DNN 5.6.2 and AS 1.9.2

I want to create two pages - one for Member Statistics and another for Group Statistics. I would like to be able to show things like this on these pages.

Newest Members, Oldest Members, Most Active Members (not sure by what measure), Most Popular Members (most friends), Newest Bloggers (by role) etc.

Newest Members, Oldest Members, Most Active Groups (not sure by what measure), Most Popular Groups (most members), etc.

For Member Stats, what I would like to do is just put multiple AS modules on each page and use the default Member Directory Social View Setting to control number of records, layout, and sorting by various fields. That doesn't seem possible right now because at a minimum there is no DateCreated field available in the Sort Column on the Social View Settings UI. And I can set # of records per page, but not Max records, which is what I would like. If the DateCreated and Max returned records where there would this approach be possible or is there some other limiting factor?

There is a DateCreated in the GroupsList, but there isn't a way to limit the max records returned. And there is a template field for Member Directory but not Groups.

With just a little bit of enhancement it seems like the possibilities for using the built-in Social View Settings for Member Directory and GroupsList would be endless. Is that the intention for these and updates are on the way? Or not?

Now that I have discussed my approach, here is where I am explaining my work around and asking for help or clarification.

Since I couldn't sort by DateCreated in the default Member Directory Social View Settings, my approach was to be simple and try to use the existing templates with minor modifications within a custom view.

1. I created a new template under Portal Templates / Profile called StatsMemberList. I removed the Search and Alpha bars and did some other minor layout mods.
2. I created new Custom Views named StatsNewMembers and StatsOldMembers. These would both use the StatsMemberList template but would be filtered to a max number of records and sorted either DESC or ASC by DateCreated. Here is the code that I used. Apparently there isn't a max records, only PageSize. Is that true. Also, is there a way to access and format the DateCreated for the record to show Member Since: Feb 22, 2010 or something like that ?



I saw other posts related to Statistics but since they were old I thought it would be good to start another thread. Maybe I am just missing something and all this can be done with the current functionality. If not, is it on the way?