[Infographic] 2012 Year on The Hub in review - By the numbers

[Jacques999]

Hi Hubbers,

 

Some of you will recall the infographic we put together in 2011 which gave a run down of some interesting stats on The Hub.

 

Well it's that time of year again (already!) and we've put together a 2012 version with all the figures for the year to date.

(See the infographic below)

 

2012 saw some impressive growth in our numbers. Most notably Unique Visitors shot up by 56% year on year (151,324 vs 96,853 for November). That places The Hub in the Top 10 sports sites in SA! And well within the Top 100 SA sites overall at 68th (based on independent stats from Effective Measure).

 

In 2012 we gained 7,903 new members, 12,945 new topics and 325,200 forum posts. Tumbleweed created the most topics in 2012 at 160, with 'Dale taking the top poster spot for his 8,584 posts in the year.

 

There was little surprise in the most viewed topics for 2012 with two doping topics leading the rankings, the most viewed for 2012 being Lance Armstrong Banned and Stripped of TDF Titles with 112,624 views (and 3,489 replies).

 

On the Classifieds side 28,218 new listings were posted attracting 60,041 comments and 6,808,292 views between them.

Gauteng and the Western Cape account for the majority of the adverts posted with 39.9% and 39.5% respectively. MTB dominated the listings at 47% with road accounting for 30% of the adverts posted.

 

All in all 2012 been a great year for us.

 

...and 2013 is expected to be an even better year for The Hub as we look to expand the team behind the scenes. More hands on deck will allow us to kick out updates on a more regular basis and attend to issues more swiftly. Importantly we'll be able to focus more attention on various aspects of the community from content organisation and management to the softer side of things as well.

 

Thank you to all you Hubbers for contributing to the success and growth of the site this year. I wish you all a great festive period with many kilometre's on your favourite trails and roads.

 

Cheers,

Matt

 

Great Work Hubbers

[Guest Travis.]

VERY interesting to see that the idea thread did not even feature this year...

 

It was created in 2011.

[forkie]

So basically, we are all closet peverts...

[Mats]

Thanks Admin

Some other interesting facts would be:

How many warnings was issued to hubbers;

How many threads be closed due to trolling;

Who is the hubber with the most name changes during the year.

[Hairy]

Blah ...98.2% of most stats are made up on the spot

[Stretch]

It was created in 2011.

so thats only topics created in 2011?

 

I would like to see most posts for any topics in 2012 irrelevant of when a topic was created

[Matt]

 

so thats only topics created in 2011?

 

I would like to see most posts for any topics in 2012 irrelevant of when a topic was created

 

Coming up shortly - top 20 topics based on number of posts in 2012

[Caerus]

didnt realise there was SUCH a strong bias towards Gauteng and W Cape....us KZNers are few and far between

Now that I'm no longer a KZN boy, that's gonna be even less now. Stoked I made one of the lists, even after hardly using the Hub over the last three months.

[Stretch]

Now that I'm no longer a KZN boy, that's gonna be even less now. Stoked I made one of the lists, even after hardly using the Hub over the last three months.

i no longer talk talk to you traitor.....

[Caerus]

And they keep moving to CT ... hey Caerus is the newest Durbanite who is now a Kaapie

Thanks for reminding me, need to change my location.

[Caerus]

i no longer talk talk to you traitor.....

Bwah ha ha, but I will always be a Durban boy at heart

[Matt]

Some more stats...

 

Top 20 Topics across all Forums - By Post Count in 2012

All topics, rank based on posts made in 2012

1. I have an idea for a new thread... [Posts: 12905]
   
2. Tattooed, burlesque and beautiful women of the world. [Posts: 10053]
   
3. Hubbers Please help a Lady [Posts: 8991]
   
4. Lance Armstrong Banned and Stripped of TDF Titles [Posts: 3469]
   
5. Tour de France 2012 [Posts: 2837]
   
6. Durbanville Area Roadies [Posts: 2143]
   
7. Song of the day, add your current favourite.... [Posts: 1449]
   
8. Rugby... [Posts: 1336]
   
9. 2012 94.7 [Posts: 1285]
   
10. Cricket...... [Posts: 1280]
    
11. SANRAL - Tolls & eTags [Posts: 1134]
    
12. Giro d'Italia 2012 [Posts: 1037]
    
13. Stormers or Sharks??? Who's it to be.... [Posts: 1006]
    
14. Critical Mass Jozi- 30 November 2012 [Posts: 1004]
    
15. Photo/Photographer thread. [Posts: 1004]
    
16. Black bikes only thread [Posts: 1002]
    
17. Team 360Life Suspension: David George busted [Posts: 963]
    
18. Lonmin Saga/death toll. [Posts: 892]
    
19. Boast about your latest purchases here... [Posts: 859]
    
20. Mass mtb gathering for hubbers [Posts: 859]
    

 

Top 20 Topics across all Forums - By Number of Posts per day in 2012

All topics, rank based on average number of posts made per day 2012

Average posts per day calculated based on 2012 post count / number of days thread was open in 2012

1. Hubbers Please help a Lady [Posts: 8996 | Age (Days): 59 | Posts per day: 152.5 ]
   
2. Tattooed, burlesque and beautiful women of the world. [Posts: 10053 | Age (Days): 228 | Posts per day: 44.1 ]
   
3. I have an idea for a new thread... [Posts: 12909 | Age (Days): 343 | Posts per day: 37.6 ]
   
4. Die Burger Cycle Tour [Posts: 705 | Age (Days): 19 | Posts per day: 37.1 ]
   
5. Team 360Life Suspension: David George busted [Posts: 963 | Age (Days): 38 | Posts per day: 25.3 ]
   
6. Lance Armstrong Banned and Stripped of TDF Titles [Posts: 3469 | Age (Days): 181 | Posts per day: 19.2 ]
   
7. Tour de France 2012 [Posts: 2837 | Age (Days): 186 | Posts per day: 15.3 ]
   
8. How well do you know your fellow hubbers [Posts: 793 | Age (Days): 85 | Posts per day: 9.3 ]
   
9. TheHub as entertainment... [Posts: 673 | Age (Days): 73 | Posts per day: 9.2 ]
   
10. Slow, Potentially Fun & Unfit - Breedts Nek - 27 October 2012 [Posts: 571 | Age (Days): 65 | Posts per day: 8.8 ]
    
11. Lonmin Saga/death toll. [Posts: 892 | Age (Days): 117 | Posts per day: 7.6 ]
    
12. The Hub losing some appeal ? [Posts: 540 | Age (Days): 71 | Posts per day: 7.6 ]
    
13. Stormers or Sharks??? Who's it to be.... [Posts: 1006 | Age (Days): 140 | Posts per day: 7.2 ]
    
14. 2012 94.7 [Posts: 1285 | Age (Days): 189 | Posts per day: 6.8 ]
    
15. Mass mtb gathering for hubbers [Posts: 859 | Age (Days): 133 | Posts per day: 6.5 ]
    
16. Durbanville Area Roadies [Posts: 2143 | Age (Days): 343 | Posts per day: 6.2 ]
    
17. Tall (dark & handsome) Boy [Posts: 518 | Age (Days): 92 | Posts per day: 5.6 ]
    
18. Rugby... [Posts: 1336 | Age (Days): 298 | Posts per day: 4.5 ]
    
19. Boast about your latest purchases here... [Posts: 859 | Age (Days): 193 | Posts per day: 4.5 ]
    
20. Song of the day, add your current favourite.... [Posts: 1449 | Age (Days): 343 | Posts per day: 4.2 ]
     
    

[Guest]

Hubbers Please help a Lady [Posts: 8996 | Age (Days): 59 | Posts per day: 152.5 ]

SHEEEEESH

 

2nd place only 44.1 avg posts per day...

 

Clear winner

[Stretch]

SHEEEEESH

 

2nd place only 44.1 avg posts per day...

 

Clear winner

 

for a couple of weeks that topic was outrageously on fire...shows what a couple of mooi ladies can do to a thread!

[Guest]

for a couple of weeks that topic was outrageously on fire...shows what a couple of mooi ladies can do to a thread!

 

honestly, some great friends were made because of that thread.

[Stretch]

honestly, some great friends were made because of that thread.

so it seems......we need to bring some of that gauteng love down south to KZN