HBD Direct Subscription Trend Tracking Project

Besides the email version of the Digest, the HBD is also published in HTML at http://hbd.org/hbd, on the rec.crafts.brewing newsgroup, and is available from several archive sites, including ftp://hbd.org/pub/hbd/digests. Also, several of the direct subscriptions redistribute the HBD to addresses within private domains. Therefor, there's no accurate way to determine just how many people read each issue.

We started the table below because we felt that the general health of home brewing on the internet (as well as non-internet home brewing and the HBD itself) could be gauged by trends in the direct subscription count to the HBD. If you find this information somehow entertaining or useful, you're welcome to take a look!

Note: Since I've been such a slug recently regarding collection of the subscription data into the file, I've finally automated the process (29 Dec 2005). The data is collected weekly, first thing Wednesday morning. If I've several months-worth of data that I've not yet summarized and plotted, send a yell my way to get me off my dead buttocks and I'll fix it up :o)

HBD Direct Email Subscriptions - Individual Years

2000

05/16/00 3335
05/20/00 3338
05/28/00 3333
05/31/00 3334
06/06/00 3335
06/08/00 3340
06/16/00 3327
06/23/00 3334
06/25/00 3339
06/26/00 3335
06/30/00 3324
07/04/00 3321
07/10/00 3303
07/12/00 3308
07/17/00 3319
07/18/00 3319

07/24/00 3321
08/03/00 3318
08/07/00 3315
08/09/00 3317
08/19/00 3323
08/21/00 3326
08/30/00 3354
09/01/00 3358
09/08/00 3358
09/10/00 3365
09/20/00 3369
09/21/00 3375
09/23/00 3380
09/24/00 3384
09/25/00 3378
09/27/00 3388

09/29/00 3386
10/01/00 3391
10/02/00 3390
10/03/00 3387
10/06/00 3390
10/09/00 3393
10/11/00 3402
10/12/00 3404
10/13/00 3402
10/14/00 3402
10/24/00 3418
10/25/00 3430
10/26/00 3450
10/27/00 3461
10/29/00 3472
10/30/00 3474

10/31/00 3481
11/01/00 3485
11/02/00 3485
11/06/00 3498
11/07/00 3496
11/08/00 3497
11/12/00 3515
11/13/00 3520
11/14/00 3523
11/16/00 HBD servers move to new host
11/17/00 3516 HBD DNS entries fail.
11/22/00 3455 HBD DNS entries restored
11/25/00 3460
11/26/00 3467
11/27/00 3470
11/28/00 3471

11/29/00 3472
11/30/00 3477
12/01/00 3484
12/03/00 3490
12/06/00 3482
12/07/00 3486
12/12/00 3487
12/13/00 3487
12/14/00 3490
12/17/00 3484
12/19/00 3478
12/21/00 3477
12/26/00 3474
12/28/00 3471

2001

01/01/01 3471
01/02/01 3477
01/05/01 3481
01/08/01 3483
01/09/01 3484
01/10/01 3490
01/12/01 3498
01/15/01 3494
01/16/01 3495
02/27/01 3525
03/05/01 3532
03/06/01 3536
03/08/01 3548
03/12/01 3571
03/14/01 3569
03/16/01 3564
03/19/01 3571
03/20/01 3573
03/22/01 3573
03/23/01 3577

03/26/01 3591
03/27/01 3589
03/28/01 3584
03/30/01 3583
04/01/01 3583
04/03/01 3580
04/05/01 3584
04/12/01 3573
04/16/01 3583
04/19/01 3584
04/21/01 3580
04/24/01 3574
04/27/01 3585
04/30/01 3589
05/01/01 3587
05/02/01 3588
05/03/01 3590
05/07/01 3594
05/10/01 3603
05/11/01 3607

05/12/01 3606
05/14/01 3600
05/16/01 3597
05/21/01 3599
05/22/01 3597
05/23/01 3601
05/24/01 3599
05/27/01 3597
05/30/01 3589
05/31/01 3584
06/01/01 3583
06/02/01 3581
06/04/01 3585
06/05/01 3580
06/07/01 3579
06/09/01 3574
06/12/01 3575
06/15/01 3583
06/17/01 3582
06/20/01 3583

06/22/01 3575
06/28/01 3575
07/02/01 3574
07/04/01 3582
07/05/01 3582
07/06/01 3585
07/09/01 3590
07/10/01 3592
07/14/01 3579
07/16/01 3590
07/24/01 3589
07/25/01 3590
07/27/01 3584
07/29/01 3590
07/31/01 3595
08/06/01 3588
08/07/01 3588
08/13/01 3577
08/14/01 3580
08/15/01 3579

08/24/01 3578
08/27/01 3578
09/03/01 3581
09/04/01 3577
09/07/01 3595
09/10/01 3599
09/13/01 3602
09/14/01 3603
09/17/01 3606
09/19/01 3603
09/21/01 3603
09/25/01 3593
09/26/01 3590
09/27/01 3591
10/01/01 3598
10/02/01 3600
10/05/01 3601
10/10/01 3599
10/12/01 3599
10/15/01 3605

10/16/01 3607
10/18/01 3607
10/19/01 3609
10/22/01 3610
10/25/01 3617
11/01/01 3620
11/07/01 3618
11/09/01 3624
11/10/01 3622
11/13/01 3629
11/15/01 3635
11/19/01 3637
11/20/01 3639
11/23/01 3646
12/07/01 3668
12/09/01 3670
12/12/01 3676
12/21/01 3685
12/23/01 3688
12/26/01 3691

2002

01/03/02 3696
01/05/02 3704
01/08/02 3709
01/10/02 3712
01/12/02 3702
01/20/02 3728
01/23/02 3748
01/25/02 3746
01/27/02 3747
01/30/02 3755
02/07/02 3776
02/11/02 3786
02/13/02 3787
02/14/02 3793
02/16/02 3794

02/18/02 3792
02/20/02 3800
02/21/02 3806
02/26/02 3811
02/28/02 3786 (home.com shutdown)
03/01/02 3708 (HUGE failure on msn.com. 78 addresses bouncing)
03/02/02 3709
03/04/02 3709
03/07/02 3699
03/11/02 3698
03/14/02 3691
03/16/02 3682
03/21/02 3667
03/24/02 3673
03/29/02 3680

03/30/02 3682
04/05/02 3665
04/09/02 3669
05/10/02 3675
05/20/02 3688
05/24/02 3692
05/30/02 3685
05/31/02 3688
06/06/02 3669
06/11/02 3673
06/12/02 3679
06/17/02 3668
06/22/02 3681
07/02/02 3691
07/05/02 3694

07/17/02 3710
07/29/02 3697
07/30/02 3700
08/05/02 3696
08/07/02 3702
08/17/02 3697
08/27/02 3697
09/20/02 3731
10/04/02 3733
10/06/02 3724
10/15/02 3734
10/16/02 3743
10/29/02 3748
10/30/02 3750
11/06/02 3770

11/16/02 3800
11/19/02 3581 - Hotmail again...
11/29/02 3619
12/26/02 3640
12/28/02 3639

2003

01/07/03 3665
01/23/03 3681
01/24/03 3672
01/27/03 3680
02/07/03 3688

02/13/03 3694
02/19/03 3692
02/25/03 3695
03/11/03 3707
03/13/03 3701

03/22/03 3714
03/29/03 3724
04/02/03 3731
04/30/03 3757
05/12/03 3770

06/25/03 3775
07/09/03 3809
07/22/03 3813
08/15/03 3827
09/08/03 3842

10/13/03 3837
11/15/03 3830
12/03/03 3823
12/19/03 3809

2004

01/16/04 3820
01/20/04 3826
01/22/04 3834
04/08/04 3897
05/04 Catastrophic server failure
07/28/04 3248
08/05/04 3188 implementation of subscription probe

09/15/04 3226
09/16/04 3222
09/30/04 3231
10/03/04 3234
10/11/04 3233
10/18/04 2960 implementation of UCE Blacklists
11/30/04 3013

12/02/04 2981
12/06/04 2943
12/13/04 2945

2005

01/02/05 2941
01/11/05 2922
01/21/05 2926
01/23/05 2872
02/03/05 2891

02/06/05 2887
02/09/05 2871
03/06/05 2926
03/28/05 2928
04/14/05 2948

05/04/05 2955
05/10/05 2943
05/12/05 2930
06/09/05 2947
06/21/05 2885

07/14/05 2901
08/01/05 2879
08/05/05 2854
08/10/05 2862
08/12/05 2865

08/19/05 2875
08/21/05/2877
08/24/05 2883
09/02/05 2853
09/10/05 2850

10/25/05 2881
12/29/05 2918

2006

01/04/06 2919 01/11/06 2935 01/18/06 2940 01/25/06 2950 02/01/06 2969	02/08/06 2977 02/15/06 2974 02/22/06 2977 03/01/06 2983 03/08/06 2890	03/15/06 2888 03/22/06 2893 03/29/06 2889 04/05/06 2896 04/12/06 2909	04/19/06 2913 04/26/06 2922 05/03/06 2934 05/10/06 2935 05/17/06 2941	05/24/06 2947 05/31/06 2903 06/07/06 2903 06/14/06 2906 06/21/06 2920	06/28/06 2931 07/05/06 2934 07/12/06 2941 07/19/06 2944 07/26/06 2949
08/02/06 2951 08/09/06 2961 08/16/06 2970 08/23/06 2969 08/30/06 2972	09/06/06 2958 09/13/06 2945 09/20/06 2940 09/27/06 2944 10/04/06 2946	10/11/06 2917 10/18/06 2930 10/25/06 2935 11/01/06 2938 11/08/06 2950	11/15/06 2953 11/22/06 2953 11/29/06 2961 12/06/06 2906 12/13/06 2902	12/20/06 2922 12/27/06 2910

2007

01/03/07 2914 01/10/07 2919 01/17/07 2926 01/24/07 2923 01/31/07 2928	02/07/07 2930 02/14/07 2931 02/21/07 2927 02/28/07 2931 03/07/07 2931	03/14/07 2876 03/21/07 2878 03/28/07 2876 04/04/07 2880 04/11/07 2886	04/18/07 2892 04/25/07 2898 05/02/07 2906 05/08/07 2862 05/16/07 2865	05/23/07 2853 05/30/07 2857 06/06/07 2827 06/13/07 2830 06/20/07 2835	06/27/07 2836 07/04/07 2830 07/11/07 2829 07/18/07 2826 07/25/07 2832
08/01/07 2831 08/08/07 2803 08/15/07 2810 08/22/07 2816 08/29/07 2811	09/05/07 2802 09/12/07 2802 09/19/07 2808 09/26/07 2803 10/03/07 2775	10/10/07 2774 10/16/07 2777 10/24/07 2780 10/31/07 2783 11/07/07 2771	11/14/07 2767 11/21/07 2769 11/28/07 2773 12/05/07 2780 12/12/07 2777	12/19/07 2795 12/26/07 2777

2008

01/02/08 2772 01/09/08 2761 01/16/08 2757 01/23/08 2754 01/30/08 2762	02/06/08 2729 02/13/08 2734 02/20/08 2743 02/27/08 2742 03/05/08 2585	03/12/08 2589 03/19/08 2599 03/26/08 2605 04/02/08 2445 04/09/08 2458	04/16/08 2470 04/23/08 2474 04/30/08 2477 05/07/08 2429 05/14/08 2432	05/21/08 2425 05/28/08 2423 06/04/08 2406 06/11/08 2407 06/18/08 2404	06/25/08 2408 07/02/08 2398 07/09/08 2395 07/16/08 2399 07/23/08 2401
07/30/08 2410 08/06/08 2389 08/13/08 2386 08/20/08 2392 09/03/08 2331	09/10/08 2337 09/17/08 2347 09/24/08 2348 10/08/08 2348 10/15/08 2358	10/22/08 2364 10/29/08 2358 11/05/08 2338 11/12/08 2340 11/19/08 2341	11/26/08 2336 12/03/08 2310 12/10/08 2315 12/17/08 2318 12/24/08 2326	12/31/08 2323

2009

01/07/09 2313 01/14/09 2315 01/20/09 2313 01/28/09 2312 02/04/09 2302	02/11/09 2297 02/18/09 2298 02/25/09 2297 03/04/09 2281 03/11/09 2283	03/18/09 2286 03/25/09 2278 04/01/09 2285 04/08/09 2277 04/15/09 2281	04/22/09 2284 04/29/09 2284 05/06/09 2278 05/13/09 2282 05/20/09 2278	05/27/09 2277 06/03/09 2277 06/10/09 2272 06/17/09 2271 06/24/09 2264	07/01/09 2267 07/15/09 2275 07/22/09 2271 07/29/09 2270 08/05/09 2251
08/12/09 2250 08/19/09 2254 08/26/09 2261 09/02/09 2251 09/09/09 2244	09/16/09 2249 09/23/09 2255 09/30/09 2261 10/07/09 2241 10/14/09 2246	10/21/09 2246 10/28/09 2251 11/04/09 2242 11/11/09 2242 11/18/09 2251	11/25/09 2248 12/02/09 2233 12/09/09 2234 12/16/09 2238 12/23/09 2244	12/30/09 2249

2010

01/06/10 2241 01/13/10 2238 01/20/10 2242 01/27/10 2243 02/03/10 2235	02/10/10 2237 02/17/10 2231 02/24/10 2231 03/03/10 2225 03/10/10 2234	03/17/10 2236 03/24/10 2236 03/31/10 2237 04/07/10 2225 04/14/10 2231	04/21/10 2239 04/28/10 2232 05/05/10 2232 05/12/10 2232 05/19/10 2238	05/26/10 2234 06/02/10 2215 06/09/10 2212 06/16/10 2218 06/23/10 2219	06/30/10 2225 07/07/10 2212 07/14/10 2214 07/21/10 2215 07/28/10 2219
08/04/10 2210 08/11/10 2286 08/18/10 2285 08/25/10 2326 09/01/10 2359	09/08/10 2344 09/15/10 2348 09/22/10 2354 09/29/10 2358 10/06/10 2354	10/13/10 2358 10/20/10 2359 10/27/10 2367 11/03/10 2355 11/10/10 2360	11/17/10 2367 11/24/10 2366 12/01/10 2364 12/08/10 2357 12/15/10 2359	12/22/10 2365 12/29/10 2373

2011

01/05/11 2361
01/12/11 2370
01/19/11 2377
01/26/11 2385
02/02/11 2359

02/09/11 2362
02/16/11 2370
02/22/11 2371
03/02/11 2347
03/09/11 2346

03/16/11 2349
03/23/11 2352
03/30/11 2354
04/06/11 2335
04/13/11 2338

04/20/11 2344
04/27/11 2352
05/04/11 2338
05/11/11 2342
05/18/11 2345

05/25/11 2353
06/01/11 2353
06/08/11 2353
06/15/11 2354
06/22/11 2360

06/29/11 2359
07/06/11 2356
07/13/11 2359
07/20/11 2355
07/27/11 2357

08/03/11 2332
08/10/11 2333
08/17/11 2340
08/24/11 2339
08/31/11 2337

09/07/11 2328
09/14/11 2325
09/21/11 2335
09/28/11 2335
10/05/11 2333

10/12/11 2338
10/19/11 2346
10/26/11 2354
11/02/11 2339
11/09/11 2339

11/16/11 2341
11/23/11 2349
11/30/11 2356
12/07/11 2329
12/14/11 2329

12/21/11 2338
12/28/11 2344

2012

01/04/12 2334
01/11/12 2332
01/18/12 2332
01/25/12 2330
01/31/12 2334

02/08/12 2320
02/15/12 2325
02/22/12 2329
02/29/12 2331
03/07/12 2319

03/14/12 2317
03/21/12 2319
03/28/12 2311
04/04/12 2296
04/11/12 2297

04/18/12 2293
04/25/12 2288
05/02/12 2286
05/09/12 2293
05/16/12 2298

05/23/12 2302
05/30/12 2306
06/06/12 2314
06/13/12 2318
06/20/12 2318

06/27/12 2321
07/04/12 2326
07/11/12 2331
07/18/12 2335
07/25/12 2339

08/01/12 2342
08/08/12 2344
08/15/12 2347
08/22/12 2254
08/29/12 2237
09/05/12 2222
09/12/12 2226
09/19/12 2223
09/26/12 2231
10/03/12 2217
10/10/12 2220
10/17/12 2219
10/24/12 2215
10/31/12 2217
11/07/12 2209
11/14/12 2212
11/21/12 2223
11/28/12 2226
12/05/12 2216
12/12/12 2222
12/19/12 2224
12/26/12 2224
01/02/13 2223
01/09/13 2224
01/16/13 2228
01/23/13 2226
01/30/13 2226
02/06/13 2217
02/13/13 2218
02/20/13 2213
02/27/13 2220
03/06/13 2217
03/13/13 2221
03/20/13 2221
03/27/13 2225
04/03/13 2225
04/10/13 2227
04/17/13 2228
04/24/13 2235
05/01/13 2243
05/08/13 2239
05/15/13 2241