Website Tracks Second Life Resident Names/New Sims

I'm having a lot of fun browsing the Second Life stats available on the website of ObiJan Technologies, a security and enterprise software company. Here, for example, are twenty of the most recently added regions, and you can make a fairly reasonable guess on what will go on there, just by the names. (I think it's safe to say "Disturbed Fear" isn't a haven for candy-colored tinies.) No SLurls, unfortunately, so if you want to investigate further you'll have to enter these region names in SL search. Lots of other useful metrics to look at on the site, such as popular surnames, recently removed regions, new custom names, and more. Much thanks to reader "Yak" for the tip.

Comments

[Daniel Voyager]

Thanks for sharing.

Adds ObiJan Technologies to his SL Metrics blog page > http://danielvoyagerblog.wordpress.com/sl-metrics/ :)

[Joseph MacAlpine]

Their database is full of glaring errors...

[Faerie.h]

Out of the top 50 SL first names all but one (Angel) appear to be male names - including the incredibly unimaginative "Mr".

[Sioban McMahon]

Under the Avatar stats, they have a breakdown of numbers by membership type. What the heck is a "lifetime membership"?

[Arwyn Quandry]

Sioban, LL once offered a way to buy membership for the lifetime of your account so you wouldn't have to pay every month. It cost $225 and was dropped after the 1.2 release when land tier went up. People with lifetime were allowed to keep their status, but no one else can get it now.

[Joseph MacAlpine]

Arwyn, you are right, but AFAIK the 'lifetime membership' program ceased about six years ago, and that website claims one of my alts to be a lifetime member, while I created the account last year...

[Yak]

Glad you picked up on it and are giving this handy site some more exposure. Yak waves...