3,419 people made 8,223 pageviews (PV); 626 Returning Viewers; average ‘Tideline’ session 6m 24s; Podcasts – 1282 plays.
This is the fourth month in a row where the average Cortes Currents post achieved first page Google search results in Canada. A total of 1,863 posts were accessed. This includes another 35 views of Terminal Upgrade Plan: BC Ferries Consults Cortes Residents which now has an aggreagte count of 765.
The top 3 posts of the month were:
- 236 views of Brian Scott, Sherman Barker & Isabelle LaPlante: on the Cortes Experience (averaging 6m 25s per session)
- 170 views of Proposed Conservation Area In The Mansons Bay Forest (averaging 1m 47s per session)
- 161 views of Planned price increases; dismantling FAC’s – Changes Coming To BC Ferries (2m 28s per session)
Cortes Currents – 8,223 PV
As a result of a plugin issue, I had to return to Google Analytics which stated.
- 1,849 people came through searches on the web (averaging 1m 41s per session). From past reports we know these were mostly Google searches.
- 997 people came directly to the website (averaging 2m 22s per session)
- 456 people came via third party websites (averaging 6m 24s) We know these were mostly Tideline & this referrer’s numbers most closely match (Greater) Campbell River, below.
- 25 people came through social media (averaging 37s)
Top 5 Nations
Visitors came from 73 nations, the top 5 of which were:
- Canada – 2,563 people averaging 2m 58s per session
- United States – 515 people, averaging 1m 06s per session
- United Kingdom – 68 people averaging 1m 13ss
- Germany – 29 people, averaging 1m 15s
- Australia – 22 people, averaging 24s
Top 4 Canadian Areas
Visitors came from 601 cities and ‘not set’ areas. The top 5 Canadian locations were:
- CKTZ’s Listening Area – 677 people
- Campbell River – 349 people, averaging 5m 19s per session. This is the profile most closely matching that of Tideline referrals. (Cortes and Quadra Island are in Greater Campbell River)
- Undesignated rural area (‘not set’), assumed to be within CKTZ’s listening area because of consistantly high duration per session – 260 people, averaging 3m 01s per session.
- Powell River – 52 people, averaging 1m 53s
- Comox – 16 people, averaging 4m 53s
- Vancouver – 609 people, averaging 2m 15s per session
- Toronto – 132 people – av 45s per session
- Victoria – 122 people – av 3m 47s per session
Top 3 podcasts for November
Drawn from SoundCloud and Apple podcasts.
- (45 Plays) – When TELUS Withdraws Pay Phone Service From Remote Communities – Cortes Currents
- (31 Plays) – Brian Scott, Sherman Barker & Isabella LePlante: the Cortes island experience – Cortes Currents
- (28 Plays) Magic Mushrooms, Chronic Pain, and Healing – Folk U
Top 3 countries
- USA – 772 plays (321 of which are from Phoenix, Boardman and Fremont – known bot centres)
- Canada – 278 plays
- Singapore – 69 plays
Top Canadian Locations
- CKTZ’s Listening Area – 126 Plays
- Mansons Landing – 66
- Whaletown – 23
- Campbell River – 35
- Lund – 7
- Powell River – 3
- Quathiaski Cove – 2
- Denman Island – 32 Plays
- Vancouver – 30
- Victoria – 11 Plays
- Toronto – 4 Plays
Apple Podcasts – 21 Plays
CKTZ 89.5 FM
Listeners on Cortes Island , Quadra, Campbell River and down the Salish Sea coastline as far as Powell River and Comox. Mon to Fri – 8 AM & (repeating) at noon & 5 PM; Saturday Round-up at 1 PM.