<A target="_blank" href="http://www.wissel.net/blog/d6plinks/SHWL-86WDJG?Open&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Wisselnet+%28wissel.net%29">Stephan Wissel says you can count the names in your buddy lists </A>or you can use a tool, such as Epilio, to do the counting for you. Stephan provides directions on how to do it.