8th and 10th for now, the lists just got readjusted a bit and the competition for the last spots on updates list is apparently fierce again. In fact, on purely theoretical level, only I, Lohan75 and bringoutyourdead can be sure that we are not knocked off the monthly top 10 updates list this month... same actually applies to new ones monthly list.
But knowing how thing tend to go, I would say that though order might still fluctuate a bit, the new ones list is pretty solid all the way down to position 9. Who grabs the 10th spot remains to be seen. There are apparently quite a few people very close to each others results so just one or two censuses might decide that at the end of the month. Last month 10th spot required 11 303 new ones. It will be interesting to see, if the requirement drops. As of right now, that looks likely.
The monthly updates list will be a much harder battle. Last month your 61 181 entries gave you position 9. Looking at the list for this month, I predict that identical result will not guarantee a place in the top 10.
As for the overall top 10 lists... as months roll by, the minimums needed to enter the lists go up. They are are not impossible though... Lohan75 is a good example of that. I just checked and he became a member on May 7th. Now, less than four months later, he is about to break into the top 10 new ones list and if he goes on at approximately same rates, by the end of year, Hybuir will lose his 10th place on the alltime updates list.
Now, I am going to brag a bit, sorry! The truth is, however, that while getting on to the overall lists has gotten more difficult, the difficulty to get to position 1 has increased much more and even getting into top 3 is a great challenge.
1974ER says:
Jul 04, 09 09:12
Note to self: 4M+ updates, position 3. Approaching 700k+ new, also 3.
That is an old comment of mine. Today, those values would put someone on 5th place on the new ones list and barely on the 4th on the updates list.
If I quit censusing right now and came back in a year... I could probably expect to be still in the top 5 of the new ones list and likely at worst, 3rd on the updates list.
And in light of several months results recently, I would not be surprised, if I had maintained position 1 on both.
EDIT: And, no, I am not planning to quit... rather, I am looking forward to 11 111 111 updates.
