We're preparing celebrations today as we're nearing 100 million registered Skype Names. That's quite a massive amount of people you can call for free. (More than there are people in most countries of the world, actually.)

A warm "thank you" goes from everybody at Skype to each and every one of those 100 million Skype users for helping us all get here. We could not have done without you. Thanks. Let's rock on.

To celebrate, we’ll be giving away 100 SkypeOut minutes to 100 lucky users who are online when we hit this important milestone. We’re counting down to the important moment on [Skype.com](http://www.skype.com/) right now. Plus you can help us to reach this landmark by [getting your friends](http://www.skype.com/go/share) to join the 100+ million Skype community.