Storm2k Views, 2016
Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2016 5:29 pm
Data as of October 7, 2016, at 5:28 pm Central Time, US.
Views
Today the old Storm2k viewer count record of 1317 set on August 23, 2011 during Hurricane Irene was broken this afternoon in large part due to Hurricane Matthew and the conclusion of the 12z ECMWF run, which increased confidence in impacts on the United States along with a cohort of other models. As such the record now stands at 1342 viewers.
Throughout year I have been cataloging the view count on Storm2k, and given the new record set today thought I'd take the time to share some of that data with y'all. I began taking data after January 29, so unfortunately the stats for views during Hurricane Alex and southern hemisphere activity during most of January is unavailable.
For clarity, the bright blue and orange lines represent 24-hour averages in total views and registered user views, respectively, while the faint lines represent the view count every hour for those two categories. Following an inactive period in February, activity picked up again in the Spring which continued throughout the year. The big spike in the middle of the image is the result of Tropical Storm Colin, which hit 432 viewers at its peak. Colin's view count remained uncontested until the INVEST that eventually became Hurricane Hermine developed, and that's responsible for the large peak towards the latter end of the graph. Hurricane Matthew's recent exploits reveal themselves in the massive spike at the right of the image that is currently ongoing - the view count is large enough that can see the views spike up and down day-to-day as the modelling swayed to and fro the United States.
The registered user count is generally more stable and more representative of post activity ongoing on the boards, so that's available below:
Threads
I've also been keeping tabs on the forum posts this year, specifically threads with more than 1000 replies. I've seen many users express an interest in how the thread sizes this year have been stacking up against prior storms, so the list below documents the largest threads this year and how they stack up against Storm2k's largest threads:
For reference, the largest storm thread is Ike with 676 pages of content. The largest thread overall is the Caribbean/Central American weather thread with 920 pages of content.
Perhaps noteworthy of mention is that Hermine is the most viewed Storm2K storm thread of all time, and the second most viewed thread overall (counting threads with than 1000 posts). Matthew's discussion and model threads are not very far behind, and combined have more than 1 million views.
I'll update the stats here throughout the year.
Views
Today the old Storm2k viewer count record of 1317 set on August 23, 2011 during Hurricane Irene was broken this afternoon in large part due to Hurricane Matthew and the conclusion of the 12z ECMWF run, which increased confidence in impacts on the United States along with a cohort of other models. As such the record now stands at 1342 viewers.
Throughout year I have been cataloging the view count on Storm2k, and given the new record set today thought I'd take the time to share some of that data with y'all. I began taking data after January 29, so unfortunately the stats for views during Hurricane Alex and southern hemisphere activity during most of January is unavailable.
For clarity, the bright blue and orange lines represent 24-hour averages in total views and registered user views, respectively, while the faint lines represent the view count every hour for those two categories. Following an inactive period in February, activity picked up again in the Spring which continued throughout the year. The big spike in the middle of the image is the result of Tropical Storm Colin, which hit 432 viewers at its peak. Colin's view count remained uncontested until the INVEST that eventually became Hurricane Hermine developed, and that's responsible for the large peak towards the latter end of the graph. Hurricane Matthew's recent exploits reveal themselves in the massive spike at the right of the image that is currently ongoing - the view count is large enough that can see the views spike up and down day-to-day as the modelling swayed to and fro the United States.
The registered user count is generally more stable and more representative of post activity ongoing on the boards, so that's available below:
Threads
I've also been keeping tabs on the forum posts this year, specifically threads with more than 1000 replies. I've seen many users express an interest in how the thread sizes this year have been stacking up against prior storms, so the list below documents the largest threads this year and how they stack up against Storm2k's largest threads:
THREAD RANK RANK AMONG STORM THREADS
---------------- ---- ------------------------
Matthew Discussion #6 #4
Hermine Discussion #11 #6
Matthew - Models #18 ---
2016 Seasonal Indicators #108 ---
2016 Global Model Runs Discussion #113 ---
Earl #116 #68
Texas - Spring 2016 #123 ---
Colin #172 #95
Pouch 43L (Pre-Matthew) #179 #100
---------------- ---- ------------------------
Matthew Discussion #6 #4
Hermine Discussion #11 #6
Matthew - Models #18 ---
2016 Seasonal Indicators #108 ---
2016 Global Model Runs Discussion #113 ---
Earl #116 #68
Texas - Spring 2016 #123 ---
Colin #172 #95
Pouch 43L (Pre-Matthew) #179 #100
For reference, the largest storm thread is Ike with 676 pages of content. The largest thread overall is the Caribbean/Central American weather thread with 920 pages of content.
Perhaps noteworthy of mention is that Hermine is the most viewed Storm2K storm thread of all time, and the second most viewed thread overall (counting threads with than 1000 posts). Matthew's discussion and model threads are not very far behind, and combined have more than 1 million views.
I'll update the stats here throughout the year.
Neat post, thanks for graphing it.