HCJ Statistics #5

The end of my previous post sparked the start of a definitive increase in pageviews which had peaked to a little over *2,000 on 17th February 2014. The past fortnight has seen this number continue to increase, with the highest amount of pageviews equalling *3,121 on 26^th February 2014. The magazine has also managed to increase its international audience, with approximately *50% recorded originating from the US. With this in mind, a French translation of ‘The Great Gatsby’ piece has been uploaded alongside the birth of a new tab, which is clearly advertised on the front page.

Circulation figures date from 04.03.2014 via alexa.com.

WEBSITE NAME	GLOBAL RANK	UK RANK
BA-JOURNALISM.CO.UK	7,549,124	-
NEWPHILOSOPHER.COM	176,116	2,341 (AUS)
PHILOSOPHYNOW.ORG	304,471	110,466 (US)
PHILOSOPHYBITES.COM	957,533	-
DIALECTICONLINE.WORDPRESS.COM	8,539,089	-

The BA JOURNALISM site overall has seen a steep decline in global rank, with a significant drop of minus *2,801,437 over the past couple weeks. I would like to think this decrease is a result of the expanding development of the site’s UK rank, which I will continue to monitor over the coming fortnight.  

NEWPHILOSOPHER demonstrates double the amount of daily pageviews, with an astounding *51 sites linking in compared to the *7 acquired by the BA JOURNALISM site. PHILOSOPHYNOW has been left with a dwindling average of *2 pageviews per day with approximately *2 minutes spent on the site as a whole. A bounce rate of around *70% however, means it is the highest ranking magazine this week, with approximately *60% of its viewership coming from America.

Accounting for around *25% of visits, PHILOSOPHYBITES holds the title of most searched on the web; most likely because it serves an education purpose. DIALECTICONLINE however, amounts to *1 daily page view, yet contains more sites linking in than the BA JOURNALISM site; in turn concluding that this aspect doesn’t have a profound effect on page views in particular.

Number of pageviews recorded (below) date from 16^th February 2014 to 1^st March 2014 via Slimstat. 

DATE	NO. OF PAGEVIEWS (JAN ’14)	NO. OF PAGEVIEWS (FEB ’14)
16 FEBRUARY 2014	867	558
17 FEBRUARY 2014	801	2,115
18 FEBRUARY 2014	868	366
19 FEBRUARY 2014	519	500
20 FEBRUARY 2014	966	743
21 FEBRUARY 2014	1,014	546
22 FEBRUARY 2014	786	529

The highest page ranking of *2,115 on the 17^th February 2014 knocks the highest overall ranking of *1,014 last month out of the park. Of course, this result should be approached with a certain element of scepticism when technological ‘spiders’ are taken into account; referring to an automated programme that visits websites in order to refine its search engine index.

DATE	NO. OF PAGEVIEWS (JAN/FEB’14)		NO. OF PAGEVIEWS (FEB/MAR’14)
23 FEBRUARY 2014	1,159		596
24 FEBRUARY 2014	684		508
25 FEBRUARY 2014	319		563
26 FEBRUARY 2014	382		3,121
27 FEBRUARY 2014	858		1,511
28 FEBRUARY 2014	412		705
*29 JANUARY 2014	506		-
*30 JANUARY 2014	691	-
*31 JANUARY 2014	747	-
1 MARCH 2014	713	493

I’ll end this penultimate post on a high note as the ever increasing views reached a shocking *3,121 on 26^th February 2014 compared to *382 outlined the previous month. Also, it must be noted here that on 23^rd February 2014, the magazine was viewed from *162 unique IP’s.