The blockchain is unique, this forum is not.
That's why there is divergence
i agree...
but there are other forum with at least 400.000 users???
i think no...
and i think the sum all other forums do not reach this number!
but if there are somebody who can post all bitcoin forum ranked by users will be appreciated!!!
I think it is about active users. There are no 400.000 active users on this forum if 400.000 is the total value.
Also, this forum was the only place to get your information. Now you can find more places.
Youtube, twitter, google, etc.
do you know other forums who talk about bitcoin and have stats???
i found the way to get some little statistics by reddit..
http://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoin/about/traffic
this are not global statistics but just for bitcoin subdir....
so it could be intended like a subset of bitcointalk data...
but if you look at the chart below, the behaviour it is the same of bitcointalk...