Monthly Stats for December 2022

3,858 people made 8,907 pageviews; 597 Returning Viewers; average Campbell River session – 7m 38s; Podcasts – 1460 plays

The top 3 articles for the month, in terms of views, were:

  1. (270 Views)PRV1a in fish farms, an interview with Dr Gideon Mordecai – (1:57)
  2. (215 Views) – Little room left for Liveaboards on Cortes Island docks – (2:11)
  3. (195 Views) The Klahoose Wilderness Resort’s first full season (3:02)

Cortes Currents – 8,907 PV

Sources of traffic

  • 2,118 people came through searches on the web, primarily Google – av session 1m 33s
  • 734 people came directly to the website – av 1m
  • 450 were referred by a third paryt website, mostly tideline – 3m 39s
  • 368 came through social media – av 57s
  • 57 unassigned – av 4m 53s
  • Another important subset is 628 returning visitors. 392 people came at least 26 times and 153 visited more than 200 times.

Top 4 Nations

  1. Canada – 2,788 people, averaging 3m 15s per session
  2. United States – 478 people, averaging 1m 15s per session
  3. United Kingdom – 71 people, averaging 49s
  4. Germany – 54 people, averaging 1m 3s

Top 4 Canadian Locations

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 868 people
    • Campbell River – 539 people, av 7m 38s per session
    • Undesignated rural area – 260 people, av session 1m 44s
    • Powell River – 58 people, averaging 2:22 per session
    • Comox – 11 people, averaging 1m 36s
  2. Vancouver – 533 people, av 1m 48s
  3. Toronto – 103 people, averaging 35s.
  4. Victoria – 97 people, averaging 1m 35s

SoundCloud – 1,434 Plays

The top 3 podcasts, in terms of plays, were:

  1. (52 plays) Interview with Mark Vonesch December, New regional Director (part 1)
  2. (35 plays) Housing on Cortes: an Interview with Mark Vonesch (part two)
  3. (33 Plays, bringing the aggregate count to 50) We’ve been drinking a lot more alcohol during COVID, study finds – Cortes Currents (from Jan 4, 2022)

Sources of traffic

  • 930 plays through third party rss feeds; 455 SoundCloud apps & embeds
  • 223 plays on Cortes Currents
  • 83 plays on the SoundCloud website
  • 18 plays via Cortes Radio
  • Other plays

Top 4 Nations:

  1. United States – 901 plays
  2. Canada – 333 plays
  3. Singapore – 63 Plays

Top International Locations

  1. Columbus, Ohio – 758 Plays
  2. Singapore – 63 Plays
  3. Los Angeles – 31 Plays
  4. Boardman, Oregon – 30 Plays
  5. Dublin – 18 Plays
  6. Victoria – 13 Plays

Top 4 Canadian Locations

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 170 Plays
    • Mansons Landing – 112 Plays
    • Campbell River – 32 Plays
    • Whaletown – 18 Plays
    • Powell River – 5 Plays
    • Quathiaski Cove – 3 Plays
    • Heriot Bayu- 2 Plays
  2. Vancouver – 65 Plays
  3. Victoria – 13 Plays

Apple Podcasts – 26 Plays

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.