>>15 >>16 These two are totally off. Fark, Slashdot and Metafilter all get under 10,000 posts/day, so they don't compare at all.

Here are the biggest English forums on the Web, compared to 2ch:

Forum ....................... Posts per day ... Online ... Forum subject
Gaia ........................... 200 000? ............ 23000 .. anime
IGN + VaultNet ...... 130 000 .............. 7600 ..... video games
GameFAQs ............. 75 000 ................. 6600 ..... video games
FaceTheJury .......... 55 000 ................ 188 ....... attention whores
Nexopia ..................... 50 000 ................ 487 ....... attention whores
Off Topic .................. 45 000 ................ 1772 ..... bullshit
PaintBallNation ...... 30 000 ................ 2875 ..... paintball
Something Awful .... 30 000 ................ 3817 ..... everything
VWVortex ................. 20 000 ................ 220 ....... Volkswagens
Christian Forums ... 20 000 ................. 1365 .... Christianity
TOTAL ...................... 655 000 .............. 50 000 . everything

Forum ....................... Posts per day ... Online ...... Forum subject
2channel ........................ 1 781 556 ... 200 000? .. everything