Traffic at Freerepublic droping like a rock.

[Quixote1818]

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216&r=6m&z=&y=r&u=freerepublic.com/&u=

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.freerepublic.com


Down 20% in last three months.

[babylonsister]

1. And let me guess, traffic at DU has increased. I have seen

a lot of newbies; maybe folks are waking up finally.

[nam78_two]

5. I was wondering if mods had stats on that...

That would be a great sign!

[Quixote1818]

7. DU has dropped a little recently but nothing like FR.

I find it hard to believe DU has dropped because traffic seems extremely heavy to me. It goes up and down but is holding steady over the long term.

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216&r=6m&z=&y=r&u=democraticunderground.com/&u=

[lonestarnot]

2. teehee!

[Arugula Latte]

3. Noooooo!

:cry:

[nam78_two]

4. Neat site-its also worth noting that Kos for instance kicks their ass

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?compare_sites=dailykos.com&range=6m&size=medium&y=r&url=www.freerepublic.com

When you do the compare thing....

Edit: as does Huffingtonpost.com

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?compare_sites=huffingtonpost.com&range=6m&size=medium&y=r&url=www.freerepublic.com

[originalpckelly]

6. Here is the long term graph:

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216&r=max&z=&y=r&u=democraticunderground.com/&u=
^^Ours^^


http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216&r=max&z=&y=r&u=freerepublic.com/&u=
^^Theirs^^

It is more, but the long-term trend is obviously the opposite of ours. Maybe we should take out adverts to increase traffic. I was a big time political junkie and web surfer, but I didn't know about DU until a year ago. We need to put out feelers. I am certain there are more Democrats on the internet than Republicans.

[BlooInBloo]

8. No it's not obviously the opposite of ours.

Theirs is more volatile, but the regressions don't look all that different. Except, of course, for the fact that they're about 2x as big as us.

Truth, people - truth. Not just what we *wish* was true.

[nam78_two]

11. And huffingtonpost and Kos are 2x larger than them

so I don't really care...

DU is hardly quite the mainstream left, so comparing them to Kos would make more sense...

[BlooInBloo]

15. We're as big as we are.... that's good 'nuff for me....

[Quixote1818]

19. I disagree. If you draw a line with the longterm trends FR is definitely

on a down turn and DU is growing slowly but steady with a slight drop in the past few months. That always happens because people are not tuned into politics during the summer. FR has dropped 50% from their peak. Sure they have more people than we do but they have also been around much longer. Daily KOS is bigger than FR and is holding steady. Drudge is much bigger than both FR and DU and they are dropping as well:

Daily KOS (holding steady)

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216&r=6m&z=&y=r&u=dailykos.com/&u=


Drudgerepot (dropping)

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216&r=6m&z=&y=r&u=drudgereport.com/&u=

I would say Democratic sites are holding steady or growing slightly and Republican sites are seeing a steady downturn.

[Quixote1818]

10. Thanks for that. It sums everything up perfectly. nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. If those were stocks....

I'd say we were the growth stock and they were.....well...stagnant. They might be bigger but the long term outlook is dim compared to DU

[Posteritatis]

16. Interesting spike in mid-2006 on ours... (n/t)

[laundry_queen]

18. It took me awhile to find this place too.

From the time I started surfing political blogs to the time I found DU was about a year. That was 2 yrs ago. :)

[Hav]

9. .

Must be there extremely shitty design of a forum.
It's funny actually as I saw a post there recently that made fun of DU only having like 200-300 active users.

[shimbo]

12. Anger Meme

There's a general increase in the use of the word "anger", too.


http://www.realmeme.com/roller/page/realmeme?entry=anger_meme_revisited

[chat_noir]

13. Clown Posse tracks them

Monthly Meltdown at FR

July 12, 2005 -- 735 monthly donors for $11,538

July 16, 2006 -- 661 monthly donors for $10,546

Sept 10, 2006 -- 604 monthly donors for $9,810



today: 599 monthly donors for $9,715

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/scoreboard

[Systematic Chaos]

17. Even more telling... take a look at a long-term comparison!

You can see how much we've grown, how much they'veshrunk and how close we're coming to surpassing them right here. Gotta love it!!!

[Quixote1818]

20. They peaked at around 700 and have dropped to close to 300

That is better than a 50% drop. DU is getting close to 200. They are clearly dropping and we are clearly growing. Thanks for those graphs.

[janx]

25. Check out the page views:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&compare_sites=democraticunderground.com&y=p&q=&size=large&range=max&url=www.freerepublic.com

[Quixote1818]

Check out the traffic rank trend between the two sites

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&compare_sites=democraticunderground.com&y=t&q=&size=medium&range=max&url=www.freerepublic.com

[madrchsod]

21. another interesting thing is they are listed as multi-issue

http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=5262
Alexa - Browse: Multi-Issue

they are number one on that site but look at the rest of the list...

how are they multi-issue when they are clearly an one issue site?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. What, "politics" = one issue? Is DU a "one issue" or multi-issue?

[madrchsod]

28. du is a "democrat" site

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

22. Unfortunately DU's Stats Dropped Even More. So I'm Not Sure This Can Be

much of a thread for me to rally behind.

[Quixote1818]

24. Look at this graph

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=max&size=medium&compare_sites=democraticunderground.com&y=r&url=www.freerepublic.com#top

DU only dropped because it was summer and people were not tuned into politics. FR has dropped over 50% from it's peak. We are clearly still growing and they are clearly dropping. You have to look at the long term trends.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

26. It Does Appear We've Closed The Gap Quite A Bit.

The 3-6 month view is pretty similar, but from an overall trend standpoint they definitely have dropped more steeply overall, whereas DU has remained a bit more consistent.

[NOLADEM]

27. Must be child molesting season

[Marr]

29. Well, of course it is! They've all enlisted!

:sarcasm:

Also, I think this trend may well be a reflection of declining right-wing radio ratings. Or at least declining ratings in some key parts of that market. They drive people to sites like Free Republic. I believe Limbaugh and Hannity both mention it by name.

[uncle ray]

30. wow, so more freepers have the Alexa toolbar.

long term DUers of course know what freeping polls is, and the DU response of DUing polls. the alexa rankings are based on traffic from internet users who have downloaded the Alexa Toolbar. so the freepers freeped alexa. it makes them feel good, but really means nothing in the real world. i suppose if we gave a damn about petty popularity contests we could DU alexa and beat their numbers. but why?

[chat_noir]

31. 4th quarter drive has begun

Watch the action here:

https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/scoreboard

[nam78_two]

32. Anyone notice that weird spike in May-on ALL lefty sites

what was going on back then...

Every lefty site shows it...Around the first of May

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?compare_sites=huffingtonpost.com&range=6m&size=medium&y=r&url=www.democraticunderground.com