15 December 2017 Events

Bike Hub: 2017 Year in Review

By Bike Hub Features · 71 comments

It’s that time of the year again. We’re taking a look back at the numbers and trends we have seen on Bike Hub in 2017.

The headline numbers, classifieds action, most read articles, the top contributors, most viewed and discussed topics… it’s all here and much more.

Before you get stuck in, cheers to a successful year and lots of smile filled riding in 2018!

Website Stats – Visitors

Unique visitors
1 709 545
+2.47%

Pageviews
49 122 267
-6.56%

Pages per visit
8.08
+0.25%

Average visit duration (minutes)
07:44
-5.08%

South African User Split

46.75% Gauteng
38.07% Western Cape
9.1% Kwazulu Natal
2.95% Eastern Cape
0.99% Free State

0.71% North West
0.64% Mpumalanga
0.52% Limpopo
0.27% Northern Cape

International User Split

54.25% South Africa
9.56% United States
5.48% France
4.99% United Kingdom
2.31% Australia

1.66% Canada
1.46% Germany
1.11% Italy
1.06% Spain
1.03% Netherlands

Website Activity – New Members

New Members
13 776

Total Members
100 574
+ 15.87%

Gender Split

75.43% Male

vs.

24.57% Female

Classifieds Activity

Total listings value
R 487 799 065
+17.14%

Adverts Posted
57 180
+6.17%

Comments
52 490
-22.06%

Advert Views
15 766 836
+2.31%

Avg. value – All Categories
R 9 149.43
+5.63%

Avg. value – Mountain Bikes
R 21 425.63
+3.31%

Avg. value – Road Bikes
R 18 959.82
-0.09%

Adverts by Location

1. Gauteng 41.77%
2. Western Cape 40.99%
3. Kwazulu Natal 8.11%
4. Eastern Cape 3.63%
5. Mpumulanga 1.87%

6. North West 1.29%
7. Free State 1.52%
8. Limpopo 0.36%
9. Northern Cape 0.26%
10. International 0.22%

Adverts by Category

1. MTB 46.01%
2. Road 27.67%
3. Accessories 10.82%
4. Clothing & Apparel 9.06%

5. Services, Entries & Jobs 4.01 %
6. Vintage Bikes 1.14%
7. Other Bikes 0.57%
8. Non-cycling 0.73%

Website Activity – Top 20 Articles

Forum Activity

New topics
5 994

Replies
204 241

Topic views
7 917 042

Topic starters

1. Mongooser – 71
2. mecheng89 – 38
3. FirstV8 – 28
4. Kalahari Vegmot – 27
5. Patchelicious – 24
6. hellocolour – 22
7. Allrounder – 21
8. rider#35 – 20
9. Pure Savage – 19
10. FatFossil – 19

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Comments

71 comments · Page 3 of 3

Stretch

Dec 15, 2017, 12:13 PM

What other kind of stats are available?

Hated thread, who is online the most, Most liked, who advertises the most...........

I always like to see how the non cycling threads stack up against the cycling ones

I have an idea

Hot off the press

Lady pros etc

scotty

Dec 15, 2017, 12:15 PM

*wipes brow with relief*

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We belong to the quality over quantity group.

Kalahari Vegmot

Dec 15, 2017, 12:20 PM

I'm going to leave this here... Please mods.

Can we get some of the more interesting stats please?

How many bans and warnings?
How many posts deleted by hub staff?
How many threads deleted by hub staff?
The titles of threads deleted/locked.
User with the most posts deleted by hub staff.
User with the most likes.
Most liked post.
Most liked thread.
Most viewed ad.
Least viewed ad.
User with the highest number of positive ratings.
User with the highest number of negative ratings.
A 58kg woman who is 33 years old has an estimated FTP of 257 watts. What is her fone number?

Gen

Dec 15, 2017, 12:32 PM

I will not post
I will not post
I will not post
I will not post
I will no post
I will n post
I will post

Urrggghhhh

[emoji1465]‍[emoji335]

You're only warming up.[emoji6]

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Capricorn

Dec 15, 2017, 12:39 PM

That must be the record for the most words you've fitted in a single post all year!

Pure Savage

Dec 15, 2017, 2:22 PM

Wonder if you took out the adverts that link to paid promotions, the bike reviews what the top articles would be

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Eugene Oppelt

Dec 15, 2017, 2:27 PM

You're only warming up.[emoji6]

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...and to think 95.5743% of my posts are Sagan related ???????? ????

Eddy Gordo

Dec 15, 2017, 4:42 PM

I always like to see how the non cycling threads stack up against the cycling ones

I have an idea
Hot off the press
Lady pros etc

Ja, was looking for that one and got caught up in what was listed.

'Kaze Pete

Dec 15, 2017, 4:48 PM

Ai, Well done to the Free State not even making it onto the percentage of users list

Ons is of te besig om kos te maak vir die land, of te besig om bulte te soek vir “hill repeats”

Patchelicious

Dec 15, 2017, 5:14 PM

Is this the first instance of someone using "Hub" as a verb? If so, well done.

#AlwaysBeInnovating

Shebeen

Dec 16, 2017, 2:47 PM

Whoohoo, I made the top10

Oh crap, I'm in the top10

G e r h a r d Odendaal

Dec 16, 2017, 2:52 PM

Interesting article

Patchelicious

Dec 16, 2017, 7:23 PM

Wonder if you took out the adverts that link to paid promotions, the bike reviews what the top articles would be

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One would think that the Hub dudes would actually give awards/rewards to those of us who contribute to the revenue model that these guys use

If I had to bill myself for the time spent..... Canyon Ultimate....

Look lots of **** gets spoken. But a lot of good comes from it. 3000 posts of mine were *** talk 600 were proper discussions, 80 were me trying to help and 10 actually ended up in some form of help being organized.

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Dec 16, 2017, 7:36 PM

Whew. 2,000 fewer posts than last year and the year before. I'm happy with that. The counter is going in the right direction.

Oh and I think 'Dale is perfectly fine Ito balance. Gets a lot of time on the bike going by his FB feed.

Mongooser

Dec 17, 2017, 5:56 PM

Wait what?

how did i make 71 topics....

RABUBI

Dec 18, 2017, 12:11 AM

I would like to see the stats fro trailhub, the sister site for trailrunning. Awfully quiet there

Jase619

Dec 18, 2017, 5:22 AM

Ons is of te besig om kos te maak vir die land, of te besig om bulte te soek vir “hill repeats”

True that, Naval Hill doesn't really count but it's almost the best we have haha

Mamil

Dec 30, 2017, 6:51 AM

Shouldn't Dale get sone sort of prize? A certificate even?

Thor Buttox

Dec 30, 2017, 7:23 AM

Shouldn't Dale get sone sort of prize? A certificate even?

First ever reason to be proud of a Participation Award?

Eugene Oppelt

Dec 30, 2017, 10:45 AM

Shouldn't Dale get sone sort of prize? A certificate even?

One year supply of Ventolin

Or a matt black disc Canyon Aeroad with eTap

Anything less, screw Bikehub

Meezo

Jan 4, 2018, 12:12 PM

Wait what?

how did i make 71 topics....

See below,

you are still winning the race for most topics started in 2017, well done!

NelAndre

Jan 8, 2018, 9:59 AM

Interesting stats.

Would like to see the volume of posts per month or over an event like TDF and Munga.

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