[Chart] Bitcointalk statistics on impression counts for ads

[Coin-1]

All charts are current for round 351 ending on July 29, 2022.

As I can see from the graph, the "Total daily impressions per slot" metric hasn't changed much, but the similar metric "Daily impressions from logged-in users" has significantly increased (actually doubled) from 11250 to 24400 in the last 6 months. Perhaps this means that people came to the forum to talk and not just read Bitcoin related topics. On the other hand, the "Unique IP addresses from logged-out visitors" index has dropped from 210K to 150K for one round. This looks strange.

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[Coin-1]

I have updated all charts on the front page of this thread to the 358th round in order to reflect the new data as of February 27, 2023.

In general, all statistical indices look quite stable.


It should be noted that on September 20, 2022, theymos said:

Note that I've decided to suspend ad sales. These auctions will probably be permanently ended, and I'm not sure whether or in what form advertising in general will be continued. Maybe some ads will go up again fairly soon, or maybe there will never be any more ads; I haven't decided yet.

As far as I understand, rounds 353 and up did not advertise any service, but did show various dictums of the forum founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, and other Bitcoin-related expressions. Now each round lasts exactly 30 days.

[digaran]

That's bad, after seeing the charts it's obvious that forum has lost it's influence over time after 2018, I wouldn't rule out merit system as the culprit though. I guess we can't have it both ways, to achieve something you need to sacrifice another, but was it worth the try?

[logfiles]

That's bad, after seeing the charts it's obvious that forum has lost it's influence over time after 2018, I wouldn't rule out merit system as the culprit though. I guess we can't have it both ways, to achieve something you need to sacrifice another, but was it worth the try?

Forget about NFTs and DeFi... Bounty hunting was very lucrative during that time of ICOs so that's probably the time the forum received a big number of new accounts. This could be the reason why the impression counts for ads were high at the time.

Merit system may have had some impact too.

[joker_josue]

I have updated all charts on the front page of this thread to the 358th round in order to reflect the new data as of February 27, 2023.

In general, all statistical indices look quite stable.

I think the numbers are quite interesting, bearing in mind that we are going through a downturn in the market.
They are better than they were, between 2015-2017.

The peak of 2017-2018 was a bit out of the ordinary due to the huge wave of ICOs and the like that came to market. If we remove those years, we see that the numbers have risen consistently over the years.

[Coin-1]

I have updated all charts with new data as of November 24, 2023.

The minimal recent value for the "Daily impression counts for ads" parameter was recorded in May 2023 and averaged 100K per slot. Over the past months, the "Unique IP addresses" and "Unique logged-in users" parameters seem to be more stable.

The peak of 2017-2018 was a bit out of the ordinary due to the huge wave of ICOs and the like that came to market. If we remove those years, we see that the numbers have risen consistently over the years.

On the second post of this thread, I now show recent statistics starting from January 1, 2020, rather than January 1, 2017. As I can see from these charts, the latest peak in numbers occured in 2021. In my opinion, some parameters are quite volatile. They rise and fall depending on many circumstances.

[joker_josue]

On the second post of this thread, I now show recent statistics starting from January 1, 2020, rather than January 1, 2017. As I can see from these charts, the latest peak in numbers occured in 2021. In my opinion, some parameters are quite volatile. They rise and fall depending on many circumstances.

Thanks for the update.

Logically, there are always many factors involved in the variation of numbers. And many of these factors will be completely unknown, and it will be difficult to understand what motivated such a movement. But such movements are still interesting.