diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e8b43401e..d2d377d10e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ immediacy of real-time chat with the productivity benefits of threaded
 conversations. Zulip is used by open source projects, Fortune 500 companies,
 large standards bodies, and others who need a real-time chat system that
 allows users to easily process hundreds or thousands of messages a day. With
-over 500 contributors merging over 500 commits a month, Zulip is also the
+over 700 contributors merging over 500 commits a month, Zulip is also the
 largest and fastest growing open source group chat project.
 
 [![CircleCI branch](https://img.shields.io/circleci/project/github/zulip/zulip/master.svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/zulip/zulip/tree/master)
diff --git a/docs/overview/gsoc-ideas.md b/docs/overview/gsoc-ideas.md
index 131475a13b..01d9f02668 100644
--- a/docs/overview/gsoc-ideas.md
+++ b/docs/overview/gsoc-ideas.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ integrations, all open source.
 
 Zulip has gained a considerable amount of traction since it was
 [released as open source software][oss-release] in late 2015, with
-code contributions from [over 500 people](https://zulip.com/team)
+code contributions from [over 700 people](https://zulip.com/team)
 from all around the world.  Thousands of people use Zulip every single
 day, and your work on Zulip will have impact on the daily experiences
 of a large and rapidly growing number of people.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ experience disciplined code reviews by highly experienced
 engineers.  Since Zulip is a team chat product, your GSoC experience
 with the Zulip project will be highly interactive.
 
-As part of that commitment, Zulip has over 150,000 words of
+As part of that commitment, Zulip has over 160,000 words of
 [documentation for
 developers](../index.html#welcome-to-the-zulip-documentation), much of
 it designed to explain not just how Zulip works, but why Zulip works
diff --git a/templates/zerver/hello.html b/templates/zerver/hello.html
index ff044a9a31..6651d6aaf0 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/hello.html
+++ b/templates/zerver/hello.html
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@
                 <h1>Open source.</h1>
                 <p>
                     Zulip is <a href="https://github.com/zulip/zulip">100% open source software</a>,
-                    built by a vibrant community of hundreds of developers
-                    from all around the world.  With 120,000 words of
+                    built by a vibrant community of over 700 developers
+                    from all around the world.  With 160,000 words of
                     <a href="https://zulip.readthedocs.io/">developer documentation</a>,
                     a high quality code base, and a
                     <a href="https://zulip.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing/chat-zulip-org.html">welcoming community</a>,