HGB monthly stats

[Constance Peregrine]

I think this is good, for Kitely, and others.

The trending continues to be for hypergrid enabled places which is excellent news to my eyes.

It is also interesting to note those who lost of the supposedly more active grids [who are also not HG enabled] and one can glean further information by looking through this;

http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/statis ... tatistics/

One item I pay attention to is the amount of new accounts in relation to the increase [or decrease] in actual active players. While Kitely had positive numbers it does appear to show that retention is still an issue. Not that this is uncommon but simply that it might be good for others more invested here to think about how to increase it.

Still, nevertheless, both grids Maria often notes are supposedly more active, in fact lost active players while having large new account numbers which shows Kitely is still ok in that area, but needs improvement.

[disclaimer: I have not had much coffee yet so disregard this if it makes no sense at all]

[Dot Matrix]

So it doesn't get lost with the page turn, here's the post that Constance is referring to:

Kitely hit a new high for active users this month according to the Hypergrid Business survey for October 2014.

Kitely's numbers are:
October 2014: 6267 (+138) regions; 26960 registered users (+1298); 931 active users (+102)

Active users over time:

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Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
2011                 392  183  137  190  162  123  113  119  125
2012  151  200  327  348  371  240  238  195  242  293  583  270
2013  274  370  386  602  633  628  493  468  497  606  716  641
2014  522  599  629  723  587  826  909  799  829  931

I suspect that Kitely is well aware of the retention issue. It's a shame that the plug-in had to be discontinued because of external factors -- that really did ease the way in for first-timers.

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Maria's monthly report on grid statistics has just been posted: All OpenSim stats up in November.

The report includes a section on Kitely Market, which I've quoted in the thread To export or not to export, that is the question. There's been a 20% increase in the number of exportable items this month, and ...

Two thirds of the items that are bought in Kitely Market are ones that are exportable. Even Kitely users prefer buying exportable items, so it’s not surprising that even merchants who originally sold only unexportable items are beginning to sell exportable items as well.

The number of active users in Kitely hit a new high for the second month in a row, increasing by 33 to 964.

Kitely's numbers are:
November 2014: 6335 (+68) regions; 28125 registered users (+1165); 964 active users (+33)

Active users over time:

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    Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
    2011                 392  183  137  190  162  123  113  119  125
    2012  151  200  327  348  371  240  238  195  242  293  583  270
    2013  274  370  386  602  633  628  493  468  497  606  716  641
    2014  522  599  629  723  587  826  909  799  829  931  964

[Constance Peregrine]

While positive numbers are, well, positive...lol...I also like to review the negative numbers because it helps me to see the overall trending going on. I am not so much interested, personally, with single grids but more broad brush movements.

So I always look over this page also;

http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/statis ... tatistics/

Which she does for each month also.

In particular people might note those whose numbers are in the red [ - ] [and no she does not actually use a red coloring...lol], and I think it is important for those who find stats interesting, to view this also.

I glean from this, especially over some months, that the hypergated aspects of OpenSim are definitely where people are going and as Kitely has the hypergrid Market delivery it also has enabled hypergating [and even gives one the webgui option to enable or disable it for their own worlds/regions.

Since she has not done this page in frames I open two of it, one to keep the category name foremost and the other to scroll down.

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Maria's December report on grid statistics has just been posted: Hypergrid users surpass those on closed grids.

The users on the hypergrid-enabled grids can make friends on other grids, send instant messages, join groups, and even go shopping and bring purchases back home. In addition, they have access to the Kitely Market, the largest multi-grid marketplace for virtual goods.

Kitely's numbers are:
December 2014: 6451 (+116) regions; 29286 registered users (+1161); 907 active users (-57)

Active users over time:

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    Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
    2011                 392  183  137  190  162  123  113  119  125
    2012  151  200  327  348  371  240  238  195  242  293  583  270
    2013  274  370  386  602  633  628  493  468  497  606  716  641
    2014  522  599  629  723  587  826  909  799  829  931  964  907

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Maria's January report on grid statistics has just been posted: Atek biggest land gainer this month.

Atek grid was the biggest land gainer, with 376 new regions ... Atek is hypergrid-enabled, as were the other five big gainers this month — Metropolis, with 333 new regions, Kitely with 138, Next Reality with 110, SirinHGpole with 96 and 3rd Rock Grid with 88.

Kitely's numbers are:
January 2015: 6589 (+138) regions; 30627 registered users (+1341); 923 active users (+16)

Active users over time:

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    Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
    2011                 392  183  137  190  162  123  113  119  125
    2012  151  200  327  348  371  240  238  195  242  293  583  270
    2013  274  370  386  602  633  628  493  468  497  606  716  641
    2014  522  599  629  723  587  826  909  799  829  931  964  907
    2015  923

[Ozwell Wayfarer]

Its interesting to note that with monthly fluctuations aside, Kitely has more or less doubled its active users each year. While it might not be huge numbers, its still good solid, stable growth.

So hopefully by Jan 2016 we will be in the 1600-2000 range

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Maria's February report on grid statistics has just been posted: OpenSim active users pass 25,000 milestone.

This was another record-breaking month for OpenSim, with new highs in regions, users, and active users on the 303 active worlds. [...]

Kitely gained 80 [active users], which also put it over the 1,000 active mark for the first time in its history.

Kitely's numbers are:
February 2015: 6689 (+100) regions; 31952 registered users (+1325); 1003 active users (+80)

Active users over time:

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    Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
    2011                 392  183  137  190  162  123  113  119  125
    2012  151  200  327  348  371  240  238  195  242  293  583  270
    2013  274  370  386  602  633  628  493  468  497  606  716  641
    2014  522  599  629  723  587  826  909  799  829  931  964  907
    2015  923 1003

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Maria's March report on grid statistics has just been posted: OpenSim passes 30,000 active users.

Kitely continues to grow in regions and in registered and active users. The number of active users increased this month by 10.6% to another record high of 1109, which is a 22.3% increase so far this year over December 2014's figure of 907.

Kitely's numbers are:
March 2015: 6822 (+133) regions; 33361 registered users (+1409); 1109 active users (+106)

Active users over time:

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    Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
    2011                 392  183  137  190  162  123  113  119  125
    2012  151  200  327  348  371  240  238  195  242  293  583  270
    2013  274  370  386  602  633  628  493  468  497  606  716  641
    2014  522  599  629  723  587  826  909  799  829  931  964  907
    2015  923 1003 1109

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Maria's April report on grid statistics has just been posted: Regions, grids hit new record highs.

The land area of OpenSim’s public worlds increased by the equivalent of 1,571 standard regions, to a new high of 59,512 standard region equivalents, or 3,902 square kilometers. Biggest gainers were OSgrid with 527 new regions, Atek Grid with 254 new regions, Kitely with 125 new regions and FrancoGrid with 103 new regions. ...

All four of the top land gainers were hypergrid-enabled, allowing their residents to travel freely to other grids. ...

The number of registered users increased by 8,661 to 441,840, with InWorldz bringing in the most new registrations at 2,006, followed by Kitely with 1,503, and OSgrid, back in strength from a long hiatus, with 820.

Kitely's numbers are:
April 2015: 6947 (+125) regions; 34864 registered users (+1503); 961 active users (-148)

Why the drop in active users? Other popular grids reported a similar drop, which HG Business suggests might be seasonal:

Metropolis lost 392 active users this month, possibly as a result of some residents moving back to OSgrid. However, OSgrid also lost 213 active users, so perhaps the reason for the drop is seasonal, with folks taking spring holidays.

Active users on Kitely over time:

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    Year  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
    2011                 392  183  137  190  162  123  113  119  125
    2012  151  200  327  348  371  240  238  195  242  293  583  270
    2013  274  370  386  602  633  628  493  468  497  606  716  641
    2014  522  599  629  723  587  826  909  799  829  931  964  907
    2015  923 1003 1109  961