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[Infographic] 2013 Year on The Hub in review – By the numbers

· By Matt · 55 comments

It’s that time again where we look back at the the year that was. Here are some of the numbers and insights behind what went down on The Hub in 2013.

Some of you will remember the similar posts from 2011 and 2012.

In 2013 we once again saw some great growth in our web stats. We remain one of the top 10 South African sports sites and the leading cycling website by a long way (according to Effective Measure rankings). Recently it was also announced that based on average visit duration we’re ranked 3rd among ALL South African websites.

While the numbers are positive, unfortunately ‘The Meltdown’ of May 2013 saw us lose a good chunk of data from the first quarter of the year. This affected almost all the numbers shown here quite dramatically. Once we began to come to terms with the lost content and the many v2.0 threads began taking shape, the knock-on effect of less traffic from searches began to show it’s head. Thankfully we’ve still shown positive growth figures for the year and have since made a very strong recovery!

2014 will see us soaring further ahead from this point with some exciting new developments on the horizon. But, before we get into that take a brief look back at 2013 to see how things stacked up.

Thanks for all the support.

Matt

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Comments

rock

Jan 8, 2014, 1:57 PM

Chinese carbon most viewed.......that says a lot......

 

thanks Admin, very interesting. and i'm sure stats like these can make the site earn more revenue....

fanievb

Jan 8, 2014, 2:01 PM

i think 'Dale deserves a prize, top poster, 2 year in a row

VicanZA

Jan 8, 2014, 2:02 PM

U left out number of times site has crashed!

Wil6

Jan 8, 2014, 2:03 PM

Liewe etter, Dale you are a busy man! With my average it would take me 9 years to post what you did in a year.

fabes

Jan 8, 2014, 2:09 PM

i think 'Dale deserves a prize, top poster, 2 year in a row

+1
fabes

Jan 8, 2014, 2:10 PM

+1

Just kidding

 

I am trying to catch 'dale

ichops

Jan 8, 2014, 2:10 PM

Liewe etter, Dale you are a busy man! With my average it would take me 9 years to post what you did in a year.

That's an average of 15.98 posts per day 365 days :eek:

SwissVan

Jan 8, 2014, 2:21 PM

Chinese carbon most viewed.......that says a lot......

 

thanks Admin, very interesting. and i'm sure stats like these can make the site earn more revenue....

 

Yeah its true, the Chinese and porn industries are taking over the planet

 

Would be interesting to see the stats for non cycling related posts vs cycling related

 

I would guestimate that non cycling might win

Wil6

Jan 8, 2014, 2:22 PM

i think 'Dale deserves a prize, top poster, 2 year in a row

Or he deserves a weekend away from the internet
Uni

Jan 8, 2014, 2:37 PM

Sjoe I asked a lot of questions. 2014 I should be riding more and online less ;)

 

TALUS

Jan 8, 2014, 2:39 PM

How many bans and suspensions?

Matt

Jan 8, 2014, 2:39 PM

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Would be interesting to see the stats for non cycling related posts vs cycling related

 

I would guestimate that non cycling might win

 

 

Here are some quick stats on that:

 

Topics:

- Cycling: 84.2%

- Non cycling: 15.8%

 

Posts:

- Cycling: 68%

- Non Cycling: 32%

 

Topic views:

- Cycling: 85.4%

- Non Cycling: 14.6%

Guest Latent Blue

Jan 8, 2014, 2:43 PM

25% is female! wow

Pusher

Jan 8, 2014, 2:45 PM

Gauteng rules! :thumbup:

SwissVan

Jan 8, 2014, 2:47 PM

Here are some quick stats on that:

 

Topics:

- Cycling: 84.2%

- Non cycling: 15.8%

 

Posts:

- Cycling: 68%

- Non Cycling: 32%

 

Topic views:

- Cycling: 85.4%

- Non Cycling: 14.6%

 

 

Thanks

 

There you have it then

Talking pooh about non cycling stuff is not so popular...I'm devastated

Caerus

Jan 8, 2014, 2:48 PM

i think 'Dale deserves a prize, top poster, 2 year in a row

I want 'Dales job, he can't do much work I reckon :whistling:
SwissVan

Jan 8, 2014, 2:48 PM

25% is female! wow

 

Ha !! I wonder how they know that for sure :whistling:

Capricorn

Jan 8, 2014, 2:49 PM

dale deserves the award for posts with the fewest words in em..... affectionately called spam by most accounts. :whistling:

DJR

Jan 8, 2014, 2:50 PM

Dale, where do you find time to ride your bike? ;)

Guest Latent Blue

Jan 8, 2014, 2:51 PM

Ha !! I wonder how they know that for sure :whistling:

It's quite easy to see, they teach us these things in medschool... now, when you pull down your pants you will notice that you have...

hehe :thumbup:

 

Edit: Im sure matt counted a few p*ssies in with the girls!

Shebeen

Jan 8, 2014, 2:52 PM

Well done Matt on helping keep us educated, informed and entertained.

 

While the numbers are positive, unfortunately 'The Meltdown' of May 2013 saw us lose a good chunk of data from the first quarter of the year. This affected almost all the numbers shown here quite dramatically.

what does that exactly mean, the stats should be about 33% higher?

Guest Latent Blue

Jan 8, 2014, 2:53 PM

dale deserves the award for posts with the fewest words in em..... affectionately called spam by most accounts. :whistling:

 

I think they only count non-spam posts. I joined mid 2013 and hit 6000+, though not all have those have been "contributory"

(actually i think they only count non-image posts...? because gummi and morpheus crunches big numbers)

Guest Latent Blue

Jan 8, 2014, 2:55 PM

Wheres morheus in the top 10. Surely he posted more than 2000 at least?

Matt

Jan 8, 2014, 2:56 PM

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what does that exactly mean, the stats should be about 33% higher?

 

Roughly speaking when looking at the content specific numbers, e.g. Topics, Replies, Views, Classifieds etc.

 

When looking at the web stats they should be higher, but likely not quite 33% higher. The majority of readers find us via Google so losing 4 months worth of content meant Google gradually scrapped those dead links and our visitor numbers dropped, but the exact impact is more difficult to determine.

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