Fifty Grand
So in the small hours of this morning, while a lot of Australians were out celebrating the long weekend, and the rest of the world was preparing to pretend to be inflicted by interesting illnesses in order to avoid Monday, RedBubble passed a small milestone in the shape of 50,000 members.
We’re quite chuffed about this. And instead of writing more words we’ve prepared a graph to explain exactly how it happened:

Hopefully that answers any questions you may have had.
Happy Monday
David Lay
That is fantastic news! Congratulations are in order!
Matt Mawson
blinded me with science!
Jim Phillips
This is a clear as any graph I’ve ever read. Makes perfectly good sense to me.
RoughDiamond
Woohooo!!!!!
Fantastic job. Well deserved indeed :) x
olechka
wooow :)
Christine Wilson
wow congrats guys now your out there !
budrfli
:O)))))))
KEITH R. WILL...
it really doesn’t surprise me
artsthrufotos
you are so witty and i luv the way you write things up! we should get a write-up of the day’s perspective to enjoy!
Joe Thill
That Graph makes PERFECT sense.
Brian Carr
Well done team, I don’t wonder though, with a site like this.
Maximus
perfectly :)
red addiction
“Ooooooo!”
Cheri McEachin
LMAO!!!!! ok so I totally understand!!!! good to see you have a sense of humur out there..:)
Roger Sampson
Incredible!!! The child is far past crawling…the child runs.
We are blessed!!
Rog
Nancy Polanski
We want to know our numbers!
andrew cowell
Clear as mud….. :p
funkyporchini
`CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES~
Nancy Polanski
And who was #50,000?
Lisa G. Putman
That’s a lot of crazy artistic types addicted to the internet! Looks like I’m in good company! Congrats, RB!!!
Al Neaimi
wow 50 already … well done to RB … glad to be part of it.
Bevellee
I understand perfectly!!
mealiex
Woot woo… sweet graph too!
Jan Piller
Wow – congrats – (but I still don’t quite understand why people buy plasticine)
RedBubble replied
We made is as clear as possible Jan. Try looking at the graph while standing up, that can help.
Dennis Jones -...
Looks like some of that there new fangled math
Bevellee
....and that’s a worry!!
kathleen
oh… now I am nostalgic, I remember when we hit 4000… happy days!
Paolo De Faveri
Hei bubblers,
as I just joined, what’s the prize for the 50’000th? :-)))
Jokes apart, my first impression here is the one of a great, thrilling, engaging community. That’s no surprise many want to be part of it.
Paolo
Tracey Bransfield
clear as mudd…..
Karen Martin IPA
Congratulatons – and the graph is certainly an eye opener…..
KellieBee
3 cheers 4 RB hiphip hooray!......
sjem ©
Thats it – I’m leaving.
Robert Elliott
Congratulations and I almost understand the graph, just the 12th dot down and 15 in from the right has me confused!!!!!!
RedBubble replied
Yes, tricky one that. Have a glass of milk and give it another go.
Peter Hill
Long weekend? Do you mean I don’t have to be here at work today?
Leah Smaridge
Congrats!!
Rebecca Brann
Fantastic!!!!!
Ilene Clayton
I had no idea I had so many friends!
Marion Cullen
No wonder I’m feeling claustrophobic.
Paul Louis Vil...
LOL! Hmmmm, I think that graph make too much sense!! Well done to you Red Bubble!! :D
Ozcloggie
Good to see it all, yes, bubbling along!
Angy
Oooh – and one of the last ones was me !!
Pilgrim
I think I will include this graph in some of my upcoming presentations to investors (thought not sure many of them have much of a sense of humor left after the last few months on the stock market!)
Larry Davis
And I’m one of them…. But I’m certainly not addicted. &^%$#$###
sjem ©
peter
Can I just go on public record as saying that Ed (onetonshadow) is a genius. More please sir!
jerry alcantara
welldone,congrats
SnowDog
To answer your questions in the Graph
Question 1
What makes people buy plasticine?
My wife bought some today for your 4 year ! He loves playing with it
Question 2
Why can’t we get off the internets?
Well first of all there is no such thing as ” Internets ” its not a plural word. Its INTERNET. The reason we can’t get off them is because that would be like saying why do we need to breath air. To much email , things to look up, and too many great artists on RB!!
Question 3
Why do kids draw on walls?
Cause they’re there! Well my little guy did draw on his keyboard with a marker but one of those MR Clean Magic Eraser sponges is a miracle worker! It made it disapear!!!
More importantly congrats on 50,000 members!!!!!
RedBubble replied
We felt the graph admirably answered all these questions anyway. Especially the need for a pluralisation of the Internets.
But your admirable advice on Mr Clean Magic Erasers may cause a restructure of the third parameter.
Thank you.
Darlene Marrya...
Woooohoooo! I’d be curious to know how many pieces of work that amounted to at that time too.
Joanne Bradley
Congratulations Redbubble! And a great creative original graph as well! Wish they had some of those at the meetings I have attended! :-)
Aloramyst
Congrats RedBubble! I do believe this snowball will be getting alot bigger! And how could it not, with all these great people here!
Jan Cartwright
Wow! They like you…they really like you! Great job, RB!
Russell Fry
Congrats on the milestone! I’m a little nervous, I worked in a government office and somehow the graph makes perfect sense to me…. ROFL
RedBubble replied
Don’t worry. I’ve never worked for the Government and it makes perfect sense to me too.
It can also be used to convince your offspring that television is evil.
Tallulah
Congratulations …..comforting to know so many of us out there enjoying RB. Brilliant graph too. Rocket science for sure. : )
berndt2
Awesome graph 8)
oh… and congratulations!
Larry149
There’s a slight problem . . . . In your drawing. Are you looking closely??
You see the 4th tiny little blue box down from the top?? Well, the red line from it should go up not down…..
(ha!)
Congratulations on achieving the 50,000!
IndyLady
Very cool!
bearhat
now i know why people buy plasticine. thanks.
nanarhodes
Wooo-Hooooo go RB
Trace Lowe
The graphmakes it clear to me
Silvia Manuela
Congratulations Red Bubble!
Tom Godfrey
LOL well done team.
Nanmarie
Congrats RB! Happy to be a member.
trennea
That graph is the first thing I have ever seen in my life that makes sense to me….you are brilliant!
Or mad? Are you mad? Are we all mad?
RedBubble replied
I’m not mad.
I can’t speak for every one else, even if I often do, but I am suspicious.
Jeffm
Ah, I see Barry Jones has been co-opted to prepare graphs for RedBubble… Well done to RedBubble, well done to all!
adgray
hahahahaahahahahahahahaahah
but why does the moon shrink as it rises????
Cool 50,000 new friends to meet …. is there a directory????
Man am I goner get lost in this place good!!!
We really need a cafe for sustenance every 10,000 profiles or so lol
Keep Happy!!! :o) ~ adg xox
Duncan Waldron
(1) It’s not clear whether ‘Plasticine’ includes Play-Doh and cheap supermarket white bread. If not, then your results will be skewed.
(2) Please show your working.
(3) No allowance has been made for alcohol … I’d recommend 2 large malt whiskies per night.
Jeffrey S. Rease
Yea!
Now, can I get that graph on a t-shirt? :-)
RedBubble replied
Of course not.
It’s secret, don’t tell anyone you’ve seen it.
(Actually you can, send you size and colour preference to “I want that all purpose genius graph on a t-shirt and I want it now” to the usual address)
kidi
Congratulations !!!
KarDanCreations
Couldn’t have figured it out without the graph, thanks !! 50 thou… amazing!! We love seeing the works of such fantastic talent around the world on RB. Congrats RB, we are glad we found you.
KCphoto
WOW…..................that is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CoNgRaTs!!!!!!!!! :)K
ManaMoon
hubble bubble toil and no trouble . we the people dedicate labour day to redbubble for all their efforts! well done you can have a holiday with no pay! NJoy
SkyFox
This news feels like a good insurance policy on my ‘home’. For as far as the internet goes, redbubble is the address to find me!
Congrats, now – lets sell some shit!
mlgkats
conrats for the 50000
Per E. Gunnarsen
WoW..
:-•:’”“:•.:¦:•CONGRATS•:¦:•:’’’’‘:•:¦:- Redbubble!!:¦:•:’’’’‘:•:¦:-tagbruns
which one is me ?
RedBubble replied
38,826
this may be a lie
BarbL
WAHOOO!!!! GOOD FOR ALL OF US!!! And I love the graph….it says it all!
Ann Marie Barnes
Great news RB, however, isn’t the long weekend in OZ next week?? Or are we on a different public holiday zone to the rest of the country? Too bad i had to go to work this morning!
Hayley Cafarella
Redbubble WILL steadily take over the world. No doubt about it.
Joe Beasley IPA
Confirms my belief that once you figure out the pattern, it changes!
chinet
Awesome! Way to go!
MuscularTeeth
CONGRATULATIONS !!!
its only the beginning too…
Kristina K
what do you expect when you have such a great addictive site.
congrats…
Christopher E...
wow!! awesome, but when you have a site like this..whatcha spect? :) great job guys
BarbBarcikKeith
Yup.. sure.. I totally understand that graph..
CONGRATS!!! (from one of your own)
chaton
This officially makes us the coolest people in the internet, yes?
jegustavsen
This has got to be one of thee BEST graphs I’ve ever seen as well as understood-ha! Thank you Redbubble…it has been a pleasure!!!
Dreamcoat
RedBubble – it certainly is a “Community” of Artists.
AlienVisitor
I guess mores better,Redbubble forever!!!!!!!!.
AV
Urrachk
I noticed a lot of Red Bubble members are also professionals and use the platform as a stepping stone for their work. One of the things Red Bubble could do to help hobbyists, students and other people passionate about their work is to let them create Red Bubble T-shirts where their (our) name will appear as “created by” for example. I would do it without getting a percentage on it since I’d get the free advertisment, but I’m not sure if it’s fair for everybody.
RedBubble replied
This is something the Minister of T-Shirts has been working on for a while.
clone42
Deep deep deep…
susi lawson
Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jim Caldwell
You folks love graphs. :-)
Thanks
Mary Trebilco
My sincere congratulations!!
And also to anyone who can read that graph!! lol
Pat Lucas
Proud to be part of it!! Congratulations.
Maria Dryfhout
I did not know my family was so big! Way to go, RB…
ozlat
if it wasn’t for the graph i would of been confused…congrats!
SharonD
Congratulations RB.Even if I stand on my head I don’t understand the graph.LOL.
AdamDonnelly
Nobody told me it was a long weekend
nesi
A toast, a cheer and a bow!!! Congrats indeed. Proud to be a part of RB :-))
AnnaMarie
Congrats, now I feel like playing connect the dots. :)
gypsygirl
Congratulations, love the graph!!LOL
judymin
Congrats to you all, but I am jealous Australians have a long weekend!! Ok, I am moving!!! And where was the fanfare and the balloons for the 50, 000nd member? Hmmmm???
Kelly J
To clarify – WA had our long weekend last monday – the rest of Australia are today – I did attempt to do a graph as to why as a country we celebrate Labour Day on different days…...but… stuff it – couldnt compete with yours :) Congratulations – RB Rocks!! Kelly
Dawn Jarvi
Congrats RB! Thanks for the graph….it helped me understand so much better!
Good to know there are people out there with a sense of humor and plasticine.
....Why do kids draw on walls though? We encourage them to draw, then they make a beautiful pice of artwork for you…right on your living room wall for everyone to see, and we yell at them for it….poor things must be so confused….and then we happen and join RB!
Proud to be a part of it!
meanderthal
this journal has almost 50,000 comments
Linda Sass
What? Today isn’t Labour Day, In NSW anyway. Just another example that needs a graph (don’t look at me, I’m not doing it)! But really, great work RB.
NuffNuff
Well done. Out of curiosity, who was the 50,000th member cause I joined about 2am this morning….
momleeb
Woo hoo! Congratulations to all of us…..so glad to be part of this community :). Like NuffNuff said, any special prizes for the 50,000th member? ;)
chamo
I hope you dont get 50 000 replies here it will take you a life time to thank everbody personly
charlena
Fantastic job I love this site
Snapperman
Congrats Redbubble – I’m sure there are many more to come – hope you have done some load testing?.
Gary Crandall
You left out the arrow pointing to beer and sex… which explains a lot more than we give it credit for… particularly with Red Bubblers…
Linda Syms
Congratulations Red Bubble
Gregory Ewanowich
Awesome news and congrats! Wow I still have a lot of profiles to look at it would seem!!!
JayVee
Congrats. Can’t figure out the red line. Please explain. LOL
YELLOWJACKET
CONGRATS TO THE BIG RED BUBBLE!!!
cbrook
Great news … and the Graph … clear as mud ;-))
Darren Stones
And how many keyboards stokes has that 50,00 members had, eh?
Irene Burdell
That is amazing in just over a year . Congratulations you have created a wonderful site and community..
webdog
WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! FANTASTIC 50
ccrcats
Groovy.
cherokee
How fantastic,Im proud to be part of this amazing place,thanks for everything,the graph was very helpful…LOL,now were is my plastersine.
Happy Monday to everybody to…....................:):)
hennie
wow
Lance Leopold
So amazing,take a bow!!!!
Lawrence Cyril...
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heather Rivet...
outstanding congrats
Nigel Plant
It must have been when i joined!!
That Graph looks just like the last project plan I created, mind you, i was to busy thinking about depth of field.
Role on a zillion members and well and a few extra servers :) Good luck!
Heidi Garner
Fantastic and well done. Can that graph be purchased as a card? It is an amazing piece of art! :)
CathyBrookes
Well now you have done it. All 50 000 of us feel we need to reply and say congratulations. Talk about spam lol.
Love the graph btw.
Ilunia Felczer
WOW…..!!!! Congrats RB…......like the graph…........
nakomis
Congratulations!! i am assuming by the graph that people play with plasticine and draw on walls introduce peoples Internet addiction.. far too much caffeine and there you have it!
Wulfrunnut
That would be great news if you hadn’t overlooked the coefficient of the independent variable. Oh well, back to the drawing board!
slickjesus
Well done Redbubble!
Gilberte
Congrats on this wondeful site.I have still friends to come – will they still find a chair?
Jessc
Clearly.
I am not surprised at all. RedBubble rocks.
pauldrobertson
congratulations.if i were not an artist and hence therefore had any money at all, i would invest here
and in butterscotch ice cream
Cathie Tranent
Congrats on the member milestone.
Ed, that is my kind of graph ….. more artistic than mathematic ….. AND
It’s Adelaide Cup day in South Australia!!!
We spent the long weekend ski-ing on the Murray and I survived!
(Three days without RB!!)
amarica
That is great
Kym Breeze
well done guys…..this is awesome news…..rock on red…...
pat oubridge
Congratulations to everybody involved in this brilliant club LOL!!!!!!!
PICMART
Great news! Well done! This is a great place to be!
Jacqueline Baker
Wow i am in awe!
A very deep and extremely reverential bow to you!!!!!!!!!!
Debbie Black
I would never have made sense of it without the wonderful graph….. thanks guys ;) And congrats!!!
Azzurra
i wonder if there will be 50 000 replies to this … bahaha
congrats red bubble and thank you 4 letting us have a haven to share our creativity and passion with everyone…
:P
Naylor
CONGRATS RB !!!!! I am so excited about the future for RB and all of us here !!!!!! Great work all of you and thank you for keeping us up to date :) ((hug))
Heather Totori...
Happy to be a part of the success.
jemimalovesbigted
amazing and in just over a year! wow! congrats guys, happy to be part of the fitty!
Jbarritt
Wow, I joined late last night, wonder if I was no 50,000!!
PixelProtest
love the graphs, more welcome :D. great, well done rb
Sara Lamond
congrats – great numbers – so many talented people and so much art!
Now… maybe all those google adsense ads could be changed to read “BUY art” instead of sell your art?
Just a thought…
Reece Ward
Big up yer’ self! Respect in your area… Peace out!
james miller
i seem to be having trouble finding the correlation between why we can’t get off the internets and why people buy plasti…. oooooh waaaaait… I see what you did there….
velveteagle
Its ALIVE and Growing…
Wendy Slee
huh?
Chad Bracken
yes…Yes….YES
.....wait….what?
lettie1957
looks like a gun to me.
I don’t get it – but hubby says it’s a joke -
congrats Redbubble – - I know this is one of my
favourite sites for my photos…....
regards Aletta
agentsmith
I was probably about no. 49,500 then ;)
dacrossphotography
The graph would make a good T-shirt, too. 50,000 artists contributing to a single site? Kinda humbling ain’t it?
Colin Hollywood
Well done!
Louise LeGresley
Congrats… yeah redbubble… :)
JoLennox
WTG RB!!! love the graph .. (dont think there is any need for a graph to show how this graph works either! It says it all!)
Chris Capizzi
“The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual” Quote by Vince Lombardi
Congrats to all of the staff at Redbubble.
Cecilia August...
wow
wayatsagi
Some how I seem to be better educated….; wonderful news.
Liz Spittall
Great job folks, what a wonderful achievement. The graphic explanation has left feeling a bit like I guess kids at my school feel when they dont understand!! He ! HE!
Gary Oram, Jr.
Could tell you are estatic. After all that graph may itself serve as an abstract. Save it it may be a collector’s items someday.
Symmetry44
You’ve inadvertently created a cool piece of art! Or did you, as Jack Nicholson said in Witches of Eastwick, “Do it to us on purpose!” lol
susan davies
and im so very proud to be one of those 50,000
anaisnais
Wow it’s great to know we are being watched – congatulations on a great site! Wishing a few more would kindly comment to help us acheive even higher standards and give back what our viewers want!
180ronin
180ronin loves redbubble!!!!!! :) lets keep it up there is alot of talented people on here that need some well deserved recognition.
- design is love
BeckyJean
Congrats! U guys that’s great!! :)
pentangled
I’ve wondered how many of there are – more than I thought!! :o)
TIMKIELY
well done and well deresived
jcjimages
Congrats!
Heidi Powers
that’s amazing…..congrats…and thanks for making it all possible!!
Linda Ridpath
Well done you all!!
snsabarinath
congrats
yanmos
doesn’t surprise me…. CONGRATS!
Melinda Kerr
Man that’s exactly the same as my business model. Well done dudes and dudettes. I too remember when It was 4 and a half thousand. We could almost all fit in the one taxi…albeit a big one.
Mitchell Vetter
I was pouring over this graph…and have predicted the future…
roybarry
If all the members would like to send me a £, $ or shekel, I will go out and buy a cake and some balloons…......
frogster
Gratz RedBubble
PhotogeniquE IPA
I can see it all clearly now – at last!
50K member – woo hoo!
Dolf
Right, got the graph worked out and the answer is 17!
Congrats on the 50K!
Grinch / ...
WooHoo!!! Congrats!!!
Anita Helget
I’m confused, I thought the 4th dot from the left should have been ip 1 mm? Great job everyone!
Alison Edge
50k eh, bet it’s more like 75k now!!
mrfitz
That is awesome, evolution surely has its ways.
HeatherOwen
Wow! That’s great news!!! Special thanks to all of you running the operation and to my fellow bubblers – congrats everyone!!!
worshipleader
? help ?
gigglingnewt
So, that’s it then – I am just a number
elisab
Wowee!!
Evmo
Yeahhhh awesome! Congratulatory plaques all round!!!
James Millward
Here’s to the next 50,000 then =8^)
Sean Farragher
the red bubble army
bigrock88
From little things big things grow…..........huge congrats to all the team at Bubble Headquarters, Im guess you must have expanded your office space since I last called in.
Keep up the amazing good work.
Best wishes,
Rock
Susie Mac
WOW!! CONGRATS!! .... but, i am not surprised!! Red Bubble is awesome :)
Mandi Whitten
w00t! :)
byebye
OOOOOO! PRETTY COLORS! LOL, MAKES SENSE TO ME.
georgiegirl
Hooray for RedBubble!!! The Adelaide Cup Holiday has now been renamed RedBubble Day!! Excellent work RB Elves!!! Cheers ;D
Jim Roche
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
junjaree
Doesnt really make any sense to me…..but it was somewhere between midnight and what time…..lol…..xxxx
Barbara Sparhawk
Amazing achievement, peculiar and wonderful graph, and congratulations.
You make me feel incredibly lazy, however. I have a failthful list I comment on and visit and look forward to, and it’s no where near fifty thousand. I’m going to have to start exploring more, and expand my horizons.
Kenny Gulley Jr.
shhhwwwaaammmbblluuugghhhbbllaazzlllizzed
SpaceAce08
50,000 members? Can you name them all? lol
Well done
Karen Harding
Great news Redbubble, graph explains it all ! love it :) K
fleece
i still wanna know what number i am. can’t u hack up a page where i go to and it shows my #?
IanC2008
well done, keep up the good work
moonbeatle
Congratulations! i only discovered this place a few days ago but i love it! x
ARTDICTIVE
Congrats!! dats a lot of bubbles! :D
William Reed
Tihs gaprh mkaes prefcet snece 2 me. I relaly lkie the squgigly lnies.
Willie5
Peter Barrett
Wahey!! Awesome!
ivo lopez
not even gonna try to figure that one out!
thanks for giving living artist a place to market our art!
Saulite2
Now I can say congrats! It took a long time for me to get to the comment ! Of course it is hard to connect all the dots from all over the world, but red bubble does it in nice playful way! I am happy to be part of this friendly bunch of people.
Pierre
I have seen 15 years of molecular research demonstrated in a few lumps of plasticine. my kid drew on walls and my life is entwined with the net. This chart could be the meaning of my life….
RB rock on
Pal Gyomai
That’s exactly how I would have done the graph. It makes perfect sence for artists.
I have no idea what placticine is, but drawing on walls and the internet are both fun. So therefore this is the best graph there is.
Sabine Spiesser
wonderful, congratulations
Lewis Packman
I didn’t even know that many people existed.
CWerk
Graph my brain and this is how it would look!
Congrats.
ragman
50K brilliant ~ well done
Jet Dana
Yea . . . it’s about the graph. What fun! A picture really is worth a thousand words! I’m just happy to be part of the atmosphere!!!
Kinnally
I knew there was a logical explanation about RB’s growth; thanks for clearing up how it all happened. My analysis of the factors leads me to believe that the growth will continue exponentially. I highly recommend an immediate purchase of larger sheets of graph paper. If you compress the data any further, some people might not be able to understand.
constantine
Lovin it up here in Brooklyn,Constantine
randomoasis
I want that graph on a t-shirt…. It’s COOL!!!
coffeebean
You’re such a hoot, LOL that is one awesome graph!! I’m so happy to be one of the 50 grand on the awesome bubble, wow that’s a big number….you guys are way cool and you’ve sure got an incredible phenomenon in your hands, congratulations!!!!
nagela
love to see good fortune well diserved.
michelle giaco...
You GOTTA put that on a T-shirt. :)
linaji
I am so happy to be part of the 1st 50,000!! I heart Red Bubble.. you are a big milestone in my creative expansion… thank you and congrats
Madeline M Allen
Guess I’m at the right place at the right time !
So now can we have POSTCARDS added also PLEASE ????
Congratulations !!!!!!
CateTownsend
Congratulations Red Bubble. I have only just joined this amazing community and feel like I have come home. I have found the Artists on this site to be such awesome people, supportive and inspiring, the whole concept is fantastic.
Pip Gerard
that’s hilarious!!
Connie Thomilson
could you put that in a workflow chart?
nancie
yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Andrew Hogan-...
I dont understand the graph ;)
Desmond Cannon
Looking forward to you adding a zero someday in the not too distant future. I wonder who will be the first rb “Millionaire?”
Me, me, me….. :)
Desmond Cannon
Ps. How come all the comments above were added EIGHT MONTHS AGO? (Apart from the last five that is!).
Shurely shome mishtake??
:)
nicksarr1
yay now shoot for a 1,000,000