How many moderators should your forum have?

[riberet19]

Some forums are very small and don't need many moderators or even an administrator can do the necessary work to moderate the forum, but how do you calculate the moderators you need in your forum? Do you do this by calculating the total users of your forum? or by activity level?

 

[Nomad]

It depends on how big your forum is and how active your forum is. Currently, I am a member on a forum where there are almost 5k members and over 200K posts yet there are no activities and a single moderator can easily handle. However, I am also a part of a forum where are are under 300 users yet moderators have a lot of work to do.

 

[Dominique]

The number of moderators a forum needs depends on its size, activity level, and content type. A small forum (under 1,000 members) can function with 1–3 moderators, while a larger community (10,000+ users) may need 10 or more. Ideally, you should have at least one active moderator per peak traffic period to handle rule enforcement, spam, and user engagement. Are you managing a forum, or just exploring the idea?

 

[Ja sa bong]

It depends on what level of activities you're having on your forum and also the numbers of active members. If it's a lot, you need more mods at least 3 or 4.

 

[Cpvr]

It really depends on big your forum is. You really don’t need a large staff team with a small community. It’s best to bring on more staff members once you have a lot of daily activity and you can’t handle the load by yourself.

 

[Ravenfreak]

It depends on how large your forum is. If you've got at least 60 members who are quite active you'll need to hire one moderator. If you've got a small forum, you should be able to manage the community just fine by yourself.

 

[Nomad]

In the last 6 years I have ran as many as 3 forums and I had moderator only on one, where there were over 100 weekly active users. But I have recently lunched a new forum there are 2-3 daily active users and less than 50 registered users, I have decided to hire a moderator.

 

[Heatman]

It depends on how big a forum is. When it's very obvious that a forum doesn't have the numbers to employ many mods or even any mod especially when they are going to be paid, I don't see the need to do so. If they want to be just volunteers, it's all good then.

 

[Kennysplash]

Forums where members don’t stick to the rules and regulations need more staff to moderate the activities. Even forums with small members can need many moderators while large members need just few. It’s all about the activity of the members.

 

[samsun56]

It depends on the amount of spam and needs in a forum. If a single moderator can't handle everything, you'll clearly need many more moderators. This is extremely obvious. With what I just told you, you already have an idea of the number of moderators you need, right?