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<h1>Monitoring Activity in Altchans</h1>
<h3>Background</h3>
<p>On the 14-15 April 2025 (depending on time zone), 4chan went offline following a hack. The hacker was linked to the Soyjak Party (soyjak.st), a competing imageboard that was created in 2020 due to a (justified) dislike of 4chan <em>jannies</em> (janitors), who were accused of banning users and deleting content too quickly, culminating in the locking of the /qa/ board in 2021. The hacker leaked the source code and the email addresses of the jannies. The 4chan admins responded by taking the server offline. On 25 April, 4chan returned after being offline for 10 days (<a href="https://blog.4chan.org/post/781845918774394880/still-standing" target="_blank">blog post</a>)
During the downtime, I was curious to see where 4chan's <a href="https://4chan.org/press" target="_blank">22 million users</a> had found refuge. Did they just turn off their computer and go outside, did they spend more time on Reddit, Instagram and X, or did they migrate to one one of the many "altchans" (alternatives to 4chan)? I had a look around the various altchans to see where activity increased the most during 4chan's downtime and also how the numbers changed again after its return. The big table below lists several altchans, looking at their posts per day per board.</p>
<h3>What's an imageboard?</h3>
<p>It is a bit like a forum but with several important differences: </p>
<ul>
<li>Users can (and are encouraged to) upload pictures or videos alongside their posts. The picture doesn't have to add value to the discussion, it can also just be a meme or a reaction image.</li>
<li>User post anonymously, with no accounts or usernames. This means discussion are both more honest, with people voicing their real opinions on controversial topics (as you don't have a "reputation" to keep) and at the same time it encourages <s>shit</s>funposting, trolling, pretending to be multiple people and so on.</li>
<li>There are no likes, there is no karma, and if you ever get banned you just come back with a new IP. This means people feel free to speak their mind and don't need to fear the mods or the opinion of the majority.</li>
<li>Posts are ephemeral; there are a limited amount of allowed threads on any given board and for each new thread made an old one gets deleted or archived. Often, there are bump limits as well, meaning that after a certain number of posts, a thread won't be bumped to the front page again and will inevitably get archived once enough other threads have been bumped or created; this means even the most popular thread can't live forever.</li>
</ul>
<p>Terminology: an <em>imageboard</em> is the website (or strictly speaking the forum software), <em>altchans</em> are all those imageboards that are not 4chan, and <em>boards</em> are the "sub-forums" on an imageboard focusing on a certain topic. In each board, people can make <em>threads</em> to which other users can reply (<em>posts</em>). The <em>jannies</em> work for free, deleting posts and asking <em>mods</em> to ban IP addresses of users who break the rules.</p>
<h3>Inclusion criteria</h3>
<ol>
<li>The columns show a selection of 8 altchans which offer a selection of diverse boards on all kinds of topics; therefore altchans that mostly cover a certain topic don't get their own column. The 8 altchans listed cover at least 14 of the topics that 4chan covers, while the rest cover at most 9 topics. I am monitoring many more altchans (see below for the list) but for them only very active boards are mentioned in the "Other" column at the end of the table.
<li>For the "Other" column, the table only shows boards with more than 50 posts per day for on-topic boards and 100 posts per day for off-topic boards such as /b/.</li>
<li>Only boards in the English language are included. Therefore, some imageboards like the Japanese 2chan.net (the original inspiration for 4chan), the Russian 9chan, or the Polish Ziemniachan and Karachan are excluded completely. For others, like the Russian Dvach (2ch.hk), the German Kohlchan, or the Finnish Ylilauta, only the English-language /int/ board is considered.</li>
<li>Boards shown below must be relevant and matching the selection of 4chan boards in the table below, so many boards on altchans that don't have a 4chan equivalent aren't shown. (e.g. if an altchan has an /ai/ board this is ignored as 4chan doesn't have one).</li>
<li>Niche boards are only shown if the "main" topic is also represented. For example, if an altchan only has a programming board, but not a general technology board (both would be covered by 4chan /g/) this programming board is ignored. Or if an altchan only has a KPOP board but not a general music board (like 4chan's /mu/, which includes KPOP discussions), this is ignored. But if the altchan has a /mu/ and /kpop/ board, then I would include both and sum up their posts to compare against 4chan's /mu/ board. Likewise, I have ignored all political boards that are not meant for general politics discussion (normally called /pol/ or similar), so for example anything that is meant for discussion of a specific ideology or political topic is ignored. The biggest example would be 8kun.top's /qresearch/ board. Likewise, anything with a name like /libertarian/ or /marxist/ or /fascist/ is ignored</li>
<li>Some altchans like 8chan.moe, 8kun.top or endchan.org allow users to create their own boards, therefore there are hundreds or thousands of boards. Obviously, they can't all be included and most of them are dead anyway. In general, I have ignored any boards with less than 750 posts (as of end of April 2025), and if multiple boards for the same topic exist I sometimes excluded the less active ones.</li>
</ol>
<details>
<summary style="text-decoration: underline;">Several 4chan boards are not covered (click here to see the list)</summary>
<ul>
<li>Cosplay & EGL /cgl/</li>
<li>Cute Male /cm/</li>
<li>Flash /f/ (RIP)</li>
<li>Wallpapers/General /wg/</li>
<li>Worksafe GIF /wsg/</li>
<li>Quests /qst/</li>
<li>Advice /adv/</li>
<li>LGBT /lgbt/</li>
<li>Pony /mlp/</li>
<li>Current News /news/</li>
<li>Cams & Meetups /soc/</li>
<li>All Adult Boards</li>
</ul>
</details>
<h3>Data source</h3>
<ol>
<li>The preferred method is looking at the number of the latest post at different days and times to calculate the posting frequency for different times.</li>
<li><a href="https://marge.moe" target="_blank">marge.moe</a>, a website which tracks the activity of several altchans.</li>
<li>Some altchans publish by-board "post per hour/day" (PPH/PPD) overview. Unfortunately, often only PPH is shown, which is a relatively useless figure as it will fluctuate a lot during a 24h period.</li>
<li>As a last resort, (which only applies to Ylilauta where post numbers appear to be global rather than by board), it is possible to manually count the number of threads and replies made in the last x hours and estimate the PPD from there.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Caveats</h3>
<ul>
<li>Posting activity is always just a snapshot and will fluctuate during different times of the day or might be higher on certain days e.g. weekends.</li>
<li>Some imageboards have more bots inflating the post count, for example Soyjak.st has a relatively lax captcha and similarly the post count for 8chan.moe's /vg/ board was inflated by spam messages from the same ID until they enabled per post captchas. On the other hand, some imageboards are very strict and even prevent actual users from posting, for example by banning certain countries or not allowing posting from a VPN or Tor, or - in 4chan's case - discouraging posting with timers or requiring email verification to post.</li>
<li>As mentioned above, some boards on an altchan may not correspond directly to a 4chan board, for example discussion that is covered one 4chan board might be split into multiple smaller boards on altchans (e.g. /a/ becomes several anime-related boards) or, vice versa, multiple 4chan boards can be combined into one board (e.g. /mu/ and /tv/ merged into a /media/ board). The former (several smaller boards) might mean an altchan is less likely to appear in the table below as none of the boards managed to reach the posting threshold (50 PPD) to appear in the "Other" column, even if they would have been active enough when summing up their PPDs; the latter (have a few larger boards with a broader scope) might overstate the actual activity. In most cases I have not bothered to make a true "like-for-like" comparison.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Monitored altchans</h3>
<p>I am currently monitoring the activity across <strong>40 imageboards</strong>.</p>
<details>
<summary style="text-decoration: underline;">Click here to see the full list.</summary>
<ul>
<li>22chan.org</li>
<li>28chan.org</li>
<li>2ch.hk (/int/ only)</li>
<li><span style="background-color: lightblue;">4chan.org</span></li>
<li>4chon.me</li>
<li>7chan.org</li>
<li>76chan.org (formerly sportschan.org)</li>
<li>8chan.se</li>
<li>8kun.top</li>
<li>Alogs.space</li>
<li>Bantculture.com</li>
<li>Crystal.cafe</li>
<li>Endchan.org</li>
<li>Ernstchan.top (/int/ only)</li>
<li>Heolkek.cafe</li>
<li>Heyuri.net</li>
<li>Hikari3.ch</li>
<li>Holotower.org</li>
<li>Kissu.moe</li>
<li>Kohlchan.net (/int/ only)</li>
<li>Lainchan.org</li>
<li>Merorin.com</li>
<li>Mintboard.org</li>
<li>Onesixtwo.club</li>
<li>Ourchan.org</li>
<li>Petrarchan.com</li>
<li>Plus4chan.org</li>
<li>Prolikewoah.com</li>
<li>Sidson.city</li>
<li>Smuglo.li</li>
<li>Soyjak.st</li>
<li>Soyzellig.party</li>
<li>Sushigirl.us</li>
<li>Trashchan.xyz</li>
<li>tvch.moe</li>
<li>Uboachan.net</li>
<li>Wapchan</li>
<li>Wizchan.org</li>
<li>Ylilauta.org (/int/ only)</li>
<li>zzzchan.xyz</li>
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<h2 class="center">Activity of Altchans</h2>
<p class="center">Source: eylenburg.github.io<br />last updated: 2025.07.18</p>
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<p>Note: all PPD (post per day) figures rounded to the next 25. Boards with less than 1 PPD are "dead" and marked with the † symbol.</p
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<th></th>
<th class="blue" colspan="4" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black;"><strong>4chan.org</strong></th>
<th>Soyjak Party</th>
<th>8chan</th>
<th>8kun</th>
<th>Ourchan</th>
<th>zzzchan</th>
<th>TVch</th>
<th>7chan</th>
<th>Endchan</th>
<th>Others (31 websites)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th class="blue">Board</th>
<th class="blue">Avg PPD in 2020</th>
<th class="blue">PPD before April 2025 hack</th>
<th class="blue">
<span class="d00">PPD on 2025.04.14</span>
<span class="d0">PPD on 2025.04.24</span>
<span class="d1">PPD on 2025.05.02</span>
<span class="d2">PPD on 2025.05.09</span>
<span class="d3">PPD on 2025.07.18</span>
</th>
<th>soyjak.st</th>
<th>8chan.moe</th>
<th>8kun.top</th>
<th>ourchan.org</th>
<th>zzzchan.xyz</th>
<th>tvch.moe</th>
<th>7chan.org</th>
<th>endchan.org</th>
<th style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">boards ≥50 PPD (≥100 for /b/)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Year founded</td>
<td colspan="4">2003</td>
<td>2020</td>
<td>2020</td>
<td>2013 (8ch.net)</td>
<td>2025</td>
<td>2020</td>
<td>2020</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>2015</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Imageboard software</td>
<td colspan="4">Yotsuba</td>
<td>vichan</td>
<td>lynxchan</td>
<td>vichan</td>
<td>jschan</td>
<td>jschan</td>
<td>vichan</td>
<td>kusaba</td>
<td>lynxchan</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Can post with proxy?</td>
<td colspan="4">No (needs 4chan Pass)</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td>Yes</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>PPD data source</td>
<td colspan="4">4stats.io</td>
<td><span class="d00 d0">Post count</span><span class="d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 d9 d10">Marge.moe</span></td>
<td>Post count</td>
<td>Post count</td>
<td>Post count</td>
<td><span class="d00 d0">Post count</span><span class="d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 d9 d10">Marge.moe</span></td>
<td><span class="d00 d0">Post count</span><span class="d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 d9 d10">Marge.moe</span></td>
<td>Post count</td>
<td>Post count</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td class="legend"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-style: italic;"><br />Hobby & Interest Boards:</span></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">minimum 50 PPD to be shown:</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Anime & Manga<br /> </td>
<td>/a/, /c/, /w/</td>
<td class="vgreen">47,825</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="vgreen">33,875</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 vgreen">27,400<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 vgreen">26,300<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 vgreen">31,925<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak -->
<span class="d00 lgreen">/a/<br />50 PPD</span>
<span class="d0 green">/a/<br />1,025 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/a/<br />200 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 lgreen">/a/<br />100 PPD</span>
<span class="d3 lgreen">/a/<br />75 PPD</span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d00 lgreen">/a/<br />50 PPD</span>
<span class="d0 green">/a/ + /animu/<br >5,725 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 green">/a/ + /animu/<br />1,200 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 d3 lgreen">/a/<br />100 PPD</span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/a/ + /animu/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/a/ + /animu/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 slow">/a/<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 d3 dead">/a/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- zzzchan -->
<span class="d0 lgreen">/a/<br />125 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 slow">/a/<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 d3 dead">/a/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan -->
<span class="d00 dead">/a/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 d2 d3 slow">/a/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- endchan -->
<span class="d00 d0 slow">/am/ + /AM/<br /> </span>
<span class="d1 d2 d3 dead">/am/ + /AM/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- other -->
<span class="d00 lgreen">smuglo.li /a/ + /kohi/<br />425 PPD</span>
<span class="d0 green">smuglo.li /a/ + /kohi/<br />1,100 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">smuglo.li /a/ + /kohi/<br />550 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 lgreen">smuglo.li /a/ + /kohi/<br />475 PPD</span>
<span class="d3 lgreen">smuglo.li /a/ + /kohi/<br />375 PPD</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Art & Creative<br /> </td>
<td>/i/, /ic/, /gd, /3/, /po/</td>
<td class="green">2,800</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="green">1,350</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 green">1,250<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 green">1,125<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 green">2,175<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d00 dead">/loomis/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 lgreen">/ic/ + /loomis/<br >125 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 d2 d3 slow">/ic/ + /loomis/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun --></td>
<td><!-- ourchan --></td>
<td><!-- zzzchan --></td>
<td><!-- tvch -->
<span class="d00 d1 d3 dead">/art/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d2 slow">/art/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 7chan --></td>
<td><!-- endchan --></td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Animals & Nature<br /> </td>
<td>/an/</td>
<td class="green">1,425</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="lgreen">500</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">475<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 lgreen">350<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 lgreen">600<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan --></td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/an/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/an/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan --></td>
<td><!-- zzzchan --></td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan --></td>
<td><!-- endchan --></td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Business & Finance<br /> </td>
<td>/biz/</td>
<td class="vgreen">19,450</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="vgreen">10,150</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 green">4,175<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 green">5,625<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 green">5,900<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak -->
<span class="d0 green">/biz/<br />1,150 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/biz/<br />175 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 slow">/biz/<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 dead">/biz/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d0 lgreen">/biz/<br >275 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/biz/<br />75 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 d3 lgreen">/biz/<br />50 PPD</span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 dead">/biz/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 d2 d3 slow">/biz/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 d2 slow">/biz/<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 dead">/biz/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- zzzchan --></td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan --></td>
<td><!-- endchan --></td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Food & Cooking<br /> </td>
<td>/ck/</td>
<td class="green">5,350</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="green">2,150</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 green">2,000<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 green">1,875<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 green">1,950<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d00 d2 d3 dead">/ck/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 lgreen">/ck/<br >125 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 slow">/ck/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d3 dead">/ck/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d2 slow">/ck/<br /> </span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/ck/<br />100 PPD</span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 d2 d3 slow">/ck/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- zzzchan --></td>
<td><!-- tvch -->
<span class="d00 d3 dead">/oven/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 d2 slow">/oven/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 7chan --></td>
<td><!-- endchan --></td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Comics & Cartoons<br /> </td>
<td>/co/</td>
<td class="vgreen">21,075</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="vgreen">14,075</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 vgreen">12,575<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 vgreen">12,100<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 vgreen">14,200<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d00 slow">/co/<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 lgreen">/co/<br >450 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/co/<br />200 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 d3 lgreen">/co/<br />50 PPD</span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/co/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/co/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan --></td>
<td><!-- zzzchan --></td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 d2 d3 slow">/co/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- endchan -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/co/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/co/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- other -->
<span class="d00 lgreen">plus4chan.org /co/, /md/, /sssr/<br />625 PPD</span>
<span class="d0 green">plus4chan.org /co/, /md/, /sssr/<br />1,575 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 green">plus4chan.org /co/, /md/, /sssr/<br />1,150 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 lgreen">plus4chan.org /co/, /md/, /sssr/<br />800 PPD</span>
<span class="d3 lgreen">plus4chan.org /co/, /md/, /sssr/<br />500 PPD</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Do it yourself<br /> </td>
<td>/diy/</td>
<td class="lgreen">750</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="lgreen">250</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">225<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 lgreen">200<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 lgreen">300<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan --></td>
<td><!-- 8kun --></td>
<td><!-- ourchan -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/diy/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/diy/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- zzzchan --></td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/diy/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/diy/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- endchan --></td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Fashion<br /> </td>
<td>/fa/</td>
<td class="green">3,225</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="lgreen">675</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">500<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 lgreen">600<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 lgreen">675<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan --></td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/fa/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/fa/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan --></td>
<td><!-- zzzchan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 d2 slow">/fa/<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 dead">/fa/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan --></td>
<td><!-- endchan --></td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Fitness & Health<br /> </td>
<td>/fit/</td>
<td class="vgreen">12,000</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="green">3,800</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 green">3,100<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 green">3,325<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 green">4,425<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak -->
<span class="d0 green"><span class="tooltip">/fit/ (pt.)<span class="tooltiptext">/sp/ and /pw/ content was included in /fit/, the PPD here is just for /fit/-related content</span></span><br />1,575 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/fit/<br />275 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 slow">/fit/<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 dead">/fit/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d00 d2 d3 dead">/fit/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 slow">/fit/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d2 d3 dead">/fit/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 slow">/fit/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan -->
<span class="d00 dead">/fit/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 d2 d3 slow">/fit/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- zzzchan -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/fit/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/fit/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan -->
<span class="d00 d2 d3 dead">/fit/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 slow">/fit/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- endchan --></td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Technology<br /> </td>
<td>/g/</td>
<td class="vgreen">14,800</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="green">10,550</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 green">9,825<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 green">8,425<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 vgreen">12,100<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak -->
<span class="d0 lgreen">/tech/<br >750 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/tech/<br />100 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 d3 lgreen">/tech/<br />50 PPD</span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d00 d3 slow">/t/<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 lgreen">/t/<br >725 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/t/<br />200 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 lgreen">/t/<br />50 PPD</span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/g/ + /prog/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/g/ + /prog/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan -->
<span class="d00 d3 dead">/g/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 d2 slow">/g/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- zzzchan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 d2 d3 slow">/tech/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan --></td>
<td><!-- endchan -->
<span class="d00 d1 d2 d3 dead">/tech/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 slow">/tech/<br /> </span>
</td>
</td>
<td>
<span class="d0 lgreen">lainchan.org /Ω/<br />75 PPD</span>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">History & Humanities<br /> </td>
<td>/his/</td>
<td class="green">8,350</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="green">2,300</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 green">2,200<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 green">2,350<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 green">3,225<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan --></td>
<td><!-- 8kun --></td>
<td><!-- ourchan --></td>
<td><!-- zzzchan --></td>
<td><!-- tvch --></td>
<td><!-- 7chan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 d2 d3 dead">/hi/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- endchan -->
<span class="d00 d2 d3 dead">/his/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 d1 slow">/his/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- other --></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Japan & Otaku Culture<br /> </td>
<td>/jp/</td>
<td class="vgreen">10,775</td><!-- 4chan 2020 -->
<td class="green">6,575</td><!-- 4chan pre-hack -->
<td><!-- 4chan current PPD-->
<span class="d00">←</span>
<span class="d0 dead">(offline)</span>
<span class="d1 green">5,250<br /> </span>
<span class="d2 green">4,075<br /> </span>
<span class="d3 green">4,625<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- soyjak --></td>
<td><!-- 8chan -->
<span class="d00 dead">/jp/ †<br /> </span>
<span class="d0 lgreen">/jp/<br >200 PPD</span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/jp/<br />100 PPD</span>
<span class="d2 d3 slow">/jp/<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- 8kun -->
<span class="d00 d0 d1 d2 d3 dead">/jp/ + /2hu/ †<br /> </span>
</td>
<td><!-- ourchan --></td>
<td><!-- zzzchan -->
<span class="d00 d0 d2 d3 slow">/japan/, /2hu/, /rozen/<br /> </span>
<span class="d1 lgreen">/japan/, /2hu/, /rozen/<br />75 PPD</span>