The Olive Press by numbers

THEY say a stat can be found to prove anything but it’s hard to argue with the soaring growth of theolivepress.es throughout 2015. And now we have a whole new website to ring in the new year too in the shape of www.gibraltarolivepress.com.

Here’s how it all stacks up:

• Online stories posted – 3,145 (8.6 per day)
• Comments posted – 5,771 (15.6 per day)
• Web users – 1,126,437 up 18%
• Page views – 6,450,519 up 35%
• Bounce rate – ­3.26% down 75.11%

Top online stories:

1. VIDEO: Hell and high water as shocking floods leave deaths in Andalucia – 92,022 pageviews
2. British tourist claims Gibraltar’s apes sexually assaulted her – 88,155
3. Baron Rothschild indicted in France over fraud case – 59,350
4. Strikes to hit Spanish airports during peak summer holiday season – 27,628
5. VIDEO: Shark spotted in Fuengirola – 27,242

Visits from around the globe (compared to 2014):

• United Kingdom – 604,477 (+23%)
• Spain – 521,767 (+28%)
• USA – 181,414 (+10%)
• Gibraltar – 72,192 (+4.14%)
• Ireland – 44,203 (+24.42%)

Meanwhile, the Pope has been checking up on the latest Spanish news, with two visitors logging on from Vatican City!

Most popular tweet: 10,459 views

‘We want better dog biscuits!’ Even Spain’s canine contingent have a soft spot for Podemos #Podemos pic.twitter.com/bHe0Hr5IL6

— The Olive Press (@olivepress) February 2, 2015