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Monthly Stats For Dec 2023

3,027 people made 7,024 pageviews; 79 daily & 587 weekly users ; average Campbell River session 5:41; Podcasts – 1,215 plays

Visitors accessed 1,627 posts and index pages on Cortes Currents. The aggregate count for Canada’s National Debt reached 38,515 views. This was a topical index page consisting of short candidate interviews during the 2019 election. However the vague title and first page Google search results continue to draw viewers in. The 117 people who came this month stayed for an average of 57 seconds.

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

  1. (199 views) Cortes Island’s First Housing Forum (3:04)
  2. (143 Views) A Cortes Island Resident’s Contributions to the 2023 NDP Convention (2:27)
  3. (128 Views) Misinformation About The SRD Housing Service (1:50)
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Annual Stats for 2023

47,194 people made 123,807 pageviews; 6.4K were ‘Returning Users’; average session – 2.36; Podcasts – 33,509 plays

Cortes Currents

The top 5 areas were:

  1. Vancouver – 9,120 people (av session 1m 54 secs);
  2. CKTZ’s listening area – 6,336 people
    • Greater Campbell River, which includes Cortes & Quadra Islands – 5,250 people (av session 7min 18secs)
    • Powell River – 949 people (av session 1m 50s)
    • Comox – 137 people (av 4m 2s)
  3. Undefined (not set) rural area which may, or may not, be partly or wholly within the CKTZ listening area – 3,538 people (av. session 2m 1secs).
  4. Victoria – 1,517 people (av session 1m 55s)
  5. Toronto – 1,342 people (av session 1m 10s)
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Monthly Stats for November 2023

3,574 people made 8,297 pageviews; 118 daily & 872 weekly users; average Campbell River session 6:13; Podcasts – 5,455 plays

1,627 posts and index pages were viewed on Cortes Currents. The aggregate count for Canada’s National Debt (2019, average session this month 45s) reached 33, 415 views.

This months’s top posts, in terms of views, were:

  1. (297 Views) Grrr. BC Ferries is getting better – qathet Living (17s)
  2. (198 Views) QXMC’s New General Manager, Marco Bedetti – Cortes Currents (1m 57s)
  3. (190 Views) ‘On The Brink’ of Success; The Cortes Housing Society Changes Leadership  – Cortes Currents (2m 57s)
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Monthly Stats for Oct 2023

3,027 people made 7,024 pageviews; 83 daily & 726 weekly users; average Campbell River session – 5:21; Podcasts – 6,152 plays

2,195 posts and index pages were accessed on Cortes Currents The aggregate count for How Whaletown got its name (average session 2m) reached 330.

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

  1. (364 Views) BC Ferries frustrates tourists ​– ​but they’re still lining up to come here – qathet Living (46s)
  2. (231 views) Campbell River to remove tax exemptions from Art Gallery and Mental Health – Cortes Currents (1m 45s)
  3. (189 views) Ann Mortifee: Coming Home To Cortes Island – Cortes Currents (4m 24s)
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Monthly Stats For Sept 2023

4,267 people viewed 10,990 posts; 141 daily & 909 weekly users; average Campbell River session 8m 9s; Podcasts – 8,838 plays

Viewers accessed 1,962 posts and index pages on Cortes Currents; The aggregate count for What’s been happening with the renovations at Gorge Harbour (Aug 31) reached 693 views.

The top three posts of the month, in terms of views, were:

  1. (653 Views) What’s been happening with the renovations at Gorge Harbour(3:26)
  2. ( 532 Views) QXMC: The Squirrel Cove Project (2:36)
  3. (390 Views) QXMC: Search for a new General Manager (2:15)

This week’s posts:

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