Wikinews:Awareness statistics
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This page is the Wikinews equivalent of Wikipedia's awareness statistics. Its purpose is to collect a wide range of data within regular intervals on how Wikinews is perceived on the Internet and offline. See also Wikinews:Modelling Wikinews' growth. Note this is most likely quite outdated.
- See also: Page Hits toplist (compare traffic | searches)
Average amount of visits
[edit]To date, July has yielded 28,500 average individual visits per day.
Visits per day
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This is a calculation of the visits per day on selected days. It is based on Wikinews Usage Statistics - the statistics on that page no longer display visits per day, a vital statistic we use for the following data.
| Visits per day | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | No. of visits |
Notes | |
| July 5, 2005 | 9,470 | Woohoo! We have statistics! | |
| July 7, 2005 | 72,075 | London bombings | |
| July 10, 2005 | 16,712 | Aftermath of bombing | |
| July 15, 2005 | 11,923 | Uh oh... | |
| August 21, 2005 | 404,176 | ||
| Main page hits per day | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | No. of visits |
Notes | |
| November 10, 2007 | 34 867 ± 1% | Init | |
News Article Count
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Many of the pages created each month here at Wikinews are talk pages, user pages, admin pages, so it can be difficult to grasp how many news articles are published each month. That's why I've compiled the following information from old categorizations and digests. It should be fairly accurate, althought the figures will not add up to the total number of legitimate articles according to the stats page. This is due to a) less reliable figures for dec and nov, exclusion of pages such as tsunami help, exclusion of pages never properly published on main page - but still in existence.
| Articles per month | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Month | No. of Articles |
% change on last month |
Notes |
| November, 2004 | 72 | - | Good Start |
| December, 2004 | 116 | 61.1% | |
| January, 2005 | 211 | 81.9% | |
| February, 2005 | 245 | 16.1% | |
| March, 2005 | 356 | 45.3% | |
| April, 2005 | 430 | 20.8% | |
| May, 2005 | 275 | -36.1% | Oh no... |
| June, 2005 | 241 | -12.4% | Too much time spent arguing...SO STOP |
| July, 2005 | 386 | 60.17% | Strongest growth since January |
| August, 2005 | 254* | -34.20% | What goes up... |
| September, 2005 | 361 | ||
| October, 2005 | 256 | ||
| November, 2005 | 203 | ||
| December, 2005 | 291 | ||
| January, 2006 | 350 | ||
| February, 2006 | 250 | Only 28 days | |
- See also: wikistats new article per day
- This can also be calculated through the category statistics tool.
Alexa traffic ranking
[edit]| Alexa traffic ranking for Wikinews.org (1 week average) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Rank | Daily | Notes |
| February 27, 2005 | 18,226 | - | |
| March 1, 2005 | 29,735 | - | |
| March 3, 2005 | 36,944 | - | |
| March 10, 2005 | 34,705 | - | |
| March 13, 2005 | 29,851 | - | |
| March 14, 2005 | 25,265 | - | |
| March 17, 2005 | 22,668 | - | |
| March 21, 2005 | 28,198 | - | |
| March 24, 2005 | 23,426 | 10,098 | Writing Contest is working! |
| March 26, 2005 | 23,066 | 47,609 | We need another Wendy's story! Anyone have a spare finger? :) |
| March 27, 2005 | 24,811 | 22,513 | David was worrying too much yesterday. All is fine! |
| March 28, 2005 | 20,634 | 18,729 | Effects of Easter Sunday have worn off! |
| March 29, 2005 | 18,247 | 16,077 | The eggs are hatching. |
| March 31, 2005 | 23,092 | 21,467 | |
| April 1, 2005 | 21,265 | 18,188 | Our traffic rank seems to be stabilising at about the 20,000 mark |
| April 2, 2005 | 17,117 | 9,851 | 2nd highest daily ever! |
| April 4, 2005 | 15,182 | 9,960 | |
| April 7, 2005 | 15,989 | 36,352 | Damn! |
| April 11, 2005 | 24,644 | 14,807 | |
| April 23, 2005 | 17,479 | 13,953 | |
| April 24, 2005 | 14,708 | 189,220 | Looks like our highest ever! |
| May 1, 2005 | 15,116 | 18,788 | |
| May 12, 2005 | 17,878 | 13,094 | |
| May 26, 2005 | 23,386 | 13,016 | Best in a fortnight |
| May 31, 2005 | 26,304 | 30,880 | |
| June 5, 2005 | 33,656 | 83,023 | Worst daily since end of Feb |
| June 6, 2005 | 26,703 | 12,834 | |
| June 14, 2005 | 23,346 | 9,149 | New record! |
| June 24, 2005 | 21,330 | 13,330 | |
| July 1, 2005 | 19,431 | 18,681 | |
| July 8, 2005 | 17,295 | 7,993 | New daily record - sadly as a result of london bombings |
| July 10, 2005 | 13,161 | 7,087 | New weekly record! |
| July 30, 2005 | 18,405 | 10,661 | |
| August 15, 2005 | 25,918 | 17,682 | |
| August 24, 2005 | 13,133 | 15,735 | |
| February 9, 2006 | 8,078 | 17,554 | |
| February 14, 2006 | 6,719 | 5,212 | Best 1 week avg and daily ever |
| November 16, 2006 | 17,284 | - | Traffic is getting better! |
Starting table with different columns:
| Alexa traffic ranking for Wikinews.org (1 week average) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Today | 1 wk. Avg | 3 mos. Avg | reach (today) | page views today/1 week | Notes |
| March 6, 2006 | 13,630 | 12,377 | 9,537 | |||
| August 29, 2006 | 17,689 | 11,185 | 10,392 | that doesn't look good... | ||
| January 7, 2007 | 11,873 | 8,799 | 11,886 (↓ 371) | 125 ( ↓ 3%) | 2.7 (↑ 9%) | nevermind, low is good (I think) |
| April 16, 2007 | 16 219 | 18 275 | 14 823 | 0.0105% (↓ 25%) | 1.8 (↓ 12%) | Alexa changes reach to percent |
| June 28, 2007 | 23,183 | 17,812 | 16, 056 (↓ 2 914 | 0.009% (↓ 18%) | 1.5 (↓ 4%) | |
| October 5, 2007 | 14,593 | 14 978 | 15 488 (↓ 2 117 | 0.012% (↓ 7%) | 2.3 ( 0%) |
Giant bump (0.1% → 0.25%) in reach graph on late June 2007 |
| November 1, 2007 | 12, 681 | 16 505 | 16 455 (↓ 863) | 0.014% (↓ 1%) | 2.3 Today, 2.1 avg ( 0%) |
small bump in last half of september reach (0.009% to ~0.016%) |
| December 13, 2007 | 23 323 | 19 516 | 16 352 (↓ 976) | 0.008% (↓ 5%) | 2.0 Today, 2.1 avg (↑ 5%) | |
| January 3, 2008 | 19 204 | 19 900 | 17 568 (↓ 868) | 0.0085% (↓ 1%) | 2.0 Today, 1.9 avg ( 0%) |
Alexa doesn't hate us quite as much as usual |
| January 27, 2008 | 3 538 | 10 073 | 17 485 (↓ 308) | 0.0635% (↑ 3%) | 1.3 Today, 1.8 avg ( 0%) |
Holy crap Highest yet by a lot. See also wc |
| April 8, 2008 | 21 034 | 18 634 | 15 700 (↑ 1 922) | 0.009% (↑ 20%) | 1.9 Today, 1.9 avg (↓ 5%) | Green up arrows!!! |
| July 11, 2009 | 15 714 | 13 148 | 13 173 (↓ 440) | 0.0078% (↑ 3%) | 3.3 Today, 2.12 avg (↓ -14%) | |
RSS feed circulation
[edit]Current: Main feed statistics
As of March 22, 2006: 4,018 subscribers. A typical story has 300 reads.
- Update on RSS feed circulation: readership jumped from 5,500 to 21,000 on December 12 2006, and then increased again to 36,000 on December 20. Currently just over 30,000 readers access the RSS feed each day. Get writing, people are reading! Dan100 (Talk) 14:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
| Visits per day | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Number of readers (subscribers) | Average reads per story | notes |
| March 22, 2006 | 4,018 | ~300 | |
| May 6, 2006 | This is When Rss feed became <link>ed [1] | ||
| December 12, 2006 | 21,000 | jumped from 5 500 to 21 000 | |
| December 20, 2006 | 36 000 | Jumping again | |
| June 29, 2007 | 11,784 | from [2] | |
| February 21, 2009 | 10,790 | acc. to FeedBurner | |
Comparison to other Wikimedia Projects
[edit]English language Wikimedia Projects by Size of Registered User Base:
[edit]The highest-ranking wiki in each category is marked in gold, the second highest in silver and the third highest in bronze.
| Rank | Wiki | Started | Reg. Users | Admins | New Users Since Last Measure |
User Growth Rate |
Per-Month Average User Growth Since Launch |
Number of Legit Articles |
New Articles Since Last Measure |
Article Growth Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wikipedia | January 2001 | 12,085,693 | 1,716 | 10,503,136 | 764% | 108,880 (111 mo.) |
3,250,398 | 2,010,186 | 1,149% |
| 2. | Meta-Wiki | November 2002 | 2,287,380 | 73 | 2,261,025 | 8,579% | 25,701 (89 mo.) |
17,399 | 9,886 | 132% |
| 3. | Wikicommons | September 2004 | 1,101,731 | 266 | 1,055,248 | 2,370% | 2,213 (67 mo.) |
644,661 | 627,393 | 3,633% |
| 4. | Wiktionary | December 2002 | 352,029 | 100 | 337,117 | 2,261% | 4,000 (88 mo.) |
1,678,086 | 1,528,848 | 1,024% |
| 5. | Wikibooks | July 2003 | 342,889 | 13 | 313,823 | 1,080% | 4,233 (81 mo.) |
34,778 | 21,331 | 159% |
| 6. | Wikiquote | July 2003 | 243,945 | 22 | 233,164 | 2,163% | 3,012 (81 mo.) |
17,949 | 11,139 | 164% |
| 7. | Wikiversity | August 2006 | 215,335 | 25 | -- | -- | 4,894 (44 mo.) |
12,325 | -- | -- |
| 8. | Wikinews | December 2004 | 202,057 | 61 | 193,767 | 2,337% | 3,061 (66 mo.) |
16,724 | 11,237 | 205% |
| 9. | Wikispecies | September 2004 | 161,424 | 23 | 158,688 | 5,800% | 2,446 (66 mo.) |
220,534 | 163,510 | 287% |
| 10. | Wikisource | November 2003 | 18,181 | 13 | 13,177 | 263% | 236 (77 mo.) |
10,590 | 7,852 | 287% |
Google hits
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| Total Google hits for "Wikinews" (On sites outside of the Wikinews, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia domains) | |
|---|---|
| Date | Hits |
| February 27, 2005 | 96,300 |
| March 1, 2005 | 95,600 |
| March 12, 2005 | 93,000 |
| March 24, 2005 | 112,000 |
| March 26, 2005 | 113,000 |
| March 27, 2005 | 114,000 |
| March 29, 2005 | 120,000 |
| March 30, 2005 | 119,000 |
| March 31, 2005 | 122,000 |
| April 2, 2005 | 121,000 |
| April 7, 2005 | 149,000 |
| April 15, 2005 | 184,000 |
| April 23, 2005 | 196,000 |
| May 1, 2005 | 248,000 |
| May 31, 2005 | 219,000 |
| June 5, 2005 | 238,000 |
| July 1, 2005 | 237,000 |
| July 30, 2005 | 277,000 |
| August 24, 2005 | 332,000 |
| August 30, 2005 | 437,000 |
| February 9, 2006 | 1,060,000 |
| March 6, 2006 | 877,000 |
| June 30, 2006 | 1,020,000 |
| August 29, 2006 | 1,170,000 |
| January 7, 2007 | 1,080,000 |
| April 16, 2007 | 1,110,000 |
| June 29, 2007 | 1,470,000 |
| October 5, 2007 | 1,860,000 |
| November 1, 2007 | 3,110,000 |
| December 13, 2007 | 3,160,000 |
| January 3, 2008 | 3,430,000 |
| April 8, 2008 | 887,000 |
| July 11, 2009 | 445,000 |
Google Groups hits
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| Hits on Google Groups (includes Usenet and wikimedia mail) Hits for the word "Wikinews" within a month | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Hits | Notes |
| November 2005 | 6 | |
| December 2005 | 14 | |
| January 2005 | 12 | |
| February 2005 | 11 | |
| March 2005 | 6 | |
| April 2005 | 14 | |
| May 2005 | 14 | |
| June 2005 | 17 | |
| July 2005 | 39 | |
| August 2005 | 22 | |
| September 2005 | -- | |
| October 2005 | -- | |
| November 2005 | -- | |
| December 2005 | -- | |
| January 2006 | -- | |
| February 9, 2006 | 394 | |
| March 6, 2006 | 461 | |
| August 29, 2006 | 904 | |
| January 7, 2007 | 1 160 | |
| April 16, 2007 | 1,370 | well google likes us, alexa doesn't |
| June 28, 2007 | 1,470 | Guess the wrestler hasn't hit usenet |
| October 5, 2007 | 7,390 | Might include some mailing lists |
| November 1, 2007 | 1 190 | Definitly includes some mailing lists |
| December 13, 2007 | 248 000 | Wow! google must have changed something |
| January 3, 2007 | 248 000 | hmm, zero change. thats rather odd |
| April 8, 2008 | 434,000 | |
| July 11, 2009 | 68,600 | |
Google News hits
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| Hits on Google News ( Hits on Google News (various news sources) for the word "Wikinews" within a month | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Hits | Notes |
| January 2005 | 2 | |
| February 2005 | 22 | |
| March 2005 | 19 | World Forum keeping us afloat |
| April 2005 | 15 | |
| May 2005 | 4 | The ship is sinking... |
| June 2005 | 19 | Yippee |
| July 2005 | 40 | Google testing wikinews feed |
| August 2005 | 19 | Downhill again |
| February 2006 | 33 | |
| March 6, 2006 | 77 | Appears to be the result of Juicee News Daily reusing our articles |
| April 13, 2006 | 17 | UGH!! |
| June 30, 2006 | 32 | need to remember to update more |
| August 29, 2006 | 28 | |
| January 7, 2007 | 5 | and one is a mirror who gives a 404 when clicked |
| April 16, 2007 | 0 | wow, what a good feeling. maybe some of our mirrors got moved into blog search |
| June 29, 2007 | 27 | due to Death of Nancy Benoit rumour posted on Wikipedia hours prior to body being found |
| June 29, 2007 | 201 | (~18 hours later) |
| October 5, 2007 | 19 | Afrique en ligne (mirror): 9, Wikinews Reports: 8 |
| November 1, 2007 | 51 | /. is considered a news source for Google news?! |
| December 13, 2007 | 28 | lots of mirrors (but good mirrors, not your I don't know what to do with this domain so I'm going to mirror wikinews) |
| January 3, 2008 | 32 | some mirrors and the wn blog, but also some articles about us (but mostly to the tune of little used side project) |
| April 8, 2008 | 35 | |
| July 11, 2009 | 180 | Inflated, since it includes us in the results now. |
Technorati hits
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| Hits on Technorati Total hits on Technorati (a weblog search engine) for the word "Wikinews" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Hits | Within 24hr | Google blog search | Notes |
| February 27, 2005 | 1,465 | |||
| March 1, 2005 | 1,501 | |||
| March 12, 2005 | 1,630 | |||
| March 24, 2005 | 1,790 | |||
| March 26, 2005 | 1,863 | |||
| March 27, 2005 | 1,891 | |||
| March 28, 2005 | 1,925 | |||
| March 31, 2005 | 1,983 | |||
| April 1, 2005 | 1,995 | |||
| April 2, 2005 | 2,027 | |||
| April 7, 2005 | 2,131 | |||
| April 15, 2005 | 2,260 | |||
| April 23, 2005 | 2,309 | |||
| May 1, 2005 | 2,370 | |||
| May 11, 2005 | 2,427 | |||
| May 31, 2005 | 2,506 | |||
| June 5, 2005 | 2,524 | |||
| June 15, 2005 | 2,582 | |||
| July 1, 2005 | 2,683 | |||
| July 8, 2005 | 2,907 | 20 | ||
| July 30, 2005 | 3,229 | 20 | ||
| August 15, 2005 | 3,330 | 20 | ||
| August 30, 2005 | 3,483 | 6 | ||
| February 9, 2006 | 4,599 | 20 | ||
| March 6, 2006 | 4,719 | |||
| April 13, 2006 | 5,056 | |||
| August 29, 2006 | 6,323 | whats the 24 hour thing? | ||
| January 7, 2007 | 4,104 | quite a few are mirrors | ||
| April 16, 2007 | 1,482 | 14,918 | added google blog search | |
| June 29, 2007 | 2,115 | 93,290 | boosted by Death of Nancy Benoit rumour Wikipedia | |
| June 29, 2007 | 2,185 | 93,341 | (~18 hours later) | |
| October 5, 2007 | 856 | 87,783 | I'm really hoping technocrati changed their search algorithm | |
| November 1, 2007 | 33 | 3 093 | hmm. Things down slightly. Technocrati looks different | |
| December 13, 2007 | 3 427 | 248 901 | Technocrati changed search url | |
| January 3, 2008 | 3,656 | 247,738 | ||
| April 8, 2008 | 3,593 | 426,836 | ||
| July 11, 2009 | 1,425 | 39,843 | ||