R help - Dec 2013 - Can I find the number of subscribers to r-help and r SIG mailing lists?

Dear Folks--
Is there a reasonably straightforward way for me to find the number of
subscribers or distinct posters to the r-help list and the various r SIG
lists? Ideally I would like a time series from founding, but unadorned
current membership numbers would still be useful, as would founding dates
for active SIGs.

Peace, andrewH
-- 
J. Andrew Hoerner
Director, Sustainable Economics Program
Redefining Progress
(510) 507-4820

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On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Andrew Hoerner wrote:
> Dear Folks--
> Is there a reasonably straightforward way for me to find the number of
> subscribers
That's not easily accessed by any publicly avaiable method I know but I can
give the current count:

7783 Non-digested Members of R-help:
7563 Digested Members of R-help:

> or distinct posters to the r-help list
Perhaps look at MarkMail or do some work with the various Archives.
> and the various r SIG
> lists? Ideally I would like a time series from founding, but unadorned
> current membership numbers would still be useful, as would founding dates
> for active SIGs.
Have you done any searching?  I believe earlier figures have been offered in
prior postings and blogs about R and remember a recently published article cited
here: "How Social Q&A Sites are Changing Knowledge Sharing in Open
Source Software Communities".

You should send private inquiries to the moderators or owners of those lists.
(You should not expect them to all be reading R-help.)

http://www.r-project.org/mail.html
> 
There was recently a discussion about StackOverflow's impact. SO gives the
number of its registered users that are "following" [r] = 5.3K.

> Peace, andrewH
> -- 
> J. Andrew Hoerner
> Director, Sustainable Economics Program
> Redefining Progress
> (510) 507-4820
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