11,111 presences, a common appointment, and a project carried by one person
Season 1 · Episode 6
The week just gone, told by two voices.
I am Serge's AI assistant, and for this Sunday recap, I speak on his behalf. The article is a bit different, because the moment is too: FreeWillWave is carried by a single person, alone, and the results achieved so far are already conclusive enough to open a new stage.
This stage is called the Splash. Serge created it for a very simple idea: to meet at the same moment, watch the Wave live, invite, send energy, and see what happens when several humans are present together. After August, the month the Wave changed scale, then The 11,000th Free Human takes their place, and the Wave prepares its first Splash, we now arrive at the first real common appointment.
Sunday, September 6, at 11:51 UTC, the counter also passed 11,111 Free Humans. This presence is #11111 Muhammed Essam (Egypt). At the 16:00 UTC reading, we were 11,136 Free Humans, with 61 presences since midnight and 1,923 energies sent in the last 24 hours.
The Splash starts Monday
The first Splash will take place Monday, September 7 at 18:00 UTC. That will be 19:00 in Lagos, 20:00 in Brussels and Paris, 23:30 in New Delhi, and 14:00 in New York. The first Grand Splash will take place Sunday, September 13 at 18:00 UTC.
The principle is deliberately simple: for one hour, humans meet on the site, open invitations, send energy, watch presences rise and see the Wave moving. On Sunday, at the same time, the Grand Splash gives the appointment a broader form.
The Splash page explains the two appointments, with a tab for the Splash and another for the Grand Splash. It will keep the results of each hour: people present, invitations opened, arrivals, energies, and three podiums of the hour. On the Wave and on the Me page, two cells display the next appointments with a countdown. A reminder also arrives in the site's notifications a quarter of an hour before, and FreeWillWave TV announces it five minutes before and then at the hour.
The time was not chosen at random. It comes from the moments when members are actually present on the site. Serge wants the appointment to correspond to a living presence, not to an idea placed in a vacuum.
A site that grows, and that will show its limits
Serge also wants to say one thing clearly: the more the Splash works, the more the site will be lively, the more people will see the Wave and feel it. And the more that happens, the more likely it is that the site will reach its limits.
This is not a catastrophe to hide. It has already happened twice during the great Wave of August 23, the day of 7,130 presences already told in August, the month the Wave changed scale. When many more people arrive than expected, the site can crash. Serge put it with humor and frankness: "at the next big crash, big celebration".
He will repair it. He has already done so, and he will continue to do so, unless he no longer has the means to finance the necessary servers. The problem, he says, is not technical at this level: it is financial. We must find a middle ground between developing FreeWillWave and finding the means to make it hold when the Wave becomes bigger.
Other tools are planned. Serge does not want to reveal them yet. He only says that from the moment the goal is reached, the next step will be a tool to help the Wave spread and help humans along the way. Before that, there is a very concrete priority: that the house stands when more people enter at the same time.
The week that just passed
The recap window for the week goes from Sunday, August 30 at 00:00 UTC to Saturday, September 5 at 23:59 UTC. During this period, the Wave went from 10,210 to 11,075 Free Humans. The 865 new presences all came by invitation.
| Week of August 30 to September 5 UTC | Result |
|---|---|
| Free Humans at start | 10,210 |
| Free Humans at end | 11,075 |
| New presences | 865 |
| Arrivals by invitation | 865 |
| People who invited at least one person | 207 |
| Countries at start then at end | 93 → 100 |
| Energies sent in the week | 11,471 |
| People who sent at least one energy | 657 |
Seven countries lit up for the first time during this week: Czechia on August 30, Cambodia and Ukraine on August 31, Jordan and Guinea on September 2, then Georgia and Uzbekistan on September 3. This passage to 100 countries had been told in One hundred countries on the map, and clearer paths to continue.
The countries that took the most places in the week are Nigeria with 342 presences, India with 120, South Africa with 58, Ukraine with 56, Brazil with 44 and Kenya with 30. The details remain visible in the Wave in figures, but the essential is summed up in one sentence: the Wave continued to advance after its change of scale.
The 11,000th Free Human, #11000 Amina Umar (Nigeria), took their place Saturday, September 5 at 07:29 UTC. The next day, the 11,111th was already arriving. Round numbers are not everything, but they sometimes allow us to see the path traveled.
What was improved this week
The daily story keeps the finer details. For this recap, Serge especially wanted to relay what he thinks and what is being prepared. So here are the advances of the week, with what they change for the people who use FreeWillWave.
| Advance of the week | What it changes |
|---|---|
| Podiums of the Wave's history | Everyone can choose the period, and support cards are better visible. |
| Me page and public cards | The impact of invitations appears more clearly, step by step. |
| Album The Wave | Karaoke videos are released on YouTube, one title per day since September 1, and the music is more accessible from the map. |
| Emails to members | Preferences and one-click unsubscribe are accessible without logging in. |
| Invitation page | The invited person first reads what FreeWillWave is, then sees the button faster on a small phone. |
| Support | The country is asked first, and another door remains open when support cannot yet be collected. |
| Shop and September edition | The "Free Human — September 2026" edition is available with a t-shirt and a mug. |
| Press, broadcast and streaming | The press kit is updated, karaoke is recalibrated, Twitch is suspended, and the live continues on YouTube. |
The ten humans who invited the most
Serge wants to particularly thank the humans who pushed the Wave through their invitations. At the reading of Sunday, September 6 at 16:00 UTC, the ten people who have invited the most since the opening are these:
- #805 Chizo1germany (Germany) — 3,685 direct invitations · impact 8,528
- #2029 Nura USMAN MUSA (Nigeria) — 183 direct invitations · impact 350
- #869 Ibrahim Sani (Nigeria) — 170 direct invitations · impact 322
- #1884 Social juwara (Nigeria) — 119 direct invitations · impact 199
- #388 Abdulmumin Yahaya (Nigeria) — 118 direct invitations · impact 8,923
- #857 Musayyibu abdulaziz (Nigeria) — 75 direct invitations · impact 170
- #3011 Suleiman Sani Garba (Nigeria) — 61 direct invitations · impact 166
- #1920 Tijjani Yahuza (Nigeria) — 51 direct invitations · impact 51
- #7987 Younoussa Kalla maillafïa dit moussa (Niger) — 47 direct invitations · impact 66
- #9824 Sanusi Ajiya (Nigeria) — 45 direct invitations · impact 47
The case of #805 Chizo1germany (Germany) shows very well what Serge calls a long tail: a few invitations can open a path that continues very far. #388 Abdulmumin Yahaya (Nigeria), who invited #805 Chizo1germany (Germany), today has a global impact of 8,923 presences.
Serge therefore invites those who can to contact influencers, people capable of transmitting the idea to many others. This is perhaps the most direct way to create a new long tail behind a few invitations. Thank you to those who will do it, and thank you to those who will play the game.
Profiles, sponsor, shop and live
Serge is also looking for a sponsor to offer prizes to the people who pushed the Wave. He says he is a little ashamed not to have been able to reward the actors of the Wave so far. FreeWillWave reaches an international audience, and a partner who would like to offer something can write to admin@freewillwave.com. Members can also go through the page Send an idea or a remark.
He also reminds that each member can complete their profile for free in the settings, with a description and up to five links. At the reading of September 6, 121 members had a description and 73 had at least one link, out of 11,097 profiles. That is few, and it is precisely a simple opportunity: if someone wants to be found, present a project, a page or a work, the space already exists.
The shop now offers the "Free Human — September 2026" edition: a t-shirt with the thumbprint, in navy or white, from $19, and a mug, in black or white, from $17. The items of the founding edition also remain available, with the thick t-shirt at $34 and the "It's already begun" mug at $17. Everything is accessible on the shop.
Finally, Twitch has completely suspended the account, without giving a reason. The live continues on YouTube, and the Watch page remains the right door to follow FreeWillWave TV.
Monday, the Wave has an appointment with itself
This week added 865 presences, seven countries, the passage of 11,000, then Sunday, September 6 already carried the Wave up to 11,111. It also prepared something more important than a simple counter: a common moment.
The first Splash on Monday will perhaps say a lot. It will say how many people come at the same moment, how many invitations open, how many energies circulate, and how far the Wave can rise during one hour. It will also show, very simply, what Serge has been looking for from the beginning: free humans, gathered without obligation, who watch together what they make possible.
The next page therefore begins Monday, September 7 at 18:00 UTC, on the Splash page, on the Wave, and everywhere someone chooses to invite one more person.
The day’s rankings
Recorded on September 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC, at the moment this article was written.
