Impressionistic painting of flowers in a vase

Monthly Stats for April 2024

3,597 people made 8,371 pageviews (PV); 104 daily & 727 weekly users; average Canadian PV was 6:05 min; Podcasts: 342 plays

1,719 posts and index pages were viewed on Cortes Currents. The aggregate count for CityWest’s Cable Cut In Whaletown (av sess. 3m 6s) reached 432 PV.

The top 3 posts in terms of views this month were:

  1. (167 Views) New Initiatives from the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery (average session was 5m 36s)
  2. (132 Views) A New Season For The Whaletown Garden Centre (3m 29s)
  3. (130 Views) Beyond Personal Carbon Impacts, Seeking A More Sustainable Planet (3m 44s)

Cortes Currents: 8,371 Pageviews

Top 3 sources of Traffic – from Independent Analytics

From a total of 47 sources, the top 3 were:

  1. Google – 2,391 people made 4,216 Pageviews (PV), averaging less than 2 PV each (5m 39s)
  2. Direct to website – 1,098 people made 3,168 PV, averaging just under 3 PV ea, (6m 40s)
  3. Tideline – 498 people made 2,004 PV, averaging 4 PV ea (7m 34s)

Top 5 Nations – from Independent Analytics

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

  1. Canada – 2,873 people made 7,256 PV, averaging about 2.5 PV ea (6m 5s)
  2. United States – 354 people made 598 PV, averaging slightly over 1.5 PV ea (2m 42s)
  3. Russia – 70 people made 78 PV, averaging slight over a single PV ea (2m 7s)
  4. Germany: 45 people made 64 PV, averaging about 1.5 PV ea (48s)
  5. United Kingdom: 44 people made 68 PV, averaging about 1.5 PV ea (1m 5s)

Top Canadian Locations – From Google’s G4A

  1. CKTZ’s listening area – 757 people:
    • Greater Campbell River (which includes Cortes & Quadra Islands) – 369 people, averaging 4m 22s
    • Undesignated rural area, presumably on the West Coast – 309 people, averaging 2m 11s
    • Powell River – 65, averaging 1m 23s
    • Comox – 15 people, averaging 1m 50s
  2. Vancouver – 581 people; averaging 1m 55s per session
  3. Victoria – 117 people, averaging 1m 50s

SoundCloud – 668 Plays

The top 3 SoundCloud podcasts this month:

  1. (50 Plays) Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank Coordinator – Folk U
  2. (28 Plays) New Initiatives from the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery – Cortes Currents
  3. (22 Plays) Misinformation About The SRD Housing Service – Cortes Currents

Important Sources of Traffic

  • 312 plays through SoundCloud apps or embeds; 285 plays came through third party rss feeds
  • 206 Plays came from Cortes Currents
  • 29 Plays on the SoundCloud website
  • 10 plays on the Cortes Radio
  • other sources.

The top 3 Nations were:

  1. Canada – 403 Plays
  2. United States – 194 Plays
  3. Germany – 12 Plays

The top Canadian locations were:

  1. CKTZ’s listening area – 140 Plays
    • Mansons Landing – 95 plays;
    • Whaletown – 26 plays;
    • Campbell River – 10 plays;
    • Powell River – 6 plays;
    • Comox – 3 plays
  2. Vancouver – 74 plays;
  3. Denman Island – 25 plays.

The top 3 SoundCloud podcasts this month, in terms of plays, were:

  1. (50 Plays) Folk U: Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank Coordinator – Folk U
  2. (28 Plays) New Initiatives from the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery – Cortes Currents
  3. (22 Plays) Misinformation About The SRD Housing Service – Cortes Currents

Apple Podcasts – 123 Plays

Top 3 podcasts were:

  1. (29 Plays) Back to the Beginning: The First Wildlife Coexistence Program On Vancouver Island – Cortes Currents
  2. (24 Plays) Food Security from the Perspective of Farmers, Food Thinkers, and the Cortes Food Bank – Folk U
  3. (11 Plays) Audio from the Homeshare Forum – Folk U

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.