As requested by Dab here, and as promised in reply, we will try and keep you up to date with statistics regarding the site/forum, as well as a brief insight into the managing costs etc for the forum. Forum statistics (27 October): Threads: 257 Posts: 1,687 Members: 239 Active Members: 239 Record online users: 65 (3 Weeks Ago 18:21) Most replied to thread: [What do you Play?] Most viewed thread: [What do you Play?] Most popular forum: [About EntropiaPlanets] Registrations: #1 Top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 Top date: October 15, 2009 : 47 #3 Top date: September 30, 2009: VPS statistics: Disk Usage: 584 MB Bandwith consumed: 4 528 MB/Month 584 MB4 528 MB/Month (Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days. Due to the forum being roughly 30 days old, that explains the above figure). Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) Advertising: 10 (ingame ad for 100 ped) One time costs: vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. (As some background information, we purchased the new license today. As holders of an active forum license, we were entitled to a (valid until October 30th) discount offer for the next version of the forum software suite, which will include forums, blogs, and a content management system (We use a third-party mod for that now, but if the new version is equally good, I'd prefer not having to rely on third-party tools). This also is a license that will last for as long as version 4 of vBulletin will last, which could be several years. All in all, I think we got a pretty sweet deal on that. As soon as the new package becomes available, we'll try and see how steep the conversion process is, and try and work on reconfiguring our individual mods (unless the developers beat us to it), and try to make the switch as seamless and smooth as possible). Income: Google-Ads: 2.66 Donations: 25 (Please note that the month is not finished yet. I just figured I'd add the data today, so I woudln't forget about it. I'll try and update things the 31st to reflect the latest numbers).
Forum statistics (31 October): Threads: 286 Posts: 1,917 Members: 242 Active Members: 227 Record online users: 65 (4 Weeks Ago 18:21) Most replied to thread: [What do you Play?] Most viewed thread: [What do you Play?] Most popular forum: [About EntropiaPlanets] Registrations: #1 Top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 Top date: October 15, 2009 : 47 #3 Top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage: 661 MB Bandwith consumed: 5 407 MB /Month (Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) Advertising: 10 (ingame ad for 100 ped) One time costs: vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Income: Google-Ads: 4.18 Donations: 25
Forum statistics (30 November): Threads: 593 (October: 286 (+107%)) Posts: 4,576 (October: 1,917 (+139%)) Members: 363 (October: 242 (+50%)) Active Members: 258 (October: 227 (+14%)) Record online users: 65 (2 Weeks Ago 16:21) (October: 65 (4 Weeks Ago 18:21)) Most replied to thread: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com] (October: [What do you Play?]) Most viewed thread: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com] (October: [What do you Play?]) Most popular forum: [About EntropiaPlanets] (October: [About EntropiaPlanets]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 November 09, 2009 (11) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 November 14, 2009 (9) - All time top date: October 15, 2009 : 47 #3 November 17, 2009 (8) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage: 2.96 GB (October: 661 MB) Bandwith consumed: 17.5 GB/Month (October: 5 407 MB /Month) Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) Advertising (all in USD, and approximate): 0 (All time: 10 (ingame ad for 100 ped)) One time costs (all in USD, and approximate): vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Upgrading the VPS: 24 USD (30 GBP / 2 sites) Income (all in USD, and approximate): Google-Ads: 3.38 (All time 7.68) Subscriptions/Donations: 3.50 (All time: 28.50) Banners: 8 (All time: 80 peds)
Forum statistics (31 December) Threads: 752 (November: 593 (+26%)) Posts: 6,582 (November: 4,576 (+43%)) Members: 416 (November: 363 (+14%)) Active Members: 225 (November: 258 (-12%)) Record online users: 163 (20 Hours Ago 18:28) () (November: 65 (2 Weeks Ago 16:21)) Most replied to thread: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com] (November: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (November: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com]) Most popular forum: [About EntropiaPlanets] (November: [About EntropiaPlanets]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 December 30, 2009 (6) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 December 1, 2009 (4) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 December 2, 2009 (4) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage: 4.76 GB (November: 2.96 GB) Bandwith consumed: 95.0 GB/Month (November: 17.5 GB/Month) Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) Advertising (all in USD, and approximate): 0 (All time: 10 (ingame ad for 100 ped)) One time costs (all in USD, and approximate): vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Upgrading the VPS: 24 USD (30 GBP / 2 sites) Income (all in USD, and approximate): Google-Ads: 6.32 (All time 13.73) Subscriptions/Donations: 7.00 (All time: 35.50) Banners: 0 (All time: 80 peds)
1 day delayed, sorry for that. Forum statistics (1 February) Threads: 948 (December: 752 (+26%)) Posts: 7,972 (December: 6,582 (+21%)) Members: 544 (December: 416 (+30%)) Active Members: 286 (December: 225 +27%)) Record online users: 163 (30th December 2009) (December: 163 (20 Hours Ago 18:28)) Most replied to thread: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com] (December: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (December: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...]) Most popular forum: [News] (December: [About EntropiaPlanets]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 January 18, 2010 (12) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 January 13, 2010 (10) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3January 16, 2010 (9) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage: 3.41 GB (December: 4.76 GB) Bandwith consumed: 49.29 GB/Month (December: 95.0 GB/Month) Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) Advertising (all in USD, and approximate): 0 (All time: 10 (ingame ad for 100 ped)) One time costs (all in USD, and approximate): vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Upgrading the VPS: 24 USD (30 GBP / 2 sites) Income (all in USD, and approximate): Google-Ads: 7.08 (All time 20.40) Subscriptions/Donations: 42.00 (All time: 77.50) Banners: 0 (All time: 80 peds)
Forum statistics (1 March) Threads: 1,074 (January: 948 (+13%)) Posts: 8,716 (January: 7,972 (+9%)) Members: 630 (January: 544 (+15%)) Active Members: 262 (January: 286 -9%%)) Record online users: 163 (30th December 2009) (January: 163 (30th December 2009)) Most replied to thread: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com] (January: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (January: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...]) Most popular forum: [News] (January:[News]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 February 8, 2010 (8) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 February 8, 2010 (6) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 February 25, 2010 (9) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage: 2.53 GB (January: 3.41 GB) Bandwith consumed: 15.18 GB/Month (January: 49.29 GB/Month) * * Most of the big VU files have been removed from the VPS Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) Advertising (all in USD, and approximate): 0 (All time: 10 (ingame ad for 100 ped)) One time costs (all in USD, and approximate): vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Upgrading the VPS: 24 USD (30 GBP / 2 sites) Income (all in USD, and approximate): Google-Ads: 0.69 (All time 21.00) * Subscriptions/Donations: 14.28 (All time: 91.78) Banners: 0 (All time: 80 peds) * Most of February, our Google-ads have been down.
Forum statistics (1 March) Threads: 1,255 (February: 1,074 (+16%)) Posts: 10,086 (February: 8,716 (+15%)) Members: 781 (February: 630 (+23%)) Active Members: 344 (February: 262 +31%)) Record online users: 163 (30th December 2009) (February: 163 (30th December 2009)) Most replied to thread: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com] (February: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (February: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...]) Most popular forum: [News] (February:[News]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 March 5, 2010 (12) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 March 24, 2010 (8) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 March 3 / 14 / 31, 2010 (7) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage: 3.64 GB (February: 2.53 GB) Bandwith consumed: 24.7 GB/Month (February: 15.18 GB/Month) Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) Advertising (all in USD, and approximate): 120 (All time: 130 (ingame ad for 100 ped, plus 1200 ped in competition prizes)) One time costs (all in USD, and approximate): vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Upgrading the VPS: 24 USD (30 GBP / 2 sites) Income (all in USD, and approximate): Google-Ads: 2.29 (All time 23.29) Subscriptions/Donations: 64.28 (All time: 156.06) Banners: 0 (All time: 80 peds)
Forum statistics (1 May) Threads: 1,480 (March: 1,255 (+17%)) Posts: 11,606 (March: 10,086 (+15%)) Members: 870 (March: 781 (+11%)) Active Members: 335 (March: 344 -3%)) Record online users: 166 (15th April 2010 21:45) (March: 163 (30th December 2009)) Most replied to thread: [Global Tracking] (March: [EntropiaPlanets-related threads on entropiaforum.com]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (March: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...]) Most popular forum: [News] (March: [News]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 April 9, 2010 (14) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 April 11, 2010 (8) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 April 10/27, 2010 (6) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage: GB (March: 3.64 GB) Bandwith consumed: GB/Month (March: 24.7 GB/Month) Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) Advertising (all in USD, and approximate): 0 (All time: 130 (ingame ad for 100 ped, plus 1200 ped in competition prizes)) One time costs (all in USD, and approximate): vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Upgrading the VPS: 24 USD (30 GBP / 2 sites) Income (all in USD, and approximate): Google-Ads: 4.40 (All time 27.69) Subscriptions/Donations: 17.00 (All time: 173.06) Banners: 0 (All time: 80 peds)
Forum statistics (1 June) Threads: 1,673 (April: 1,480 (+13%)) Posts: 13,030 (April: 11,606 (+12%)) Members: 942 (April: 870 (+8%)) Active Members: 282 (April: 335 -17%)) Record online users: 166 (15th April 2010 21:45) (April: 166 (15th April 2010 21:45)) Most replied to thread: [Newbie = Sign up for the *Adopt a Newbie* list] (April: [Global Tracking]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (April: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...]) Most popular forum: [News] (April: [News]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 May 1, 2, 15, 21, 22, 25, 28 (4) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 May 3, 5 (4) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 May 16, 20 (3) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Disk Usage:3.8 GB (April: .. GB) Bandwith consumed: 24.86 GB/Month (April: 26.77 GB/Month) Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) Advertising (all in USD, and approximate): 115 (All time: 130 (ingame ad for 100 Project Entropia Dollar, plus 1200 Project Entropia Dollar in competition prizes)) One time costs (all in USD, and approximate): vBulletin license: 115 (We bought a leased license (1 year) December last year). vbGallery license: 129. New vBulletin License: 130. Upgrading the VPS: 24 USD (30 GBP / 2 sites) Additional licenses: 308 Income (all in USD, and approximate): Google-Ads: 4.70 (All time 32.39) Subscriptions/Donations: 10.50 (All time: 183.56) Banners: 0 (All time: 80 peds) -- Summary and conclusion -- Statistics went down a little this month concerning Active Members, but overall, we accomplished growth. We also spent quite a bit of cash this month on some additional licenses for products that will help us achieve our goals even better. I blame the drop in activity mostly on a lot the current work happening being non-visible for the time. wizzszz has been working hard on having our global tracker reprocess a lot of the globals to ensure we will soon have a far more reliable (and dare I say bullet-proof) way of handling globals. This means far less chances of erronous data, and the reliability of the data being much higher. RAZER and Tass have been working hard to ensure our the EntropiaPlanets wiki offers the best possible information about the planet partners, and Entropia and Entropia Universe in general. Lykke and myself have been busy working on the upcoming forum upgrade. A lot of challenges there, but I'm confident that the new look and feel of the site as well as the additional features offered by the new version of the forum software will make everybody's life easier. I'm currently working on the EntropiaPlanets Tracker front-end, which will be slightly different from the current implementation, and I personally am loving the new look and feel of it. The forum upgrade will take a bit more time, as not all the tools we use on EP have yet been updated for the new version, but as soon as they are, I'll try and pick a date to do so. In the meantime, to make the wait easier, I might post a few screenshots of what to expect some time soon.
Actually, i have just been swamped with work and forgot to update. Other than that, i'm not even sure most people care much. I can try and see if i can do a new one for september, but i prolly will remove some of the more time consuming and uninteresting stats. The google ad revenue for instance is negligable, and the diskspace consumed is pretty useless as a stat. I will try and remember to do the stats again in september, though.
Forum statistics (1 September) Threads: 2,603 (June: 1,673 (+55%)) (55% for 3 months, average: 18%/month) Posts: 19,004 (June: 13,030 (+45%)) (45% for 3 months, average: 15%/month) Members: 1,111 (June: 942 (+18%)) (18% for 3 months, average: 6%/month) Active Members: 269 (June: 282 -5%)) Record online users: 302 (30th June 2010 17:19) (June: 166 (15th April 2010 21:45)) Most replied to thread: [Newbie = Sign up for the *Adopt a Newbie* list] (June: [Newbie = Sign up for the *Adopt a Newbie* list] Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (June: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] ) Most popular forum: [News] (June: [News]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 August 7 (7) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 August 16 (5) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 August 2, 7u, 12, 15, 19 (4) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Bandwith consumed: GB/Month (June: 78.9 MB/Month) Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) As mentioned before, I'm stopping to record the costs vs revenue. Mostly seeing the Google Ad revenue is low, and has to be calculated from Danish Crowns to USD (which includes the disadvantage of currency rate fluctuations). A second reason is that we have some different advertising plans running alongside one another, some of which include costs that overlap in one way or another. Rest assured that we're not getting rich from the site ;)
Forum statistics (3 October) Threads: 3,046 (September: 2,603 (+17%)) Posts: 22,033 (September: 19,004 (+145%)) Members: 1,225 (September: 1,111 (+10%)) Active Members: 355 (September: 269 +31%)) Record online users: 302 (30th June 2010 17:19) (September: 302 (30th June 2010 17:19)) Most replied to thread: [Entropia Times Magazine september 2010] (September: [Newbie = Sign up for the *Adopt a Newbie* list] Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (September: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (September: [News]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 September 14, 2010 (13) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 September 22, 2010 (12) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 September 21, 2010 (9) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Bandwith consumed: 52.79 GB/Month Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites) (Note: As per November 30, the VPS solution has been upgraded to a more scalable solution) All in all, September was a good month for us :) The explanation for the large spike in both traffic as well as members is undoubtedly the success of the EntropiaTimes, as well as the aquisition of EF by PFC, and the downtime from their upgrade. Let's see if we can do just as well in October :)
Forum statistics (1 November) Threads: 3,387 (October: 3,046 (+11%)) Posts: 24,245 (October: 22,033 (+10%)) Members: 1,327 (October: 1,225 (+8%)) Active Members: 372 (October: 355 +11%)) Record online users: 302 (30th June 2010 17:19) (October: 302 (30th June 2010 17:19)) Most replied to thread: [Entropia Times Magazine september 2010] (October: [Entropia Times Magazine september 2010]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (October: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 October 10, 2010 (9) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 October 5, 2010 (7) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 October 9, 2010 (6) - All time top date: September 30, 2009: 20 VPS statistics: Bandwith consumed: 68.85 GB/Month Running costs: As explained before, certain costs are hard to specify, due to the site sharing a VPS with another forum, but where possible, I've tried making the distinction as good as I could. Constant costs (all in USD, and approximate): * Domain registration: 0.83 / month (roughly 10 USD per year, divided by 12) * VPS hosting: 20 USD / month (25 GBP / month, divided by 2 sites)
Forum statistics (1 December) Threads: 3,781 (November: 3,387 (+11%)) Posts: 26,884 (November: 24,245 (+10%)) Members: 1,563 (November: 1,327 (+17%)) Active Members: 524 (November: 372 +40%)) Record online users: 411 (10th November 2010) (November: 302 (30th June 2010)) Most replied to thread: [Entropia Times Magazine september 2010] (November: [Entropia Times Magazine september 2010]) Most viewed thread: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...] (November: [Crystal Palace - And the winner is...]) (Note: Active members are considered those members that have visited in the last 30 days). Registrations: #1 November 14, 2010 (26) - All time top date: September 29, 2009 (Forum launch): 53 #2 November 17, 2010 (22) - All time top date: November 15, 2009 : 47 #3 November 13, 2010 (21) - All time top date: November 14, 2009: 26 VPS statistics: Bandwith consumed: 137.52 GB/Month
