How many guilds are there?

[coreyfro]

I was wondering if you guys knew off the top of your head, or if you could easily find out, how many thousands of guilds there are?

I am just looking for a ball park figure.

Thanks

[Rollie]

There's a running tally of guilds 'seen' by WR:

Total guild count 676,438

http://www.warcraftrealms.com/dbstats.php