Monthly Stats

Monthly Stats for January 2024

3,490 people made 8,139 pageviews; 195 daily & 1,103 weekly users; average Campbell River session 5:44 ; Podcasts – 3,411 plays .

1,746 posts and index pages were viewed on Cortes Currents. The aggregate count for Where Are Germany’s Bears, Wolves And Eagles? reached 61,116, but mostly comes from people doing web searches like ‘bears in Germany’ or ‘Germany wolves.’ 59 people spent an average of 55 seconds viewing this article in January, which is sufficient for a quick scan but not enough time to actually read it.

This month the aggregate count for  What’s been happening with the renovations at Gorge Harbour (Aug 13, 2023) reached 1,029 views.

The top 3 posts this month, in terms of views, were:

  1. (315 views) CityWest finally delivers: some Cortes Island homes already receiving service  (2:09)
  2. (258 views) Neighbourhood Concerns about the ‘Cortes Airport’ (1:59)
  3. (186 views) Wrecked Boat on the Rocks Below My Property (1:24)

Cortes Currents – 8,139 PV

Sources of Traffic

  • 2,018 people came through searches on the web, primarily Google
  • 1,058 people came directly to the website
  • 439 people were referred by 3rd party websites, primarily the Tideline
  • 21 people are not assigned
  • 18 people came through unspecified social media.

The top 12 nations

Google G4A identified listeners from 65 nations, the top 12 of which were:

  1. Canada – 2,809 people – averaging 2:33 per session
  2. United States – 388 people – averaging 1:09 per session
  3. United Kingdom – 60 people – averaging 0:47 per session
  4. Germany – 33 people – averaging 0:51 per session
  5. Mexico – 21 people, averaging 2m 17s
  6. Australia – 19 people – averaging 3m 5s per visit
  7. China – 16 people – averaging 13s
  8. New Zealand – 12 people, averaguing 11m 37s per visit
  9. India – 10 people, averaging 48s per visit
  10. Netherlands – 8 people, averaging 3m 32s per visit
  11. France – 6 people, averaging 2m 12s per visit
  12. Ireland – 6 people, averaging 50s per visit

Top 4 Canadian locations

  1. CKTZ’s listening area – 805 people
    • Greater Campbell River (includes Cortes & Quadra Islands) – 452 people, averaging 5:44
    • Rural area assumed part of CKTZ – 273 people, averaging 2:31
    • Powell River – 67, averaging 2:13
    • Comox – 13 people, averaging 4:16
  2. Vancouver – 733 people, averaging 1:48 min. per session
  3. Toronto – 138 people, averaging 0:28
  4. Victoria – 98 people, averaging 2:03

SoundCloud – Revised to 1,711 Plays

The top 5 podcasts, in terms of plays, were:

  1. (35 Plays, bringing the aggregate count to 55) Misinformation About The SRD Housing Service – Cortes Currents
  2. (24 Plays) The Story Behind ‘Keepers of the Land’ – Cortes Currents
  3. (23 Plays each) Housing, Emergency Management and Resilience – Folk U; The Quadra Island Nut Tree Project’s 3rd Planting – Cortes Currents; Mark Vonesch’s First Year In Office: Things ‘Accomplished’ and ‘In Process’ – Cortes Currents

Sources of Traffic

  • 2,695 plays through 3rd party rss feeds; 472 via SoudCloud embeds and apps
  • 209 plays on Cortes Currents
  • 134 plays on the SoundCloud website
  • 14 plays on Cortes Radio
  • Other plays

Three top nations for visitors

  1. Canada – 1,533 plays
  2. Ireland – 13 plays
  3. USA – revised to 15 plays (from 1,542 )

Suspected bots

Prior to this there have been few plays from Honolulu, suddenly there are 1,527! There are robotic centres in Honolulu. SoundCloud records plays but not how long they are, si I cannot tell if they were less than 5 seconds. Checking the Cortes Currents website to see how long any visits from Honolulu are on that site, I found 3 visits lasting an average of 24 seconds during January. They could be human, or a mix of human and bot visits, but I suspect most (or all) of the sudden Honolulu presence on SoundCloud is robotic.

Top 3 Canadian sites

  1. Denman Island – 1,166 plays
  2. CKTZ’s listening area – 129 plays (Mansons Landing – 98; Campbell River – 12; Comox – 8; Heriot Bay – 6; Powell River – 5)
  3. Vancouver – 93 plays

Apple Podcasts – 173 Plays

Top 3 podcasts:

  1. (40 Plays) Intergenerational Perspectives on Climate – Folk U
  2. (29 Plays) Mark Vonesch’s First Year In Office: Things Accomplished and In Progress – Cortes Currents
  3. (15 Plays) Schools of Squirrel Cove – Cortes Currents

CKTZ 89.5 FM

Listeners on Cortes Island , Quadra, Campbell River and down the Salish Sea coastline to Powell River and Comox. 8 AM & (repeating) 3 PM, Mon to Fri; Saturday Round-up at 1 PM.