Through a combination of hard work and the power of technology, we've reduced the queue to around 7,500 submissions. The turnaround time is just about 36 hours at this point. We expect to meet our goal of a 24 hour turnaround time by the end of the week!
-Mike
Edit: To clear up a little confusion, this number does not include image submissions, those are in a separate queue. Again, thanks to the awesome power of technology, the image crowd moderation tool has reduced the number of images waiting to be approved from over 20,000 down to almost zero. Go forth and submit more images!