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First, apologies that we don't have more detailed breakdowns of the monthly Second Life statistics. Linden Lab just don't publish detailed monthly information anymore. It's mostly just numbers-for-the-numb by the look of the subset of statistics now produced.

Out of the figures we do have available, we can sum up the changes for August compared to the July figures fairly quickly: User hours showing little or no real growth, only 120 million square metres of new private simulators (no growth in mainland), Accounts with positive monthly flow down, L$/US$ exchange rate stable, Lindex currency exchange activity down, premium accounts continuing to fall.

So, those bullets aren't really the kind that look great on slide presentations.

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The latest Second Life metrics and statistics are out from Linden Lab, covering to the end of April 2008. We're only a week into May, so this is definitely one of the more timely statistical sets we've seen so far -- a trend we hope continues!

Short version: The third month of decline in premium accounts, reduction in Lindex activity, reduction in user hours, sharp rise in land ownership, and the user population continues to trend towards older users.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,529,000 at an exchange rate of L$268.7 to US$1
• Exchanged US$296,000 at an average of US$12,300.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$202,000
• Market sales were US$93,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$500
• The busiest time was at 11am when about US$24,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 6am when about US$7,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,563,000 at an exchange rate of L$268.3 to US$1
• Exchanged US$317,000 at an average of US$13,200.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$208,000
• Market sales were US$108,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$600
• The busiest time was at 2pm when about US$23,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 12pm when about US$6,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,037,000 at an exchange rate of L$268.5 to US$1
• Exchanged US$214,000 at an average of US$8,900.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$159,000
• Market sales were US$50,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$4,100
• The busiest time was at 6pm when about US$20,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 7am when about US$0 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,519,000 at an exchange rate of L$264.6 to US$1
• Exchanged US$293,000 at an average of US$12,200.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$222,000
• Market sales were US$67,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$4,300
• The busiest time was at 11am when about US$20,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 6am when about US$3,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,662,000 at an exchange rate of L$264.9 to US$1
• Exchanged US$337,000 at an average of US$14,000.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$227,000
• Market sales were US$109,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$900
• The busiest time was at 5pm when about US$23,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 4am when about US$7,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,603,000 at an exchange rate of L$269.7 to US$1
• Exchanged US$346,000 at an average of US$14,400.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$236,000
• Market sales were US$110,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$900
• The busiest time was at 3pm when about US$29,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 5am when about US$7,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,789,000 at an exchange rate of L$266.4 to US$1
• Exchanged US$389,000 at an average of US$16,200.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$269,000
• Market sales were US$118,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$1,800
• The busiest time was at midnight when about US$26,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 8pm when about US$9,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,684,000 at an exchange rate of L$270.4 to US$1
• Exchanged US$321,000 at an average of US$13,400.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$224,000
• Market sales were US$96,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$1,000
• The busiest time was at 10pm when about US$20,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 1am when about US$7,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,641,000 at an exchange rate of L$268 to US$1
• Exchanged US$306,000 at an average of US$12,700.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$209,000
• Market sales were US$94,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$2,400
• The busiest time was at 3am when about US$22,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 3pm when about US$6,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,653,000 at an exchange rate of L$267.3 to US$1
• Exchanged US$326,000 at an average of US$13,600.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$231,000
• Market sales were US$93,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$1,500
• The busiest time was at 1pm when about US$21,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 5am when about US$8,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,395,000 at an exchange rate of L$267.8 to US$1
• Exchanged US$306,000 at an average of US$12,800.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$242,000
• Market sales were US$64,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$600
• The busiest time was at 3pm when about US$20,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 6pm when about US$5,000 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,428,000 at an exchange rate of L$265.6 to US$1
• Exchanged US$246,000 at an average of US$10,200.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$183,000
• Market sales were US$61,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$1,300
• The busiest time was at 5pm when about US$20,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 7am when about US$0 was exchanged.

Yesterday in Second Life we:

• Spent US$1,558,000 at an exchange rate of L$266.5 to US$1
• Exchanged US$301,000 at an average of US$12,600.0 per hour.
• Market buys were US$217,000
• Market sales were US$84,000
• Limit-limit buys were US$200
• The busiest time was at 5pm when about US$17,000 was exchanged.
• The quietest time was 4am when about US$6,000 was exchanged.