[KF25] KarateForums.com Threads With the Most Views and Replies (Plus a Few Other Random Stats)

[Patrick]

Hey all,

Back in 2013, when we were celebrating reaching 500,000 posts as a community, I compiled our top 10 most viewed threads and top 10 threads with the most replies. I thought it would be fun to revisit that list for our 25th birthday celebration and expand upon it here.

Top 25 Most Viewed Threads

1. The Martial Artists' Training Log by @bushido_man96 (504,852 views)
2. Martial arts research library by hobbitbob (160,629 views)
3. The Uselessness of Kata by Tokkan (72,437 views)
4. DarthPenguins Training log of an unfit person! by @DarthPenguin (72,225 views)
5. What martial art movie star do you like best? by @Blood Eagle (69,237 views)
6. Top 10 Self Defense Martial Arts by @aznkarateboi (68,697 views)
7. Dating "in-school" by @tsdstud (67,807 views)
8. tokaido vs shureido? by @kheb3350 (67,591 views)
9. Do Black-Belts have to register themselves as weapons by @chiflow (65,667 views)
10. How much should a karate school cost? by @krunchyfrogg (63,467 views)
11. Doing a side kick the "right" way by @joesteph (61,668 views)
12. My son's Wrestling season... by @bushido_man96 (61,497 views)
13. What weapon do you actually carry? by pressureguy (60,200 views)
14. Male VS Female sparring matches-PLEASE advise by @Jkoko (59,112 views)
15. Kyokushin vs Other Karate Styles. Cold Hard Facts!!!!! by @Profacci (58,907 views)
16. My New Fight; Prostate Cancer by @sensei8 (57,913 views)
17. You know when your obbsessed with martial arts when.... by @ProjectJanus (57,171 views)
18. Christians and the Martial Arts by @kchenault (56,222 views)
19. Things NOT to say to your instructor... by @Valithor (55,615 views)
20. Cool stuff I learned this week by @aurik (55,184 views)
21. MA Goofs & Blunders by KickChick (55,156 views)
22. what is your belt? by @Souldburned (51,399 views)
23. Bruce Lee UFC by @superfighter (50,722 views)
24. Whats the name of your karate club? by @karate_master (49,087 views)
25. SHOULD Christians do MA? by @KWN (48,412 views)

I decided to exclude threads from both General Chat and the KarateForums.com Announcements forum. But if they had been included, these threads would have ranked in the top 25:

1. Football season is here!!! by @bushido_man96 (199,042 views)
2. Wise Sayings... by @Phantasmatic (71,695 views)
3. The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread by @aurik (68,924 views)
4. Take Me Out...Yes...It's BASEBALL! by @sensei8 (65,235 views)
5. got jokes??? by @taezee (65,206 views)
6. KarateForums.com User Guidelines by @Patrick (64,272 views)

Top 25 Threads With the Most Replies

1. The Martial Artists' Training Log by @bushido_man96 (5,676 replies)
2. DarthPenguins Training Log of an unfit person by @DarthPenguin (599 replies)
3. The Uselessness of Kara by Tokkan (538 replies)
4. Cool stuff I learned this week by @aurik (351 replies)
5. Top 10 Self Defense Martial Arts by @aznkarateboi (336 replies)
6. My New Fight; Prostate Cancer by @sensei8 (334 replies)
7. My son's Wrestling season... by @bushido_man96 (284 replies)
8. You know when your obbsessed with martial arts when.... by @ProjectJanus (282 replies)
9. what is your belt? by @Souldburned (259 replies)
10. What weapon do you actually carry? by pressureguy (255 replies)
11. Martial arts research library by hobbitbob (255 replies)
12. Way of a Swede (from 8 kyu to...) by @Wayofaswede (254 replies)
13. MA Goofs & Blunders by KickChick (240 replies)
14. Which martial art movie star do you like best? by @Blood Eagle (238 replies)
15. Dating "in-school" by tsdstud (236 replies)
16. TKD Forms; a running comparison by @bushido_man96 (233 replies)
17. worlds longest KATA by @shukokai2000 (233 replies)
18. Opinion on UFC by @Kajukenbopr (211 replies)
19. What Katas do you know? by @Espina (206 replies)
20. Renewing myself...or at least trying to!! by @sensei8 (205 replies)
21. Christians and the Martial Arts by @kchenault (203 replies)
22. best techniques to end a fight by @Ryan gry (201 replies)
23. Top 5 Combative Arts by @Icetuete (201 replies)
24. how do you bring down someone bigger than yourself? by @Ryan gry (198 replies)
25. Kata is a waste of time by @dafabe (195 replies)

For this list, I decided to exclude threads from General CHat and Introductions. But if I had included them, these would have made the top 25:

1. Football season is here!!! by @bushido_man96 (1,578 replies)
2. The Official National Hockey League Appreciation Thread by @aurik (622 replies)
3. Post your pictures!! by thaiboxerken (451 replies) 
4. Take Me Out...Yes...It's BASEBALL! by @sensei8 (418 replies)
5. got jokes??? by @taezee (397 replies)
6. Any "LOST" fans here? by @gheinisch (274 replies)
7. Wise Sayings... by @Phantasmatic (267 replies)
8. Are You Afraid to Die? by @Ahazmaksya (248 replies)

Other Stats

Here are a few other random stats from the community:

• 580,671 posts
• 52,563 threads
• 10,215 unique contributors (members who have made at least one post)
• 27,024 personal conversations
• 1,899 reactions given (this feature launched in September of 2024)

Reactions break down as follows:

• 70% like
• 12.2% support
• 11.7% respect
• 6.1% thanks

Thank you to everyone who has been an active part of our community over the last 25 years!

Patrick

Edited 16 hours ago by Patrick

[KarateKen]

That is a heck of a breakdown.  

[sensei8]

Holy moly…that’s a list!! Thanks for sharing that information, Patrick.