Since this was years ago, by now maybe we need a few more ranks: 2000 Merit/Activity, 4000 and 8000. That's going to take a while.
But I firmly believe that if a new rating is introduced then there must be pros and cons later. Not many users could reach 2000 merit, it would definitely take a lot of time for most of them.
Based on this data, surely not many users will be able to achieve it any time soon.
11k Merit Club: 2 members
10k Merit Club: 1 member
9k Merit Club: 1 member
8k Merit Club: 2 members
7k Merit Club: 2 members
6k Merit club: 4 members