Readership – previous years

January to June 2017

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July to December 2017

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July to December 2016

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October 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

13,206 total visitors (+3.5% on last month) – above the average since launch (12,483)

8,354 new visitors (+11.6% on last month) – above the average since launch (7,725)

4,852 returning visitors (-8.4% on last month) – above the average since launch (4,757)

19,125 page views (+1.1% on last month) – below the average since launch (25,854)

16,858 unique page views (+0.8% on last month) – above the average since launch (16,248)

In addition to those figures above, in October, on Apple News there were 3,418 unique viewers and 5,203 total views.

The top article on AppleNews was: Malcolm Turnbull, I hope you have your listening ears on.

Below are the best-read articles/pages at the web-site in October

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-31 October 2016

September 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

12,777 total visitors (-6.3% on last month) – above the average since launch (12,427)

7,483 new visitors (-11.7% on last month) – below the average since launch (7,676)

5,294 returning visitors (+2.8% on last month) – above the average since launch (4,750)

18,914 page views (-5.9% on last month) – below the average since launch (26372)

16,720 unique page views (-4.9% on last month) – above the average since launch (16,202)

In addition to those figures above, in September, on Apple News there were 3,418 unique viewers and 5,203 total views.

The top article on AppleNews was: Health professionals as vendors: the commercial erosion of evidence and ethics.

Below are the best-read articles/pages at the web-site in September.

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-30 Sept 2016

August 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

13,630 total visitors (-0.9% on last month) – above the average since launch (12,398)

8,482 new visitors (+1.9% on last month) – above the average since launch(7,692)

5,444 returning visitors (-5.4% on last month) – above the average since launch (4,705)

20,104 page views (-1.7% on last month) – above the average since launch (26993)

17,582 unique page views (-1.7% on last month) – above the average since launch(16,158)

In addition to those figures above – Apple News: 5,159 unique views; 7,934 total views

Top story on Apple News: The Olympics: faster, higher, stronger…unhealthier?

Below are the best-read articles/pages at the web-site in August.

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-31 August 2016

July 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

13,760 total visitors (-2.4% on last month) – above the average since launch (12,286)

8,316 new visitors (-2.45% on last month) – above the average since launch (7,621)

5,444 returning visitors (-2.33% on last month) – above the average since launch (4,665)

20,462 page views (-44.73% on last month) – below the average since launch (27,620)

17,887 unique page views (-2.75% on last month) – above the average since launch(16,029)

Apple News: Total, 4,838

3,361 US

909 Australia

625 UK

Below are the best-read articles/pages in July

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-31 July 2016

June 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

14,099 total visitors (-38% on last month) – above the average since launch (12,139)

8,525 new visitors (-60.47% on last month) – above the average since launch(7,552)

5,574 returning visitors (-13.81% on last month) – above the average since launch (4,587)

37,024 page views (-39.13% on last month) – above the average since launch (28,336)

18,392 unique page views (-34.33% on last month) – above the average since launch(15,844)

Apple News

Australia – 1078 readers – top story – Health was top of the 2016 election agenda: but how healthy is the result?

UK – 1158 readers – “Brexit should come with a health warning for the NHS, public health and research.”

US – 3505 readers – https://croakey.org/hows-this-for-a-primary-health-care-reform-engage-men/

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-30 June 2016

May 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

23,204 total visitors (+96% on last month) – above the average since launch (11,921)
16,639 new visitors (+158.97% on last month) – above the average since launch(7,443)
6,565 returning visitors (+21.35% on last month) – above the average since launch (4,477)
61,474 page views (+71.98% on last month) – above the average since launch (27,370)
28,320 unique page views (+77.33% on last month) – above the average since launch (15,560)

Below are the best-read articles/pages in May

Best read articles and pages in May 2016

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-31 May 2016

Best read articles and pages from re-launch on 1 Sept 2015 to 31 May 2016

In May, Croakey launched as a channel on the Apple News app (please favourite us and follow our stories there!).

In the 30 days until 12 June, Croakey on Apple News had 3690 unique viewers (the number of unique users who viewed any article in this channel, and 4885 total views.

April 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

11,835 total visitors (-8.7% on last month) – above the monthly average since launch (10,510)
6,425 new visitors (-15% on last month) – above the average since launch(6,294)
5,342 returning visitors (+0.5% on last month) – above the average since launch (4,216)
35,744 page views (-3.5% on last month) – above the average since launch (23,107)
15,970 unique page views (-5.2% on last month) – above the average since launch (13,965)

Below are the best-read articles/pages in April

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-30 April 2016

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March 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

12,972 total visitors (+34%)
7,630 new visitors (+40%)
5,342 returning visitors (+25%)
37,734 page views (+33%)
17,067 unique page views (+36%)

Below are the best-read articles/pages in March

Best-read articles at Croakey in March 2016

Below are the best-read articles/pages from 1 Sept 2015-31 March 2016

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February 2016

9,678 total visitors
5,417 new visitors
4,261 returning visitors
28,290 page views
12,532 unique page views

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1 Sept 2015 – 29 February 2016

111,384 page views
78,689 unique page views

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January 2016

13,672 total visitors
8,809 new visitors
4,863 returning visitors
26,379 page views
17,500 unique page views

Top10Jan — Ten best-read articles at Croakey in January, 2016

(Note, Tim Senior’s article on white privilege, #7, was published in August 2015, so the figures above do not include its total readership, at either “old Croakey” or “new Croakey).

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1 Sept 2015 – 31 January 2016

49,601 total visitors
30,881 new visitors
18,720 returning visitors
83,094 page views
66,157 unique page views

Ten best-read stories from 1 Sept 2015 to 31 Jan 2016

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Analytics when at Crikey.com

2014

175,844 users
395,393 page views
285, 141 sessions

2013

368,668 page views
266, 924 sessions
164, 702 users

2012

144,000 unique visits
237,000 visits
319,000 page views

2011

137,327 unique visits
253,068 visits
349, 890 page views

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Readership – previous years

January to June 2017

Top stories for this period – including Apple News (views)

July to December 2017

Top stories for this period – including Apple News (views)

July to December 2016

Top stories for this period – including Apple News (views)

October 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

September 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

August 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

July 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

June 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

May 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

April 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

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March 2016 (with percentage changes from the previous month)

February 2016

1 Sept 2015 – 29 February 2016

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1 Sept 2015 – 31 January 2016

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