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From 25 users in July 1994, the number of users grew to 1,000 by November 1995, 5000 by June 1996, 10,000 by December 1996, 50,000 by October 1999. The number of servers grew from 2-4 when started to 35.
The network operation was severely disrupted in late 2002 and early 2003 due to distributed denial of service attacks. It has since recovered and remained functional, though no longer topping the list of the most populated IRC networks.