20 Million Comments: Fan Empowerment Realized

by Tyler Bleszinski on Sep 9, 2009 12:50 AM PDT

Yes, you read that right. SB Nation has officially surpassed 20 million comments across our 210 blogs over the last five plus years. I think this is cause for a big-time celebration because when this network launched in November of 2003, the goal was to bring fan discussion to the forefront of the sports conversation. I was that frustrated fan wondering why talking suits from Disney were deciding what I should be discussing. I had other things in mind.

And truthfully, it's probably larger than 20 million since we switched platforms and weren't necessarily tracking all of them from the very beginning. But realistically, it's a magic number and I'm just happy that we have so many great writers across the network that helped inspire our communities to participate in record fashion. If you've been out there, lurking, just reading, don't be afraid to jump in and join the conversation. I think you'll find something for you no matter what your passion might be. Be a part of the next 20 million comments. And thanks for supporting SB Nation for so many years.

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Congrats to all

At Baltimore Beatdown, we are still proud even if we are but a speck of the total, but we’ll gladly continue to add around 50,000 visits per month!

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Sep 9, 2009 6:40 AM PDT reply actions

Congratulations are in order

Congratulations to SB Nation, I’m just a fan not a writer or some sport expert, just a fan. To be honest I’m not even a blogger, I stumbled across SB Nation on accident. I was looking for more information on my favorite team than I was getting from TV or newspapers. Since I don’t even live in the same state as my team it was very difficult to find a web site that could give me what I was looking for as a fan. Yahoo referred me to ArrowheadPride.com and I liked what I saw no flaming post, no name calling, just all the information I was looking for. I was impressed and took the time to join, then after looking at other teams sites I started telling every sports fan I knew that their team had a place on SB Nation, didn’t matter the sport SB had it, and after looking for themselves most joined as well. Great Job SB Nation, Glad to see my favorite site growing and I hope it continues to do so for many years to come.

is it me? or isn't about time the Lamar Hunt trophy belonged to His team?

I’m a Chiefs fan Dammit and I’m damn proud of it!

by KC Fanatic on Sep 9, 2009 7:48 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs

AP is a good one...

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably propaganda.

by labbadabba on Sep 9, 2009 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions

And I second that thougth

Thank you SB Nation for a great place for FANS to be fans :)

Let's Kick some ASS in 09 or Die trying

by Steve_Chiefs on Sep 9, 2009 5:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I think you’ll find something for you no matter what your passion might be.

I’m not complaining—because I really like this site—but you need a triathlon blog. And no, I don’t want to start one. I’d just like to be in on the talk.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Sep 9, 2009 8:11 AM PDT reply actions

I wonder who made the 20 millionth comment

"I finished the game. In my mind, if I finished the game, I can play next week." - Steve McNair RIP

by Pinoy Titan on Sep 9, 2009 8:19 AM PDT reply actions

Whoever it was, I'm guess the words

“first!”, “suck” or “hate” were involved.

Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician - The Syracuse blog that cares.

by Sean Keeley on Sep 9, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions

i bet it's "lol"

Self-proclaimed president of the Pat White and Brian Hartline fan club.
No hating on Jay Fiedler, please.
Official Back-Up Phinsider LOL'er.

by samdaman on Sep 14, 2009 6:30 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m guessing Pension Plan Puppets makes up for about 5 million of that 20. They are quite the chatty bunch.

Follow the Penguins on SBN @ Pensburgh.com and twitter.

by FrankD on Sep 9, 2009 9:56 AM PDT reply actions

I'd be very curious to see a list of the sites with the most comments

Bad Left Hook - The SB Nation boxing blog
"Baseball is played on the field, not on a calculator."

by Brickhaus on Sep 9, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Athletics Nation & Bleed Cubbie Blue

are almost certainly the top two.

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Sep 9, 2009 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Lookout Landing has to be right up there

Along with Blazers Edge.

CougCenter

by Jeff Nusser on Sep 9, 2009 7:58 PM PDT up reply actions

Bloody Elbow is right there too

by Tyler Bleszinski on Sep 9, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Doing our share

Arrowhead Pride
Site Summary

  VISITS

   Total 3,700,359
   Average Per Day 22,774
   Average Visit Length 6:07
   Last Hour 447
   Today 2,103
   This Week 159,420

  PAGE VIEWS

   Total 9,021,838
   Average Per Day 62,579
   Average Per Visit 2.7
   Last Hour 896
   Today 4,752
   This Week 438,051

is it me? or isn't about time the Lamar Hunt trophy belonged to His team?

I’m a Chiefs fan Dammit and I’m damn proud of it!

by KC Fanatic on Sep 10, 2009 5:28 AM PDT up reply actions

haha

It’s not quite that much. I think that we’re at around 350K.

Pension Plan Puppets: A Toronto Maple Leafs blog and a group therapy session.

by PPP on Sep 9, 2009 8:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Happy to have personally made 1/1,359th of those.

It's not just your perceptions that can be wrong. Even your memory is often incomplete or possibly flat out wrong.

by shake n bake on Sep 9, 2009 10:02 AM PDT reply actions

Your post prompted me to do some math… 1/595.

I need to get back to work!

by ryanwk628 on Sep 9, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Hmmm...

I’ve posted 1/375th of them.

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Sep 9, 2009 1:50 PM PDT up reply actions

That's pretty damn impressive

CougCenter

by Jeff Nusser on Sep 9, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions

Or

embarrassing. Not sure which.

Posting 65 comments/day since June '07.

by DbacksSkins on Sep 10, 2009 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions

Cool.

Just have to hope that this network doesn’t get too big – no need to bring the typical ESPN commenters here.

@bs_uf15bosox9be The Original Gameday; Learn to use SB Nation

by bdalebs on Sep 9, 2009 1:39 PM PDT reply actions

I've been wondering this for awhile now....

does SB Nation have any idea who the top SBN commenter of all time is? I have a feeling I might be on the top 10 list.

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Sep 9, 2009 1:50 PM PDT reply actions

That would be interesting

Maybe a future post forthcoming?

by Tyler Bleszinski on Sep 9, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions

I made

a request a few months ago to the SBN tech people for a place where you can see the top commenters, message board style

FOREVER #9

Official Graphic Designer/Researcher/Grammar Police of MCM.
Official Graphic Goon of OTF.

by Aditya T (smashville) on Sep 9, 2009 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

That's

a pretty good way of doing it. IAWTC.

"In the future, I want to be a fossil. Or, at least have my feces be fossilized"
-Pygalgia

by DbacksSkins on Sep 9, 2009 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions

I like that idea. Would be cool to do it for rec’s too. Person most rec’d, person who rec’s the most. Whatev.

Follow the Penguins on SBN @ Pensburgh.com and twitter.

by FrankD on Sep 9, 2009 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Congratulations!

Athleticsnation fans salute SBN…and are most likely responsible for many millions of those comments.
Can you track by blog?
Thanks for starting this all..has lead to much good baseball/sports conversation and to new friends!

by LongTimeFan on Sep 9, 2009 4:27 PM PDT reply actions