This is what Steemit user base looks like...
Just 3 weeks ago, we were at 4,700 users (https://steemit.com/steem/@hisnameisolllie/steemit-growth-9-user-growth-in-24hrs), Steemit's growth is continuing with user sign ups now nearing 23,000. This represents an almost 500% increase in user numbers in 3 weeks.
Wouldn't it be great if Steemit could emulate Facebook's growth in the early years! To do that, Steemit would have to be nearing in on 1m users after 9 months of operation. If this growth continues (unlikely I appreciate), we would be there is less than 9 weeks :)
For new users, you can monitor Steemit's growth here;
https://steemd.com/distribution
https://steemle.com/charts.php
Total Accounts at the bottom are inflated by 10,000 due to accounts opened by miners.