1. Same as last year, in 2012, in 2011 and in 2010 we think this is a good moment to look back on the past year for U2start. 2013 was a great year for U2start with the start of changes to our recording system and major improvements to features like LiveTopics. Time to look back!

    U2start per timeframe
    Most popular day to visit U2start: Tuesday
    Most busiest month: January (least: April)
    Visitors that only comes once: 30%
    Visitors that come back more than 200 times: 24%
    Visitors that visit with a mobile device: 22% (last year 13%)
    Visitors that visit with a tablet: 9%

    User statistics
    New registrations: 1,756 (+ 4%)
    Date with most new users: 2013-01-06
    Countries with most new users: United States, Brazil, Great Brittain (Brazil is new in this top 3)
    United States with most new users: California, New York, Florida (same as last year)
    Registered genders: Male (75%), Female (25%)
    Most popular translations chosen by users: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Farci, Turkish and Macedonian (in this order)


    u2start visitor breakdown, darker means more: you come from all over the world!

    Browsers that visitors use
    1. Chrome (28%) (new number one, previously 4th)
    2. Safari (24%)
    3. Firefox (21%)
    4. Internet Explorer (20%) (in order from high to low: version 9, 10, 8, 7 & 11)
    5. Android browser (3%)

    Most popular referers (where do visitors come from)
    1. Direct (favorite, URL)
    2. Google
    3. Facebook
    4. Twitter
    5. Bing
    (same top 5 as last year)

    Most popular keywords in search engines to get here
    1. u2 the edge catwalk
    2. drewhiggins membera photos
    3. u2 lausanne 1993 flac
    (keywords like u2start and u2 start are omitted from this list)

    Forum in 2013
    New forum topics: 224
    Total forum posts: 30,302
    Most popular U2start liveshow: August 4: 2000 - Irving Plaza

    Top forum posters
    1. LikeASong (4534) (last year's top poster with 5387 posts, in 2013 averaging 12,42 posts per day)
    2. clover68 (2528)
    3. RUMMY (1988)
    4. patou2 (1796)
    5. dylbagz (1647)
    6. iTim (1424)
    7. Buttons (1076)
    8. ade (1037)
    9. Risto (914)
    10. KieranU2 (882)
    11. EDDMB (786)
    12. wtshnnfb01 (735)
    13. MoFoNYR15 (707)
    14. bartajax (674)
    15. fabian (601)

    Most popular new topics
    1. Ordinary Love (and b-side Breathe) (524)
    2. Song Survival - Final Round (395)
    3. U2start's Toplist 2013 (246)

    Most downloaded shows
    1. 1989-12-31 - Dublin, Ireland (162)
    2. 1993-08-28 - Dublin, Ireland (150)
    3. 1993-11-27 - Sydney, Australia (138)

    Users who downloaded the most audio sources
    1. thedgewelshgod (1045)
    2. u2martinbono (1008)
    3. diegoadrian (847)

    Most reviewed shows
    1. 1986-06-15 - East Rutherford, New Jersey (3)
    2. 2001-07-21 - Turin, Italy (3)
    3. 1992-03-01 - Miami, Florida (2)

    Most reviews written
    1. patou2 (89)
    2. Bullet_Blue (11)
    3. fleavox (10)

    Photos
    Total added photos in 2013: 309
    Totals: 8,609 photos, 12 GB of filesize and 15 million views!

    Users who uploaded the most photos
    1. dylbagz (174)
    2. martahU2 (84)
    3. Nanazoca (47)


    most viewed photo, added in 2013

    Most popular headlines
    1. Get Up, Stand Up (1485)
    2. When Exactly Will We See a New U2 Album? (1216)
    3. Bono & Edge still planning to modernize Clarence (1125)

    Torrent statistics
    Total number of torrents uploaded: 21
    Total number of torrents indexed: 357

    Most downloaded torrents
    1. U22 "The Show Never Done" [MKV by MekVox] (11225)
    2. 2011-05-14 -Mexico City, Mexico - Azteca Stadium (6018)
    3. 2010-12-01 -Melbourne, Victoria - Etihad Stadium (3032)

    Misc. 2013 statistics
    Most popular site pages: Forum overview, Catalogue, Active topics
    Average time on site per visitor: 5m40 (2 seconds longer than last year)
    Most popular mobile devices: Apple iPad, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Samsung Galaxy S II, Google Nexus 7

    That's it! If you need any other number, please let us know!
    To end this message, I wish you all the best in 2014, let's hope it will be a wonderful U2014 for all of us!
  2. 2. drewhiggins membera photos


    Oooooo-kay then...

    Interesting stats.
  3. Wow Russian translation made the list so my work wasn't as worthless as I thought

    I think this year this site is going to be even better with band on tour and stuff

  4. hahahaha I laughed out loud!!! Search keywords and referrers are always funny

    Here's to a really positive U2014 for you all Please someone get me off that top poster position btw, it starts to feel uncomfortable
  5. Some of these stats scare me - like knowing what device is being used to connect to this site. Someone is probably watching me type this write now...watching each character appear on the screen as they come...I'm freaking out.
  6. Hmmm....I was the #3 poster this year but, if I recall correctly, my actual number of posts are down from last year. You know what that mean?

    U2 HAD BETTER RELEASE A (REALLY GOOD) ALBUM THIS YEAR!

    We need more people to get excited about this band much more often!
  7. Hahahahaha

    "Most popular keywords in search engines to get here
    1. u2 the edge catwalk "

    They don't need to bring out a new album, Edge must become a model !



    Btw, Sergio is responsible for 1/6 of all the posts... I think you've got a problem, Sergio. Please call a specialist.
  8. Thanks Remy, interesting!

    Now lets see if I can get myself somewhere in these stats next year..... :-)

  9. Seriously tho Drew...what the hell?! HAHAHAA
    I really expected an explanation for that one!

    All interesting stats as usual, great to see our beloved fan site going strong as ever
  10. ^ There may be a stalker in the midst.

    I'd never have guessed Sergio being the top poster.
  11. I'm the fifth highest poster? Holy smokes
  12. We should see some big growth this year considering its an album year..... I hope.

    thanks for a great U2013.