March Stats & April News.
A question was posed in the site discussion forum of where OzBargainers are based. From Analytics via Scotty:
Just looking at the Analytics data over the last 30 days:
| City | Users |
|---|---|
| Sydney | 27.6% |
| Melbourne | 26.4% |
| Brisbane | 12.1% |
| Perth | 6.5% |
| Adelaide | 3.8% |
| Hobart | 1.9% |
| Canberra | 1.8% |
| Darwin | 0.2% |
There are lots of other large cities listed (Centra Coast, Melton, Newcastle, Cairns, Rockhampton, Gold Coast, etc) and a big chunk of users that Google cannot figure out the city (overseas, on VPN/proxy, etc).
If we look at Facebook stats which are likely more accurate for location, we get the following:
| Location | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Melbourne, VIC, Australia | 33.74% |
| Sydney, NSW, Australia | 32.79% |
| Brisbane, QLD, Australia | 9.45% |
| Perth, WA, Australia | 8.37% |
| Adelaide, SA, Australia | 7.20% |
| Gold Coast, QLD, Australia | 2.86% |
| Canberra, ACT, Australia | 2.37% |
| Wollongong, NSW, Australia | 1.28% |
| Ipswich, QLD, Australia | 0.98% |
| Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia | 0.96% |
Mother's Day & EOFY sales are coming up.
We're on Bluesky, the Twitter-like social media platform.
May the 4th be with you!
Members
Members of the Month
hugamuga for posting the most popular deal last month, Singapore Airlines Round-The-World Flights from $1,809. This also happens to be the very first deal hugamuga has shared since joining OzBargain more than 5 years ago (and the only post so far).
asifpau for posting the most clicked deal and the most popular freebie last month, 4 Free Tickets to Kung Fu Panda 4 @ Telstra Plus. Big thanks to Telstra & various cinemas for organising OzBargain meetups last week as well.
Last Seen for posting the fastest trending deal last month, INIU 22.5W 10000mAh Slim USB C Power Bank $10.49 @ Amazon AU, which reaches +100 votes in 23 minutes & 20 seconds. Deals like this make you wonder whether one can have too many powerbanks.
Nost-dc for posting the most popular / most entered competition last month, Win an Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max and a Cygnett Prize Pack from Cygnett. Competition closes in a week so there's still a chance to win!
Congratulations!
See more about members of the month
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Add competition location for AU & NZ, and filtering option for NZ. As requested here.
- Add code for Oculus referral check that removes dead links as requested here.
- Meta/Oculus referral page - swap links between "Random" and "Product Page".
- Add "Go to Last Top-Level Comment" on the comment page menu. Here.
- Added MyAmExShop as a cashback provider.
- Remove mobile apps from page footer as they're not being developed and have issues.
- iCloud email issues maybe resolved?.
- Upgrade to Debian 12 and Redis 7 which caused users to get logged out over a few days. Here.
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 3919 (avg: 1 report every ~8 minutes) || February 2024: 3813 || March 2023: 5054
- Deals Removed/Published: 274/2749 —- Forum Posts Removed/Published: 88/798 — Competition Posts Removed/Published: 11/505 — Classified Posts Removed/Published: 34/663
| Reason | COUNT |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | 68 |
| Requested by OP | 52 |
| Spam | 30 |
| Sockpuppeting | 29 |
| Classified does not meet posting guidelines | 23 |
| Insufficient quantity | 21 |
| No bargain listed | 18 |
| Merged with Existing Thread | 15 |
| Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread | 14 |
| Post in classifieds | 13 |
| Referral spam | 12 |
| Unobtainable deal | 10 |
| Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines | 10 |
| Read Title Guidelines | 9 |
| Classifieds requirements not met | 4 |
| Ghost account | 4 |
| Lack of business details | 4 |
| Price beats are not bargains | 4 |
| Expired on posting | 4 |
| Not available to Australia | 4 |
| Banned item | 3 |
| Duplicate (Merged with Existing Thread) | 3 |
| Out of stock on posting | 3 |
| Account Issue | 3 |
| Trolling | 2 |
| Merged with eBay Insufficient Quantity Thread | 2 |
| Already in referral system | 2 |
| Private sales are not deals | 2 |
| Merged into Low Quantity Deals Thread | 2 |
| Deal doesn't meet AliExpress posting guidelines | 2 |
| Merged to ALDI Local Clearance forum | 2 |
| Merged into Price Check Megathead | 2 |
| Does not meet AMA guidelines | 2 |
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Scrooge McDeal | 60 | 99.03 |
| Raguel | 49 | 17.04 |
| Look Up | 47 | 25.83 |
| Clear | 41 | 53.78 |
| rosebank | 33 | 18.91 |
| tonester | 30 | 20.03 |
| shxhshzhz | 27 | 48.78 |
| save50 | 27 | 16.59 |
| Taegukgi | 26 | 189.62 |
| RichardL | 26 | 61.04 |
Top Deal Posters
- Lysander (5430 deals)
- nocure (5355 deals) +28
- Taegukgi (4866 deals) +23
- save50 (4327 deals) +28
- tightarse (3972 deals) +8
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| humbleplaya69 | 10 | 13.80 |
| Dana Devkota | 6 | 9.00 |
| Cook-Tim | 4 | 11.50 |
| dealstacker | 3 | 131.00 |
| travel2024 | 3 | 4.33 |
| ahmadraza | 3 | 3.00 |
| Sidinsydney | 2 | 17.00 |
| giftacious | 2 | 13.00 |
| JoeRumble | 2 | 5.50 |
| cozy | 2 | 5.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Scrooge McDeal | 49 | 117.37 |
| Taegukgi | 26 | 189.62 |
| Clear | 22 | 86.91 |
| BargainsGrabber | 21 | 123.24 |
| HamBoi69 | 18 | 110.11 |
| RichardL | 16 | 87.38 |
| Look Up | 14 | 52.86 |
| shxhshzhz | 13 | 81.69 |
| beatthatflight | 8 | 74.38 |
| hamza23 | 7 | 103.29 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| luketechfast | 7 | 86.00 | 129 | 3 |
| IWantThatFlight | 6 | 82.17 | 4 | 0 |
| beatthatflight | 6 | 76.50 | 17 | 5 |
| Calmago | 3 | 117.67 | 27 | 1 |
| shppngtrlly com au | 3 | 75.67 | 4 | 1 |
| jason101 | 3 | 68.33 | 34 | 8 |
| Wireless1 | 3 | 58.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Adamwear | 3 | 51.00 | 14 | 0 |
| Nebula PC | 3 | 46.33 | 74 | 0 |
| LimeBlueCoffee | 2 | 96.50 | 52 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| TruePursuit | 130 | 5.43 |
| shaneb | 123 | 10.41 |
| Phalaxis | 76 | 15.80 |
| Vixxun | 34 | 11.74 |
| neil | 34 | 8.62 |
| originaloa | 9 | 1.00 |
| djk | 7 | 12.29 |
| Lucky DnA | 6 | 12.50 |
| BeatMagazine | 6 | 11.17 |
| vadcom6 | 5 | 6.20 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| WookieMonster | 250 | 231 |
| Twix | 228 | 215 |
| Baysew | 193 | 186 |
| tonester | 72 | 63 |
| rompastompa | 42 | 42 |
| O O | 23 | 22 |
| brandogs | 14 | 14 |
| aether | 12 | 12 |
| donga100 | 8 | 8 |
| djk | 6 | 6 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 1353 | -0.22 | 71 | 9 | 89 | 14 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 641 | 1.93 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| easternculture | 565 | 1.14 | 37 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Clear | 501 | 1.14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Muzeeb | 452 | 3.12 | 101 | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| AustriaBargain | 360 | 1.05 | 28 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| CyberMurning | 350 | 0.75 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| G-rig | 346 | 0.35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scrooge McDeal | 328 | 1.77 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| tonester | 302 | 0.42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| During another one of her | 259 | infinite | 2024-03-07 |
| Isn't that why you bought | 165 | krisspy | 2024-03-28 |
| username checks out | 150 | bdl | 2024-03-14 |
| I'm right here. | 147 | BadGiraffe | 2024-03-09 |
| This is a ragebait reaction | 135 | Hybroid | 2024-03-29 |
| It's a failure of | 126 | ihfree | 2024-03-11 |
| Maybe if they pay me $49 per | 125 | easternculture | 2024-03-30 |
| They have complied with the | 125 | Hybroid | 2024-03-06 |
| Nothing worst then a manager | 119 | Iwantthebestprice | 2024-03-28 |
| How terrible that a landlord | 119 | barcer | 2024-03-03 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeh we went through | -133 | joka | 2024-03-03 |
| You buy a Bosh, and put crap | -101 | CurlCurl | 2024-03-09 |
| They aren't free, our tax | -98 | infinite | 2024-03-23 |
| Albo's Australia | -78 | Gdsamp | 2024-03-06 |
| @askbargain Congratulations!! | -76 | Gazza52 | 2024-03-02 |
| Can someone explain how | -62 | jv | 2024-03-19 |
| Wokie liberal, Wokie, Wokie, | -59 | drazenm | 2024-03-09 |
| I prefer decisions based on | -50 | CurlCurl | 2024-03-09 |
| OP rated them not the best | -50 | CurlCurl | 2024-03-09 |
| Armchair expert? Nah. | -48 | CurlCurl | 2024-03-09 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorry, absolutely nothing | 36 | 34 | UberIsCool | 2024-03-30 |
| You made Greta cry… | 19 | 20 | jv | 2024-03-21 |
| I've always been confused by | 18 | 18 | johnno07 | 2024-03-23 |
| Tuna-Style Looks more | 18 | 16 | jv | 2024-03-27 |
| Absolute garbage of a | 15 | 17 | rootk1t | 2024-03-06 |
| Hilarious really. All their | 13 | 11 | decryption | 2024-03-13 |
| A theatre production about | 13 | 12 | TheFunkySalsa | 2024-03-30 |
| But as I said, it must have | 12 | 14 | hopper | 2024-03-09 |
| You will be downvoted into | 12 | 10 | CheapBrah | 2024-03-09 |
| Not wanting your internet | 12 | 12 | The Judge | 2024-03-20 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorry, absolutely nothing | 36 | 34 | UberIsCool | 2024-03-30 |
| It’s comical you believe | 31 | 25 | tompiggy | 2024-03-30 |
| You made Greta cry… | 19 | 20 | jv | 2024-03-21 |
| Tuna-Style Looks more | 18 | 16 | jv | 2024-03-27 |
| Must be comical also that | 17 | 14 | UberIsCool | 2024-03-30 |
| Absolute garbage of a | 15 | 17 | rootk1t | 2024-03-06 |
| Hilarious really. All their | 13 | 11 | decryption | 2024-03-13 |
| A theatre production about | 13 | 12 | TheFunkySalsa | 2024-03-30 |
| You will be downvoted into | 12 | 10 | CheapBrah | 2024-03-09 |
| But as I said, it must have | 12 | 14 | hopper | 2024-03-09 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| mskeggs | 123 | 3.98 |
| altomic | 104 | 3.31 |
| Muzeeb | 456 | 3.13 |
| JIMB0 | 141 | 2.76 |
| Dollar General | 190 | 2.51 |
| bdl | 121 | 2.48 |
| 87percent | 108 | 2.41 |
| freefall101 | 159 | 2.36 |
| WatchNerd | 252 | 2.30 |
| ihfree | 179 | 2.30 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Hybroid | 99 | 9.16 |
| Krisspy | 52 | 4.71 |
| iforgotmysocks | 77 | 4.57 |
| SBOB | 91 | 4.51 |
| brendanm | 86 | 4.38 |
| Duckie2hh | 68 | 4.16 |
| mskeggs | 123 | 3.98 |
| El cheepo | 81 | 3.68 |
| pegaxs | 76 | 3.53 |
| cook99 | 66 | 3.47 |
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: 72 | February: 131
Competition Pageviews: 370,426 | February: 454,101
- Comps Posted: 505 | February: 510
- Biggest Winner: Win a Trip for Two to Japan from Visit Japan AU
Social Media
Instagram:
- 14,170 +87 followers
- Male 40.7%, Female 59.2% (vs. Male: 67.6% Female: 32.4% for OzBargain)
- 25-34 37.7% (vs. 31.93% for OzBargain)
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) (Data missing for 9 days)
| Wiki Page | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| List of Birthday deals/freebies - OzBargain Wiki | 12,583 |
| Discounted eGift Cards - OzBargain Wiki | 12,583 |
| Debit & Credit Cards with no international fees - OzBargain Wiki | 3,440 |
| List of Price Comparison Sites | 3,034 |
| Gift Cards - FAQ Wiki | 2,671 |
Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)
| Store | Pageviews |
|---|---|
| Domino's | 74,448 |
| eBay Australia | 17,891 |
| Uber Eats | 16,152 |
| DoorDash | 13,856 |
| Kayo Sports | 11,417 |
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon AU | 264 | 35.69 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 56 | 33.12 |
| ShopBack AU | 51 | 66.35 |
| Steam | 43 | 77.72 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 39 | 47.44 |
| Amazon Global Store | 38 | 31.26 |
| Costco Wholesale | 34 | 21.12 |
| Amazon Germany Store | 34 | 26.38 |
| Coles | 33 | 48.88 |
| Officeworks | 32 | 38.16 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | # of subscribers |
|---|---|
| Boost | 794 |
| Uniqlo | 667 |
| American Express Cashback Offers | 649 |
| Amazon AU | 601 |
| Cashrewards | 560 |
| Shopback | 511 |
| eBay | 460 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 453 |
| I Want That Flight | 427 |
| Uber Eats | 425 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
- Facebook - 76,832
- Whirlpool Forums - 48,668
- Oursteps - 27,773
- Reddit 31,559
- Twitter/X - 13,945
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
| Browser | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Chrome | 59.25% |
| Safari | 24.97% |
| Edge | 4.82% |
| Samsung Internet | 3.35% |
| Firefox | 3.13% |
| Ozbargain Android App | 2.97% |
| Opera | 0.70% |
| Safari (in-app) | 0.49% |
| Android Webview | 0.33% |
| UC Browser | 0.01% |
Top 5 stores with referrals (# of referrers)
| Store - Referral | Count |
|---|---|
| Cashrewards | 4497 |
| ShopBack AU | 3993 |
| Topcashback AU | 2856 |
| Uber Eats | 1732 |
| Wise | 1379 |
Google Search Console:
Top Growing Content
Uber Eats
Top Search queries: uber eats promo code, uber eats ozbargain, uber eats promo code australia, ozbargain ubereats
+40%
Remove Minimum Spend @ Temu
Top Search queries: temu minimum order, temu minimum spend, temu minimum order australia, why has temu increased minimum spend
+1,394
Door Dash
Top Search queries: doordash promo code, doordash ozbargain, doordash promo code australia, ozbargain doordash
+18%
Top growing queries
dominos vouchers
+5.4K clicks
tasmania devils membership
+1.79K clicks
tasmanian devils afl membership
+936 clicks
Everything else
- Deals posted: 2749 || February 2024: 2368 || March 2023: 3346
- Total number of deals: 473,695 || Total number of forum topics: 129,055
- Number of Freebies posted: 138
- Comments posted: 100,513 || February 2024: 103,777 || March 2023: 127,208
- Total comments posted: 15,205,655 comments
- % of removed comments: 2.53% || February 2.07% || March 2023 2.04%
- Overall traffic: 12,505,329 sessions, 36,794,356 pageviews || February 2024: 12,155,410 sessions, 35,399,113 pageviews || March 2023: 12,755,532 sessions, 38,129,940 pageviews
- New users: 2436 Total number of users: 422,792
% of rep posts: 14.52% || February: 16.69% || March 2023: 14.60%
User Age:
| AGE | PERCENTAGE |
|---|---|
| 25-34 | 31.93% |
| 35-44 | 28.16% |
| 18-24 | 17.74% |
| 45-54 | 13.97% |
| 55-64 | 5.54% |
| 65+ | 2.66% |
- Male: 67.6% Female: 32.4% || February: Male: 67.1% Female: 32.9% || March 2023: Male: 71.9% Female: 28.1%
- # of stores in referral system: 756 +8
- # of banned websites: 7988 +49
Newsletter subscribers: 129173 +192 (64% with accounts)
Most commented deal: 100% Cashback (as Prepaid Mastercard) for 4 Cans of Kirin Hyoketsu (up to $26, Limit 1,500 Claims Per Week) @ Kirin Hyoketsu (443 comments)
- Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page: Wanderer Packaway Camp Kitchen $49 (Was $219.99) $0 C&C/ in-Store Only @ BCF (7339 clicks)
Most neg'd deal: Skyworth H50 Pro Indoor Security Camera, 5MP, 3K, Night Vision $59.49 ($58.09 eBay+) Delivered @ xiaomi_global_direct via eBay (-9 votes)
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