BigAdda releases numbers

I recently posted about BigAdda numbers – how many users they have etc.

Not an entire week passes by and BigAdda have released their ‘official’ numbers.

1.24 million users and 15,000 addas.

12000 – 15000 new users added every day

My latest number crunching reveals the following:

As of 11:20 AM (US EST or about 9:50 PM IST):

BigAdda seems to have 1020697 users and 12973 addas.

About 56337 new users signed up during the last 6-7 days. Comes out to around ~8k users signing up every day.

Several folks emailed me on what methodology I used — all I’ll say at this time is that the magic lies in the url. Couple it with some tech knowhow, and you should be able to figure it out.

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8 comments

  1. VInay
    January 9, 2008 at 6:18 am

    Are u sure? i mean 1 mn is still a fabulous number to acheive in such a short span, assuming that your so called tech knowhow did givbe u the rite result!! If its true, for which i have my doubts, then it actually is a good start. Atleast the best amongst all the idotic start ups on social networking initiatives happening in the country for the past couple of years. It remains to be seen hoe BigAdda will tackle the powerhouses google and facebook…

  2. kavita
    January 9, 2008 at 6:42 am

    even if its 1020697 users and not 1.24 million – its still a BIG achievement considering they have launched just 5 months back. am looking forward to see where bigadda is headed.

  3. Sudhanshu
    January 9, 2008 at 10:22 pm

    The number is 1029512 now :)

  4. Sudhanshu
    January 9, 2008 at 10:36 pm

    So it went up by 8815 in about 20 hours.

    I also just found out that they use jquery.
    What do you think is the most popular js framework? I would have thought it was prototype, but well..

  5. pranav
    January 10, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    prototype is history when it comes to js framework..it is bulky and bloated.

    i swear by jquery – its sleek, small and well designed.

  6. pranav
    January 10, 2008 at 5:02 pm

    @vinay @ kavita,

    Yes..I’m not undermining the fact at all — that they have about 1 mill users in a short time – it is indeed a good achievement.

    but on 2nd thoughts, heck, if I had crores to spend on billboards and tv ads, I might have been able to do it as well – who knows?

  7. VInay
    January 11, 2008 at 2:17 am

    hehe…well said pranav. I totally agree with you, the muscle power is infact too much, and thats what is bringing in the early movers. i hope they have the product to keep these guys hooked on to the site, and encourage them to bringi n the 2nd n 3rd degree users. guess what, i went to some of their Addas, which resembles a community. I was surprised to see huge numbers in certain Addas. Activity also seems to be prominent.

  8. gautam
    January 11, 2008 at 3:21 am

    hi – would be really useful if you let us in on how you calculated these numbers!