December stats (Yes I'm behind, blame Santa)
- OzBargain was mentioned on the Today Show.
- We surpassed 500,000 deals posted.
- 6 out of 10 of the fastest deals to the front page were booze. Thirsty bunch.
- Reddit is now our #1 referring site with Twitter/X falling out of the top 5 mostly due to API restraints of us being able to post on the service and partly all of the controversy around the site. A reminder that we are on Bluesky and Threads.
- Most of our top Google Search queries were related to Samsung's new S25 Ultra.
Members
@damow15 for posting the highest voted deal of the month, Bose QuietComfort SC Noise Cancelling Headphones $198 ($178.20 with Perks) + $5.99 Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store) @ JB Hi-Fi. This is the cheapest ever price for the Bose QuietComfort SC.
@nucleareactor3 for posting their 1st deal ever, Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones $198.95 Delivered @ Bose which became not only the fastest deal to 100 votes but also the deal with the highest traffic in December with 51,034 views. We sure like our Bose headphones around here.
@sunny007 for posting the fastest trending deal, Chivas Regal 12 Years Old Whiskey 700ml $29 + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend) @ Amazon AU. It took just under 6 minutes to get +30 votes and expired 10 minutes after posting. Who can say no to cheap booze?
@teedub for posting the 34,111 and last deal of 2024, ASUS 15.6" 1080p Chromebook Plus: Intel Celeron N5100, 8GB RAM, 64GB eMMC Storage $299 Delivered @ Amazon AU. Happy New Year everyone!
Congrats!
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Check whether "Not Duplicate" checkbox is checked on post submission (deal, forum & competition), and scroll back to notify the user to make sure it is checked.
- Allow users to change the maximum comment indent depth using the comment navigation menu. Details
- Show deactivated cashback tiers in cashback history even if they are no longer active for the current day. Note that only additional tiers activated from now on will be correctly displayed in the cashback history, and only the most recent lifetime of that tier.
- For referrals that don't have active users, load the inactive users as well so requesting a referral link/coupon code wont get a 404.
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 5302 (avg: 1 report every ~10 minutes) || November 2024: 4322 || December 2023: 6448
| Category | Published | Removed |
|---|---|---|
| Deals | 2836 | 285 |
| Forum | 835 | 92 |
| Classified | 646 | 32 |
| Competition | 537 | 16 |
| Reason | Count |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | 104 |
| Requested by OP | 70 |
| Spam | 37 |
| Sockpuppeting | 26 |
| Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread | 19 |
| Insufficient quantity | 17 |
| No bargain listed | 12 |
| Merged with Existing Thread | 11 |
| Lack of business details | 11 |
| Referral spam | 11 |
| Post in classifieds | 10 |
| Unobtainable deal | 8 |
| Classified does not meet posting guidelines | 7 |
| Price beats are not bargains | 6 |
| Expired on posting | 5 |
| Combined posts | 5 |
| Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines | 5 |
| Duplicate (Merged with Existing Thread) | 5 |
| Post as a deal | 5 |
| Account Issue | 4 |
| Not available to Australia | 4 |
| Ghost account | 4 |
| Competitions are not bargains | 4 |
| Deal doesn't meet AliExpress posting guidelines | 3 |
| Banned item | 3 |
| Out of stock on posting | 3 |
| Read Title Guidelines | 3 |
| Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines | 2 |
| Upcoming Woolworths catalogue specials can only be | 2 |
| Resolved | 2 |
| Classifieds requirements not met | 2 |
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hiphopopotamus | 127 | 87.04 |
| nocure | 39 | 32.64 |
| shxhshzhz | 38 | 71.08 |
| Clear | 35 | 48.69 |
| save50 | 35 | 27.60 |
| trixieb | 33 | 48.12 |
| hamza23 | 31 | 46.71 |
| slipkord | 28 | 34.68 |
| Look Up | 21 | 51.05 |
| Kazusa | 19 | 44.63 |
Top Deal Posters
nocure (5681 deals) +16
Lysander (5430 deals)
Taegukgi (5033 deals) +13
save50 (4500 deals) +35
tightarse (4021 deals)
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Victr0n999 | 3 | 19.67 |
| BlockHunter | 3 | 15.00 |
| Anamoe | 3 | 8.00 |
| Mollylou | 3 | 6.33 |
| Felix1 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Challenger43 | 2 | 53.50 |
| myhotaudeals | 2 | 31.50 |
| Cheaperthanever | 2 | 8.50 |
| deltanetworksau | 2 | 6.00 |
| Petitstresors | 2 | 2.50 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hiphopopotamus | 95 | 110.04 |
| shxhshzhz | 28 | 89.93 |
| hamza23 | 21 | 60.10 |
| Taegukgi | 17 | 299.59 |
| Clear | 17 | 83.18 |
| trixieb | 16 | 82.94 |
| HamBoi69 | 13 | 76.62 |
| slipkord | 11 | 68.36 |
| Look Up | 10 | 86.00 |
| save50 | 10 | 70.30 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWantThatFlight | 4 | 81.50 | 2 | 0 |
| beatthatflight | 3 | 82.67 | 17 | 0 |
| LimeBlueCoffee | 2 | 70.00 | 80 | 0 |
| aminozcomau | 1 | 302.00 | 160 | 0 |
| TravelKon | 1 | 157.00 | 93 | 0 |
| AndySolar | 1 | 150.00 | 1 | 0 |
| ziggy bird | 1 | 143.00 | 4 | 2 |
| luketechfast | 1 | 128.00 | 9 | 0 |
| JustinFR | 1 | 126.00 | 8 | 4 |
| Calmago | 1 | 109.00 | 0 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| shaneb | 180 | 12.84 |
| TruePursuit | 134 | 5.30 |
| Phalaxis | 95 | 17.71 |
| neil | 14 | 7.57 |
| FoBoT | 11 | 6.00 |
| Katie2014 | 8 | 10.50 |
| haha45 | 8 | 8.50 |
| The Cheapskate | 8 | 4.38 |
| altomic | 6 | 7.33 |
| djk | 6 | 6.00 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| WookieMonster | 621 | 599 |
| Twix | 345 | 315 |
| Baysew | 274 | 266 |
| tonester | 38 | 33 |
| TakaHas | 28 | 28 |
| rompastompa | 14 | 14 |
| DuckKnight | 12 | 12 |
| brandogs | 9 | 9 |
| O O | 5 | 5 |
| Hargain Bunter | 4 | 4 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 723 | -0.30 | 41 | 8 | 60 | 9 |
| Protractor | 616 | 0.01 | 22 | 2 | 33 | 1 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 525 | 2.16 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| MS Paint | 470 | 3.30 | 98 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| geekcohen | 431 | 0.44 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| CyberMurning | 421 | 0.67 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Clear | 374 | 1.20 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| try2bhelpful | 365 | 0.93 | 26 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| easternculture | 348 | 0.97 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| neoleo | 317 | 0.29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine wasting your time in | 232 | askbargain | 2024-12-27 |
| Hate to be the bearer of bad | 196 | brandogs | 2024-12-06 |
| Thanks OP ordered 5 as a | 150 | Creator831 | 2024-12-18 |
| They had to be manufactured, | 141 | brendanm | 2024-12-21 |
| Remove your door. | 134 | CodeXD | 2024-12-02 |
| Oooo big man driving 500kms | 129 | eddyah | 2024-12-03 |
| You can ask your neighbour | 129 | theHMASfriendship | 2024-12-23 |
| Because if he hadn't | 115 | Binchicken22 | 2024-12-19 |
| Banks make a profit from | 111 | Ave Maria | 2024-12-10 |
| Very obvious BLUE. No need | 108 | Fredfloresjr | 2024-12-23 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| but would you say it’s | -143 | spackbace | 2024-12-06 |
| is it a good game or a woke | -130 | kungfuman | 2024-12-10 |
| For that realistically | -79 | Spacexyz | 2024-12-03 |
| Petrol mowers are the way to | -77 | Mike Nolan | 2024-12-08 |
| I don't want to be taken | -76 | mooodeng | 2024-12-23 |
| My kid says, There are more | -73 | cloudy | 2024-12-23 |
| Only issue is that OP is | -71 | HeWhoKnows | 2024-12-30 |
| For $169 if you get 3 months | -70 | thestig | 2024-12-16 |
| 🤣 | -61 | jv | 2024-12-19 |
| In most cases its not | -59 | 2esc | 2024-12-22 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| If you can’t afford paying | 32 | 34 | PainToad | 2024-12-30 |
| He's been an adult for 7 | 25 | 23 | caramellokoala | 2024-12-11 |
| Only if the speed limit | 24 | 24 | lunchbox99 | 2024-12-21 |
| The left absolutely loves | 22 | 21 | pharcyde | 2024-12-31 |
| People here will say it's a | 21 | 23 | DingoBilly | 2024-12-12 |
| Donate $3 to Wikipedia | 20 | 21 | Thundaja | 2024-12-31 |
| You mean.. supporting | 19 | 21 | bchliu | 2024-12-28 |
| Just because you wish | 16 | 18 | lunchbox99 | 2024-12-21 |
| But they have to make | 15 | 13 | Gdsamp | 2024-12-10 |
| I’ve used Android. I will | 15 | 15 | linkindan | 2024-12-18 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There's a reason they shut | 50 | 54 | FXx | 2024-12-31 |
| If you can’t afford paying | 32 | 34 | PainToad | 2024-12-30 |
| Very original. Just another | 31 | 38 | arcticmonkey | 2024-12-31 |
| I was struggling to find | 31 | 36 | caramellokoala | 2024-12-10 |
| Imagine making up laws and | 25 | 30 | lunchbox99 | 2024-12-21 |
| He's been an adult for 7 | 25 | 23 | caramellokoala | 2024-12-11 |
| The left absolutely loves | 22 | 21 | pharcyde | 2024-12-31 |
| People here will say it's a | 21 | 23 | DingoBilly | 2024-12-12 |
| Donate $3 to Wikipedia | 20 | 21 | Thundaja | 2024-12-31 |
| You mean.. supporting | 19 | 21 | bchliu | 2024-12-28 |
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 | Vote Average |
|---|---|---|
| scotty | 153 | 8.37 |
| pegaxs | 148 | 4.24 |
| DashCam AKA Rolts | 113 | 3.87 |
| mskeggs | 105 | 3.71 |
| brendanm | 185 | 3.58 |
| MS Paint | 468 | 3.32 |
| PainToad | 127 | 2.83 |
| linkindan | 112 | 2.76 |
| freefall101 | 157 | 2.71 |
| shxhshzhz | 159 | 2.64 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Vote Average |
|---|---|---|
| scotty | 153 | 8.37 |
| askbargain | 60 | 6.27 |
| apsilon | 57 | 5.05 |
| SBOB | 94 | 4.64 |
| Dollar General | 59 | 4.64 |
| pegaxs | 148 | 4.24 |
| Fredfloresjr | 72 | 4.00 |
| Sye | 94 | 3.87 |
| DashCam AKA Rolts | 113 | 3.87 |
| mskeggs | 105 | 3.71 |
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
Most Clicked Deals
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: 61 | November: 41
Competition Pageviews: 376,144 | November: 371,462
- Comps Posted: 537 | November: 633
- Biggest Winner: Win a Litchfield and Kakadu Trip for Two ($4,000) or a Darwin and Kakadu Trip for Two ($1,128) from Kakadu Tourism [No Travel]
Social Media
Instagram:
- 17,621 +1332 followers (Thanks to another shoutout from OzBargainer Tash Etschmann and JoelGibbo)
- Male 38.2%, Female 61.8% (vs. Male: 71% Female: 29% for OzBargain)
- 25-34 36.9% (vs. 35.37% for OzBargain)
- Link Clicks 5711 -24%
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 | Views |
|---|---|
| Domino's | 64921 |
| eBay Australia | 21421 |
| Amazon AU | 17855 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 14194 |
| KFC Australia | 10787 |
| DoorDash | 10087 |
| Uber Eats | 9840 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 9358 |
| HOYTS | 8400 |
| Sydney Airport | 8079 |
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon AU | 301 | 39.60 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 78 | 44.82 |
| Steam | 75 | 82.68 |
| ShopBack AU | 48 | 47.44 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 46 | 73.57 |
| Harvey Norman | 44 | 20.34 |
| The Good Guys | 38 | 44.13 |
| Coles | 37 | 58.81 |
| Costco Wholesale | 37 | 21.08 |
| BIG W | 37 | 36.43 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | Count |
|---|---|
| Boost Mobile | 879 |
| UNIQLO | 754 |
| Amino Z | 692 |
| AmEx Statement Offers | 636 |
| Amazon AU | 603 |
| Cashrewards | 550 |
| ShopBack AU | 520 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 496 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 481 |
| Qantas | 465 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
| Browser | % |
|---|---|
| Chrome | 49.87% |
| Safari | 24.68% |
| Ozbargain Android App | 8.53% |
| Edge | 6.53% |
| Firefox | 4.25% |
| Samsung Internet | 3.10% |
| Safari (in-app) | 1.77% |
| Android Webview | 0.73% |
| Opera | 0.52% |
| Amazon Silk | 0.02% |
Top 10 stores with referrals (# of referrers)
| Store | Count |
|---|---|
| TopCashback AU | 4235 |
| Cashrewards | 4015 |
| ShopBack AU | 3810 |
| Up Bank | 2220 |
| American Express | 1895 |
| Uber Eats | 1660 |
| Wise | 1544 |
| Catch.com.au | 1490 |
| Superloop | 1340 |
| ubank | 1302 |
Google Search Console:
Top Growing Content
[Pre Order] 20% off Samsung Galaxy S25 Range + Bonus Discounts: e.g. $150 Trade-in @ Samsung Edu & EPP Stores
Top Search queries: galaxy2025 voucher will only apply if the total final value of ecosystem products in cart is a minimum $200 (post any discounts), galaxy2025, ozbargain s25, galaxy2025 code
+2,219
[Pre Order] Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 512GB $437 ($237 With Code) on JB 24M $99/M Plan (in-Store, Port-in Customer) @ JB Hi-Fi
Top Search queries: ozbargain s25 ultra, s25 ultra ozbargain, samsung s25 ultra ozbargain, ozbargain samsung s25 ultra
+1,633
Pokemon Prismatic Evolutions Binder Collection $55 (In-Store Only) @ EB Games
Top Search queries: prismatic evolutions australia, prismatic evolutions kmart, prismatic evolutions, kmart prismatic evolutions
+1,189
Trending queries
ozbargain s25
+333 clicks
ozbargain s25 ultra
+318 clicks
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+271 clicks
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+268 clicks
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+235 clicks
Everything else
- Deals posted: 2836 || November 2024: 4548 || December 2023: 3361
- Total number of deals: 500,417 || Total number of forum topics: 134,772 || Total number of competitions: 66,677
- Number of Freebies posted: 179
- Comments posted: 101,155 || November 2024: 141,577 || December 2023: 121,722
- Total comments posted: 16,232,131 comments
- % of removed comments: 2.10% || November 2.26% || December 2023 2.16%
- Overall traffic: 12,750,099 sessions, 40,568,079 pageviews || November 2024: 13,568,426 sessions, 48,080,936 pageviews || December 2023: 14,816,993 sessions, 43,904,056 pageviews
- New users: 5245 Total number of users: 460,079
% of rep posts: 11.13% || November: 12.23% || December 2023: 11.58%
User Age:
| Age | Users |
|---|---|
| 18-24 | 16.76% |
| 25-34 | 31.45% |
| 35-44 | 32.28% |
| 45-54 | 14.30% |
| 55-64 | 5.22% |
| 65+ | 2.82% |
- Male: 71% Female: 29% || November: Male: 70.3% Female: 29.7% || December 2023: Male: 72.9% Female: 27.1%
- # of stores in referral system: 771 +2
- # of banned websites: 8353 +23
- Newsletter subscribers: 145379 +1406 (64% with accounts)
Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page
ECHUCA Rectangle Dining Table $249 (was $1,199.00) @ Amart Furniture (Excludes QLD) (7476 clicks)
Most neg'd deal
QLD 6.6kW Solar System from $2500 for Customers Not Vaccinated against COVID-19 @ Queensland Solar & Lighting (-20 votes)
Most commented deal
Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones $198.95 Delivered @ Bose (720 comments)
Excellent