Right, so I have been out of commission for a long time .... a very long time.

So, the question I pose is "Who really is the most popular on NuTang?" Okay, so we can always check the top 25 list, but how accurate is it? I've been seeing some dead accounts on the top 10. Are those sites really receiving more hits than the active members????

Well, I decided to put on my sunshine boots and have a look in the Google archives. Looking at the stats for this past month of July, here's what I found:



First, if we take a look at all of NuTang's traffic, we do see some members totally dominating the popularity contest. As you can clearly see, these include theZEBRA (2.61% of NuTang's traffic), GotMilk (2.18%), 12629 (1.90%), Chloefoxx, Yenamaboya, dave, and incomplete. I'm most impressed by 12629 who just joined the community in late June.

Next, let's look at a more detailed breakdown of some of NuTang's most visited pages. The the top listings are cut off, but they are the homepage and NuTROL. (FYI: the the right 3 columns are unique views, page views, and average time on the page.)



Look! Do you see doubles? TheZEBRA and Chloefoxx are both listed twice, which means they should take up larger slices of the pie than that graph before displayed!

What I don't see on neither the pie graph nor the chart is the member username! The infamous username, as many of us remember, terrorized the top of the Most Popular list for the longest time ---- despite having a completely blank page! What happened to username? Where did he or she go? How did he or she become so popular? You may never know .... unless you too are an insider.

Alas, to answer my original question, the most popular member on NuTang is .... theZEBRA!!!! Of all the thousands of human members on NuTang, we see that the most popular is in fact an Equidae. This is quite enchanting.

I'm #18!
This is some very interesting information. username was probably number 1 because "username" is often used as a place holder for people who write layouts, codes, etc. to show the user where to put their username.
Looking back, this last paragraph seems ill-worded to me. I hope you understand what I'm trying to point out, and that you're not left confused and unsure as I'm afraid you might be.

Have a good day!
» invisible on 2006-08-05 11:48:45

Har Har I'm #17
And I just turned 17 too, ...sounds like a conspiracy! but thats really neat
» monkeymeister on 2006-08-05 12:17:45

neato!
I made the list not once, but twice. How fun!
» Chloefoxx on 2006-08-05 12:17:54

Why username is so popular
Username is the default in the box where you search for a user. I guess people just clicked the "find this soul" button without typing in a name, thus giving username lots of hits. Frankly, choosing that name was a brilliant way to get popularity points.
» Crispin on 2006-09-26 02:55:09

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