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2009

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Mar 23, 2009

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Mar 25, 2009

1K subscribers

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Apr 8, 2009

10K subscribers

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Jun 11, 2009

50K subscribers

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100K Milestone

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Aug 29, 2009

100K subscribers

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2011

500K Milestone

Subscriber community reached 500K members

May 26, 2011

500K subscribers

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2013

1M Milestone

Subscriber community reached 1M members

Jul 27, 2013

1M subscribers

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