Hahaha. I fear I'm bit long in the tooth for school.

I think the niche that I'm looking at will appeal to others who will be unaffected. I suppose that there could be a small downturn over summer holidays, but that might be no bad thing - give me chance to get things really sorted properly.

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Winter, or so I hear, everyone is home trying to stay warm, on the comp posting lol.

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I disagree with the opinion that there is no best time...There is a best time, and some people have already touched on it. Do it in the summer if you are a student - you'll have MUCH more time to dedicate to your forums...that is, of course, unless you're going on a long term vacation or are going to work full time.

Some niche forums are seasonal...TV show forums, for example, are seasonal. It wouldn't make much sense to start a TV show forum right now since most shows are having their season finales right now...It would typically be best to start a TV show forum late summer/early fall when there is a lot of buzz going on.

Gardening forums...it would be much better to start a gardening forum when it's on everybody's mind (late winter, early spring)

Vacation forums...again, late winter/early spring

American football forums...late summer/early fall...that's when everybody's thinking about football.

So yes, I'd say there is a "better" time to start most forums, but it will depend on you, your audience, and the topic. This isn't true for ALL situations...There are a lot of forums that don't necessarily have a best time, such as webmaster forums. Webmasters do not have seasons.

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Where did you find your information?

The reason I'm curious is because I started AlcoholReport on the night of July 22nd, 2006.

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start now, but official launch your site when you get a two week holiday period.

There is no better time to start the forum than now, as soon as you get the idea and plan ready, launch the forum. If you wait for the “right time” you might loose interest or forget ideas that you have in mind right now.

In any case it takes times for google to index your forum properly, so it makes sense to start it a little ahead of the “intended time”.

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