February stats and recent news.
It's election season and the promise of government bargains & freebies are forefront of OzBargainers
- Labor-Greens Coalition Government Would Get Rid of Capital Gains Tax Discount & Negative Gearing
- Pre-Election First Homebuyer Promises - 5% Deposit for All Vs Deduct Mortgage Payments from Income Taxes
and of course the election predictor: Who Are You Voting This Election ALP in a landslide apparently.
But it's the previous predictors that are interesting as it seems OzBargainers are 86% accurate in election predictions.
- 2024: Who Do You Think Will Win The US Election (Not Hope to Win)? OzB: Trump. Actual Result: Trump
- 2023 NSW Election - Who Are You Voting for? OzB: Labor. Actual Result: Labor
- 2022: Who Did You Vote for? House of Representatives. How Does Ozb Compare against The Community? and poll [Poll] What Political Party Will OzBargainers Vote for in 2022 Federal Election? OzB: Labor. Actual Result: Labor
- 2022: Who Are You Voting for in The Vic Election? OzB: Labor. Actual Result: Labor
- 2019: Federal Election 2019 Discussions OzB: Labor. Actual Result:
LaborLiberal - 2019: NSW state election OzB: Liberal. Actual Result: Liberal
- 2018: Victorian State Election 2018 OzB: Labor. Actual Result: Labor
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Members
- @ppbb for the most clicked deal Additional 50% off Clearance Items (Expired), Extra $10 off with $100+ Spend + Delivery ($0 with OnePass) @ Catch.
- @emperortamarin for posting the most popular travel deal Round-The-World Flights (Open Jaw) via Frankfurt & New York: e.g. Perth->MXP,FRA->LAX->Perth from $1795 @ Singapore Air. Hard to beat the expert posts of IWTF, BTF, FF, CFH. BRB ATC ROFL.
- @bhunter101 for posting the most popular kids & toys deal, 32 Personalised Name Labels (Hippo Blue Design Only) - $0 + $5 Shipping @ Hippo Blue.
Congrats!
Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)
- Add posting guidelines block on submission page mobile site.
- New moderator functionality to generate classifieds megathread or link to existing megathread from deal. (For all the deals with code requests).
- RSS now teasers only.
Moderation Stats:
- Reports from users: 3289 || Janurary 2025: 3861 || February 2024: 3813
| Category | Published | Removed |
|---|---|---|
| Deals | 2191 | 212 |
| Forum | 657 | 71 |
| Classified | 614 | 28 |
| Competition | 411 | 9 |
| Reason | Count |
|---|---|
| Duplicate | 67 |
| Requested by OP | 46 |
| Spam | 29 |
| Sockpuppeting | 18 |
| Insufficient quantity | 16 |
| Read Title Guidelines | 15 |
| Post in classifieds | 14 |
| Classified does not meet posting guidelines | 13 |
| Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread | 11 |
| Referral spam | 11 |
| Merged with Existing Thread | 10 |
| Trolling | 9 |
| Deal doesn't meet Catch posting guidelines | 8 |
| Unobtainable deal | 4 |
| Out of stock on posting | 3 |
| Expired on posting | 3 |
| Banned item | 3 |
| Lack of business details | 3 |
| Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines | 3 |
| Not available to Australia | 3 |
| Combined posts | 3 |
Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hiphopopotamus | 118 | 79.12 |
| trixieb | 67 | 37.73 |
| hamza23 | 45 | 56.89 |
| Clear | 28 | 40.46 |
| You Were Warned | 27 | 41.00 |
| nocure | 25 | 43.84 |
| n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm | 18 | 17.61 |
| shxhshzhz | 16 | 106.69 |
| RichardL | 15 | 68.47 |
| neil | 14 | 26.07 |
Top Deal Posters
nocure (5724 deals) + 13
Lysander (5430 deals)
456 (5052 deals) +5
save50 (4527 deals) +8
tightarse (4027 deals) +1
Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| 24mealdeal | 4 | 32.50 |
| Catkatkit | 4 | 16.75 |
| esaysselect | 3 | 1.67 |
| moneywaster | 2 | 31.50 |
| Kay0 | 2 | 13.50 |
| SimPower | 2 | 11.00 |
| grow3d-jim | 2 | 10.00 |
| Value Gadgets | 2 | 9.00 |
| Sello-AU | 2 | 2.00 |
| Anonymous Abide | 2 | 2.00 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hiphopopotamus | 76 | 113.16 |
| trixieb | 29 | 67.03 |
| hamza23 | 27 | 82.78 |
| You Were Warned | 14 | 61.71 |
| shxhshzhz | 13 | 128.23 |
| nocure | 12 | 73.92 |
| Clear | 12 | 72.00 |
| RichardL | 11 | 87.09 |
| 456 | 10 | 237.50 |
| beatthatflight | 8 | 74.25 |
Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)
| User | Deals | Avg Vote | Comments | Comments (Not OP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWantThatFlight | 7 | 88.71 | 7 | 1 |
| beatthatflight | 7 | 75.57 | 1 | 0 |
| jason101 | 4 | 63.00 | 28 | 4 |
| LimeBlueCoffee | 4 | 52.50 | 49 | 0 |
| tightarse | 3 | 315.00 | 38 | 18 |
| thydzik | 3 | 172.67 | 15 | 8 |
| Nebula PC | 3 | 83.00 | 67 | 0 |
| luketechfast | 2 | 89.00 | 13 | 0 |
| flightfinderau | 2 | 68.50 | 0 | 0 |
| evatech | 2 | 60.50 | 43 | 0 |
Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)
| User | Comps | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| shaneb | 145 | 11.97 |
| TruePursuit | 81 | 4.12 |
| Phalaxis | 61 | 16.07 |
| neil | 57 | 10.68 |
| Sideswipe | 5 | 5.20 |
| The Cheapskate | 5 | 3.60 |
| Natukrill | 3 | 3.67 |
| showmethemoney9999 | 3 | 2.33 |
| Gold Coast | 3 | 2.00 |
| Katie2014 | 2 | 7.50 |
Most Edits by a Power User
| User | Edits | Uniques |
|---|---|---|
| Twix | 311 | 279 |
| WookieMonster | 295 | 279 |
| Baysew | 169 | 163 |
| tonester | 42 | 38 |
| rompastompa | 40 | 38 |
| TakaHas | 11 | 10 |
| O O | 7 | 7 |
| aether | 5 | 5 |
| DuckKnight | 2 | 2 |
| CC123 | 2 | 2 |
Comments
Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)
| User | Comments | Avg Vote | +5's | +15's | -5's | -15's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jv | 898 | 0.40 | 70 | 14 | 53 | 5 |
| Protractor | 660 | 0.84 | 40 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| MS Paint | 590 | 2.68 | 111 | 22 | 8 | 2 |
| tenpercent | 493 | 0.79 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| CyberMurning | 400 | 0.87 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| CodeXD | 377 | 1.55 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| easternculture | 348 | 0.59 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 339 | 2.59 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| G-rig | 320 | 0.46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| trixieb | 304 | 0.93 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Top 10 positively voted comments
Most Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| my strong belief that US | 173 | Wiadro | 2025-02-23 |
| To me this would be the | 151 | persei7 | 2025-02-14 |
| Have you | 122 | montorola | 2025-02-14 |
| The hoons have all grown up | 122 | toomuchdogfur | 2025-02-21 |
| You have 1 bad experience | 120 | StonedWizard | 2025-02-20 |
| Setting aside this is a | 97 | Protractor | 2025-02-23 |
| Cyclists cannot pass on | 89 | pegaxs | 2025-02-18 |
| To those of conscious - | 85 | DaiShan | 2025-02-19 |
| Upvote for being petty lol. | 81 | pennypincher98 | 2025-02-11 |
| i do notice a lot of folks | 79 | tonyjzx | 2025-02-13 |
Top 10 negatively voted comments
Least Popular Comments
| Comment | Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|
| "It is obviously somewhat | -98 | EightImmortals | 2025-02-14 |
| You didn't answer my | -73 | EightImmortals | 2025-02-14 |
| Trump land is good land. I | -61 | mckayver | 2025-02-28 |
| So 'common' areas, not | -58 | EightImmortals | 2025-02-14 |
| Man, what a sad life you | -55 | Fredfloresjr | 2025-02-17 |
| Good god. Tell me you’re a | -52 | Gunnar | 2025-02-01 |
| Wow, that costs more than my | -51 | jv | 2025-02-17 |
| Ned a Petrol car, a real | -50 | mckayver | 2025-02-28 |
| Almost free… $0.335 | -45 | tenpercent | 2025-02-04 |
| You mean Hamas ? | -43 | gooey | 2025-02-19 |
Top 10 controversial comments
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, we have been there. My | 20 | 19 | dcool75 | 2025-02-23 |
| NWO bots don't like your | 18 | 20 | AuQld | 2025-02-27 |
| In what world is paying to | 15 | 13 | Mike Nolan | 2025-02-01 |
| I'm guessing Joanne is JK | 14 | 13 | CodeExplode | 2025-02-08 |
| blokes doing a fantastic job | 13 | 15 | Trying2SaveABuck | 2025-02-15 |
| The Chinese car makers have | 13 | 14 | incipient | 2025-02-21 |
| Mmm, front seat heating! | 13 | 14 | Bolt Upright | 2025-02-26 |
| Blaming diversity every time | 13 | 12 | Ryballs | 2025-02-27 |
| still the best monitor money | 13 | 11 | botchie | 2025-02-28 |
| Majority of the people | 12 | 11 | blupool | 2025-02-28 |
Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.
| Comment | +Votes | -Votes | User | Posted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veilguard in ps+ barely 4 | 64 | 68 | xtraricepls | 2025-02-27 |
| Cyclists cannot pass on the | 47 | 55 | sumyungguy | 2025-02-18 |
| Hate the swasticar | 35 | 28 | freewhere | 2025-02-08 |
| Saving on socks? | 34 | 41 | Saruname | 2025-02-11 |
| Yes, we have been there. My | 20 | 19 | dcool75 | 2025-02-23 |
| NWO bots don't like your | 18 | 20 | AuQld | 2025-02-27 |
| In what world is paying to | 15 | 13 | Mike Nolan | 2025-02-01 |
| I'm guessing Joanne is JK | 14 | 13 | CodeExplode | 2025-02-08 |
| Mmm, front seat heating! | 13 | 14 | Bolt Upright | 2025-02-26 |
| Blaming diversity every time | 13 | 12 | Ryballs | 2025-02-27 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| pegaxs | 152 | 4.16 |
| mskeggs | 127 | 3.60 |
| DashCam AKA Rolts | 110 | 2.88 |
| MS Paint | 590 | 2.66 |
| Jimothy Wongingtons | 334 | 2.55 |
| PainToad | 243 | 2.45 |
| freefall101 | 148 | 2.41 |
| WatchNerd | 187 | 2.02 |
| Lizard Spock | 134 | 1.99 |
| WookieMonster | 114 | 1.98 |
50 comments
| User | Comments | Vote Average |
|---|---|---|
| SBOB | 67 | 5.51 |
| shxhshzhz | 72 | 4.33 |
| pegaxs | 152 | 4.16 |
| Hybroid | 79 | 3.70 |
| mskeggs | 127 | 3.60 |
| El cheepo | 58 | 3.50 |
| Dealr | 97 | 3.10 |
| brendanm | 97 | 3.05 |
| tonyjzx | 75 | 2.99 |
| DashCam AKA Rolts | 110 | 2.88 |
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
| Deal | Votes |
|---|---|
| [PC, Epic] Free - F1 Manager 2024 @ Epic Games | 497 |
| [South Park Seasons 1-15 Streaming For Free @ SBS On Demand | 435 |
| [Epic, PC] Free - HUMANKIND @ Epic Games | 346 |
| [PC, Epic] Free - World War Z Aftermath @ Epic Games | 335 |
| [Android, Epic] Free - Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic 1 & 2 @ Epic Games | 317 |
| Free to Watch with Ads - Shaolin Soccer @ SBS On Demand | 265 |
| [eBook] The Last Horizon Series by Will Wight - Free for Kindle @ Amazon AU | 215 |
| [PC, Steam] Free - Golden Light @ Steam | 214 |
| [PC, Steam] Free - RPG Maker VX Ace @ Steam | 211 |
| [PC, Steam] Free - Crush Link TD, Bloodgeon @ Steam | 202 |
Competitions
Most Popular Competitions (by votes)
Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)
Most Won Competitions
Comps Won: 67 | January: 40
Competition Pageviews: 350,267 | January: 376,144
- Comps Posted: 411 | Janurary: 407
- Biggest Winner: Win 5x Chairmans Function Tickets + Premium Reserved Seating to Melb Victory V Wellington Phoenix from Maple Living [No Travel]
Social Media
Instagram:
- 17,731 +41 followers
- Male 38.3%, Female 61.7% (vs. Male: 72.1% Female: 27.9% for OzBargain)
- 25-34 37.6% (vs. 33.38% for OzBargain)
- Link Clicks 5,521 -29.3%
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 | 56680 |
| Catch | 15458 |
| eBay Australia | 14710 |
| Amazon AU | 10348 |
| Uber Eats | 8399 |
| DoorDash | 8095 |
| KFC Australia | 7851 |
| AliExpress | 6887 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 6751 |
| Pizza Hut | 5837 |
Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)
| Store | Count | Avg Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Catch.com.au | 223 | 32.46 |
| Amazon AU | 200 | 36.51 |
| Costco Wholesale | 40 | 27.32 |
| Steam | 40 | 82.58 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 37 | 53.92 |
| Kmart | 34 | 42.82 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 32 | 36.88 |
| ShopBack AU | 31 | 21.58 |
| Woolworths | 31 | 39.55 |
| TopCashback AU | 31 | 59.94 |
Top 10 most subscribed to stores
| Store | Count |
|---|---|
| Boost Mobile | 892 |
| Amino Z | 821 |
| UNIQLO | 784 |
| AmEx Statement Offers | 634 |
| Amazon AU | 603 |
| Cashrewards | 538 |
| ShopBack AU | 521 |
| Bunnings Warehouse | 502 |
| JB Hi-Fi | 497 |
| Qantas | 481 |
Top 10 Search Alerts
Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)
Top Browsers (by Sessions)
| Browser | % |
|---|---|
| Chrome | 51.86% |
| Safari | 22.49% |
| Ozbargain Android App | 7.95% |
| Edge | 7.02% |
| Firefox | 4.25% |
| Samsung Internet | 3.01% |
| Safari (in-app) | 1.87% |
| Android Webview | 0.95% |
| Opera | 0.50% |
| Amazon Silk | 0.02% |
Top 10 stores with referrals (# of referrers)
| Store | Count |
|---|---|
| TopCashback AU | 4315 |
| Cashrewards | 3916 |
| ShopBack AU | 3722 |
| American Express | 2105 |
| Wise | 1669 |
| Uber Eats | 1666 |
| Up Bank | 1546 |
| Catch.com.au | 1490 |
| Superloop | 1304 |
| ubank | 1185 |
Google Search Console:
Top Growing Content
KFC Flg Mystery Box Australia
Top Search queries: flg mystery box, kfc mystery box, kfc flg mystery box, flg mystery box kfc
+2,036
6 Months of Binge (Basic) Subscription Included with Your Kayo Subscription (New or Returning Binge Customers Only) @ Hubbl
Top Search queries: 6 months free binge with kayo, kayo binge offer, free binge with kayo, 6 months free binge with kayo australia
+811
Free 6 Months of Uber One Membership (New & Returning Users) @ Uber Eats
Top Search queries: free uber one, uber one 6 months free, ozbargain uber one, uber one ozbargain
+723
Growing queries
- kayo deals +758
- kfc banh mi +666
- jetstar promo code +626
Trending queries
- flg mystery box +808
- crab 89 +416
- crab89 +278
Everything else
- Deals posted: 2191 || January 2025: 2168 || February 2024: 2368
- Total number of deals: 505,357 || Total number of forum topics: 135,911 || Total number of competitions: 67,581
- Number of Freebies posted: 125
- Comments posted: 83,430 || January 2025: 98,601 || February 2024: 103,777
- Total comments posted: 16,425,218 comments
- % of removed comments: 2.20% || January 2.66% || February 2024 2.07%
- Overall traffic: 10,428,301 sessions, 31,138,299 pageviews || January 2025: 11,810,094 sessions, 36,041,402 pageviews || February 2024: 12,155,410 sessions, 35,399,113 pageviews
- New users: 3849 Total number of users: 469,257
% of rep posts: 14.04% || January: 11.83% || February 2024: 16.69%
User Age:
| Age Group | % |
|---|---|
| 18–24 | 19.71% |
| 25–34 | 33.38% |
| 35–44 | 33.04% |
| 45–54 | 13.86% |
| 55–64 | 5.28% |
| 65+ | 2.86% |
- Male: 72.1% Female: 27.9% || December: Male: 69.2% Female: 30.8% || January 2024: Male: 67.1% Female: 32.9%
- # of stores in referral system: 787 +10
- # of banned websites: 8387 +38
- Newsletter subscribers: 150001 +2317 (64% with accounts)
Most clicked deal that didn't reach front page
40% off Thermos + Delivery ($0 with OnePass) @ Catch (6729 clicks)
Most neg'd deal
Ultimate Beauty Digital Resources Bundle US$67 (~A$105.43) @ Positive Impact Project (-14 votes)
Most commented deal
[WA] Tesla Model Y RWD (2024) Existing Inventory: $51,100 Delivered + On-Road Costs @ Tesla (621 comments)
Looking at the most front page deals by reps do you think there is an overall decline in rep posts, or popular rep posts?