Looking beyond a vacant spot to two boats in a body of water. There are trees beyond
Monthly Stats

Monthly Stats For Sept 2023

4,267 people viewed 10,990 posts; 141 daily & 909 weekly users; average Campbell River session 8m 9s; Podcasts – 8,838 plays

Viewers accessed 1,962 posts and index pages on Cortes Currents; The aggregate count for What’s been happening with the renovations at Gorge Harbour (Aug 31) reached 693 views.

The top three posts of the month, in terms of views, were:

  1. (653 Views) What’s been happening with the renovations at Gorge Harbour(3:26)
  2. ( 532 Views) QXMC: The Squirrel Cove Project (2:36)
  3. (390 Views) QXMC: Search for a new General Manager (2:15)

This week’s posts:

Cortes Currents

Sources of Traffic

  • 2,515 people came through web searches, primarily Google
  • 1,032 people came directly to the website
  • 742 people were referred by a third party website, mostly Tideline
  • 70 people came through social media
  • 17 people are unassigned
  • 883 people were returning users. According to stats from Google’s retired Universal Analytics program (available in monthly reports prior to July 2023) roughly half of these would be daily users.

Top 10 Nations

Viewers came from 70 different nations, the top 10 being:

  1. Canada – 3,557 people, averaging 3m 42s per session
  2. United States – 391 people, averaging 1m 49s per session
  3. United Kingdom – 54 people, averaging 43s per session
  4. Germany – 38 people, averaging 52s per session
  5. Australia – 25 people, averaging 20s
  6. Netherlands – 17 people, averaging 1m 43s
  7. China – 12 people , averaging 10s
  8. India – 12 people, averaging 1m 9s
  9. France – 11 people, averaging 2m 17s
  10. Italy – 10 people, averaging 1m 44s

Top 3 locations in Canada

  1. CKTZ’s listening area – 1,051 people
    • Greater Campbell River (includes Cortes & Quadra Islands) – 598 people – averaging 8m 9s per session
    • Undesignated rural area – 354 people, averaging 3m 22s per session
    • Powell River – 87, averaging 2m 45s per session
    • Comox – 12, averaging 4m 5s per session
  2. Vancouver – 929 people – averaging 2m 45s per session
  3. Victoria – 131 people, averaging 2m 46s per session

SoundCloud – 8,785 plays

The three leading podcasts, in terms of plays, were:

  1. (81 Plays) What’s been happening with the renovations at Gorge Harbour.
  2. (69 Plays) QXMC: The Squirrel Cove Project
  3. (48 Plays) Dreaming I am Ann

Top 3 Nations:

  1. Canada – 8,542 plays
  2. United States – 129 Plays
  3. United Kingdom – 16 plays

The top 3 Canadian locations were:

  1. CKTZ’s Listening Area – 8,095 plays
    • Mansons Landing (which undoubtedly includes other areas of Cortes Island*)- 8,051 plays;
    • Campbell River – 23;
    • Powell River – 12;
    • Squirrel Cove – 10;
    • Whaletown – 10;
    • Comox – 8;
    • Quathiaski Cove – 4
  2. Vancouver – 220 plays;
  3. Victoria – 21 plays

Apple Podcasts – 53 plays

Top 4 podcasts

  1. (7 plays) Anonymous donor gives 250k for Cortes residents in need – CKTZ News
  2. (6 Plays) Day of Action for Old Growth in Campbell River – Cortes Currents
  3. (5 Plays each) Glimpse into the inner workings of the NDP Electoral District Association & At the Cortes Library: Insects a Presentation – both 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.

Footnote* – my website identifies me as coming from ‘Mansons Landing’ or sometimes ‘Denman Landing,’ but has yet to recognize I am actually in Squirrel Cove.