LFF statistics

[Kirk Gittings]

Out of curiosity I checked some statistics for the forum comparing January and February of 2007 and 2009. Don't ask me why those periods. Just a random check. The LFF appears to be alive and well. Rough rounded numbers look like:

Site visits are up 30%
New Registration up 10%
New threads up 25%
Posts up 15%

[Vick Vickery]

Interesting...we must be generating a few new converts!

[Kirk Gittings]

Vick, yes that appears to be true. I'm curious about people's opinion of this increase. To me that seems like pretty healthy growth for a site that is dedicated primarily to "old technology", but perhaps that is our strength. There are many sites that provide info on the latest digital stuff but ever fewer that concentrate on older technologies? Whatever, we seem to have a growing niche.

[Capocheny]

Hi Kirk,

I'm not terribly surprised given that this is "THE BEST" forum for large format photography.

Thanks to the many terrific people on here who are very generous with their time and willingness to help others.

Cheers

[Roger Thoms]

I'm unemployed and am contributing to the increased traffic.
Roger

[David Karp]

Interesting. I think it was about a year ago that I had a telephone conversation with Keith Canham. He mentioned that Kodak, Ilford, and Fuji reps had each told him at that time that LF film sales were increasing again. This would be consistent with the statistics that you described.

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

I'm not terribly surprised given that this is "THE BEST" forum for large format photography.

... the best among english-speaking LF photography forums, of course

[Peter Collins]

Can you look for "dead" or inactive registrants (those active in 2007 but absent in 2009) in your data, make an assumption that they have moved on (though hardly likely to something better!), and subtract them from the new registrations since 2007 to determine actual increase? It's the old births minus deaths equation.

Thanks,

[otzi]

I'm not terribly surprised given that this is "THE BEST" forum for large format photography.

... the best among english-speaking LF photography forums, of course

There are others??

[ASRafferty]

I'm curious about people's opinion of this increase. To me that seems like pretty healthy growth for a site that is dedicated primarily to "old technology", but perhaps that is our strength. There are many sites that provide info on the latest digital stuff but ever fewer that concentrate on older technologies? Whatever, we seem to have a growing niche.

Might be worth isolating the For Sale forum if you can, and then recrunching the numbers for posts and new threads to see what weight of the overall growth that forum is carrying. I'm guessing it's pretty hefty.