Good Afternoon Everyone,
I hope everyone had a happy holiday season. I wanted to share some statistics from 2025 (the inaugural year of the new forum) and provide some updates on what to look forward to this year.
Here are the numbers since the forum was created in May 2025:
Total Page Views: 150,813 (94,585 logged in | 56,228 anonymous)
Total Users: 288 members
Total Likes: 1,238
Total Posts: 1,726 (excluding 4,777 archived posts)
Total Topics: 263 (excluding archived topics)
On the financial side of things, you all were generous enough to donate $753.77 towards the $622.44 of operating costs in 2025. I’ve carried forward the overage to fund next years operating costs which I’m estimating to be around $1,600 (due to increased traffic and expiration of promotional credits). You’ll notice that the new donation link includes a tracker for transparency. Thank you to everyone who donated last year; it’s a big help as I am committed to keeping this community functioning with or without donations due to the value it brings to other builders and members.
A number of you sent suggestions on how to improve the experience on the forum last year and I greatly appreciate the feedback. Please continue to send suggestions and I will do what I can to implement improvements.
I can’t thank everyone enough for your contributions to this community and the help its offered to builders like myself. I wish everyone the best in 2026 and, as always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any suggestions or questions!
-Evan Krueger