User data is stored for the last week, and the average user count determines network rank. The network rank is updated every hour. The lower a network rank, the higher it stands. #1 is the largest IRC network.

EFnet currently ranks higher than 99.96% of the IRC networks listed on SearchIRC, with 8.472% of the total IRC population.

Ties: In the rare event of two or more networks having the same average score, the tie is broken by taking into account network freshness ratings (how recently SearchIRC has connected to the given network). If that is also a tie, we then fall back and rank the tied networks alphabetically. Just keep in mind that a tie will be extremely rare, and a tie on freshness even more rare :)

To add the official SearchIRC network ranking of EFnet to your website (like the one displayed above), simply cut and paste this html code anywhere on your own website: <script language="JavaScript" src="http://searchirc.com/official_rank.php?ID=EFnet"></script> If you'd like the rank to also show how many networks total there are, use this code: <script language="JavaScript" src="http://searchirc.com/official_rank.php?ID=EFnet&outof=1"></script>