December Stats & January News.
7 of the top 10 deals were gift card related in December. 4 from Cashrewards & 2 from Shopback. The wiki has a number of gift card related pages like:
- Discounted eGift Cards (Where to get discounted gift cards)
- Gift Cards - FAQ (A FAQ covering all kinds of gift card questions)
- A list of restaurants that are bookable on TheFork that stack with gift cards (Best Restaurants, Good Food etc.), Entertainment Book & Liven. (For those points earning The Fork deals)
Makes you wonder how many unused gift cards retailers budget for, to be able to continually sell gift cards at heavy discounts.
Members
Members of the Month
December 2022
Fooah for posting the most popular non-rep deal in December, Free Death Stranding @ Epic Games and now everyone can experience being a courier on demand. 25 deals from Epic were posted in December, and 2nd & 3rd most popular were Free Fallout: Classic Collection & Encased and Free LEGO Builder's Journey.
ChatGPT for posting the most deals in December. 68 deals were posted with average votes +31.55, most popular being Crucial BX500 2.5" SATA SSD 1TB $85, 2TB $169 Delivered @ Amazon AU. He has only changed the username to ChatGPT earlier this week and I'm not sure whether it's now an AI bot doing the posting. But let's assume that he's still eligible for the members' award in December…
Here's another bot winning the prize. dealbot for posting the most clicked deal in December, 15% off Ultimate Gift Cards @ Coles. It's also dealbot's most popular deal last month. dealbot has posted 46 deals with vote average of +278.41. 13 of those deals where from Epic Games, and 10 from ShopBack.
9999fine for posting the most popular competition in December, Win $50,000 Cash from Great Southern Bank. +74 votes & 339 registered entrants. Great Southern Bank / CUA seem to be running those $50k giveaway at least twice a year (Apr 2022, Dec 2021, Jul 2021). Did someone actually win the prize?
Congratulations to all the winners!
See more about members of the month
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Store page headings can be reference with anchor #active-deals, #upcoming-deals, etc. (e.g. Epic Games Upcoming Deals)
- Add Hide Expired Deals option to category new deals page. For category front page, default to Hide Expired Deals. (e.g. Dining & Takeaway deals that are not expired)
- Restyled vote buttons on the search result page. Now also showing on mobile site. Discussion
- Beta: Save Draft in comments. Discussion
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 5386 (avg: 1 report every ~6 minutes) || November 2022: 6841 || December 2022: 5395
- Deals Removed/Published: 416/3250 —- Forum Posts Removed/Published: 90/1085 — Competition Posts Removed/Published: 23/834 — Classified Posts Removed/Published: 27/747
| reason | COUNT |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | 104 |
| Requested by OP | 65 |
| Spam | 53 |
| Sockpuppeting | 35 |
| No bargain listed | 28 |
| Insufficient quantity | 20 |
| Lack of business details | 20 |
| Merged with Existing Thread | 19 |
| Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines | 16 |
| Referral spam | 15 |
| Combined posts | 14 |
| Post in classifieds | 13 |
| Unobtainable deal | 13 |
| Classified does not meet posting guidelines | 12 |
| Read Title Guidelines | 8 |
| Not available to Australia | 8 |
| Post as deal | 7 |
| Price beats are not bargains | 6 |
| Merged into Low Quantity eBay Deals Thread | 5 |
| Merged to existing thread | 5 |
| Merged with eBay Insufficient Quantity Thread | 5 |
| Merged into Low Quantity Amazon Deals Thread | 5 |
| Deal doesn't meet Catch posting guidelines | 5 |
| Use classifieds | 4 |
| Negotiated deal | 4 |
| Combine Post | 4 |
| Moved to Low Quantity Deals thread | 3 |
| Merged with Amazon Insufficient Quantity Thread | 3 |
| Use referral system | 3 |
| Combined Post | 3 |
| Merged into Low Quantity Deals Thread | 3 |
| Joke post | 3 |
| Insufficient Quantity (Merged with Existing Thread… | 3 |
| Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread | 2 |
| Merged with ALDI Clearance Thread | 2 |
| Duplicate (Merged with Existing Thread) | 2 |
| Lack of business details (Issue with Third Party S… | 2 |
| Expired on posting | 2 |
| Trolling | 2 |
| Exceeding store rep posting limit | 2 |
| Competitions are not bargains | 2 |
| Banned Site | 2 |
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 66 | 31.56 |
| HamBoi69 | 51 | 73.43 |
| Clear | 51 | 46.20 |
| dealbot | 46 | 278.57 |
| ozvictor | 38 | 31.45 |
| BargainsGrabber | 37 | 149.08 |
| save50 | 31 | 19.71 |
| I Smell Pennies | 26 | 57.23 |
| slipkord | 23 | 31.17 |
| O O | 23 | 22.17 |
Top Deal Posters
- Lysander (5430 deals)
- nocure (4987 deals) +28
- dealbot (4561 deals) +33
- save50 (4019 deals) +44
- tightarse (3920 deals) +4
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| jthaydon | 4 | 5.25 |
| pcstoremelbourne | 3 | 14.00 |
| Rocky03 | 3 | 13.00 |
| BungeeGum | 3 | 8.33 |
| Beryl7243 | 3 | 0.33 |
| rlgtech | 2 | 45.00 |
| balcattaurbango | 2 | 8.00 |
| denwilliam | 2 | 5.50 |
| chuskitea | 2 | 2.50 |
| divenzio | 2 | 2.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| dealbot | 46 | 278.57 |
| BargainsGrabber | 34 | 160.21 |
| HamBoi69 | 30 | 114.23 |
| Clear | 27 | 75.52 |
| ChatGPT | 22 | 65.59 |
| RichardL | 15 | 107.07 |
| brandogs | 13 | 178.77 |
| ozvictor | 13 | 64.69 |
| I Smell Pennies | 12 | 106.42 |
| hamza23 | 11 | 96.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tightarse | 7 | 507.29 | 143 | 44 |
| gotyourback | 6 | 172.33 | 191 | 124 |
| beatthatflight | 5 | 75.00 | 21 | 2 |
| luketechfast | 4 | 97.75 | 7 | 0 |
| IWantThatFlight | 4 | 88.25 | 3 | 0 |
| AHUANG | 3 | 59.00 | 17 | 5 |
| Calmago | 2 | 210.50 | 23 | 0 |
| untech | 2 | 119.00 | 5 | 4 |
| jason101 | 2 | 116.00 | 33 | 9 |
| BPC Technology | 2 | 95.50 | 23 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| TruePursuit | 319 | 7.68 |
| Phalaxis | 225 | 16.25 |
| CindaaMoon | 156 | 5.70 |
| Katie2014 | 25 | 12.48 |
| 9999fine | 10 | 23.30 |
| Gold Pan | 8 | 3.88 |
| gtk | 4 | 18.75 |
| Twix | 4 | 18.00 |
| CrispyChrispy | 4 | 14.00 |
| Ticketwombat | 4 | 2.75 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Twix | 943 | 876 |
| Baysew | 255 | 250 |
| rompastompa | 90 | 85 |
| brandogs | 27 | 24 |
| DuckKnight | 24 | 23 |
| tonester | 21 | 21 |
| Hargain Bunter | 19 | 16 |
| O O | 13 | 13 |
| coldlamb | 12 | 11 |
| aether | 8 | 8 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 888 | 0.50 | 73 | 16 | 58 | 11 |
| Muzeeb | 624 | 3.77 | 148 | 35 | 9 | 1 |
| Clear | 470 | 1.46 | 43 | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 442 | 2.27 | 49 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| franco cozzo | 395 | -0.50 | 15 | 2 | 33 | 7 |
| ChiMot | 392 | 1.10 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| xoom | 368 | 1.48 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| CrispyChrispy | 305 | 0.81 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| BargainsGrabber | 291 | 2.48 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| scuderiarmani | 290 | 1.37 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| You dont deserve the phone. | 279 | Nutrino | 2022-12-04 |
| https://youtu.be/-sOdMqbX-PY | 254 | Summer28 | 2022-12-02 |
| I hear what you're saying, | 194 | SmiTTy | 2022-12-29 |
| That’s what family/carers | 168 | WreckTangle | 2022-12-07 |
| You came to OzBargain to | 148 | iNeed2Pee | 2022-12-19 |
| So you drink filtered water | 139 | mapax | 2022-12-18 |
| This is the funniest thing | 133 | poldy | 2022-12-04 |
| Sounds like you may be | 131 | Snoopy113 | 2022-12-23 |
| I don't think they should | 126 | Quantumcat | 2022-12-09 |
| Happy birthday! | 126 | djsweet | 2022-12-28 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| What a load of | -105 | Amayzingone | 2022-12-20 |
| https://www.ozbargain.com.au/ | -101 | jv | 2022-12-02 |
| if you dont like dogs, dont | -98 | Wiadro | 2022-12-06 |
| Like I told my mother, | -92 | Boogerman | 2022-12-09 |
| until they lose your | -79 | Donaldhump | 2022-12-06 |
| If someone's smoking bothers | -73 | DainB | 2022-12-29 |
| The thing is your example is | -64 | maxyzee | 2022-12-30 |
| Only crap movies move to | -58 | ironworthy | 2022-12-24 |
| Well this is the issue. The | -57 | maxyzee | 2022-12-29 |
| I've beaten cancer twice; | -57 | aboabo | 2022-12-20 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| is this sequel to Tiananmen | 31 | 30 | thekensai | 2022-12-10 |
| Petition to have Danny | 19 | 17 | jv | 2022-12-16 |
| Keep spreading fear | 16 | 16 | brenwildman | 2022-12-02 |
| Imagine paying $1000 for a | 15 | 16 | essent1al | 2022-12-30 |
| Its sad that people need | 15 | 17 | pharkurnell | 2022-12-05 |
| Someone make a mod using A4 | 14 | 16 | syswong | 2022-12-10 |
| can ur partner cover the | 14 | 12 | djones145 | 2022-12-12 |
| A summer dress and some | 14 | 14 | WrightRightWriteRite | 2022-12-08 |
| Joke of a comp last year | 13 | 15 | OZlandfill | 2022-12-28 |
| Yep. I saw the topic and | 13 | 13 | DisabledUser43902 | 2022-12-02 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is not good. Since last | 41 | 34 | TanedaR | 2022-12-21 |
| is this sequel to Tiananmen | 31 | 30 | thekensai | 2022-12-10 |
| If you’re a jerk | 26 | 29 | Wisered54 | 2022-12-07 |
| Petition to have Danny | 19 | 17 | jv | 2022-12-16 |
| Hmm…neg'd….please | 19 | 22 | OzzyOzbourne | 2022-12-11 |
| Love the cover art, well | 19 | 16 | cook99 | 2022-12-05 |
| Ok boomer. | 15 | 12 | Ghost47 | 2022-12-07 |
| Guy plays sport for a | 15 | 18 | pegaxs | 2022-12-15 |
| Imagine paying $1000 for a | 15 | 16 | essent1al | 2022-12-30 |
| Its sad that people need | 15 | 17 | pharkurnell | 2022-12-05 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| pegaxs | 201 | 4.57 |
| Hybroid | 166 | 4.30 |
| OZKap | 100 | 4.10 |
| Quantumcat | 166 | 3.70 |
| Muzeeb | 610 | 3.67 |
| Nugs | 137 | 3.53 |
| brendanm | 215 | 3.52 |
| jjjaar | 141 | 3.38 |
| coffeeinmyveins | 103 | 3.32 |
| Phalaxis | 113 | 3.30 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Average |
|---|---|---|
| gamemaster | 74 | 4.6892 |
| pegaxs | 201 | 4.5721 |
| Xistn | 72 | 4.3611 |
| Hybroid | 166 | 4.3012 |
| OZKap | 100 | 4.1 |
| zonra | 61 | 4.082 |
| Quantumcat | 166 | 3.7048 |
| Cheaplikethebird | 73 | 3.6712 |
| Muzeeb | 610 | 3.6672 |
| Brian McGee | 51 | 3.5882 |
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
Top 10 most popular freebie deals by votes
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
Most Won Competitions
Comps Won: 87 | November: 56
Competition Pageviews: 447,678 | November: 462,720 (-3.25%)
- Comps Posted: 834 | November: 699
- Biggest Winner: Win 1 of 6 Trips to "Train Like a Pro" with Surfing Australia Worth up to $10,200 from Ruffie Rustic Foods
Social Media
Instagram:
- 12,394 +162 followers
- Male 37.8%, Female 62.1% (vs. Male 68.97% Female: 31.03% for OzBargain)
- 25-34 46.3% (vs. 35.38% for OzBargain)
- 24,180 (-14.35%) sessions from Stories
Tiktok:
- Video Views 9,508 (-52.23%)
- Shares 10 (-73.68%)
- Likes 61 (-75%)
- Followers 4,334 +73
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)
| Wiki Page | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| Discounted eGift Cards - OzBargain Wiki | 9,205 |
| List of Birthday deals/freebies - OzBargain Wiki | 6,720 |
| Epic Threads - OzBargain Wiki | 2,936 |
| Gift Cards FAQ | 2,061 |
| Debit & Credit Cards with no international fees - OzBargain Wiki | 1,948 |
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
| Store | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| Domino's | 68,272 |
| eBay Australia | 27,218 |
| Menulog | 16,546 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 15,134 |
| Amazon AU | 14,541 |
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon AU | 410 | 41.16 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 132 | 54.52 |
| Kogan | 94 | 29.27 |
| Cashrewards | 52 | 125.38 |
| ShopBack AU | 52 | 149.12 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 47 | 57.19 |
| BIG W | 45 | 59.20 |
| Coles | 41 | 57.17 |
| Nintendo | 41 | 35.80 |
| The Good Guys | 36 | 52.19 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| American Express Cashback Offers | 644 |
| Amazon AU | 518 |
| Boost | 497 |
| Cashrewards | 471 |
| Uniqlo | 442 |
| eBay | 420 |
| Shopback | 419 |
| I Want That Flight | 407 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 369 |
| Specsavers | 357 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 79,861
- Whirlpool Forums - 77,882
- Oursteps - 58,291
- Twitter - 31,252
- Reddit 22,398
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
- Chrome 58.28%
- Safari 27.74%
- Samsung Internet 3.48%
- Ozbargain Android App 3.10% (+-0%)
- Edge 2.80%
Top 5 stores with referrals (# of referrers)
| Store - Referral | Count |
|---|---|
| Cashrewards | 4267 |
| ShopBack AU | 3458 |
| Uber Eats | 1747 |
| Stake | 1359 |
| uBank | 988 |
Everything else
- Deals posted: 3250 || November 2022: 5052 || December 2021: 3712
- Total number of deals: 426,528 || Total number of forum topics: 117,723
- Number of Freebies posted: 156
- Comments posted: 129,041 || November 2022: 167,717 || December 2021: 130,101
- Total comments posted: 13,296,659 comments
- % of removed comments: 1.65% || November 1.76% || December 2021 1.69%
- Overall traffic: 13,869,045 sessions, 44,635,954 pageviews || November 2022: 15,147,224 sessions, 52,628,349 pageviews || December 2021: 14,540,860 sessions, 44,204,714 pageviews
- New users: 2518 Total number of users: 381,836
- % of rep posts: 13.12% || November: 14.15% || December 2021: 16.49%
- User Age: 18-24: 16.46%, 25-34: 35.38%, 35-44: 26.41, 45-54: 12.46%, 55-64: 5.40%, 65+: 3.90% || November 2022: 18-24: 17.47%, 25-34: 35.88%, 35-44: 25.02%, 45-54: 12.20%, 55-64: 5.73%, 65+: 3.70% || December 2021: 18-24: 18.15%, 25-34: 34.70%, 35-44: 25.92%, 45-54: 11.67%, 55-64: 5.71%, 65+: 3.86%
- Male: 68.97% Female: 31.03% || November 2022: Male: 65.99% Female: 34.01% || December 2021: 66.79% Female: 33.21%
- # of stores in referral system: 675 +3
- # of banned websites: 7021 +25
Newsletter subscribers: 126,631 -96 (64% with accounts)
Most commented deal: 15% off All Ultimate Gift Cards (Excludes Variable Load Card) @ Coles (988 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Hangout Pod Set (Grey) $69 + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store/ OnePass with $80 Online Order) @ Bunnings (10839 clicks)
- Most neg'd deal: Aftermarket 1200W Nutribullet Extractor Cross Blade 1200W $34.99 (RRP $40.99) + Delivery @ Miles Kay (-8 votes)
2022: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - June - July - August - Sept - Oct - Nov -
I guess PS5 was a more sought after xmas gift than Switch. At least on OZB search alerts.