How does the Chess.com Elo compare to the Real World Elo

Just recently I dragged myself over the 1000 Elo bar on Chess.com. I celebrated that with a little dance on my opponents rating, as he in that very game was demoted under 1000.

But the rating on Elo is one thing. Being a beginner I have never been at a club, and never participated in a tournament, and - of course - don't have a real rating.

How does a rating of e.g. 1000 compare with the real rating? Or 1500 or 2000 rating? Due to the influx and drop out of players, I guess the rating is higher on Chess.com than the Real World? And that the ongoing inflation is higher then in the Real World?

But perhaps Chess.com is the Real World these days?

There's no conversion formula, but by polling a lot of people we can get estimates.

On the site below notice the FIDE is given as +/- 150

https://chessgoals.com/rating-comparison/

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As for rating inflation or how ratings compare, the most important point to understand is ratings (online or otherwise) are not an absolute measure like a person's height or weight. The rating system (used in chess and non-chess activities) only measures you relative to others in that population of players. Additionally the administrators are free to set the average anywhere, because again, all that really matters is the distance between people. So a rating of 1000 on one site could be a rating of 2000 on another, and -10000 on another... but sites try to stay pretty close to FIDE and each other to minimize confusion. They also set artificial "floors" so that, for example, no one is allowed to go below a rating of 100.

The second thing worth understanding (although not as important) is the maths used to generate these numbers make the system robust against overall inflation or deflation. On its own, new players joining and quitting wont have an effect on anyone's rating. What does have an effect is a new player who joins, plays a few games, then quits before their rating is established. Noobs who become disinterested quickly, as well as cheaters, sandbaggers, and smurfs who are banned, all inflate or deflate the overall system. In other words there's some offset there... but potentially it can build up. Over the years chess.com has made adjustments to various ratings. Most recently I believe everyone had 100 points added to their bullet rating. So when looking for comparison, be careful to look for the newest data you can find.

Congrats, although hope you weren't too mean to the guy dropping below 1000. 

I'd say it's pretty accurate. In real life play I have beaten a couple players with a FIDE 1900-2000 rating (and had a winning position against an FM then blundered :/  ).

On the basis of my OTB win/loss record I estimate my rating to be 1850-1900, whereas right now on chess.com I am just below 1800. So about accurate, maybe even slightly underestimates.

Thank you for the answers. No, the guy was a good sport allowing me to mate him.

Yes, the rating is calculated within a limited pool of players, and since the number of new players, dropouts and various behaviour, I thought that the inflation would be high on Chess.com.

Good  to know the rates are at least roughly comparable.

if i 1100 in chess.com how much is it in real life?!?!?

There is only one way to find out. Go to a tournament and play some rated games.