A familiar sequence?

Question

What number is represented by the question mark?

Rick · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-21 14:16:14Z

4

These are..

..the top ranked users of the Puzzling Stack Exchange and their user id's.

Deusovi user:11876

hexomino user:18422

Rand al'Thor user:5373

Gareth McCaughan user:19114

And the fifth..

Stiv user:60644

answered Jul 21, 2021 at 14:16

Rick

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$\begingroup$ Yep you got it! This puzzle may become invalid in the future though... $\endgroup$
– Dmitry Kamenetsky
Commented Jul 21, 2021 at 14:17
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$\begingroup$ @DmitryKamenetsky Is that a challenge?! ;-) $\endgroup$
– Stiv
Commented Jul 21, 2021 at 14:18
$\begingroup$ Hehe it sure is :) Judging by the rate you are climbing up, I don't think you will have any problems in becoming our #1 $\endgroup$
– Dmitry Kamenetsky
Commented Jul 21, 2021 at 14:19
$\begingroup$ @Stiv I was secretly hoping that you would get to answer this puzzle. I think you were close to doing that. $\endgroup$
– Dmitry Kamenetsky
Commented Jul 21, 2021 at 14:21
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$\begingroup$ @DmitryKamenetsky Ha! I think you underestimate the stamina of those already at the top :) Got to be honest, I was barking up the wrong tree with this one, since all of the numbers appeared to be valid dates: 11/8/76, 18/4/22, 5/3/73 and 19/1/14. $\endgroup$
– Stiv
Commented Jul 21, 2021 at 14:22

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