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Monthly Stats

Monthly Stats January, 2023

4,888 people made 10,327 pageviews; 604 Returning viewers; Campbell River average 7m 5s; Podcasts 801 Plays

Viewers accessed 4,591 posts and index pages on Cortes Currents.

The top 3 articles of the month on this website, in terms of pageviews, were:

  1. (580 pageviews) B.C. islanders bid adieu to their Queen who reigned for nearly 60 years – National Observer (0:24)
  2. (230 views) Mudslide behind Campbell River condos – Cortes Currents (0:37)
  3. (172 Views) Cortes Island matters at EASC’s Inaugural Meeting – Cortes Currents (3:10)

Cortes Currents – 10,327 PV

Sources of traffic

  • 2,974 people came through searches on the web, primarily Google.
  • 989 people came directly to Cortes Currents.
  • 440 were referred by a third party website, mainly Tideline
  • 299 came through Social media, mainly Facebook
  • 87 were unassigned
  • 4 came through an email link.
  • 608 were returning visitors. 340 of these came at least 26 times and 131 visited the website more than 200 times.  

Top 12 Nations

People from 65 nations visited Cortes Currents, the top 5 in volume were:

  1. Canada – 3,801 people, averaging 2m 33s per session
  2. United States – 466 people, averaging 1m 26s per session
  3. United Kingdom – 82 people, averaging 1m 19s per session
  4. Germany – 42 people, averaging 42s per session
  5. Ireland – 34 people, averaging 42s per session
  6. Mexico – 34 people. averaging 1m 23s
  7. Australia – 26 people, averaging 5m 51s
  8. New Zealand – 21 people, averaging 3m 39s
  9. France – 19 people, averaging 42s
  10. The Netherlands – 18 people, averaging 32s

The top 4 Canadian Locations

VIsitors came from 66 cities and ‘not set’ locations, the top 4 areas were

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 1,011 people
    • Greater Campbell River (includes Cortes and Quadra Islands) – 687 people; averaging 7m 5s per session
    • Undesignated (not set) rural area – 289 people, averaging 2m 16s per session
    • Powell River (& qathet) – 118 people; averaging 1m 25s per session
    • Comox – 17 people, averaging 3m 1s per session
  2. Vancouver – 766 people, averaging 1m 18s per session
  3. Victoria – 158 people, averaging 1m 14s per session

SoundCloud – revised to 773 Plays (from 1116)

Th e top 3 podcasts this month in terms of plays, were:

  1. (140 Plays) We’ve been drinking a lot more alcohol during COVID, study finds – Cortes Currents (from Jan 4, 2022)
  2. (101 Plays) – Mudslide behind Campbell River condos – Cortes Currents
  3. (27 Plays) – the Amazing Neuroplastic Brain – Folk U (from March 20, 2021)

Sources of Traffic

  • 589 plays came through SoundCloud apps and embeds; 481 plays on third party rss feeds
  • 266 plays on Cortes Currents
  • 209 plays on the SoundCloud website
  • 21 plays on Cortes Radio
  • other sources

Top 3 Nations

  1. Canada – 375 plays
  2. United States – revised to 112 plays (from 455)
  3. Singapore – 74 plays

Suspected bot locations

Columbus is a known robotic centre. Checking Cortes Currents, to see if there were any visits there, and if they conform to the MO of a bot visit (under 5s), I found 8 visitors , averaging 2s per visit.

Top 4 International Cities

  1. Singapore – 74 plays
  2. Thimphu, Bhutan – 71 plays
  3. Los Angeles – 22 plays
  4. Dublin – 10 plays

Top 3 Canadian Cities

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 150 plays
    • Mansons Landing – 81 plays
    • Campbell River – 59 plays;
    • Powell River – 4;
    • Heriot Bay – 3;
    • Comox – 3
  2. Vancouver – 45 plays
  3. Duncan – 24 plays

Apple Podcasts – 28 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.