Monthly Stats

Monthly stats for February 2023

5,019 visitors made 10,446 pageviews (PV); 711 Returning visitors; average session 2:16; Podcasts – 1,100 Plays

Viewers accessed 2,656 posts and index pages on Cortes Currents. The aggregate count for Federal Budget: the forgotten seniors aged 65-74 reached 644 (PV).

The top 3 podcasts in terms of views were:

  1. (601 Views) Changes coming to the BC Ferries for Quadra and Cortes Islands – Cortes Currents (3:00)
  2. (280 Views) RCMP investigating after woman was found dead on Quadra Island, say it was ‘targeted,’ but ‘isolated’ – CKTZ News (0:38)
  3. (212 Views) Gorge Harbour Marina Undergoing Renovations – Cortes Currents (2:24)

Cortes Currents – 10,446 PV

Sources of Traffic

  • 2,902 people came through searches on the web, mostly Google
  • 785 people came directly to the website
  • 521 people were referred by a third party site, mostly Tideline
  • 418 people came through social media, mostly Facebook
  • 271 people were unassigned
  • 736 returning users, 367 of which returned at least 26 times. 127 came more than 200 times.  

Top 6 Nations

Visitors came from 65 nations, the top 6 being:

  1. Canada – 3,721 people, averaging 2m 37s per session
  2. United States – 589 people, averaging 59s per session
  3. Ireland – 82 people, averaging 9s per session
  4. United Kingdom – 68 people, averaging 52s per session
  5. Australia – 36 people, averaging 1m 3s per session
  6. Germany – 33 people, averaging 24s per session

Top 4 Locations

Visitors came from 719 cities and ‘not set’ locations, the top 5 areas being:

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 748 People
    • Greater Campbell River (includes Cortes & Quadra Islands) – 507 people, averaging 5m 53s per session
    • Undesignated (not set) rural area – 241 people, averaging 2m 40s per session
    • Powell River (& qathet) – 60 people, averaging 1m 45s per session
    • Comox – 10 people, averaging 3m 37s per session
  2. Vancouver – 701 people, averaging 1m 42s per session
  3. Toronto – 120 people, averaging 1m 5s per session
  4. Victoria – 126 people, averaging 1m 41 s per session

SoundCloud – 1,071 Plays

Top 3 SoundCloud podcasts for the month:

  1. (227 Plays) We’ve been drinking a lot more alcohol during COVID, study finds – (from Jan 4, 2022)
  2. (36 Plays) Changes coming to the BC Ferries for Quadra and Cortes Islands – Cortes Currents (3:00)
  3. (27 Plays) Gorge Harbour Marina Undergoing Renovations – Cortes Currents (2:24)

Sources of Traffic

  • 605 plays through SoundCloud devices and embeds; 455 through third party rss feeds
  • 225 plays on Cortes Currents
  • 56 plays on SoundCloud
  • 27 plays on Cortes Radio
  • other sources

Top 3 Nations:

  1. Canada – 387 Plays
  2. United States – 301 Plays
  3. Singapore – 91 Plays

Top 5 International Locations

  1. Columbus, Ohio – 195 Plays
  2. Singapore – 91 Plays
  3. Thimphu, Bhutan – 59 Plays
  4. Los Angeles – 37 Plays
  5. Dublin – 16 Plays

Top 4 Canadian Plays

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 157 Plays
    • Mansons Landing – 129 Plays
    • Campbell River – 17 Plays
    • Quathiaski Cove – 7 Plays
    • Heriot Bay – 4 Plays
  2. Vancouver – 102 Plays
  3. Courtenay – 13 Plays
  4. Victoria – 10 Plays

Apple Podcasts – 29 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.