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author: njan
date: 2008-09-15 18:49:43+00:00
slug: 50000-active-users
title: 50,000 Active Users
category: community
category: freenode
category: infrastructure
category: technical
category: user count
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robots: noindex
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Howdy, folks! At 19:40 UTC+1 today, freenode reached 50,000 active users online, which is a record for us!




Freenode reached 40,000 users [a little over a year ago](http://blog.freenode.net/?cat=11), so we're really going from strength to strength! Thanks to all of you who've helped us build our community over the last year, and we'd like to invite you to #defocus to help us celebrate. :)



