Media uploads by time of day (GMT) Largely follows the same pattern as Posts - the peak upload time is slightly earlier and a bit higher.
Media comments by time of day (GMT) Kind of all over the place - but not really surprising given the relatively low comment volume.
Age as at end of 2018 Median age of members at the end of 2018: 33 years Note that we have 884 users with a birth year entered into their profile.
Age of members who joined in 2018 Median age of members who joined in 2018: 23 years Does this mean that new joining members are getting younger? No! It just means the rest of us are getting older!! Note that we only had 71 members join who entered a birth year into their user profile (of the 600+ total who registered in 2018) - so the data isn't complete.
Home Zoo (according to users' profiles) - Top 50 The number in brackets is the number of user profiles we found listing this zoo as their home zoo. (127) Chester Zoo (58) Toronto Zoo (51) London Zoo (35) San Diego Zoo (33) Taronga Zoo (30) Colchester Zoo (28) Marwell Wildlife (25) Edinburgh Zoo (24) Auckland Zoo (23) Bristol Zoo (23) Yorkshire Wildlife Park (22) Melbourne Zoo (21) Bronx Zoo (20) Dudley Zoo (19) Howletts Zoo (19) Twycross Zoo (17) Los Angeles Zoo (16) Brookfield Zoo (16) Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (16) Whipsnade Zoo (15) Dublin Zoo (14) Adelaide Zoo (13) Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (13) Paignton Zoo (13) Singapore Zoo (11) Blackpool Zoo (10) Belfast Zoo (10) Burgers Zoo (10) Cincinnati Zoo (9) Monkeyworld (8) Cotswold Wildlife Park (8) Dartmoor Zoo (8) Rotterdam Zoo (8) West Midland Safari Park (7) Exmoor Zoo (7) Longleap Safari Park (7) Milwaukee County Zoo (7) Phoenix Zoo (7) Smithsonian National Zoo (7) Australia Zoo (6) Antwerp Zoo (6) Dallas Zoo (6) Detroit Zoo (6) Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (6) Flamingo Land (6) Houston Zoo (6) Lisbon Zoo (6) Philadelphia Zoo (6) San Francisco Zoo (6) Tulsa Zoo ... which would explain why we get so many posts about Chester Zoo! Surprised to see Toronto Zoo so high up the list? Is that because there aren't as many major zoos in Canada to choose from? Or is it a population centre thing?
Well Toronto is not so lovingly referred to by the rest of Canada as the centre of the universe! I think the high number of users citing Toronto Zoo as their home zoo is the result of several factors. Population certainly has something to do with it, as Toronto has the fourth largest population in North America (behind only Mexico City, New York and Los Angeles). Then you factor in the lack of other major zoos nearby, it seems natural that people from the area (including the rapidly growing populations outside of the city) to list Toronto as their home zoo. Another factor is possibly that the Toronto Zoo threads have a couple of long time members who have lots of institutional and historical knowledge about the zoo thus creating a community for newer members to easily integrate into.
Top 50 search terms used on ZooChat in 2018 (1,014 searches) - rhino (453 searches) - sun bear (412 searches) - chester zoo (389 searches) - san diego zoo (291 searches) - zurich (254 searches) - elephant (242 searches) - pittsburgh zoo (240 searches) - Paignton zoo (239 searches) - whipsnade (210 searches) - Cincinnati zoo (172 searches) - leopard (170 searches) - gorilla (165 searches) - newly discovered (160 searches) - Oakland zoo (147 searches) - okapi (145 searches) - Los Angeles zoo (144 searches) - species list (130 searches) - bear (128 searches) - lion (128 searches) - platypus (120 searches) - Highland Wildlife Park (119 searches) - tiger (114 searches) - Yorkshire wildlife park (113 searches) - aviary (113 searches) - Denver zoo (91 searches) - lemur (91 searches) - Longleat (89 searches) - otter (88 searches) - hippo (88 searches) - penguin (87 searches) - pangolin (85 searches) - meerkat (82 searches) - gibbon (81 searches) - Monkey world (80 searches) - List of species on exhibit (80 searches) - London zoo (78 searches) - Singapore (76 searches) - Audubon (76 searches) - tapir (73 searches) - hornbill (70 searches) - giraffe (70 searches) - Milwaukee (70 searches) - orangutan (69 searches) - polar bear (68 searches) - bronx zoo (68 searches) - hyena (67 searches) - cheetah (64 searches) - crane (62 searches) - crocodile (62 searches) - jaguar Someone really really likes rhinos!
Top 50 search terms used in Google "web" search which resulted in clicks to ZooChat in 2018 Excluding search terms containing the word "zoochat" since we presume those people already know about the site. (1,352 searches) - zoos in england with bears (993 searches) - windsor safari park (758 searches) - zoo forum (729 searches) - artofzoo (628 searches) - art of zoo (535 searches) - how many zoos are there in the uk (438 searches) - best zoo in florida (403 searches) - monkey world deaths 2017 (398 searches) - alison cronin (383 searches) - mike dee la zoo (376 searches) - monkey world ben dies (359 searches) - basildon zoo (347 searches) - how many aquariums are in the us (330 searches) - bob trollope (330 searches) - monkey world hsiao-quai dies (329 searches) - platypus zoo (324 searches) - chat zoo (320 searches) - narwhal in captivity (319 searches) - what happened to ben at monkey world (316 searches) - oakland zoo vs san francisco zoo (308 searches) - bob trollope longleat how did he die (275 searches) - what reptiles can you own in new zealand (272 searches) - zoos with hippos (271 searches) - san francisco zoo vs oakland zoo (268 searches) - ben monkey world (267 searches) - reptile zoo uk (256 searches) - san diego zoo walking route (255 searches) - best zoo in texas (252 searches) - tapir pronunciation (252 searches) - narwhal zoo (248 searches) - monkey world ben death (246 searches) - what zoos have koalas (244 searches) - oakland zoo vs sf zoo (242 searches) - narwhal captivity (242 searches) - zoos with koalas (240 searches) - brookfield zoo elephant (237 searches) - echidna puggle for sale (234 searches) - sf zoo vs oakland zoo (233 searches) - pangolin zoo uk (230 searches) - echidna for sale (225 searches) - echidna puggles for sale (224 searches) - mary chipperfield death (224 searches) - san diego zoo platypus (222 searches) - narwhal aquarium (221 searches) - monkey world deaths 2018 (220 searches) - poole park zoo (220 searches) - my views on zoos (219 searches) - zooforum (218 searches) - how to pronounce tapir (217 searches) - what do zoos do with dead animals People really wanted to see bears in the UK last year!
Top 50 search terms used in Google "image" search which resulted in clicks to ZooChat in 2018 Excluding search terms containing the word "zoochat" since we presume those people already know about the site. (303 searches) - chester zoo map (136 searches) - warsaw zoo birds (103 searches) - london zoo map (81 searches) - whipsnade zoo map (80 searches) - mogo zoo map (79 searches) - zoo exhibit (76 searches) - bristol zoo map (73 searches) - standing bear (69 searches) - tiger enclosure (66 searches) - blackpool zoo map (65 searches) - colchester zoo komodo dragon (63 searches) - sea life scheveningen (63 searches) - zoo stuttgart (62 searches) - snow leopard cubs (60 searches) - cotton tree (60 searches) - vancouver aquarium map (60 searches) - chester zoo aye aye (57 searches) - lion enclosure (56 searches) - aquaterrarium (55 searches) - sea life speyer (54 searches) - bristol zoo (48 searches) - banteng (48 searches) - pittsburgh zoo map (46 searches) - stuttgart zoo (43 searches) - reptile house (42 searches) - tibetan blue bear (41 searches) - dudley zoo (41 searches) - windsor safari park (41 searches) - auckland zoo map (41 searches) - reptile exhibit (40 searches) - patagonian mara (39 searches) - whipsnade zoo (39 searches) - map of chester zoo (37 searches) - elephant shrew (37 searches) - barbary lion (37 searches) - caspian tiger (37 searches) - zoo (37 searches) - philippine crocodile (37 searches) - javan green magpie (36 searches) - philippine cobra (36 searches) - polar bear enclosure (35 searches) - marineland mallorca (35 searches) - african civet (35 searches) - givskud zoo (34 searches) - gaur (34 searches) - varanus salvator (34 searches) - bearded dragon enclosure (34 searches) - gorilla habitat (34 searches) - sealife scheveningen (34 searches) - kabomani tapir
Visitors by country in 2018 Pageviews by country in 2018 There may be more people from the US visiting the site than the UK, and more people from China visiting than from Australia - but people in the UK interact with the site more than the US and lots of people interact more with the site than people from China.
This is just showing the top 25 countries - but even so, I don't think North Korea is on the list - nor do I think they have much in the way of internet access there.
