Hey folks, Once more around the sun, today is 14 years since Lobsters launched in 2012. Like the the <a href=“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteener” rel=“ugc”>American fourteeners</a>, our <a href=“https://lobste.rs/stats” rel=“ugc”>activity charts</a> have been busily sloping upwards. We now have 20,412 users who’ve submitted 127,589 stories, written 696,054 comments, and cast 4,911,743 votes. (I’m happy to run <a href=“https://lobste.rs/about#queries” rel=“ugc”>more complicated queries</a> than <code>count(*)</code>.) Previously: <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/rxmopc/lobsters_is_1_year_old_today” rel=“ugc”>2013</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/9fcuzc/happy_birthday_lobste_rs” rel=“ugc”>2016</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/mazaum/happy_5th_anniversary_lobsters” rel=“ugc”>2017</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/cgtc2w/happy_7th_anniversary_lobsters” rel=“ugc”>2019</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/orrpdv/lobsters_launched_8_years_ago_today” rel=“ugc”>2020</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/idj3tm/lobsters_is_nine_today” rel=“ugc”>2021</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/jclvos/one_decade_lobsters” rel=“ugc”>2022</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/hhoopi/lobsters_is_11_today” rel=“ugc”>2023</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/slfdci/one_dozen_lobsters” rel=“ugc”>2024</a> <a href=“https://lobste.rs/s/8we4dn/lucky_13_lobsters” rel=“ugc”>2025</a> Look back at the last year’s <a href=“https://lobste.rs/top/1y” rel=“ugc”>top stories</a>, or review your upvoted <a href=“https://lobste.rs/upvoted/comments” rel=“ugc”>comments</a> and <a href=“https://lobste.rs/upvoted/stories” rel=“ugc”>stories</a> to share your favorites.