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BengtW wrote: ↑December 8th, 2022, 12:44 am November:
Views: 478,826
View time: 294,546 hours
Likes: 6,601
Comments: 766
Total number of subscribers: 125,540

YouTube statistics for December 2022:
Views: 515,962
View time: 315,059 hours
Likes: 6,644
Comments: 793

Most listened to:
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians by Fanny KELLY read by TriciaG 22,939 hours
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. RUPPELT 5,908 hours
The Book Of Jasher by ANONYMOUS read by CJ Plogue 4,875 hours
Fireside Christmas Short Stories by VARIOUS read by Various 4,704 hours
Anne of the Island (version 2) by Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY read by Karen Savage 3,052 hours
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España by Bernal Díaz del CASTILLO 2,732 hours
The Secret Garden (version 2) by Frances Hodgson BURNETT read by Karen Savage 2,578 hours
Life on the Mississippi by Mark TWAIN read by John Greenman 2,305 hours
The Legends of the Jews, Volume 1 by Louis GINZBERG read by Various 1,978 hours
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 by James B. Gillett read by Various 1,971 hours
A Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound by John R. JEWITT 1,950 hours
Dan, the Newsboy by Horatio Alger, Jr. read by DaleBarkley 1,922 hours
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 01 by ANONYMOUS 1,739 hours
No Man's Land by Sapper read by afinevoice 1,666 hours
Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY read by Karen Savage 1,640 hours
Europe In The Middle Ages by Ierne Lifford PLUNKET read by Steven Seitel 1,635 hours
Persuasion (version 4) by Jane AUSTEN read by Karen Savage 1,629 hours
The People of the Abyss by Jack LONDON read by Peter Yearsley 1,622 hours
Short Science Fiction Collection 088 by Various read by Various 1,600 hours
Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography by Edwin EASTMAN 1,528 hours
Rainbow Valley (version 2) by Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY read by Karen Savage 1,498 hours
Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning by Edward Carpenter 1,457 hours
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik VAN LOON read by Various 1,440 hours
The Railway Children by E. NESBIT read by Karen Savage 1,405 hours
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales by George MACDONALD 1,240 hours
First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal by Henry I. Shaw, Jr. 1,239 hours
The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald KEYHOE read by Roger Melin 1,118 hours
Away in the Wilderness by R. M. Ballantyne read by Roger Melin 1,106 hours

Listeners location:
United States 59.2%
United Kingdom 10.7%
Canada 5.2%
Australia 2.6%
Spain 1.8%
Mexico 1.5%
Ireland 1.1%
Germany 0.8%
Netherlands 0.8%
France 0.8%
South Africa 0.6%
New Zealand 0.6%
India 0.5%
Sweden 0.3%
Norway 0.3%

Listeners device:
Mobile 57.7%
Desktop 17.6%
Tablet 13.1%
Tv 11.4%

Listeners gender:
Female: 38.7%
Male: 61.2%
Genderuserspecified: 0.0%

Listeners age:
13-17 years 1.1%
18-24 years 9.3%
25-34 years 13.3%
35-44 years 15.3%
45-54 years 16.1%
55-64 years 21.1%
65- years 23.8%

Total number of subscribers: 128,747

I don't "get" the fascination with "Narrative of my Captivity". I mean, it's an interesting book, but it's been in the top set of downloads so often! It's not like I'm a superior reader, or that the book is well known. It's a puzzle.

It's probably greatly affected by the youtube algorithm. Probably shows up as recommended a lot, gets clicked on, and a continual spiral from there. At least that is my very non technical explanation for it myself.

m8b1 wrote: ↑January 3rd, 2023, 8:15 am It's probably greatly affected by the youtube algorithm. Probably shows up as recommended a lot, gets clicked on, and a continual spiral from there. At least that is my very non technical explanation for it myself.

Yes, but there are not just clickes, there are hours of listening.

Tricia, I wonder if professors somewhere have assigned it and suggested this as a free resource. (If I ever get my solo done, I know I'll be letting my colleagues in Nevada know about it as a resource.)

TriciaG wrote: ↑January 3rd, 2023, 8:00 am I don't "get" the fascination with "Narrative of my Captivity". I mean, it's an interesting book, but it's been in the top set of downloads so often! It's not like I'm a superior reader, or that the book is well known. It's a puzzle.

I've read some comments. They say the story is great and so is the reader

I always assume it's on some syllabus - but there is also a certain fascination about "living with wild savages" stories especially about women even if only for the things they don't talk about

Anne

I made a comparison with a normal but above average performing video in regards of traffic source:


You can see that the first one has a very high percentage of its traffic generated by 'Browse features' instead of 'YouTube Search' which is normally the highest source of traffic. Browse features is explained as "Traffic from the homepage/home screen, the subscription feed, and other browsing features."

So probably YouTube has promoted this video to subscribers in the feed and also to non subscribers on the home screen a lot more than a typical video.

Interesting - thanks!

Oops! No one posted the January stats!

In January, LibriVox volunteers completed 125 projects - our sixth best month ever. If you're curious:
03-2021 186
07-2016 156
08-2020 145
11-2009 144
12-2020 131
01-2023 125


Other stats as of right now:

Total number of projects 18349
Number of completed projects 17684
Number of completed non-English projects 2232
Total number of languages 100
Number of languages with a completed work 47
Number of completed solo projects 9340
Number of readers 12859
...who have completed something 12721

BengtW wrote: ↑January 3rd, 2023, 5:17 am December:
Views: 515,962
View time: 315,059 hours
Likes: 6,644
Comments: 793
Total number of subscribers: 128,747

YouTube statistics for January 2023:
Views: 575,054
View time: 342,362 hours
Likes: 8,328
Comments: 843

Most listened to:
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians by Fanny KELLY read by TriciaG 25,594 hours
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. RUPPELT 5,581 hours
The Book Of Jasher by ANONYMOUS read by CJ Plogue 3,753 hours
The Secret Garden (version 2) by Frances Hodgson BURNETT read by Karen Savage 3,100 hours
Anne of the Island (version 2) by Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY read by Karen Savage 3,012 hours
A Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound by John R. JEWITT 2,767 hours
Opening the West with Lewis and Clark by Edwin L. Sabin read by Various 2,571 hours
Frankenstein; or The Modern Prometheus (1818) by Mary Wollstonecraft SHELLEY 2,345 hours
Life on the Mississippi by Mark TWAIN read by John Greenman 2,264 hours
The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 01 by ANONYMOUS 2,252 hours
Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España by Bernal Díaz del CASTILLO 2,226 hours
Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches: An Autobiography by Edwin EASTMAN 2,189 hours
The People of the Abyss by Jack LONDON read by Peter Yearsley 2,009 hours
No Man's Land by Sapper read by afinevoice 1,905 hours
Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 by James B. Gillett read by Various 1,702 hours
Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY read by Karen Savage 1,678 hours
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik VAN LOON read by Various 1,652 hours
The Legends of the Jews, Volume 1 by Louis GINZBERG read by Various 1,609 hours
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales by George MACDONALD 1,605 hours
Rainbow Valley (version 2) by Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY read by Karen Savage 1,605 hours
Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and Life on the Frontier by Frances A. Fuller Victor 1,564 hours
Short Science Fiction Collection 088 by Various read by Various 1,469 hours
Persuasion (version 4) by Jane AUSTEN read by Karen Savage 1,464 hours
The Flying Saucers are Real by Donald KEYHOE read by Roger Melin 1,455 hours
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne read by Phil Chenevert 1,427 hours
Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The Warr... 1,381 hours
The Roswell Report: Case Closed by James McAndrew read by Aaron Bennett 1,351 hours
The Railway Children by E. NESBIT read by Karen Savage 1,329 hours
Europe In The Middle Ages by Ierne Lifford PLUNKET read by Steven Seitel 1,276 hours

Listeners location:
United States 60.6%
United Kingdom 10.2%
Canada 5.3%
Australia 2.4%
Spain 1.6%
Mexico 1.3%
Ireland 1.1%
Netherlands 0.9%
Germany 0.8%
France 0.8%
New Zealand 0.7%
South Africa 0.6%
India 0.5%
Sweden 0.4%
Philippines 0.2%

Listeners device:
Mobile 57.6%
Desktop 17.8%
Tablet 12.9%
Tv 11.7%

Listeners gender:
Female: 41.2%
Male: 58.8%
Genderuserspecified: 0.0%

Listeners age:
13-17 years 1.3%
18-24 years 11.2%
25-34 years 13.7%
35-44 years 15.5%
45-54 years 15.8%
55-64 years 19.7%
65- years 22.8%

Total number of subscribers: 132,604

BengtW wrote: ↑February 15th, 2023, 11:51 pm

BengtW wrote: ↑January 3rd, 2023, 5:17 am December:
Views: 515,962
View time: 315,059 hours
Likes: 6,644
Comments: 793
Total number of subscribers: 128,747

YouTube statistics for January 2023:
Views: 575,054
View time: 342,362 hours
Likes: 8,328
Comments: 843

Thank you for all the work you put into this report. I like learning about our listeners

I might be wrong - but I don't think he would have much control over the figures he gets. Bengt just shares the stats YouTube provides for his personal chapter which he set up and he runs.

The only figure you could get for individual projects is from the Archive page which is linked from LV's catalogue page.
As a random example https://archive.org/details/ocherkiproshlagorazskazy_1806_librivox has 28,213 views which means the page has been accessed that number of times but there is no way of telling how many of those accesses were people listening to it or how those people listened.

Anne