Christmas Forum Stats Updates

Loughc · 29-05-2023 5:01pm

May looking like it will end up about 50 posts behind on last year which makes sense as it is very quiet here these days. The glorious weather doesn't help that haha.

CheerLouth · 30-05-2023 10:05am

Hard to think of Christmas when the weather is so glorious!

DvB · 30-05-2023 10:39am

Quietest in here its been in a long time... surprised we're only 50 posts down on May 2022 actually, would have thought we're way lower.

Loughc · 30-05-2023 8:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120656944#Comment_120656944

Same but I think we had a similar issue last year with this time of year and weather.

freshpopcorn · 25-06-2023 6:10pm

Hopefully I'm back annoying ye all again, it will get the numbers up.

Posy · 25-06-2023 8:07pm

😂😂

DvB · 26-06-2023 8:38am

Be interested to see the next stats update, suspect our numbers have plummeted. Though with the decent weather of late thats understandable. Hard to think of autumn/winter when its this warm & humid.

Loughc · 10-07-2023 8:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120764050#Comment_120764050

Great to have you back we did miss ya

Loughc · 10-07-2023 8:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120766202#Comment_120766202

Yeah I always struggle to think of Christmas when I’m bathing in factor 50

DvB · 11-07-2023 8:16am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120832021#Comment_120832021

Could do with that x2 at the moment, real feel on the phone said it was 41 degrees here yesterday and it's already got a real feel of 35 this morning... scorchio!!

Rain forecast for tomorrow evening though which I suspect will cool us down a little thankfully.

Loughc · 11-07-2023 8:23am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120833416#Comment_120833416

Enjoy. It’s 14 degrees here and raining non stop 😭

Loughc · 24-07-2023 4:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120654748#Comment_120654748

The irony of this post seeing how awful July ended up being!

DvB · 24-07-2023 4:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120890710#Comment_120890710

Suspect the stats are equally poor, its been v.quiet in here of late.

Loughc · 28-07-2023 1:11pm

So the stats are in for May, June and July to date....

Loughc · 28-07-2023 1:12pm

May 23 was 18 posts behind May 22. Not bad all things considered.

Loughc · 28-07-2023 1:13pm

June 23 had a massive drop off from June 22, 198 posts down year on year.

June 23 did have some great weather though.

Loughc · 28-07-2023 1:13pm

July 23 will beat Jul 22 but only by a handful of posts it would seem.

All and all not bad, worrying still no word from @TRS30, TRIED REACHING OUT TO him on Discord as well and no joy.

BK5 · 28-07-2023 3:12pm

I had a feeling the stats were going to be up. A good bit more traffic on the forum in the last 2 or 3 weeks.

DvB · 28-07-2023 3:40pm

Some positives in there considering it felt so quiet in here recently. Coming to the 150 day mark i'm lookig forward to seeing a few more active threads in here.

Such a shame @TRS30 doesnt post anymore, he was a great contributor and got the whole vibe of this place. I hope all is well with him & he finds his way back to us at some point. Either way if he see's this I wish him well.

Loughc · 02-08-2023 6:11pm

The July stats are in and we ended up 44 posts ahead of last year and over 140 posts ahead of a sunny June.

Loughc · 02-08-2023 6:13pm

We have now surpassed 2009,2010 & 2011 annual postings and are closing in on 2014.

4k will be surpassed in August.

Loughc · 01-09-2023 10:52am

The stats for August are in!

While being ahead on July-23 by 186 posts we were behind on August-22 by 251 posts.

August 2023 was the 4th busiest August on record.

August definitely is the start of the busy season for us, massive increases every year from July to August and this year no different, big pickup in daily posting all month long.

Loughc · 01-09-2023 10:54am

Our months so far this year and where they rank in terms of busiest over all;

January - 4th

February - 3rd

March - 2nd

April - 2nd

May - 5th

June - 5th

July - 4th

August - 4th

May & June brought good weather and alot of people going abroad this year so no surprise to see them drop off.

Loughc · 02-10-2023 10:15am

The stats are in for September.

Loughc · 02-10-2023 10:16am

We are 50 posts ahead of last month but 234 posts behind Sept-22.

We are 1,128 posts behind this time last year on a year to date basis.

Loughc · 02-10-2023 10:23am

Disappointing to be so far behind but that's life. Life has gotten alot busier for everyone the further from COVID we all get.

DvB · 02-10-2023 11:46am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121183918#Comment_121183918

Well I know I'm posting less nowadays, just too busy at the moment.

Loughc · 02-10-2023 12:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121184240#Comment_121184240

Same, work has never been as busy and the toddler has never been as active haha

Loughc · 18-10-2023 9:15am

Lots of activity on here lately great to see it, sign of the times the season is coming!

Loughc · 18-10-2023 9:16am

Interestingly enough yesterday was the 3rd busiest day of the year for us on here.

The other two busiest days were also Tuesdays, Tuesdays are a popular day it seems!

DvB · 18-10-2023 9:30am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121253141#Comment_121253141

Was easily my busiest day anyway, first time in ages I spent a bit of time checking in. Was WFH yesterday & am doing so today as well so feel less guilty about being online, whats seldom is wonderful as they say.

Loughc · 01-11-2023 12:28pm

Stats for October are in!

Loughc · 01-11-2023 12:29pm

Only 44 posts behind last year, some serious posting was done this month, the magic is here!

243 posts ahead of Sept-23 as well.

CheerLouth · 01-11-2023 4:28pm

There has definitely been an uplift of posting in the last four weeks! I normally only post when I'm at work & I don't work Thursdays; the last few weeks I've had a good few bolded threads of a Friday morning.

Loughc · 04-12-2023 2:23pm

The stats for November are in..........

Loughc · 04-12-2023 2:24pm

November is now the busiest month of 2023.

346 posts ahead of October 2023.

606 posts behind of November 2022.

We are now, 1,778 posts behind of 2022.

Loughc · 04-12-2023 2:30pm

Tuesday is the busiest day of the week for posting, Saturday being the quietest.

Monday is the 2nd busiest and Sunday the second quietest to no surprise!

Looks like 2023 will be the 6th busiest year on record trailing behind, 2018,2022,2019,2020 & 2021.

CheerLouth · 04-12-2023 4:10pm

606 posts behind last year - I wouldn't have thought it was that much!

CheerLouth · 04-12-2023 4:10pm

For November I mean...not the entire year obvs!

Andrew93 · 04-12-2023 4:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121453467#Comment_121453467

Wasn't there a Christmas game thread last year that really boosted posting. May not have been November but I think that's when it was started.

DvB · 04-12-2023 5:13pm

Ah I expected the post count to be down, its definitely been the quietest year in a while. Dare I say it, are we running out of things to say about Christmas!!!

Clearly not, or the post count would have fallen off a cliff, but I think as we rediscovered life after covid people have been busier & busier & jut dont have the time to spend online.

reactadabtc · 04-12-2023 5:26pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121452700#Comment_121452700

It's amazing how busy the last few years are given the drop in boards.ie traffic overall. Goes to show what a good community can do

Posy · 04-12-2023 7:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121453757#Comment_121453757

You shut your dirty mouth, @DvB ! 😂

DvB · 04-12-2023 9:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121454349#Comment_121454349

Posy earlier today....

DvB right after...

CheerLouth · 05-12-2023 11:00am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121453844#Comment_121453844

This is very true; I used to check a couple of other forums in here but since the change to the new Boards, this is pretty much the only one I look at...maybe the Travel one when I'm planning my hols

Loughc · 02-01-2024 10:03pm

The stats for 2023 are in!

Loughc · 02-01-2024 10:05pm

2023 is the 6th busiest on record and in a very welcoming twist it is the first year ever December had more posts than November. December ended up with 125 posts more than November and 357 posts behind on Dec-22. YTD we were behind by 2,135 posts on last year.

I really proud of December 2023, the conversations had here were very organic and some fantastic threads, loved the Christmas Dinner one!

Loughc · 02-01-2024 10:06pm

A look at some of the stats for 2023

dubstepper · 03-01-2024 3:00pm

Interesting figures. You can almost take the covid years out of it from an analysis point of view. Conditions very different for those two years.

Loughc · 03-01-2024 3:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121565821#Comment_121565821

Yeah agreed with the covid years. I think we are down a lot for 2023 as I didn’t have the time to host or come up with any games like know your elves etc.

I would like to get back to doing know your elves as that’s really interesting. Hopefully my schedule/life allows for it to happen.

Christmas Forum Stats Updates

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

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"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens