guy who created Craigslist and he mentioned that they were seeing a total hit rate on all Craigslist sites of about 600 hits per second for a billion a month over the network.

That said, nice work MeFi!
posted by fenriq at 12:21 PM on December 2, 2004

for me:

page rendered in: 11579 ms
posted by matteo at 12:29 PM on December 2, 2004

page rendered in: 953 ms
page rendered in: 11579 ms

Wouldn't that number depend on how many days' worth of posts you've got set in your preferences?
posted by me3dia at 12:31 PM on December 2, 2004

Yes, but how many of those are bots? <--------- cliche dumbass question
posted by orange clock at 1:29 PM on December 2, 2004

Aren't we all bots, at heart?
posted by DrJohnEvans at 1:33 PM on December 2, 2004

Bots have no hearts, and you being a doctor should know this!
posted by billsaysthis at 2:20 PM on December 2, 2004