Year in Review: Website statistics 2017

Happy New Year!

Now 2017 has come to an end, I like to take a look at website traffic of the past year. Because there were no Olympic Games in 2017, it was a relatively quiet year.

General

• Page views: -14%
• Median growth: +12%
• Number of articles: +51% (437!)
• Followers*: +35%

*Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and newsletter combined

Where our visitors came from

1. United States 30,88%
2. United Kingdom 8,19%
3. Germany 4,81%
4. Canada 4,80%
5. South Korea 3,88%
6. Japan 3,27%
7. Italy 3,06%
8. France 2,95%
9. Brazil 2,81%
10. Netherlands 2,63%

 Traffic peaks

1. Second week of February: One year to go until PyeongChang 2018
2. First week of August: London 2017 IAAF World Championships and Legacy Rio 2016 (one year on)
3. Second week of December: IOC Executive Board meeting (Russian Olympic Committee suspended)
4. Mid September: IOC Session in Lima (Paris and Los Angeles officially awarded Olympic Games)
5. Second week of July: IOC Session in Lausanne (Descision on double allocation)

Most read articles that were published this year

1. PyeongChang 2018; Construction Update Olympic Stadium
2. 2024 Bid; List of Paris 2024 venues
3. PyeongChang 2018; Map Gangneung Olympic Park
4. PyeongChang 2018; Asif Khan to design building in Olympic Park
5. PyeongChang 2018; Sport Pictograms

Most read articles

1. PyeongChang 2018; Olympic venues in Google Maps
2. PyeongChang 2018; Draft Competition Schedule
3. Tokyo 2020; New renders Olympic Stadium unveiled
4. PyeongChang 2018; Construction Update Olympic Stadium
5. London 2012; Look of the Games

Most visited pages in 2017

1. PyeongChang2018_Venues
2. Tokyo 2020
3. PyeongChang 2018_Introduction + Venue Map
4. PyeongChang 2018_Look of the Games
5. Beijing 2022

The topics that we have written the most about in 2017

1. PyeongChang 2018 (13,9%)
2. 2024/2028 Host City Election (13,7%)
3. Tokyo 2020 (10,7%)
4. Rio 2016 (9,8%)
5. London 2012 (9,6%)