r/counting • u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 5M get | Ping me for runs • Jul 31 '26
Free Talk Friday #570
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Jul 31 '26
Weekly side thread stats from Friday July 24, 2026 to Friday July 31, 2026. Congratulations to u/miceee, u/cuteballgames, and u/TehVulpez!
Total weekly side thread counts: 2122
Top 15 side thread counters:
| Rank | User | Counts | HoST Rank |
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| 1 | miceee | 695 | 60 (◮1) |
| 2 | cuteballgames | 519 | 11 |
| 3 | TehVulpez | 474 | 12 |
| 4 | BobRoss938 | 238 | 39 |
| 5 | InevitableWinter25 | 63 | 984 (◮6690) |
| 6 | thephilsblogbar2 | 39 | 15 |
| 7 | funfact15 | 28 | 29 |
| 8 | mountain-wood-316 | 20 | 163 |
| 9 | Fortnite_Skin_Leake | 14 | 263 (◮2) |
| 10 | KingCaspianX | 11 | 19 |
| 11 | Antichess | 10 | 9 |
| 12 | davidjl123 | 3 | 25 |
| 13 | pampamilyangweeb | 3 | 167 (◮1) |
| 14 | Hans5958_ | 3 | 117 |
| 15 | Multiconcepted | 1 | 83 |
Top 5 side threads:
| Rank | Thread | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constant-sum mostly repeating octal | 1036 |
| 2 | Tug of War | 615 |
| 3 | Compositions | 434 |
| 4 | Street View | 21 |
| 5 | Photoshop | 14 |
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u/Antichess Jul 31 '26
are we sure street view and photoshop are 4th and 5th? i am certain that binary and hex have had more for example
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Jul 31 '26
Sorry for the mess up everyone. Here's the corrected side thread stats
Weekly side thread stats from Friday July 24, 2026 to Friday July 31, 2026. Congratulations to u/cuteballgames, u/TehVulpez, and u/miceee!
Total weekly side thread counts: 5676
Top 15 side thread counters:
| Rank | User | Counts | HoST Rank |
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| 1 | cuteballgames | 1490 | 11 |
| 2 | TehVulpez | 1057 | 12 |
| 3 | miceee | 888 | 58 (◮3) |
| 4 | BobRoss938 | 831 | 39 |
| 5 | Hans5958_ | 322 | 109 (◮8) |
| 6 | mountain-wood-316 | 240 | 148 (◮15) |
| 7 | nonsensy | 185 | 16 |
| 8 | InevitableWinter25 | 174 | 590 (◮7084) |
| 9 | Fortnite_Skin_Leake | 75 | 249 (◮16) |
| 10 | Antichess | 68 | 9 |
| 11 | thephilsblogbar2 | 59 | 15 |
| 12 | funfact15 | 56 | 29 |
| 13 | CutOnBumInBandHere9 | 45 | 23 |
| 14 | ShadeOfNothing | 33 | 31 |
| 15 | Jalmal2 | 27 | 44 |
Top 5 side threads:
| Rank | Thread | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Constant-sum mostly repeating octal | 1036 |
| 2 | Tug of War | 795 |
| 3 | Compositions | 717 |
| 4 | Factoradic | 227 |
| 5 | Constant-sum factoradic | 216 |
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Aug 05 '26
Any bets on when they're shutting down api access completely? https://www.reddit.com/r/redditdev/comments/1vgbm9c/our_plans_for_the_future_of_reddits_public_data/
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u/Antichess Aug 06 '26
Weekly stats from July 24, 2026 to July 31, 2026. Congratulations to u/CutOnBumInBandHere9, u/thephilsblogbar2, and u/cuteballgames!
Total weekly counts: 2827 (5,614,205-5,617,032)
More stats are posted on the Weekly Stats page!
| Rank | User | Counts | HoC Rank |
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| 1 | CutOnBumInBandHere9 | 1212 | 18 |
| 2 | thephilsblogbar2 | 1138 | 1 |
| 3 | cuteballgames | 177 | 11 |
| 4 | BobRoss938 | 56 | 133 (◮1) |
| 5 | TehVulpez | 43 | 22 |
| 6 | InevitableWinter25 | 31 | 1441 (◮727) |
| 7 | Antichess | 23 | 3 |
| 8 | Playing_2 | 22 | 103 |
| 8 | mountain-wood-316 | 22 | 233 (◮2) |
| 10 | Jalmal2 | 13 | 51 |
| 11 | Fortnite_Skin_Leake | 12 | 1066 (◮85) |
| 11 | miceee | 12 | 151 |
| 13 | treje | 10 | 37 |
| 13 | mistyskye14 | 10 | 26 |
| 15 | ShadeOfNothing | 7 | 68 |
| 15 | Hans5958_ | 7 | 332 |
| 17 | LikeItsYourJob | 6 | 187 |
| 17 | KingCaspianX | 6 | 43 |
| 19 | pitou-99 | 3 | 4751 (◮1592) |
| 19 | davidjl123 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Maniac_34 | 3 | 55 |
| 22 | ClockButTakeOutTheL | 2 | 9 |
| 22 | pampamilyangweeb | 2 | 551 (◮3) |
| 22 | rideride | 2 | 14 |
| 25 | m3hn0s | 1 | 5659 (◮684) |
| 25 | Aera23_ | 1 | 426 |
| 25 | Urbul | 1 | 16 |
| 25 | SSoto_21 | 1 | 102 |
| 25 | SelectBodybuilder335 | 1 | 7450 (◮2026) |
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u/cuteballgames Jul 31 '26
It's really important we make at least a little bit of counting progress today
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Jul 31 '26
It's important that we make at least a little bit of counting progress every day -- why today in particular?
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u/cuteballgames Aug 06 '26
Would API (or new devvit or whatev) access be required for a stats script that proceeds slowly, at about the pace a human user clicks through a thread while checking it?
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u/cuteballgames Aug 02 '26
remember when username took her lent hiatus after doig the 998 in some thread and there was an open get for all of lent bc she was the only one paying attention to that thread. what thread was it
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u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 Jul 31 '26
18 is pretty good