Whyville Activity Statshot: Half of All Registered Users Logged Back in Last Year

In a spotlight from the MacArthur Foundation on education in virtual worlds,  Numedeon Founder, Chairman, and CEO Jim Bower ran down a flurry of numbers from Whyville. "Overall, of the 3.4 million users who have registered in Whyville since April 1999, 1.7 million re-logged into Whyville in the last year, including 10% of the users who registered in the year 2000," he wrote. Not all users must be registered to participate, though. In October, Whyville claimed 2.4 million active users of which only 70% are registered. As far as specific activity goes, Bower noted that Whyville users published almost 2,000 original articles in the Whyville Times, posted over 500,000 entries on Whyville boards, sent 3.6 million Whymail messages to their friends, and generated 585 million chat phrases, all in 2007 alone. For more information on specific campaigns, check out the rest of Bower's spotlight.