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
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