as a reference point you can use my figures for fasttrack from 4.29.03 to 5.31.03 (i stopped keeping track coz the numbers weren't changing that much but now sure is a good time to start back up)- all times are eastern standard time (eastern u.s.) the times that the figures are taken really matter- notice some of the lesser quality news articles that claimed there was a drop immediately following the riaa news but in fact there is always a substantial drop in users and files shared after late evening e.s.t. (as i'm typing this it's 3:27am where i am and there are 3.2 million) the peak times i was noticing towards the end were between 1-3 pm est...saturdays and sundays always had more users. one thing you'll notice is that i tended to go with the higher volume times (afternoon) so my figures would be good in the right context (the lowest points as far as user numbers during this point were in the low to mid 3 million range)...
4.29.03 4.1 million 7:30 pm est, 4.2 @7:46pm
4.30.03 4.1 12:10pm
5.1.03 4.3 12:30pm, 4.5 mill. @4:35pm
5.2.03 4.1 12:00pm
5.4.03 4.95 4:10pm, 4.72 mill. @4:15pm
5.5.03 4.25 11:55am, 4.42 mill.@7:42pm
5.6.03 4.35 5:10pm
5.9.03 4.26 5:10pm
5.10.03 4.41 2:00pm
5.11.03 4.17 12:30pm
5.12.03 4.24 12:20pm
5.14.03 4.31 1:20pm
5.17.03 4.19 12:30pm, 4.34 mill @ 1:05pm
5.19.03 4.10 12:35pm, 4.51 mill @ 3:10pm
5.22.03 4.21 12:20pm
5.23.03 4.10 12noon, 4.42 mill. @4:20pm
5.24.03 4.09 12:40pm, 4.43 mill. @3:10pm
5.25.03 4.47 1:30pm, 4.72 mill. @3:50pm
5.26.03 4.39 12:53pm, 4.71 mill @3:40pm
5.27.03 4.29 2pm, 4.49 mill @4:30pm
5.29.03 4.23 2:40pm
5.30.03 4.27 3:20pm
5.31.03 4.3 3pm (882 million shared files)
total shared files at 3:50pm 5.25.03 was 993 million...highest so far (as of 5.31.03)
source:
http://www.fasttrackmovies.com/forum...ms=kazaa,users (requires you to register for the fasttrackcentral forum)