Top deals, comments, forum posts, members of the month and other stats for August 2014

neil on 07/09/2014 - 21:38
Last edited 07/09/2014 - 23:36

Another big month for OzBargain. 4 out of 5 of the most popular deals in August were from eBay. I suppose $4.26b in revenue is not enough for them. Better for OzBargainers I guess.

Members of the Month

  • ahly92 for posting the most popular freebie in August, Free USB/Lightning Cable from Kogam. Yes a Kogan offer that actually received the most votes (+1192) and most clicks (21k+) although the free cable won't be delivered until end of September.

  • tightarse for being the star of OzBargain again this month with his amazing stats — 54 deals posted, 50 of them got onto front page, average +113 votes, 345 comments (less than 1/2 of how many jv has posted, but still great achievement) and 7 competitions.

  • donga100 for posting this comment suggesting how Australia's tightest family could have been even tighter.

Top 5 positively voted comments
  1. cypher67 explaining that a permit for getting a car fixed means just that. +242
  2. Australia's tighest family has a lot to learn from donga100. +206
  3. A comment from Davo1111 in the Things you didn't know weren't legal? +171
  4. rambutann's reaction to an OzBargainer freezing and reheating 100 Maccas cheeseburgers. +161
  5. jonno82 praising the OP's action for confronting the police. +121
Top 5 negatively voted comments
  1. The reply by the OP to the top positively voted comment. -229
  2. In the same thread defening police behaviour. -66
  3. IT support pays differently -60
  4. A JV comment. -55
  5. Price error nark. -50
Top 5 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
  1. Sony PS4 $399.20 Sunday eBay Sale 20% Dick Smith + Free Postage & Returns - 78,492
  2. 50% off BBQs in BBQ Category on eBay (Sunday - 31/8) - 75,560
  3. 20% off at The Dick Smith Store on eBay - 17-21 August 2014 - 54,546
  4. BIG 5-Minute Deals eBay Sunday: Samsung Galaxy S5 16GB $500 + More - 46,631
  5. My Book Live Duo 8TB $319.99 Delivered (20% off Storewide) @ WD Store) - 41,885
Top 5 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
  1. UPDATED: Australia's tightest family- 24,542
  2. How do you make extra money? - 23,297
  3. Things you didn't know weren't legal? - 20,577
  4. Police told me they were allowed to "break the rules". For Yogurberry. - 18,321
  5. How to stop a mail thief. Need suggestions, video of mail thief included. - 14,924
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews)
  1. Dominos - 44,974
  2. KFC - 14,576
  3. Hungry Jacks - 12,979
  4. Pizza Hut - 12,538
  5. Dick Smith - 10,081
Top 5 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
  1. Dick Smith - 137
  2. Amazon - 62
  3. CatchoftheDay - 58
  4. iTunes - 53
  5. Woolworths - 44
Top 5 Commenters for August (# of comments):
  1. JV - 782
  2. brucefromaustralia - 448
  3. waterlogged turnip - 416
  4. tightarse - 345
  5. Snoop - 306
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
  1. Whirlpool Forums - 114,576
  2. Facebook - 110,559
  3. Twitter - 39,700
  4. Feedly.com - 33,582
  5. Lifehacker - 27,501
Top Browsers (by Sessions):
  1. Chrome 50.74% (+1% from last month)
  2. Safari 21.94%
  3. Firefox 13.72%
  4. Internet Explorer 8.05%
  5. Android Browser 3.38%
Other stats
  • Reports from users: 1840, July 2014: 1648 August 2013: 1361
  • Deals posted: 2405, July 2014: 2210, August 2013: 2005
  • Comments posted: 64478, July 2014: 59885, August 2013: 44812
  • Overall traffic: 7,014,262 sessions, 22,431,430 pageviews, June 2014: 6,924,373 sessions, 21,499,690 pageviews. August 2013: 5,897,953 sessions, 17,119,235 pageviews
  • Most popular deal (August): FREE Micro USB to USB Cable or Lightning to USB Cable from Kogan +1192

If there are any other interesting stats you would like me to find, then let me know. See the 2013 stats if you are interested in a more in depth look at our stats. Real time stats from our wiki. See also July 2014 stats.

Site Discussion

Comments

  • dylanando on 07/09/2014 - 22:57
    +17

    some impressive stats there!

    • hahaboy on 15/09/2014 - 18:02

      an econometrician's christmas come early!!

  • dn4hc on 08/09/2014 - 13:47
    +1

    Almost 22% safari traffic thanks to ebay and kogan macbook deals :p

    PS: How much did safari traffic increase?

    • scotty on 08/09/2014 - 17:24
      +1

      Do note that "Safari" also counts the iPhone and iPad traffic (assume they are not using alternate browser on those devices). At the same time there are also Chrome / Firefox users on Mac. Here's the state of all the sessions by the operating system (according to Analytics):

      • Windows — 51%
      • iOS — 21%
      • Android — 16%
      • MacOS — 10%
      • Linux — 1%
      • Others (Windows Phone, BlackBerry, ChromeOS, Symbian, etc) — 1%
  • JetBombat on 08/09/2014 - 21:13
    +1

    Any prizes for the winners?

  • nahi11 on 09/09/2014 - 20:04

    Thanks for info Neil.

    Didn't expect Apple browser market share to be so high or close to Windows.

  • Eivad on 12/09/2014 - 14:20

    I was initially shocked that 8.05% of users still browsed using Internet Explorer. Then I realised that I'm on ozbargain while at work and using our only browser, Internet Explorer. Doh!

  • superklue on 12/09/2014 - 14:45
    +3

    JV posts more than 20 comments a day on average. Got much time on your hands mate?

  • 01011010 on 15/09/2014 - 11:06
    +2

    Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews)
    Dominos - 44,974
    KFC - 14,576
    Hungry Jacks - 12,979
    Pizza Hut - 12,538
    Dick Smith - 10,081

    FATTIES!

    • frewer on 16/09/2014 - 20:53

      LOL

  • happychild100 on 17/09/2014 - 00:56

    Not quite the end of the month but i'd be interested to see some of the stats on the ebay deal the past few days if they are available.

    • neil on 17/09/2014 - 01:24

      14594 clicks through to eBay.
      212,674 pageviews.
      It's the 7th most popular page in the past 30 days.

      We managed to take down Cashrewards site. I'm curious to know how much cashback they are tracking for this promotion.

  • tightarse on 25/10/2014 - 00:38
    +1

    Hi neil. Some stats that may make interesting reading each month, and overall…

    • Fastest deal to front page
    • Fastest deal to 100 votes
    • Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page
    • Most neg'd deal
    • Most commented deal
    • Number of users placed in penalty box
    • Number of freebies posted
    • Number of comps posted
    • Number of new registered users
    • Number of 1st time posters
    • Best voted comp
    • Most clicked comp
    • neil on 25/10/2014 - 00:49
      +3

      Oh boy. I think you'll need to find me a free SQL Udemy deal for some of those.

      • tightarse on 25/10/2014 - 12:36

        Haha! I'll try. I could easily come up with more. Love stats :)

    • scotty on 26/10/2014 - 07:43
      +1

      I'll try to add some of these to the scripts I run to determine the monthly awards winners.

    • neil on 04/11/2014 - 01:21

      Scott pulled a lot of stats which are now in a new post.

      The only 2 on the list we didn't pull was

      • Number of users placed in penalty box
      • Number of 1st time posters

      I'll see if we can get those for next month. Sorry my brain is fried running queries and formatting. Mostly the formatting. This site is my savior.

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