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Monthly Stats

Monthly stats for March 2023

5,157 visitors made 10,595 pageviews; 769 were returning visitors; average session 2:24; Podcasts – 1,529 plays

Viewers accessed 3,201 posts and index pages on Cortes Currents. The aggregate count for Mudslide behind Campbell River condos reached 416 PV.

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

  1. (410 views) Cortes Island Fire Department: Two Opposing Risk Assessments (average session 3:23)
  2. (283 Views) Ellingsen Woods: Making small cabins for the glamping market (average session 1:55)
  3. (236 Views) CIFFA: Will Cortes Island lose its volunteer Fire Department? (Average session 2:22)

Cortes Currents – 10,595 PV

Sources of Traffic

  • 2,893 people came to Cortes Currents through web searches, primarily Google
  • 875 people came directly to the website
  • 582 people were referred by a third party site, mostly Tideline
  • 186 people came through social media, mostly Facebook
  • 403 people are unassigned
  • 769 returning visitors – 467 of which came more than 26 times and 127 came more than 200 times.

Top 6 Nations

People came from 65 nations, the top 6 in terms of views being

  1. Canada – 3.693 people. averaging 2m 51s per session
  2. United States – 676 people, averaging 1m 7s per session
  3. Ireland – 81 people, averaging 8s per session
  4. United Kingdom – 78 people, averaging 1m 28s per session
  5. Sweden – 45 people, averaging 18s per session
  6. Germany – 41 people, averaging 59s per session

Top 3 International cities

There were 745 cities and not set areas. Some were quick glimpses

  1. Forest City (North Carolina? Iowa? or Missouri?) – 88 people, averaging 5s
  2. Dublin Ireland – 81 people, averaging 7s
  3. Ashburn, WA – 65 people – averaging 8s

Others were more substantial

  1. Seattle – 30 people, averaging 2m 35s
  2. London – 29 people. averaging 1m 26s
  3. New York – 12, averaging 1m 27s

Top 4 Canadian locations

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 1,071 people
    • Campbell River – 576; averaging 8m 8sec
    • Undesignated (not set) rural area – 401 people, averaging 2m 48s
    • Powell River – 80 people, averaging 1m 48 s
    • Comox -14 people, averaging 5m 36s
  2. Vancouver – 819 people, averaging 1m 45s
  3. Victoria – 136 people, averaging 1m 40s
  4. Toronto – 132 people, averaging 1m 2s

SoundCloud – Revised to 1,470 from 1,524 Plays because of suspected bot activity

Suspected Bot Visits

There were 74 plays from Columbus, Ohio, a known bot center. SoundCloud does not provide the necessary info, but there were 4 visitors from Columbus on Cortes Currents during February. They stayed an average of 0 seconds, which is typical for a bot visit.

Top 3 podcasts

  1. (343 Plays) We’ve been drinking a lot more alcohol during COVID, study finds – (from Jan 4, 2022)
  2. (34 Plays) Helen Hall interview from February 25th Rally for Old Growth in Victoria BC
  3. (33 Plays) Making small cabins for the glamping market

Sources of traffic:

Of the plays that could be tracked back:

  • 756 plays through third party rss feeds; 696 through SoundCloud apps and embeds
  • 226 plays through the Cortes Currents website
  • 68 plays on SoundCloud
  • 20 plays on Cortes Radio
  • Other sources

Top 3 Nations

  1. Canada – 806 plays
  2. United States – Revised to 163 from 235 plays. Prior to the revision,
  3. Pakistan – 120 plays (there were at least 142 plays in the Islamic world)

Islamic Cities

  1. Lahore, Pakistan – 25 plays
  2. Karachi, Pakistan – 23 plays
  3. Khartoum, Sudan – 12 plays
  4. Islamabad, Pakistan – 10 plays
  5. Dubai, UAE – 6 plays
  6. Faisalabad, Pakistan – 6 plays
  7. Pashawar, Pakistan – 6 plays
  8. Rawalpindi, Pakistan – 6 plays
  9. Abbotabd, Pakistan – 4 plays
  10. Abu Dhabi , UAE- 3 plays
  11. Cairo, Egypt – 3 plays
  12. Multan, Pakistan – 3 plays

Hindu and Buddhist Cities

  1. Thimphu, Bhutan – 38 cities
  2. Delhi, India – 5 plays
  3. Bengaluru, India – 4 plays

Top Canadian Locations

  1. Langley – 472 plays
  2. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 126 plays
    • Mansons Landing – 83;
    • Campbell River – 17;
    • Whaletown – 16;
    • Heriot Bay – 6;
    • Quathiaski Cove – 4;
  3. Vancouver – 88
  4. Victoria – 14

Apple Podcasts – 77 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.

Top image credit: Kristen Scofield-Sweet at work on her rafts, on Bee Islets – submitted photo.