Traffic to Eventfinder increased markedly during February, with 313,190 visits and 1,143,619 pages views (Google Analytics). Eventfinder is now ranked 6th most popular website in the Entertainment Category, and 26th overall.

Top 10 Entertainment websites by Unique Browsers for February (Nielsen):

  1. Stuff *
  2. NZ Herald *
  3. Yahoo!Xtra *
  4. MSN *
  5. TVNZ
  6. Eventfinder
  7. SkyCity Cinemas
  8. Ticketek
  9. ClearNet
  10. View New Zealand *

* Denotes content syndication partners that also publish event information from the Eventfinder Platform.

Evetfinder collects so much data, we have unique insights into what the public are viewing – sort of a live entertainment zeitgeist. We were pleasantly surprised, for example, at the strong showing for the Auckland Lantern and Chinese New Year Festivals and Japan Day celebrations.

Top 10 Events by Page Views for February (Eventfinder):

  1. AC/DC (Western Springs)
  2. Liquorland NZ Beer Festival (ASB Showgrounds)
  3. Auckland Lantern Festival (Albert Park)
  4. Chinese New Year Festival (ASB Showgrounds)
  5. Lady Gaga (Vector Arena)
  6. Japan Day (ASB Showgrounds)
  7. OneLove (Hataitai Velodrome)
  8. Homegrown (Wellington Waterfront)
  9. Faith No More (Vector Arena)
  10. Carnival with Kora, Tahuna Breaks and BSM (Wharepai Domain)

Top 10 Wellington Events by Page Views for February (Eventfinder):

We had a large traffic spike for the Town Hall talk by Richard Dawkins in Wellington, and The Wiggles also featured strongly.

  1. Liquorland NZ Beer Festival
  2. Jim Beam Homegrown
  3. One Love 2010
  4. Town Hall Talk: Richard Dawkins
  5. Diana Krall
  6. Sutra
  7. Chinese New Year Festival
  8. Festival of Circus
  9. The Wiggles Live in Concert
  10. Once Upon a Time

Top Ten Screen Resolutions for February (Eventfinder):

For any of the web development community reading this, here are the screen resolutions used by our audience for February. We have a fairly large audience size to sample from, so we’re hoping local information on the mass-market audience in New Zealand will be helpful.

Screen Resolutions February 2010