As 2018 comes to a close, we wanted to share some quick stats on the year that has gone by, as we have in 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014. The site has gone through many big changes this year, but not many people will notice, including:

• Adding a data privacy page for GDPR
• Adding open graph, schema.org, and twitter tags to make things look nicer when you share articles and events on social media
• Updated the CSS to the very good Vanilla framework

Articles and events

This year we wrote more articles, but published fewer events than in previous years.

Not to mention, we sent out 39 newsletters

Top 20 Articles

Here are the top 20 articles published and read in 2018. Thanks again to Martyn Day for the bulk of the popular articles!

1. New Saturday market in Old Isleworth - 957
2. Richmond Riverside Music Festival - 4 to 5 August 2018 - 583
3. Consultation on TfL’s proposed changes to local buses - 508
4. The end of public execution - 474
5. We know flooding - 457
6. Bus burned in Moormead Park - 407
7. House of Frazer - A walk on the wild side - 399
8. The Fourth Ward - 396
9. Have your say on TfL’s proposed bus route changes - 338
10. A great uncle returns - 336
11. Local council elections - 2018 - 282
12. Ofo starts dockless bike service in Richmond - 269
13. Kilmorey Mausoleum open day - 29 April 2018 - 261
14. Richmond Council offers free street parties for Royal Wedding - 260
15. Step free St Margarets Station study - 258
16. Borough primary schools top league tables - 244
17. 97 street parties in Richmond for the royal wedding - 241
18. Possible new bridge across the Thames - 239
19. Trevor’s party - 237
20. Two Ladies Fight Food Waste - 236

However, most of the page views were actually on older articles from Martyn:

• The story of Billy Shears - 42,985
• Virol. The Food For Health! - 9,379
• Shally Wally, Shally Wally, Shally Wally etc etc… - 1,740
• The Sad Story of Sweet Fanny Adams - 1,457

Twitter

We have not been the best twitter user again this year, but all events and articles are posted, so why not follow us?

We also have a Facebook page. Why not follow us

Usage stats

These are up quite a bit from last year, mostly down to the very long tail of many of Martyn Day’s articles:

How people accessed the site

One trend we have been watching is how many people are now using the site on phones and tablets. This is why we continue making the site work better on smaller screens. This year’s mobile usage as soared to well over half of all sessions!

Well, hope you have a great 2019 and if you want to write an article or promote that local event, please get in touch