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Hannah Fry’s book Hello World.
Tim Harford • The Data Detective
used the average number of different people phoned during a month (essentially the sympathy group, or 15-layer) to explore changes in network size with age.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
99.99th Percentile Is Just Showing Up Every Day
My anecdotal evidence generally seems to support the idea that group sizes will usually plateau at a number lower than 150 participants. This comes from 20 years of doing facilitation both on and offline, running several software companies, and running various forums at America Online. In particular, many online communities provide good evidence fo... See more
Christopher Allen • The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes

Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024)
youtube.comthere was around a 40 per cent turnover in network membership (technically known as ‘churn’) over the eighteen months that we had been tracking them.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships

