I stumbled across this treemap infographic comparing various RPG forums by members, posts, and threads. I make no representation as to the accuracy of this infographic, as I have no idea how it was put together, but people may find it interesting nonetheless.
https://public.tableau.com/profile/joshua.kitz#!/vizhome/TreemapoftheRPGcommunity/Dashboard1
i like mythweavers but holy shit there anti swearing policies are insane
Quote from: Skywalker;829477I stumbled across this treemap infographic comparing various RPG forums by members, posts, and threads. I make no representation as to the accuracy of this infographic, as I have no idea how it was put together, but people may find it interesting nonetheless.
https://public.tableau.com/profile/joshua.kitz#!/vizhome/TreemapoftheRPGcommunity/Dashboard1
Interesting. I had to filter for "Forums" to see the RPGsite.
I think it needs a date range to be truly helpful. It would be interesting to see comparisons year by year.
Gotta wonder how /tg/ and the various RPG subreddits would stack up...
Quote from: Bren;829493Interesting. I had to filter for "Forums" to see the RPGsite.
its there but its one of the small squares you have to mouse over to see the name of.
Interesting! This site has one active member... Wonder who that is?
Quote from: crazyfunster;829499Gotta wonder how /tg/ and the various RPG subreddits would stack up...
and pooq litle 8chan /tg/ sitting in the corner 4 pixels to its name huging its superiority complet tightly like the rest of its failed website
Yes, it does seem like troll forums are under-represented here.
Quote from: Bren;829493Interesting. I had to filter for "Forums" to see the RPGsite.
At least we're 'bigger' than the WotC forums. ;)
(Would that be D&D only, or also including the Magic forums?)
the wow forums are funny like that to the official forums are the least popular ones
Even the Design Mechanism forum is there. Most unexpected.
There are a lot of forums out there in the backwaters of the internet that are RPG related and do pretty well. There are two I created years ago (one is still active) that are not there that had in excess of 250,000 posts each. Some of the ones on the chart may be well known but don't seem to have a lot of posts.
I wonder how RPGGeek compares.
Hmm...Didn't see Travellerrpg on there nor SFRPG.
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Traveller has a forum?
Hah! RPGG didnt even rate.
Quote from: Matt;829689Traveller has a forum?
Yup, http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/
Don't forget the Traveller Map
http://www.travellermap.com
Quote from: Omega;829746Hah! RPGG didnt even rate.
I think it has more to do with how that site pulls its data and how RPGgeek's site is designed. RPGgeek is really more of a database that happens to have a forum. Its forum definitely has more activity than some other entries on that link.
Members is a useless metric, hit the dropdown and look at posts.
im just happy that by active members rpg.net is no longer on top
im surprised how high a score giant in the playground has for posts per thread i always thought they were quick to drop threads
Quote from: tuypo1;829875im just happy that by active members rpg.net is no longer on top
By its very nature it means that RPGnet can never be at the top and will continue to decline.
I think a much more relevant measurement would be only of activity/growth in the past year.
Likewise, if there were some way to differentiate those forums that are only RPG-related forums from those that are RPG + something else (be it RPG plus the fandom of a specific web-comic, or rpgs plus whatever Tangency is).
i have to agree this data is nice but it does not really tell us much.
Quote from: Godfather Punk;829562At least we're 'bigger' than the WotC forums. ;)
(Would that be D&D only, or also including the Magic forums?)
The combination of 4e and Gleemax devastated the WotC forums. Hardly worth looking at anymore, which is sad because it used to have really good conversations.
Quote from: tuypo1;829922im surprised how high a score giant in the playground has for posts per thread i always thought they were quick to drop threads
They have quite a number of crazy-long running threads, mostly in the 'general chat' section.
Quote from: robiswrong;830830They have quite a number of crazy-long running threads, mostly in the 'general chat' section.
ah yes of course outliers will throw it out. I would be interested to see this matter looked at more throughly
Quote from: Old One Eye;830806The combination of 4e and Gleemax devastated the WotC forums. Hardly worth looking at anymore, which is sad because it used to have really good conversations.
What happened? I only ever went there years ago for MtG.
i dont think even wizards of the coast checks the wizards of the coast forums the link to everflowing chalice on the assemble the doomsday machine archenemy deck page is still broken despite it being mentiond on the 3rd post of that articales official thread
and that was 5 years ago
As the creator of said Tableau infographic, I'm glad its been shared and thought I could take a stab at answering a few questions.
The data has simply been collected by checking the forum stats that many forums share publicly. For a very select few who don't share information I (or another forum user) has done a quick addition of the posts and threads by categories. This is the case for paizo and D&D community (yes its just the D&D part, no Magic etc).
Quote from: Skywalker;829496I think it needs a date range to be truly helpful. It would be interesting to see comparisons year by year.
Indeed it would, however without pestering each forum admin for these details, I don't see a way to collect this. Perhaps I'll collect the data again in a year or 6 months and that will provide some insight.
As for RPGgeek -- I've considered adding it a few times. They don't share any user or post count information though, and it be impossible for them to separate RPG from boardgame users anyway. Still I suppose I could do a tally on the RPG section of their forum like I did for Paizo and WoTC D&D . . .
I am open to people pointing out communities I may have missed.
Quote from: mAcular Chaotic;831141What happened? I only ever went there years ago for MtG.
I trust you are familiar that 4e did not do good things with the DnD brand, running off many DnD fans. It was also the first edition change with a mature internet, so the fans did not have the maturity to not have viscious edition wars running off more good folks.
Gleemax was WotC constantly monkeying around with how the forums worked. For one example, I used to have many good discussions in the Greyhawk subforum. Edition change should not have really mattered, we were just discussing the world. But the Greyhwk subforum was eliminated and merged into who knows where several times, and fuckit, easier to discuss Greyhawk on Canonfire.
Quote from: Thondor;831270As the creator of said Tableau infographic, I'm glad its been shared and thought I could take a stab at answering a few questions.
The data has simply been collected by checking the forum stats that many forums share publicly. For a very select few who don't share information I (or another forum user) has done a quick addition of the posts and threads by categories. This is the case for paizo and D&D community (yes its just the D&D part, no Magic etc).
Indeed it would, however without pestering each forum admin for these details, I don't see a way to collect this. Perhaps I'll collect the data again in a year or 6 months and that will provide some insight.
As for RPGgeek -- I've considered adding it a few times. They don't share any user or post count information though, and it be impossible for them to separate RPG from boardgame users anyway. Still I suppose I could do a tally on the RPG section of their forum like I did for Paizo and WoTC D&D . . .
I am open to people pointing out communities I may have missed.
going back in 6 months sounds like a good idea
Quote from: Old One Eye;831322I trust you are familiar that 4e did not do good things with the DnD brand, running off many DnD fans. It was also the first edition change with a mature internet, so the fans did not have the maturity to not have viscious edition wars running off more good folks.
Gleemax was WotC constantly monkeying around with how the forums worked. For one example, I used to have many good discussions in the Greyhawk subforum. Edition change should not have really mattered, we were just discussing the world. But the Greyhwk subforum was eliminated and merged into who knows where several times, and fuckit, easier to discuss Greyhawk on Canonfire.
that was pretty stupid of them then.
Quote from: Old One Eye;831322I trust you are familiar that 4e did not do good things with the DnD brand, running off many DnD fans. It was also the first edition change with a mature internet, so the fans did not have the maturity to not have viscious edition wars running off more good folks.
Gleemax was WotC constantly monkeying around with how the forums worked. For one example, I used to have many good discussions in the Greyhawk subforum. Edition change should not have really mattered, we were just discussing the world. But the Greyhwk subforum was eliminated and merged into who knows where several times, and fuckit, easier to discuss Greyhawk on Canonfire.
Ah, I see. It seems like edition wars are dead on the internet nowadays. Everybody just accepts the one they like and go play it. Although I've seen it crop up IRL more often. You mention 4E and it's like a cross to a vampire.
Quote from: Thondor;831270I am open to people pointing out communities I may have missed.
I already pointed out
- Citizens of the Imperium - Powered by vBulletin (http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/index.php)
- SFRPG • Index page (http://www.sfrpg-discussion.net/phpBB3/)
Stats for CoTI:
Citizens of the Imperium Statistics
Threads: 32,768, Posts: 505,135, Members: 21,525, Active Members: 1,247
Currently Active Users: 117 (19 members & 91 guests & 7 bots)
View Who's Online
Most users ever online was 1,313, December 10th, 2013 at 03:51 PM.
Stats for SFRPG:
Statistics
Total posts 31663 | Total topics 2662 | Total members 310 |
Quote from: tuypo1;831386that was pretty stupid of them then.
Yep. Regardless of what one may think about the 4e game, I don't see any other position but that WotC really fucked the pooch when it comes to the DnD brand during those days. Hence the extreme care being taken with brand management in 5e.
jeez the wizards forums really are dead or at least the magic flavour forums are
Quote from: BillDowns;831543I already pointed out
- Citizens of the Imperium - Powered by vBulletin (http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/index.php)
- SFRPG • Index page (http://www.sfrpg-discussion.net/phpBB3/)
Thanks for providing the links and details. I have added it them to the workbook.
I have also added RPGgeek. (here's a convenient link (https://public.tableau.com/views/TreemapoftheRPGcommunity/Dashboard1?:embed=y&:showTabs=y&:display_count=yes)).
I'll try to check in on this thread now and then, but I am a little preoccupied with the my Simple Superheroes RPG kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/737794315/simple-superheroes-rpg) which launched yesterday.
Off to a great Ottawa convention called CanGames (http://www.cangames.ca).
Good gaming.
Update
I've added The Tangled Web (http://www.thetangledweb.net/forums/) which seems to be a play-by-post and VTT focused forum.
Easy link to the data map (http://www.composedreamgames.com/communities-mapping).
Update:
Added Fear The Boot podcast's forum (http://www.feartheboot.com/forum/)
Interesting - still lots of little forums missing though.
It shows theRPGsite as having 1 active user hehe.
Same with rpg.stackexchange, SJG, several others ...
RPG.net still has, by far, the most total posts. I wonder how much of that is past legacy and how much is recent activity?
Quote from: Skarg;833846It shows theRPGsite as having 1 active user hehe.
Same with rpg.stackexchange, SJG, several others ...
Well, for theRPGsite that's obviously wrong.
Quote from: Votan;833891RPG.net still has, by far, the most total posts. I wonder how much of that is past legacy and how much is recent activity?
An enormous amount is legacy. Not that rpgnet is a ghost town today, but a huge amount of its weight, and even its remaining momentum, is based on what it was 15 years ago, and not on its present nature and policies today. It's still puttering on because of its sheer previous size, but there's a constant though gradual reduction in its momentum.
Quote from: Skarg;833846It shows theRPGsite as having 1 active user hehe.
Same with rpg.stackexchange, SJG, several others ...
As has been previously mentioned may sites do not share an "Active Members" statistic and definitions for those that due likely vary. So take this with a big grain of salt.
Quote from: RPGPundit;834232An enormous amount is legacy. Not that rpgnet is a ghost town today, but a huge amount of its weight, and even its remaining momentum, is based on what it was 15 years ago, and not on its present nature and policies today. It's still puttering on because of its sheer previous size, but there's a constant though gradual reduction in its momentum.
I'll be interested to see how these things start stacking up when I revisit this in 6 months or a year.
I'll probably revisit this in 6months or a year, so it will be interesting to see how activity stacks up from site to site.
Update:
I've dropped the "thread count" for rpol.net since what they were really counting was "games" which includes multiple threads.
I've also added
Atlas Games forum
and Diatribe the New Zealand LARP community.
Here's a handy link to the visualization.
Read more: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?446085-Data-map-of-the-RPG-Community/page2#ixzz3cnUm2Hze
You still seem to be extremely light on non-English forums, so let me add a few noteable German ones:
Midgard-Forum
http://www.midgard-forum.de/
Threads: N/A
Posts: 2.490.869
Members: 3.119
Active Members: N/A
Blutschwerter
http://blutschwerter.de/
Threads: 81.081
Posts: 1.859.835
Members: 12.257
Active Members: N/A
Tanelorn
http://www.tanelorn.net/
Threads: 52.333
Posts: 1.633.898
Members: 2.942
Active Members: N/A
DnD-Gate.de
http://forum.dnd-gate.de/
Threads: 32.667
Posts: 519.151
Members: 3.811
Active Members: N/A
RSP-Blogs.de-Forum
http://forum.rsp-blogs.de/
Posts: 14.069
Threads: 943
Members: 239
Active Members: N/A