A little village bewteeen the edge of the forest and the ocean

Monthly Stats for August 2023

4,582 people accessed 10,038 posts; 262 daily & 1,099 weekly users; av Campbell River session 5m 17s; Podcasts – 961 plays

Visitors accessed 2,040 posts and index pages; The aggregate count for Better than ever: Lovefest 2023 (this month 1m 10s) reached 820.

Top 3 posts of the month, in term of views

  1. (608 Views) – Better than ever: Lovefest 2023 – (from June 26) (1:10)
  2. (213 Views) Beginnings of the Co-op at Refuge Cove (4:52)
  3. (188 Views) Wildfire Update for our area: Day 4 of the State of Emergency (1:12)

Cortes Currents

Sources of Traffic

  • 3,218 people came through searches, primarily Google
  • 663 people came directly to the website
  • 350 people were referred by third paty websites, mostly Tideline
  • 33 people came through social media

Top 5 Nations

Viewers came from 57 nations, the top 4 of which were:

  • Canada – 3,814 people, averaging 2m 29s
  • United States – 381 people, averaging 1m 12s
  • United Kingdom – 63 people, averaging 1m 18s
  • Germany – 34 people, averaging 1m 29s
  • Australia – 20 people, averaging 1m 52s

Top 3 Canadian locations

  1. CKTZ’s listening Area – 1,069 people
    • Campbell River – 529, av 5m 17s per session
    • Undesignated Rural area – 446 people, averaging 2m 53s
    • Powell River – 86, av 1m 4s
    • Comox – 8, averaging 7m 11s
  2. Vancouver – 1,110 people, average session 1m 46s
  3. Victoria – 159 people, averaging 1m 11s

SoundCloud – 910 plays

Top 3 Podcasts

  1. (107 Plays) Return of a bird species not seen on Cortes for 50 years? Or a Horned grebe? – Cortes Currents
  2. (47 Plays) Denise Wolda (Part 1 of 2): From Farmer’s daughter to Professional Musician – Cortes Currents
  3. (41 Plays) Folk U at the Friday Market Live Music: Jemma Hicken

Top 3 Nations

  1. Canada – 562 plays
  2. United States – 95 plays
  3. United Kingdom – 27 plays

Top 3 Canadian Locations

  1. Vancouver – 213 plays
  2. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 184
    • Mansons Landing – 155;
    • Campbell River – 16;
    • Powell River – 10;
    • Quathiaski Cove – 3
  3. Victoria – 23 plays

Apple Podcasts – 51 Plays

Only two outstanding podcasts:

  1. (10 Plays) Cortes Fire Department creates wildfire brigade, begins recruiting – CKTZ News
  2. (6 Plays) FOCI reports increased numbers of Barn Swallows and Nighthawks, fewer heron nets – 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.