Card carrying membership and online support for the SNP has soared to an unprecedented high as Scotland's referendum captures the imagination of the people of Scotland.
Since David Cameron's chaotic intervention into Scottish Politics on 8th January - when on BBC’s Andrew Marr Show - 1,595 new members have joined the SNP increasing party membership by 8% in just three weeks.
On 25 Jan - the day Alex Salmond announced the Your Scotland Your Referendum consultation at Edinburgh Castle which included the wording of the referendum question - 46,684 online visitors logged onto snp.org. Server memory had to be doubled to cope with global demand.
Online followers have increased by an average 25% in those 18 days and @AlexSalmond gained 1,800 followers in the last week alone.
SNP Business Convener Derek MacKay MSP welcomed the huge support from the public that the SNP has received. He said:
"We have been overwhelmed with support from the people of Scotland over the last few weeks and days. Membership has increased by 8% and staff at party HQ have been working late into the night to get all the new membership cards sent out.
"At the end of December we reached 20,000 members and that is continuing to grow.
"And with over 46,000 visits to the website on Burns Day the appetite for information about the referendum and the SNP's vision of independence shows how engaged the people of Scotland are with this debate.
"No one cares more about Scotland's success than the people of Scotland. That's why they've responded in such huge numbers as they believe the decisions over our country's future should be taken by people in Scotland."
