Web Information and Statistics

Digital Collegian Web Traffic Reports

The Digital Collegian Web server runs regular statistical analyses using NetIQ's WebTrends Log Analyzer . We always try to filter our internal network traffic out of these reports. We have greater confidence our traffic is excluded from reports since Jan. 1, 1999.

The archives include the latest available reports. Below is a monthly summary of a few key traffic and archive statistics.

A "user session" is terminated after 30 minutes of inactivity. "psu.edu" user sessions track activity from people who connect through the Penn State domain, which has more than 100,000 users across the state.

NOTE: All reports exclude Collegian internal traffic.

Monthly Archive

Monthly Summary   Glossary of Internet terms
These reports attempt to exclude traffic from spiders, robots and other non User Agents.
2007 (robots & RSS traffic excluded)
  Page Views Visits
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. Home Page Views PSU Page Views Monthly Total Daily
Avg.		 Average Time
Dec   → 1,098,740 35,443 219,460 119,886 466,030 15,033 00:04:05
Nov   → 1,586,448 52,882 237,275 136,071 544,725 18,157 0:04:33
Oct   → 2,204,498 71,112 312,175 207,958 762,094 24,583 00:04:41
Sept.    → 1,352,302 45,076 222,862 150,468 503,025 16,767 00:04:45
Aug.   → 2 731,106 23,584 138,644 61,488 300,447 9,691 00:04:00
July   → 674,234 21,749 95,556 43,469 273,103 8,809 00:04:37
June 1 121,705 4,056 17,589 7,450 56,280 1,876 00:04:54
May   → 726,345 23,430 126,260 59,183 284,010 9,161 00:04:16
April   → 1,319,190 43,973 239,588 183,136 434,962 14,498 00:04:16
Mar.   → 988,934 31,901 165,088 113,762 326,393 10,528 00:04:30
Feb.   → 1,379,957 49,284 194,368 199,312 358,142 12,790 00:04:55
Jan.   → 801,342 25,849 126,166 58,926 286,910 9,255 00:05:16
Totals 12,984,801 428,339 2,095,031 1,341,109 4,596,121 151,148 --
Averages 6,492,407 214,176 1,047,522 670,561 2,298,067 75,580 --
Notes:
1 Traffic for June 2007 is incomplete. June 1 to June 10 only.
2 Traffic for August 2007 is incomplete. Aug. 24, 25 & 26 traffic incomplete or missing.
2007 RSS Hits (robots excluded)
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. News Sports Opinions Arts Scihealth
Dec. 238,164 7,682 93,813 47,351 38,326 27,627 21,272
Nov. 209,323 6,977 83,973 47,176 32,605 21,100 11,547
Oct. 231,920 7,481 91,456 49,544 39,392 23,744 13,188
Sept. 202,415 6,747 86,226 41,988 34,581 19,357 15,755
Aug. 2 149,534 4,823 61,453 34,378 25,481 14,497 13,690
July 138,882 4,480 57,756 30,879 25,764 12,704 11,779
June 1 35,909 3,509 14,493 7,637 6,479 3,412 3,888
May 154,488 4,983 61,097 30,543 30,419 15,105 17,324
April 212,207 7,074 83,419 44,874 42,680 20,987 20,247
Mar. 206,140 6,649 78,377 42,938 40,919 22,116 21,790
Feb. 206,268 7,366 75,571 43,044 41,559 23,529 22,565
Jan. 177,640 5,730 67,799 41,547 34,022 17,120 17,152
Totals 2,162,890 73,501 855,433 461,899 392,227 221,298 190,197
Average 180,241 6,125 71,286 38,492 32,686 18,442 15,850
Notes:
1 Traffic for June 2007 is incomplete. June 1 to June 10 only.
2 Traffic for August 2007 is incomplete. Aug. 24, 25 & 26 traffic incomplete or missing.
 
2006 (robots & RSS traffic excluded)
  Page Views Visits PSU Visits
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. Monthly Total Daily
Avg.		 Average Time Monthly Total Daily Avg.
Dec 821,209 26,490 283,808 9,155 00:04:50 29,508 951
Nov   1,158,897 38,629 393,661 13,122 00:04:55 38,804 1,293
Oct   1,449,973 46,773 473,397 15,270 00:05:18 32,048 1,033
Sep   1,105,168 36,838 331,703 11,056 00:05:14 27,718 923
Aug 609,996 19,677 205,843 6,640 00:04:37 6,801 219
July 712,526 22,984 269,377 8,689 00:04:12 8,655 279
June 357,352 11,911 149,911 4,997 00:05:48 3,554 118
May 525,259 16,943 505,940 16,320 00:05:58 10,671 344
Apr 1,226,022 40,912 357,020 11,900 00:04:53 31,645 1,054
Mar 1,150,738 37,120 376,962 12,160 00:04:51 25,251 814
Feb 1,082,909 38,675 673,058 24,037 00:04:53 29,354 1,048
Jan 974,600 31,438 697,046 22,485 00:04:42 19,980 644
Totals 11,174,649 368,390 4,717,726 155,831 -- 263,989 8,720
Average 931,221 30,699 393,144 12,986 -- 21,999 727
2006 RSS Hits (robots excluded)
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. News Sports Opinions Arts Scihealth
Dec 147,460 4,756 52,428 33,945 29,416 15,371 16,300
Nov 169,462 5,648 61,320 38,416 35,202 17,568 16,956
Oct 202,867 6,544 73,204 45,125 42,699 21,975 19,864
Sep 172,281 5,742 64,545 40,876 37,197 15,254 14,409
Aug 132,618 4,278 50,077 30,574 29,776 11,119 11,072
July 144,966 4,676 53,789 32,132 30,867 13,771 14,407
June 123,832 4,127 44,362 24,748 34,372 10,102 10,248
May 136,955 4,417 48,676 26,873 37,903 11,875 11,628
Apr 156,132 5,204 65,551 28,133 35,074 14,372 13,001
Mar 148,846 4,801 52,054 30,904 37,200 15,137 13,551
Feb 147,245 5,258 56,857 28,306 33,789 16,187 12,106
Jan 129,089 4,164 48,580 25,355 33,230 13,487 8,437
Totals 1,811,753 59,615 671,443 385,387 416,725 176,218 161,979
Average 150,979 4,968 55,954 32,116 34,727 14,685 13,498
 
2005 (robots & RSS traffic excluded)
  Page Views Visits PSU Visits
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. Monthly Total Daily
Avg.		 Average Time Monthly Total Daily Avg.
Dec 652,901 21,061 511,218 16,490 00:08:29 14,818 478
Nov 1,351,179 45,039 720,838 24,027 00:08:49 2,422 80
Oct 1,522,100 49,100 722,202 23,296 00:09:36 23,834 768
Sep 1,245,910 41,530 585,553 19,518 00:09:23 7,458 248
Aug 577,102 18,616 346,820 11,187 00:08:38 9,623 310
July 583,366 18,818 333,106 10,745 00:07:35 7,290 235
June 318,803 10,626 234,733 7,824 00:11:32 3,526 117
May 361,431 11,659 287,761 9,282 00:08:39 5,970 192
Apr. 1,239,144 41,304 430,670 14,355 00:08:21 33,529 1,117
Mar. 1,244,141 40,133 398,411 12,851 00:08:53 26,334 849
Feb. 1,179,724 42,133 357,150 12,755 00:08:35 29,532 1,054
Jan. 900,542 29,049 385,938 12,449 00:09:05 20,352 656
Totals 11,176,343 369,068 5,314,400 174,779 01:28:28 184,688 6,104
Average 931,362 30,756 442,867 14,565 00:08:50 15,391 509
2005 RSS Hits (robots excluded)
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. News Sports Opinions Arts Scihealth
Dec 122,121 3,939 46,944 26,479 30,239 9,981 8,478
Nov 105,393 3,513 37,355 24,551 26,595 9,014 7,878
Oct 99,818 3,219 39,806 22,391 23,004 7,896 6,721
Sep 73,467 2,448 27,693 15,364 13,931 9,273 7,206
Aug 48,337 1,559 17,165 10,033 9,208 7,018 4,913
July 25,904 835 9,030 4,948 4,941 4,009 2,976
June
6/29 & 6/30 only		 171 85 43 34 34 30 30
Totals 475,211 15,598 178,036 103,800 107,952 47,221 38,202
Average 67,887 2,228 25,434 14,829 15,422 6,746 5,457
 
2004 (robots excluded)
  Page Views User Sessions PSU Sessions
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. Monthly Total Daily
Avg.		 Average Time Monthly Total Daily Avg.
Dec. 612,429 19,755 328,422 10,594 00:09:30 15,274 492
Nov. 948,490 31,616 395,012 13,167 00:09:11 24,764 825
Oct. 985,921 31,803 415,826 13,413 00:08:33 29,189 941
Sep. 1,145,532 38,184 391,913 13,063 00:08:34 26,836 894
Aug. 798,217 25,748 263,879 8,512 00:07:48 8,363 269
July 749,681 24,183 267,136 8,617 00:07:26 8,132 262
June 290,963 9,698 179,428 5,980 00:10:03 3,631 121
May 273,190 8,812 218,587 7,051 00:09:08 6,121 197
Apr. 1,038,632 34,621 453,069 15,102 00:08:22 32,794 1,093
Mar. 933,744 30,120 382,404 12,335 00:08:38 28,234 910
Feb. 1,039,157 35,833 413,417 14,255 00:09:11 32,879 1,133
Jan. 786,431 25,368 317,364 10,237 00:09:14 20,699 667
Totals 9,602,387 315,741 4,026,457 132,326 01:45:38 236,916 7,804
Average 800,198 26,311 335,538 11,027 00:08:48 19,743 650
 
2003 (robots excluded)
  Page Views User Sessions PSU Sessions
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. Monthly Total Daily
Avg.		 Average Time Monthly Total Daily Avg.
Dec. 1,019,006 32,871 323,084 10,422 00:09:35 21,152 682
Nov. 1,231,831 41,061 388,776 12,959 00:09:40 27,101 903
Oct. 1,421,335 45,849 430,226 13,878 00:09:33 29,082 938
Sept. 1,095,777 36,525 322,000 10,733 00:07:46 24,760 825
Aug. 372,775 12,025 216,293 6,977 00:08:18 6,965 232
July 616,492 19,886 278,822 8,994 00:07:43 9,690 312
June 223,544 7,451 150,410 5,013 00:14:47 3,216 107
May 354,433 11,433 204,735 6,604 00:09:34 5,895 196
Apr. 986,002 32,866 404,944 13,498 00:08:21 39,821 1,327
Mar. 703,340 22,688 282,937 9,127 00:07:51 21,438 691
Feb. 795,144 28,398 275,902 9,853 00:08:04 25,164 898
Jan. 605,613 19,535 236,715 7,635 00:08:21 16,470 531
Totals 9,425,292 310,588 3,514,844 115,693 01:27:03 230,754 7,642
Average 785,441 25,882 292,903 9,641 00:08:42 19,229 636
 
2002 (robots excluded)
  Page Views User Sessions PSU Sessions
Month Monthly Total Daily Avg. Monthly Total Daily
Avg.		 Average Time Monthly Total Daily Avg.
Dec. 493,064 15,905 229,893 7,415 00:08:15 14,900 480
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