# Comparing stats for fun **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/comparing-stats-for-fun/71832 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [October 11, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comparing-stats-for-fun/71832 "2017-10-11T13:17:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 2 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![dosch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dosch/32/51426_2.png) [@dosch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dosch) #### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comparing-stats-for-fun/71832/1 "2017-10-11T13:17:42Z")
I took the time to look at the public stats on three somewhat larger discourse installations. One thing that struck me is that the total amount of likes given does not correlate _at all_ to the amount of users on a forum! Do you also have some nice stats to share? What do you think this tells about the audience of these fora? ### [How to Geek](https://discuss.howtogeek.com/about) ## ![28](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/5/5/551103d1a0e93d7a3d8682172ef805b82bf57a45.png) ### [Fairphone](https://forum.fairphone.com/about) ## ![37](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/e/2e859458f7a63f1bf31e0fabb2f58c67a0ae927b.png) ### [Meta.Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/about) ![23](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/1/316ce834466ecd3158343f177715bd4e981480b0.png) ---
### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK) #### Post date: [October 11, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/comparing-stats-for-fun/71832/2 "2017-10-11T16:45:59Z")
> [@dosch](#): > > One thing that struck me is that the total amount of likes given does not correlate at all to the amount of users on a forum! Right. Different communities have different cultures and some of those are more ‘likey’ than others. [Here’s a recent conversation about it.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/people-are-not-using-the-heart-button/70783)