Year in Review: Website statistics 2018

AotG turns 5 today! We would like to thank all our readers for their continued support. We wish you a happy New Year and the very best for 2019!

Now 2018 has come to an end, it’s time to take a look at website traffic of the past year.

General (in comparison with 2017)

• Page views: +47%
• Median growth: +4%
• Number of articles: 307 (-30%)
• Followers*: +26%
• Day with the most visitors: 9 February 2018 ( Day of the opening ceremony of PyeongChang 2018. Also the most visitors in one day since the start of this blog in 2014.)
• Day with the least visitors: 26 May 2018

*Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and newsletter combined

Where our visitors came from

1. United States 31%
2. Switzerland 7%
3. United Kingdom 6%
4. Canada 6%
5. Germany 4%
6. South Korea 4%
7. Japan 3%
8. Netherlands 3%
9. Italy 3%
10. Australia 3%

Most read articles in 2018

1. PyeongChang 2018; Olympic venues in Google Maps
2. PyeongChang 2018; Map Gangneung Olympic Park
3. PyeongChang 2018; Current weather and snow conditions Alpensia & Yongpyong
4. PyeongChang 2018; Draft Competition Schedule
5. Tokyo 2020; New renders Olympic Stadium unveiled

Most visited pages in 2018

1. Tokyo 2020
2. PyeongChang2018_Venues
3. PyeongChang 2018_Introduction + Venue Map
4. Beijing 2022
5. Publications

Milestones in 2018

• January: The publication of AotG magazine #1.
• February: Our PyeongChang 2018 Venue Map in Google Earth attracted more than 250,000 visitors.
• October: For the first time AotG paid attention to the Youth Olympic Games. A special section for these Games has been added to the website.
• October: New home page