One of the biggest criticisms of Second Life is that the numbers frequently hyped aren't accurate. It's true that there were one million user accounts as of 6 months ago and that as of this writing, the SecondLife.com front page indicates there are currently 4,598,897. That number will likely be over 4.6 million by the time you read this blog post. So what does that actually mean in practical usage terms? Are there 4.6 million regular Second Life users? Well, no. Immediately after that, the page goes on to indicate that only 1,629,589 users have logged into Second Life in the past 60 days.
For truly accurate information about Second Life's usage, we need to look at longer-term stats. Let's take a look at a few provided by Second Life users, as well as Second Life's developers, Linden Lab itself.
