INFO It’s already over the 26.000 and counting...

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Here is the promised report showing SOS member access by country for the period from April 7, 2026, through June 7, 2026. To view the complete report, you will need spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. The full report is attached. For ease of reading, the table below includes only countries with 100 or more members accessing SOS during the reporting period. All countries and territories represented in the data can be found in the attached file.

**** Please note that these figures are based on the geographic location from which members accessed SOS during the reporting period. Because many users utilize VPN services, proxy servers, or other privacy tools that can mask their actual location, the country data should be considered an approximation and may not be 100% accurate.

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How many are bots? You'd think membership numbers that high would generate more posts.

 

[Jimsky]

How many are bots? You'd think membership numbers that high would generate more posts.

I am fairly certain that some of the traffic reflected in these reports comes from bots. Determining exactly how much of the traffic is generated by bots versus genuine visitors is difficult, if not possible, using the tools currently available to us.
As for the membership numbers, we discussed this in another thread. To post on SOS, a person must be a registered member, yet the vast majority of members are lurkers who visit the forum, read content, and follow discussions without actively participating. Those numbers are just statistics...

 

[Magic Mike]

Here is the promised report showing SOS member access by country for the period from April 7, 2026, through June 7, 2026. To view the complete report, you will need spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. The full report is attached. For ease of reading, the table below includes only countries with 100 or more members accessing SOS during the reporting period. All countries and territories represented in the data can be found in the attached file.

**** Please note that these figures are based on the geographic location from which members accessed SOS during the reporting period. Because many users utilize VPN services, proxy servers, or other privacy tools that can mask their actual location, the country data should be considered an approximation and may not be 100% accurate.

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Jim, who would have thought that China and Vietnam have so many boat builders! Great report thanks, Magic Mike

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Jim, who would have thought that China and Vietnam have so many boat builders! Great report thanks, Magic Mike

Chinese and Vietnamese posters are certainly not anywhere close to their member numbers. Looks suspicious to me.

 

[Jimsky]

Jim, who would have thought that China and Vietnam have so many boat builders! Great report thanks, Magic Mike

I agree with Kurt's observation above. While China certainly has a large modeling community, I follow\subscribed several YouTube channels that focus primarily on plastic modeling. I believe that at least some of the traffic shown in the report is likely generated by bots rather than actual forum participants.