During an investigation, ProPublica obtained 250,000 encrypted chat logs written by members of the group.[25] ProPublica, in early 2018, estimated that Atomwaffen had 80 members,[26] while the Anti-Defamation League estimated that it had 24 to 36 active members. According to International Centre for Counter-Terrorism the group has a large number of “initiates” in addition to 60 to 80 full members.[13][50]