Welcome to October Stats.
Black Friday became more like Black Friday month. Pepper's websites (Hotukdeals, mydealz, etc.) ran their Black Friday promotional banner as Black Friday week.
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | U: 731k P: 9.72M | U: 778k P: 10.29M | U: 755k P: 8.75M | U: 700k P: 7.16M | U: 595k P: 6.24M |
| Friday | U: 350k P: 3.23M | U: 406k P: 4.24M | U: 415k P: 3.92M | U: 375k P: 3.17M | U: 284k P: 2.46M |
| Friday to Monday | U: 739k P: 9.40M | U: 852k P: 11.76M | U: 867k P: 10.41M | U: 796k P: 8.57M | U: 641k P: 6.94M |
| Deals | 599 | 795 | 733 | 555 | 387 |
U=Users, P=Pageviews
Seemingly there is a downward trend this year for Black Friday. We could write off 2020 as an anomoly year perhaps due to the lockdowns and more people doing their shopping online. Maybe these shopping events are not what they once used to be?
Let's see if this trend continues through to Boxing Day which this year falls on a Sunday.
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Members
Members of the Month
October 2021
Thespottedcow for posting the most popular deal last month, McDonald's 30 Days 30 Deals with 1200+ votes. This turns out to be quite a popular deal in my household as well, as the kids would take a detour to go to the maccas after school.
Phalaxis for posting the most competitions these days. He has posted 125 comps in October, including the most voted comp, Win Ultimate Gift Cards from Summer Foundation, and the most clicked comp, Win a Mitsubishi Triton GSR Pickup from Network Ten.
BillyStorm for posting the most entered competition in October, Win Halloween Giveaway Custom PC from Aftershock PC. In fact the top 2 most entered competitions in October were all gaming PCs (the other being ASUS ROG Custom Gaming PC posted by Phalaxis) — more people trying those than comps that give away cars, TVs, cash and gift cards.
Here's the moderators' choice — WookieMonster for creating the very useful Third-Party Gift Card Deals FAQ and also updating the long standing Discounted eGift Cards wiki page.
Congratulations to all the winners!
See more about members of the month
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Add +100 deal vote subscription event
- New anti-spam/affiliate feature for moderators to deploy to auto-remove comments. (Goodbye middle of the night spammers)
- Hide user's website on popup + user profile page, if user is in penalty box (Again stupid spammers.)
- Event Checkins to help the organisers to manage the participants of their off-line events.
- Duplicate Deals Bug
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 4668 (avg: 1 report every ~9 minutes) || September 2021: 5313 || October 2020: 6286
- Deals Removed/Published: 324/3238 —- Forum Posts Removed: 124/1193 — Competition Posts Removed: 19/382
| Reason | Count |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | 103 |
| Requested by OP | 54 |
| Spam | 40 |
| Merged with Existing Thread | 29 |
| Sockpuppeting | 23 |
| Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines | 17 |
| No bargain listed | 16 |
| Referral spam | 16 |
| Unobtainable deal | 12 |
| Lack of business details | 12 |
| Duplicate (Merged with Existing Thread) | 11 |
| Classified does not meet posting guidelines | 10 |
| Read Title Guidelines | 8 |
| Competitions are not bargains | 8 |
| Insufficient quantity | 7 |
| Post as deal | 6 |
| Circumventing Classifieds Ban | 5 |
| Out of stock on posting | 5 |
| Post in classifieds | 5 |
| Ghost Account | 4 |
| Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread | 4 |
| Insufficient Quantity (Merged with Existing Thread… | 3 |
| Use referral system | 3 |
| Expired on posting | 3 |
| Deal doesn't meet AliExpress posting guidelines | 3 |
| Classifieds requirements not met | 3 |
| Insufficient details for upcoming deal | 3 |
| Resolved | 3 |
| Duplicate/Spam | 2 |
| Banned Store | 2 |
| Incomprehensible deal | 2 |
| Trolling | 2 |
| Invalid Competition | 2 |
| Moved: Low Quantity Deals thread | 2 |
| Banned item | 2 |
| Account issue | 2 |
| Price beats are not bargains | 2 |
| Exceeding store rep posting limit | 2 |
| Circumventing ban | 2 |
| Merged To Fuel Watch | 2 |
| Joke post | 2 |
| Classifieds | 2 |
| Merged to megathread | 2 |
| Combined posts | 2 |
| Duplicate, Restocked (Merged with Existing Thread) | 2 |
| Unobtainable deal - Cannot apply coupon code | 2 |
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| save50 | 59 | 15.73 |
| nocure | 49 | 37.73 |
| dealbot | 39 | 192.03 |
| Clear | 39 | 50.08 |
| adr8 | 31 | 50.52 |
| Being Askhole | 26 | 65.50 |
| hamza23 | 26 | 64.04 |
| RSmith | 26 | 32.42 |
| Pricebeat | 22 | 70.23 |
| Wuman | 19 | 56.16 |
Top Deal Posters
- Lysander (5430 deals)
- nocure (4393 deals) +84
- dealbot (4089 deals) +64
- tightarse (3820 deals) +6
- save50 (3468 deals) +63
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| MiniMyna | 9 | 13.44 |
| Donner music | 5 | 26.40 |
| DwightkurtSchrute | 5 | 7.20 |
| The Project | 4 | 77.75 |
| OriginalSpin21 | 4 | 43.00 |
| macnuthut | 4 | 13.50 |
| elichu296 | 4 | 8.75 |
| savvysaver | 4 | 7.75 |
| angelmaroau | 4 | 2.75 |
| angusboy | 4 | 2.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| dealbot | 38 | 196.34 |
| nocure | 21 | 69.14 |
| Clear | 19 | 87.58 |
| Being Askhole | 18 | 86.00 |
| hamza23 | 17 | 87.88 |
| adr8 | 16 | 81.44 |
| RichardL | 14 | 79.50 |
| doweyy | 13 | 209.92 |
| Wuman | 13 | 75.23 |
| WatchNerd | 12 | 61.67 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 3 | 307.00 | 81 | 18 |
| gotyourback | 3 | 183.67 | 109 | 43 |
| IWantThatFlight | 3 | 105.33 | 2 | 0 |
| beatthatflight | 3 | 103.67 | 42 | 3 |
| jason101 | 3 | 67.67 | 22 | 7 |
| ozcoool | 3 | 40.33 | 0 | 0 |
| First-Parking | 2 | 105.00 | 16 | 0 |
| Eneba | 2 | 96.50 | 2 | 0 |
| Clear | 2 | 37.50 | 457 | 208 |
| Astivita | 2 | 35.00 | 28 | 1 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Phalaxis | 125 | 16.74 |
| neil | 80 | 7.35 |
| Katie2014 | 17 | 7.59 |
| opcoupon | 17 | 0.35 |
| Sideswipe | 9 | 14.67 |
| comebuthkism | 6 | 9.00 |
| AustralianMade21 | 6 | 4.50 |
| Surfers Paradise | 5 | 3.20 |
| Free-Kids Events MEL | 5 | 1.00 |
| originaloa | 5 | 0.20 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Twix | 1187 | 1082 |
| Baysew | 148 | 146 |
| tonester | 54 | 47 |
| brandogs | 54 | 51 |
| Hargain Bunter | 34 | 34 |
| rompastompa | 28 | 28 |
| DuckKnight | 23 | 23 |
| Steptoe | 16 | 16 |
| aether | 13 | 13 |
| O O | 8 | 8 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 917 | 0.47 | 79 | 18 | 73 | 11 |
| Clear | 453 | 1.65 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| WookieMonster | 421 | 1.72 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| pennypincher98 | 417 | 1.71 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| MS Paint | 412 | 2.72 | 75 | 16 | 6 | 1 |
| try2bhelpful | 397 | 0.90 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SF3 | 354 | 3.07 | 58 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| the INFIDEL | 337 | 0.58 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| pharkurnell | 335 | 2.24 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 331 | 1.69 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nice try Colesworth | 468 | Baysew | 2021-10-04 |
| I've never driven any of | 343 | Hardlyworkin | 2021-10-30 |
| I think its common courtesy | 222 | hyouden | 2021-10-14 |
| Oh no.. 30 days 30 kilos | 187 | Bafranz | 2021-10-18 |
| This is from their Terms of | 167 | Ryanek | 2021-10-23 |
| well then speak to them | 167 | dasher86 | 2021-10-26 |
| Person without kids asks | 157 | spackbace | 2021-10-21 |
| Love me some good defamatory | 157 | pharkurnell | 2021-10-25 |
| Rubbish post | 156 | field1985 | 2021-10-04 |
| Not a whole lot Depends | 155 | spackbace | 2021-10-11 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Should I put my credit card | -203 | Pagaille21 | 2021-10-25 |
| Person without kids asks | -157 | SlavOz | 2021-10-21 |
| Part of WFH is the added | -126 | SlavOz | 2021-10-21 |
| Maybe just build your own PC | -100 | Gallifr3y | 2021-10-26 |
| History will remember those | -92 | DisabledUser73076 | 2021-10-09 |
| No one needs more bots l. | -88 | camtraband | 2021-10-30 |
| Shame they don't have gyms | -74 | Jr64 | 2021-10-24 |
| Not if Dan has his way… | -70 | jv | 2021-10-04 |
| and same with yours? | -64 | selfishnarcissistman | 2021-10-05 |
| That is not reasonable. Do | -62 | Pagaille21 | 2021-10-25 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not a whole lot.. while | 44 | 45 | Bafranz | 2021-10-10 |
| They are the ones for | 20 | 20 | jv | 2021-10-31 |
| My point is | 16 | 17 | Bid Sniper | 2021-10-08 |
| I'd rather grind them with | 16 | 14 | deltaV | 2021-10-06 |
| Yes, there banned by our | 15 | 14 | kml22 | 2021-10-10 |
| Sounds based if you ask me | 14 | 12 | boydbino | 2021-10-18 |
| It's probs not worth it. The | 14 | 12 | TogTogTogTog | 2021-10-12 |
| Because you're not an idiot, | 14 | 15 | peterpaoliello | 2021-10-02 |
| Bill Gates and his chips /s | 13 | 11 | RSmith | 2021-10-26 |
| You have no idea of the | 13 | 11 | maverickjohn | 2021-10-16 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not sure if it offers | 51 | 47 | ozhunter | 2021-10-23 |
| Not a whole lot.. while | 44 | 45 | Bafranz | 2021-10-10 |
| Sounds cruel… | 34 | 28 | jv | 2021-10-18 |
| Yeah I've heard they | 25 | 31 | ldq | 2021-10-15 |
| Wrong. Catch it to gain a | 21 | 18 | ldq | 2021-10-15 |
| you kidding? no way ….. i | 17 | 14 | ChiMot | 2021-10-02 |
| I'd rather grind them with | 16 | 14 | deltaV | 2021-10-06 |
| My point is | 16 | 17 | Bid Sniper | 2021-10-08 |
| Yes, there banned by our | 15 | 14 | kml22 | 2021-10-10 |
| Sounds based if you ask me | 14 | 12 | boydbino | 2021-10-18 |
Comments with a net vote of + or - 20% with pos vote count of 10 or more.
["K:D"] highest vote average with minimum 100 comments and also 50 comments.
100 comments
| User | Comments | Average |
|---|---|---|
| spackbace | 131 | 4.66 |
| Hybroid | 261 | 3.91 |
| deme | 171 | 3.69 |
| Bafranz | 201 | 3.33 |
| Quantumcat | 152 | 3.25 |
| mskeggs | 187 | 3.17 |
| dasher86 | 134 | 3.10 |
| SF3 | 353 | 3.07 |
| pegaxs | 132 | 3.03 |
| Caped Baldy | 120 | 2.95 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Ryanek | 77 | 6.82 |
| spackbace | 131 | 4.66 |
| djkelly69 | 90 | 4.22 |
| Hybroid | 261 | 3.91 |
| p1 ama | 90 | 3.86 |
| onetwothreefour | 62 | 3.73 |
| deme | 171 | 3.69 |
| cwongtech | 74 | 3.57 |
| Nugs | 61 | 3.51 |
| Presence | 58 | 3.48 |
Deals
Top 10 fastest deals to the front page
Top 10 fastest deals to 100 votes
Top 10 most popular deals by votes
Top 10 most popular deals by clicks
Top 10 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)
Most Popular Deals by Category
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
Most Won Competitions
Comps Won: 36 | September: 27
Competition Pageviews: 413,241 | September: 358,169 (+15.38%)
- Comps Posted: 382 | September: 336
- Biggest Winner: Win a La Marzocco Linea Mini Coffee Machine, Baratza Sette 270wi + More (Worth $8000) from Inglewood Coffee
Social Media
Instagram:
- 10,643 10,930 +287 followers
- Male 41.2%, Female 58.7% (vs. Male 65.66% Female: 34.34% for OzBargain)
- 25-34 46.5% (vs. 37.56% for OzBargain)
- 4,390 (-57.31%) sessions from Stories
Other stats
Top 10 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)
Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews, excluding help pages)
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
| Store | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| Domino's | 60,253 |
| eBay Australia | 23,270 |
| Uber Eats | 14,290 |
| Woolworths | 13,531 |
| Door Dash | 13,228 |
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon AU | 347 | 35.30 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 87 | 44.18 |
| The Good Guys | 75 | 44.00 |
| Coles | 49 | 50.24 |
| Woolworths | 43 | 53.00 |
| Amazon Global Store | 43 | 39.72 |
| Costco Wholesale | 40 | 21.18 |
| Shopping Express | 39 | 36.64 |
| Banggood | 35 | 38.66 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 32 | 49.47 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| American Express Cashback Offers | 686 |
| Amazon AU | 553 |
| eBay | 471 |
| I Want That Flight | 433 |
| Cashrewards | 370 |
| Boost | 369 |
| Uniqlo | 368 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 345 |
| American Express | 351 |
| Qantas | 317 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
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Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 118,748
- Oursteps - 84,244
- Whirlpool Forums - 79,520
- Twitter - 36,794
- Reddit 28,572
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 61.48%
- Safari 24.99%
- Samsung Internet 3.38%
- Firefox 3.31%
- Edge 2.71%
- Ozbargain Android App 1.93(+.03%)
Top 5 stores with referrals (# of referrers)
| Store - Referral | Count |
|---|---|
| Cashrewards | 4342 |
| ShopBack AU | 4029 |
| Uber Eats | 2524 |
| DoorDash | 2168 |
| SelfWealth | 1769 |
Everything else
- Deals posted: 3237 || September 2021: 3409 || October 2020: 4589
- Total number of deals: 380,523 || Total number of forum topics: 105,781
- Number of Freebies posted: 150
- Comments posted: 139,356 || September 2021: 149,371 || October 2020: 163,313
- Total comments posted: 11,428,978 comments
- % of removed comments: 1.84% || September 1.86% || October 2020 1.22%
- Overall traffic: 14,601,649 sessions, 44,118,341 pageviews || September 2021: 15,107,537 sessions, 46,973,173 pageviews || October 2020: 15,787,671 sessions, 49,717,467 pageviews
- New users: 3221 Total number of users: 345,293
- % of rep posts: 17.93% || September: 16.83% || October 2020: 15.79%
- User Age: 18-24: 18.39%, 25-34: 35.49%, 35-44: 22.77%, 45-54: 11.70%, 55-64: 6.90%, 65+: 4.75% || September 2021: 18-24: 18.03%, 25-34: 37.56%, 35-44: 23.12%, 45-54: 11.21%, 55-64: 6.04%, 65+: 4.05% || October 2020: 18-24: 10.97%, 25-34: 37.73%, 35-44: 23.86%, 45-54: 12.98%, 55-64: 8.72%, 65+: 5.74%
- Male: 65.66% Female: 34.34% || September 2021: Male: 67.51% Female: 32.49% || September 2020: Male: 72.42% Female: 27.58%
- # of stores in referral system: 581 +32
- # of banned websites: 5886 +176
Newsletter subscribers: 120,440 +1587 (64% with accounts)
Most commented deal: 10% off Coles $100 & $250 Mastercard Gift Cards (Including Additional Applicable $5 or $7 Purchase Fee) @ Coles (864 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Buy 1 Get 1 Free (Selected Items): e.g. New Balance $60 For 2 Pairs of Shoes + Delivery @ Just Sport (8750 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XTREME $2999 + Delivery @ Mybogo (-15 votes)
2021: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug - Sept
2020: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug - September - October - November & December
2019: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - August - September - October - November & December
2018: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug - Sept - Oct - Nov - Dec
2017: Zeitgeist - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - Aug & Sept - Oct - Nov - Dec
2016: Zeitgeist Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - August - September - October November - Dec
2015: Zeitgeist Dec - Nov - Oct - Sept - Aug - Jul - Jun -May - Apr - Mar - Jan
2014: Zeitgeist - Nov - Oct - Sept
Great stats.
I felt the Black Friday sales this year werent as good. There was alot of tech stuff/cashbacks, but I was hoping for deals on household goods/toilet paper.