Who Has 500,000 AR Points? Which State Has the Most AR Members? Which state has the fewest? Here are ALL your Answers:

With over 122,000 members on board, Active Rain has become quite a Force.  I recently ventured into the "States" section, curious to see where our members come from. 

I was not surprised to find that California had the most members, 18,113 to be exact.  Florida came in second with 13,884 members on its roster.  To make it to the front page of AR for the state of California, you have to have scored at least 97,541 points.  Florida's members are even more competitive:  to make it to the front page in that state, you better have over 110,000 points under your belt.  The reigning queen and king of that state are  Sharon Simmsand Bryant Tutas, both in the over 400,000 points club, getting ready to break the 500,000 mark.  The fourth most popular AR blogger, the team of Nestor & Katerina Gasset with almost 400,000 points are in fourth position.  Florida is one competitive state!  With my paltry 190,000 points, I would be somewhere on the bottom part of page one, instead of the fourth placement I hold in SC.

What's the easiest entry into the front page?  If you said Alaska, you're wrong!  With 174 members and a high score of almost 150,000 points for its top member, Jesse Clifton, Alaska has more members than Vermont (138), South Dakota (115), Wyoming (98) and North Dakota (71).  The state with the fewest members is not really a state, but US territory: The US Virgin Islands.  The highest score there is 21,439 and a mere 175 points will still get you on the first page.  If you lived in St. Thomas, blogging would probably be the furthest thing from your mind too.  Alaska, however, granted that your igloo was Internet connected, would feature blogging at the top of the entertainment list, somewhere between dog sledding and grocery shopping, right Jesse?  Just looking at Jesse's picture I get cold...

Newsflash:  Hawaii needs another member.   499 Members strong, Hawaii has the popular Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman and Randy L. Prothero, as the AR King and Queen of that state.  Texas, with its 7,264, seems to have several AR luminaries:  Jason Crouch, Gary Wolthal,Loreen Yeo, Karen Stone and several other well recognized members. 

The two Carolinas are quite competitive also:  to make it to the front page of SC, you must have at least 31,751 points.  NC takes 10,000 additional points for front page placement.

Washington and Oregon has fewer members than I expected: 4,727 and 1,896 respectively.  Hey, isn't that where it rains a lot?  Isn't that where Active Rain started?  Come on you guys, you can't let the Carolinas beat you!  North and South Carolina's numbers are 4,731 and 2,384 and we just got Internet last week!  With weather like ours, sunny 300+ days a year and gorgeous coastal turf, we should be right there with the US Virgin Islands...

And now we come full circle to the reason I've performed this analysis.  I wanted to find out if ANYONE has over 500,000 points yet.  Guess what?  Someone does.  It's Lenn Harley of Maryland.   With over 565,000 points, Lenn is the undisputed Queen of Active Rain.   The second highest score on Active Rain belongs to Todd Clark, at the top of his page for Oregon, who will make it into the 500,000 points Club shortly.  Florida's queen and king,  Sharon Simms and Bryant Tutas are not too far behind.  Do you guys ever sell Real Estate, or do you just blog for a living? 

Having amassed close to 200,000 points myself in my one year and three months here, with 656 blogs under my belt, I have no room to talk.  ...And YES, I do work!  I sell a lot of Real Estate and I run the largest independent firm in North Myrtle Beach.  BUT...  I type fast, I have a lot to say and I love the camaraderie here!  Add to that a true love of competition, a fierce and talented rival, Jeremy Blanton, and you too, will understand why. 

They say that if you want the job done you should give it to someone who's busy.   They're right!  The Top Producers on Active Rain are most likely the Top Producers in their markets as well.  With over 40 clients garnered from AR and an immense amount of knowledge gleaned as well, this has been the best Investment I've ever made in my career. 

My day started with an e-mail from my latest client garnered through AR.  She had her condo on the market with various agents for the past two years.  She found me on AR and hired me to sell her oceanfront condo.  That was last month.  Next week we're closing on it.  Her e-mail simply said:  "You guys are awesome!  You have done an excellent job!  Thank you!"

Thank you Active Rain for allowing me the opportunity to learn, have fun, connect with like minded people AND garner some wonderful clients!

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