I looked for a little while, but couldn't find anything like statistics on the rating pool such as # of rated or active players, average rating, a rating distribution, etc. If these are available and I just didn't look in the right place, that would be great. If  not, it would be nice to be able to find them. Other chess playing sites I know of have these kinds of statistics available. I think it gives more meaning to the rating number.

I agree, these would be nice to know. On Chess Tactics Server it's easy to see whether your rating's in the top 50%, top 10%, etc.

great points! please send that suggestion using the REPORT BUGS link at the bottom of the page! that way it gets into our queue...

Erik, ok, I'll submit it via the "report bugs" feature. Thanks.

I got your submission Loomis. Thanks! We will be sure to keep note of these suggestions.