In 2016 Bluffton Icon viewers clicked on over 1 million pages on the website. To be exact: 1,046,854 pages.

That Google Analytics fact is one of many high numbers reached in the past year. Here are some additional facts. The Icon experienced:

415,439 total views (click)
131,301 individuals clicked on the Icon
2.52 pages – average number of pages viewed per visit
1:57 – average time each individual spent per view

On June 2 the Icon experienced 4,415 viewers, which was the largest number of viewers in a single day in 2016.

Viewership:
While 99 percent of Icon viewers live in the United States, viewers from 183 countries viewed the Icon in 2016. Here are the top nine countries with visitors to the Icon:
1 – USA
2 – Canada
3 – United Kingdom
4 – Germany
5 – India
6 – Philippines
7 – New Zealand
8 – Brazil
9 - France

In the United States, the Icon has viewers in each of the 50 states. While the vast majority is from Ohio, here are the top 10 viewer states:

1 – Ohio
2 - Michigan
3 – Florida
4 – Indiana
5 – Illinois
6 – California
7 – Texas
8 – North Carolina
9 – New York
10 – Pennsylvania

Ohio viewers live in 549 cities and villages. The top 10 viewers communities:
1 – Bluffton
2 – Lima
3 – Findlay
4 – Leipsic
5 – Ada
6 – St. Marys
7 – Columbus Grove
8 – Rawson
9 – Ottawa
10 – Bellefontaine

The top pages viewed, after the home page, follow:
1 – Classified
2 – News
3 – Obituaries
4 – Calendar
5 – Historical Bluffton
6 – Advertiser Index
7 – Restaurant menus
8 – Garage sale map

The most viewed individual stories of 2016 with the number of clicks listed:
7,915 – Victoria Bowers obituary
5,324 – Jana Huber obituary
3,825 – Lifeflight video and photos from I-75 accident
3,483 – Circle K robber on camera
2,620 – Power pole explodes behind BHS
2,620 – Studio Silhouette opens
2,594 – Parkview development underway
2,029 – Dr. Robert Schutz joins Bluffton Women’s Care
1,906 – Jonah Agner creates vegetarian menu in Ada restaurant
1,864 – Police report several Bluffton break-ins

Facebook
The number one social media used by the Icon to attract viewers is Facebook.
1,723 friends on Jan. 1, 2016
2,635 friends on Jan. 1, 2017
     73 percent of friends are women
     26 percent are men
     36 percent of women followers are between the ages of 25 and 44

You Tube
139 total subscribers to Icon YouTube
177, 522 total views of all Icon videos

All-time highest video viewers:
26,852 – First graders visit fire station, 2011
20,774 – Spin the bottle at VBS, 2012

2016 top viewed videos
492 – Life flight on I-75
489 – BHS power pole
255 – Girl jumps rope 100 times
262 – Harmon Road fire
239 – Traffic studio view at Main and College

Twitter
680 followers
6,407 total tweets

Instagram
492 followers

Pinterest
33 followers (this is an emerging social media for the Icon)