SI ANNUAL POST TALLY (1995-2013)
This table is based on year-to-year comparisons of the first post ID number for each year. I assume the large decline after presidential election years reflects a jump in political posts during the election campaigns. The average annual decline rate since 1/1/2000 is 12.4%...
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| | 2013 | 671,367 | -14.1% | | 2012 | 781,518 | -1.5% | | 2011 | 793,208 | -6.4% | | 2010 | 847,731 | -8.2% | | 2009 | 923,102 | -17.4% | | 2008 | 1,117,292 | 8.5% | | 2007 | 1,029,385 | -8.5% | | 2006 | 1,125,231 | 1.1% | | 2005 | 1,113,044 | -11.7% | | 2004 | 1,260,995 | 0.4% | | 2003 | 1,255,722 | -18.5% | | 2002 | 1,540,033 | -11.7% | | 2001 | 1,744,116 | -34.7% | | 2000 | 2,671,284 | -50.3% | | 1999 | 5,373,448 | 34.7% | | 1998 | 3,988,504 | 61.6% | | 1997 | 2,467,488 | 317.1% | | 1996 | 591,557 | 4706.7% | | 1995 | 12,307 |
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