Pistols Firing October stats

Photo Attribution: USATSI

I don’t do this enough but I wanted to post the October stats for Pistols Firing, or at least the ones I thought might interest you guys. Thanks for the best (non-Sports Illustrated) month ever, y’all!

Unique visitors (all-time)

1. September 2013 — 125K
2. February 2013 — 41K
2. July 2011 — 41K
4. October 2013 — 40K
5. October 2012 — 33K

July 2011 was the uniforms. February 2013 was a big-time hoops month.

Pageviews (all-time)

1. September 2013 — 900K
2. October 2013 — 440K
3. August 2013 — 319K
4. February 2013 — 285K
5. March 2013 — 234K

Top countries in October

USA — 98%
Mexico — ~1%
UK — ~1%
UAE — ~1%
Canada — ~1%

We’re big in the UAE. Countries with one visit: Syria (!), Somalia, Maldives, British Virgin Islands, Madagascar, Sudan.

Top states in October

Oklahoma — 52% (of all visits)
Texas — 23%
Kansas — 3%
Missouri — 3%
California — 2%

Cali, ballin’!

Bottom states in October

South Dakota
Maine
Rhode Island
Deleware
Vermont

Combined visits were less than .10% of total.

New vs. returning visitors

Returning — 85%
New — 15%

Not that surprising. The market for OSU fans is only so big.

Device

Phone — 52%
Computer — 38%
Tablet — 10%

Wow. More than half of PFB’s visits were via phone.

Operating system

Safari — 54%
Chrome — 18%
IE — 13%
Firefox — 7%
Everything else — 8%

Come on, 13% of you!

Most hit posts

1. Red Raider Rash
2. Big Dady story
3. Homecoming & Hoops video
4. Oct. 8 Daily Bullets
5. This GIA photo

Not really any surprises here. You guys like stories about sex (first one) and cursing + alcohol (second one).