Within 12 days, a group on Facebook is about to gain 1.000.000 users. The group is called “1,000,000 Strong For Stephen T Colbert”. Stephen Colbert is a famous American TV-host who parodies Conservative TV-Shows.

The founder of the group, Raj Vachhani, created the group to beat other political groups, such as Anti-Hillary and Obama-Support-Groups:

It’s taken Obama’s 1,000,000 Strong Group more than 9 months to get 381,000 members, We beat it in less than 5 days! […] Furthermore, It has taken the “Stop Hillary Clinton: (One Million Strong AGAINST Hillary)” more than 8 months to get over 488,000 members. We beat this within 6 days! Goal: 1 Million by the end of 10 days.

He didn’t quite make it, but user growth is an interesting example of the power of viral growth in Facebook groups:

• 5,000 Members at 4:59 PM (EST) 10/17/2007
• 10,000 Members at 10:22 PM (EST) 10/17/2007
• 20,000 Members at 5:26 AM (EST) 10/18/2007
• 30,000 Members at 12:41 PM (EST) 10/18/2007
• 50,000 Members at 4:48 PM (EST) 10/18/2007
• 75,000 Members at 7:30 PM (EST) 10/18/2007
• 100,000 Members at 12:54 AM (EST) 10/19/2007
• 170,000 Members at 4:58 PM (EST) 10/19/2007
• 200,000 Members at 9:43 PM (EST) 10/19/2007
• 250,000 Members at 11:58 AM (EST) 10/20/2007
• 300,000 Members at 7:44 PM (EST) 10/20/2007
• 350,000 Members at 4:43 AM (EST) 10/21/2007
• 400,000 members at 5:11 PM (EST) 10/21/2007
• 450,000 Members at 12:16 PM (EST) 10/22/2007
• 500,000 Members at 5:11 AM (EST) 10/23/2007
• 550,000 Members at 3:59 PM (EST) 10/23/2007
• 600,000 Members at 8:06 PM (EST) 10/23/2007
• 650,000 Members at 11:24 PM (EST) 10/23/2007
• 700,000 Members at 11:34 AM (EST) 10/24/2007
• 750,000 Members at 5:31 PM (EST) 10/24/07
• 800,000 Members at 9:40 PM (EST) 10/24/07
• 850,000 members at 4:22 AM (EST) 10/25/2007
• 900,000 Members at 3:24 PM (EST) 10/25/200

Even the Washington Post reported about the group:

At the moment, the candidate of the week on Facebook, where Obama and Paul have ruled for months, is author/satirist/pontificator Stephen Colbert.

Another group called ”
I bet I can find 1,000,000 people who dislike George Bush!” has reached 500.000 users.