LDV doesn’t do statporn, but if we did (December ’10)

By Stephen Tall | Sun 2nd January 2011 - 5:58 pm

… We’d say a big thank you to the 51,153 ‘absolute unique visitors’* who read Liberal Democrat Voice in December.

That’s a notch down on our November figure of c.59,000, but almost double the equivalent figure for December ’09 of c.27,000.

Incidentally, if you’re wondering why we publish our readership figures — is it show-off vanity, or pedantic statophilia — I came up with a few reasons at the start of last year. The arguments still stack up, I think.

The 5 top-read stories during the month were:

Opinion: Richard Huzzey – “I resign” (225) by Richard Huzzey
Probably the most inappropriate Christmas card ever sent … (3) by Stephen Tall
Tuition fees: How Liberal Democrat MPs voted (78) by Helen Duffett
Opinion: A letter from students to Lib Dem MPs (112) by The Voice
Tuition fees: which way will MPs vote on Thursday? (76) by Mark Pack

And the top 5 traffic sources for Lib Dem Voice in December were:

2010 statporn

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* Google Analytics’ term: it broadly means people using about 51,000 different computers visited LDV at least once. Some people may be counted more than once (eg, home and work computer), whilst some people may not be counted (eg, two different people use the same computer, or someone reads the site through a feed reader without ever actually visiting it).

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6 Comments

paul barker 2nd Jan '11 - 11:46pm

I make the increase in Readership 120%, whos right ?
Robert C 3rd Jan '11 - 10:44am

Pity many of the visitors nowadays appear to be Labour-supporting fiscal denialists.
matt 3rd Jan '11 - 1:24pm

The Increase traffic should be a clear sign to you all that the party is being scrutinised more.

Hopefully it may encourage more LDV members to engage more in debate on the public forum, rather than shying away on the private members forum.

Having only 1,658 Registered Members, discussing irrelevant topics in private is hardly going to put any pressure on government or The Liberal Democrat Leadership is it.
Robert C 3rd Jan '11 - 3:24pm

QED
Mark Pack 3rd Jan '11 - 5:29pm

Matt: shame you’ve started the year with the jibes about “shying away” and “irrelevant topics”. But at a guess one of the very reasons that some people prefer to discuss topics elsewhere are exactly the traits you’re displayed in your own comment 🙂
matt 3rd Jan '11 - 6:42pm

@Mark Pack

“Matt: shame you’ve started the year with the jibes about “shying away” and “irrelevant topics””

Actually Robert C started the Jibe before me about Labour Supporters

“Pity many of the visitors nowadays appear to be Labour-supporting fiscal denialists.”

I was responding to that 😉