March 2008 aka Somebody Spiked The Punch (Stats)

Nate · 2008-04-01T23:59:50Z

First, a quick note. I don't know what happened in March. I have absolutely no idea. Even all of my theories (Spring Break for one) fail to account for what happened in March 2008. In fact, the only satisfactory explanation I have been able to conjure up is that y'all had way too much caffeine... or have some other, more nefarious addiction. In any case, I'm not even going to patronize March 2008 by saying it was huge. That's an understatement (at least for the time being...). The amount of increase in posting is unprecedented in YWS history. So let the facts speak for themselves (along with some other new stats): Note: The %'s are the increase from March 2007 20,937 posts 118% 2nd place is January 2008 with 14,659 posts 1,440 new topics 67% 2nd place: Jan. 2008 with 1,327 topics Topic to post ratio = 1 to 14.5 (very good!) 250 New Members 15% Lowest Since November '08 and far below the three month average 607,640 Pageviews 88.53% 2nd Place: Jan. 2008 with 470,346 pageviews 39,264 Visits 101.28% Just slightly below January '08 So what the above data shows is that YWS hardly grew. On many measures, it was at or below the three month average (Dec. '07 thru Feb. '08 ), especially with regards to new member registrations. But, posting exploded. What this tells me is that YWS did really well in March '08 with retaining old members. Plus, people stayed around the site a lot longer. The average time spent was 20 minutes, which is far above the average of 15 minutes. By the way, this is great because it shows that YWS is not dependent on new members for growth. Most of the growth in March came from old members. And now for some other random statistics: Internet Explorer is used by 56.8% of all YWSers. This is down 9% from a year ago when it was 66%. Firefox is used by 34%. This is up 4.5% from a year ago when it was 29.5%. Safari is used by 6.85%. This is up 3.4% (that is, in March 2007 it was 3.45%). Top 10 Countries 1. United States 2. United Kingdom 3. Canada 4. Australia 5. New Zealand 6. Philippines 7. Germany 8. Ireland 9. India 10. Switzerland Top 10 Cities 1. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2. London, United Kingdom 3. Colorado Springs, CO 4. St. Ann, MO 5. Salt Lake City, UT 6. Chicago, IL 7. Auckland, New Zealand 8. Glendale, CA 9. Kennewick, WA 10. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Top 10 Days by Posting This is for all time, not just March... 1. March 31, 2008: 1392 posts 2. March 23, 2008: 1070 posts 3. March 24, 2008: 947 posts 4. March 19, 2008: 874 posts 5. March 18, 2008: 871 posts 6. March 16, 2008: 839 posts 7. March 21, 2008: 830 posts 8. March 29, 2008: 798 posts 9. March 30, 2008: 779 posts 10. March 28, 2008: 732 posts Believe it or not, but before March, the top 10 days by posting was spread out over several months. Top 10 Poems by Comments a poem (warning, this piece has a lot of adult language) by QiGuaiGongFu with 83 comments on September 6, 2005 A Prayer to Allah by Khayriyyah with 35 comments on March 27, 2006 Falling by Jennafina with 31 comments on July 1, 2005 "Our Jon" by 4evadreamin with 30 comments on October 8, 2005 Child by Suzanne with 29 comments on December 31, 2006 Act of Love by Suzanne with 29 comments on January 14, 2007 Hurt by Alainna with 26 comments on March 24, 2007 Centering Gravity by Leja with 26 comments on August 30, 2007 The Firefly's Glow by Wiggy with 25 comments on July 24, 2006 Romance, Bubble Bath by Sharty with 25 comments on August 8, 2006 Top 10 Stories by Comments Gypsie Eyes by gyrfalcon with 164 comments on October 8, 2006 The Chair of Wind & Darkness: Draft Two [1-4]: Closed by Dream Deep with 144 comments on August 17, 2006 In Thrall by gyrfalcon with 102 comments on January 9, 2007 Prose: "Chronicles of the Dhampir: Emergence" by Hunter with 87 comments on December 27, 2004 Bound for Glory: Our Brethren by Samuel Garrison with 82 comments on December 24, 2005 Integrate This! (Now a YWS Fanfiction!) by Griffinkeeper with 81 comments on March 25, 2006 SPEW in Sci-Fi Land by Griffinkeeper with 75 comments on September 12, 2006 Oracle's Possession (Under Major Rewrite) by Myth with 48 comments on January 19, 2006 The Queen of Dolls by Snoink with 46 comments on May 15, 2006 To Keep No Secrets (Chapter Six added) by Suzanne with 46 comments on December 23, 2006 Top 25 Reviewers of All Time Snoink: 1956 reviews Suzanne: 1597 reviews Elizabeth: 1152 reviews kitty15: 1138 reviews Sam: 1076 reviews Firestarter: 979 reviews Incandescence: 859 reviews Myth: 820 reviews TL G-Wooster: 740 reviews Leja: 685 reviews xanthan gum: 683 reviews Sponson Light: 681 reviews Emma: 677 reviews Cade: 669 reviews Rei: 657 reviews Areida: 657 reviews Chevy: 655 reviews Via: 650 reviews Griffinkeeper: 631 reviews Jennafina: 608 reviews Phorcys: 597 reviews Adam_Atlantian: 571 reviews Crysi: 569 reviews Wolf: 559 reviews bubblewrapped: 538 reviews

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Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:25 pm

JFW1415 says... · Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:25 pm

niteowl wrote:I think the reason is obvious. I came back! And my return inspired others to be fruitful and multiply in post counts! Yay me!

In all serious, I do think it has more to do with people like JF who weren't really active before and are really just checking out the site for the first time. I saw several welcome topics along those lines.

Or maybe whatever changes you made in March caused the site to eek out a bizarre slightly toxic gas that keeps people addicted to the site and makes it difficult to leave.

I'm pretty sure that's it. I'm supposed to be memorizing an oral for Spanish tomorrow, but I just...can't...click...out... *Twitch*

Oh, well!

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Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:33 am

Teh Wozzinator says... · Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:33 am

I'd say that's it too... seeing as that makes three of us who got on a lot when we hadn't as much for a while.

Also, Aedomir posted plenty, and he's only from Jan.

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Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:52 am

Areida says... · Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:52 am

yoha_ahoy wrote:Woohoo for the US being the numer one country! And I'm claiming Chicago as mine for the Top 10 Cities! (I live closest to it sooo... yah.

No, it's because my family and I went on vacation there and I checked YWS so much.

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Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:13 pm

Aedomir says... · Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:13 pm

Also, Aedomir posted plenty, and he's only from Jan.

Ye, I'm a little obsessive :wink:

Still, not bad stats, eh?

~Mark

ps: I have been told this is spam, so please no one follow this post up after Woz!

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Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:19 pm

Teh Wozzinator says... · Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:19 pm

Yeah, with your short posts.

I try to make mine worthy of the site. Or maybe I'm just posting a lot on another site, trying to keep it going. :roll:

Just kidding.

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Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:15 pm

Nate says... · Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:15 pm

There is no spamming in the lounge.

Aedomir & Woz ->> Keep pointless discussion to Randomness.

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Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:02 pm

Cpt. Smurf says... · Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:02 pm

I love these stats!

And I thought April 1st was pretty active - I had well over a thousand posts before I'd logged off that day.

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