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author: RichiH
date: 2013-05-24 21:09:57+00:00
slug: over-9000-10
title: Over 9000 * 10
category: community
category: freenode
category: user count
imported: yes
---
freenode has been growing slowly and steadily, breaking the next practically-useless-but-still-kinda-neat barrier of more than 90,000 concurrent connections at the same time. It's very nice, and humbling, to know that we are able to enable so many people to communicate with each other.

I shouldn't have added a month of leeway at the last second to my [last prediction](http://blog.freenode.net/2012/04/80k/) so the scary scary 100,000 is officially targeted for May 2014. Yes, the pace at which freenode is growing seems to be increasing ever so slightly.

Historic posts for those of you keeping track:

[http://blog.freenode.net/2007/08/freenode-has-reached-40-000-users/](http://blog.freenode.net/2007/08/freenode-has-reached-40-000-users/)

[http://blog.freenode.net/2008/09/50000-active-users/](http://blog.freenode.net/2008/09/50000-active-users/ )

[http://blog.freenode.net/2009/12/happy-new-year-2010/](http://blog.freenode.net/2009/12/happy-new-year-2010/)

[http://blog.freenode.net/2011/01/freenode-70k/](http://blog.freenode.net/2011/01/freenode-70k/ )

[http://blog.freenode.net/2012/04/80k/](http://blog.freenode.net/2012/04/80k/)
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	2	date: 2013-05-24 21:09:57+00:00
	3	slug: over-9000-10
	4	title: Over 9000 * 10
c5191f36 EK	5	category: community
	6	category: freenode
	7	category: user count
df8e5765	8	imported: yes
849bdd6f	9	---
849bdd6f	10	freenode has been growing slowly and steadily, breaking the next practically-useless-but-still-kinda-neat barrier of more than 90,000 concurrent connections at the same time. It's very nice, and humbling, to know that we are able to enable so many people to communicate with each other.
34876803	11
849bdd6f	12	I shouldn't have added a month of leeway at the last second to my [last prediction](http://blog.freenode.net/2012/04/80k/) so the scary scary 100,000 is officially targeted for May 2014. Yes, the pace at which freenode is growing seems to be increasing ever so slightly.
34876803	13
849bdd6f	14	Historic posts for those of you keeping track:
34876803	15
849bdd6f	16	[http://blog.freenode.net/2007/08/freenode-has-reached-40-000-users/](http://blog.freenode.net/2007/08/freenode-has-reached-40-000-users/)
34876803	17
849bdd6f	18	[http://blog.freenode.net/2008/09/50000-active-users/](http://blog.freenode.net/2008/09/50000-active-users/ )
34876803	19
849bdd6f	20	[http://blog.freenode.net/2009/12/happy-new-year-2010/](http://blog.freenode.net/2009/12/happy-new-year-2010/)
34876803	21
849bdd6f	22	[http://blog.freenode.net/2011/01/freenode-70k/](http://blog.freenode.net/2011/01/freenode-70k/ )
34876803	23
849bdd6f	24	[http://blog.freenode.net/2012/04/80k/](http://blog.freenode.net/2012/04/80k/)