Traffic to ProCon.org
websites as measured in
(click term to see definition): |
Unique Visitors
|
Sessions
|
Pageviews
|
Hits
|
2012 |
15,775,324 |
23,876,829 |
59,476,191 |
774,615,748 |
%-increase |
60.4% |
65.6% |
69.1% |
47.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
2011 |
9,832,598 |
14,419,041 |
35,176,768 |
524,574,855 |
2010 |
6,060,232 |
10,322,703 |
26,712,712 |
304,898,256 |
2009 |
3,826,323 |
6,523,545 |
19,106,103 |
178,496,731 |
2008 |
2,536,017 |
5,447,287 |
21,519,926 |
131,893,048 |
2007 |
2,085,857 |
3,554,575 |
17,598,598 |
47,136,448 |
2006 |
1,280,755 |
2,182,575 |
16,295,493 |
22,063,420 |
2005 |
890,548 |
1,517,612 |
5,216,248 |
41,031,751 |
2004 |
295,637 |
503,805 |
1,731,650 |
13,621,410 |
TOTALS |
42,583,292 |
68,347,972 |
217,144,000 |
2,038,331,667 |
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Source: /traffic/#II..
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- Below is a site-by-site breakdown of our traffic from 2004 to 2012 in sessions.
A session is any 30-minute or less period of time in which an individual IP address accesses one or more files from one ProCon.org website. This definition of a “session” comes from Urchin (now owned by Google) – the main software program used to track our website traffic.
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(Alphabetical order with parent site first)
[Launch date] |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
TOTALS BY YEAR
|
503,805 |
1,517,612 |
2,182,575 |
3,554,575 |
5,447,287 |
6,523,545 |
10,322,703 |
14,419,041 |
23,876,829 |
% Increase Over Previous Year |
– |
201% |
44% |
63% |
53% |
20% |
58% |
40% |
66% |
Parent Site |
|
|
 |
ProCon.org
[July 12, 2004] |
61,360 |
65,923 |
222,011 |
347,241 |
799,756 |
1,123,591 |
1,551,406 |
1,987,984 |
3,104,293 |
Issue Sites |
|
1. |
 |
2008 Election
[Dec. 12, 2007]
[Archived – no longer updated] |
– |
– |
– |
22,353 |
914,622 |
195,896 |
259,142 |
252,178 |
311,170 |
2. |
 |
2012 Election
[Oct. 24, 2011] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
121,585 |
1,872,804 |
3. |
 |
Abortion
[Apr. 21, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
55,986 |
177,009 |
446,205 |
4. |
 |
ACLU
[July 12, 2004] |
30,397 |
51,170 |
183,536 |
348,068 |
279,171 |
289,788 |
319,260 |
340,633 |
384,116 |
5. |
 |
Alternative Energy
[Mar. 2, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
94,253 |
144,065 |
241,112 |
321,297 |
6. |
 |
Big Three Auto
[Dec. 3, 2008]
[Archived – no longer updated] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
18,708 |
57,137 |
59,855 |
65,805 |
65,863 |
7. |
 |
Born Gay
[July, 12, 2004] |
68,284 |
111,991 |
170,610 |
265,303 |
187,608 |
204,392 |
265,690 |
291,835 |
355,657 |
8. |
 |
Cell Phones
[Sep. 24, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
20,665 |
70,700 |
108,497 |
149,902 |
9. |
 |
Churches and Taxes
[Nov. 11, 2011] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6,558 |
57,924 |
10. |
 |
Climate Change
[June 15, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
23,580 |
64,207 |
139,819 |
11. |
 |
Clinton
[Oct. 18, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
6,048 |
30,729 |
79,949 |
12. |
 |
College Football
[Nov. 20, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
4,727 |
47,754 |
83,458 |
127,859 |
13. |
 |
Concealed Guns
[Mar. 31, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
38,665 |
103,152 |
198,604 |
14. |
 |
Corporate Tax Rate & Jobs
[Dec. 13, 2012] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2,649 |
15. |
 |
Cuba Embargo
[Dec. 20, 2012] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1,732 |
16. |
 |
D.A.R.E
[Feb. 18, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
48,773 |
67,186 |
85,621 |
17. |
 |
Death Penalty
[July 31, 2008] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
70,093 |
370,199 |
566,639 |
946,297 |
1,387,191 |
18. |
 |
Drinking Age
[July 29, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
75,397 |
388,280 |
569,320 |
845,468 |
19. |
 |
Euthanasia
[Jan 8, 2007] |
– |
– |
– |
285,313 |
378,781 |
488,950 |
630,292 |
767,043 |
936,014 |
20. |
 |
Felon Voting
[May 1, 2007] |
– |
– |
– |
41,596 |
148,905 |
114,725 |
170,030 |
205,664 |
510,911 |
21. |
 |
Gay Marriage
[Sep. 16, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
27,572 |
251,205 |
919,015 |
22. |
 |
Gold Standard
[Dec. 31, 2012] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
265 |
23. |
 |
Golf
[May 24, 2012] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
30,499 |
24. |
 |
Obamacare / Health Care Laws
[Sep. 2, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
41,863 |
216,904 |
443,465 |
25. |
 |
Illegal Immigration
[Nov. 26, 2007] |
– |
– |
– |
15,465 |
220,988 |
275,825 |
479,988 |
516,749 |
661,251 |
26. |
 |
Insider Trading by Congress
[May 30, 2008] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
25,690 |
73,188 |
83,513 |
116,630 |
169,609 |
27. |
 |
Isreali – Palestinian Conflict
[July 12, 2004] |
45,168 |
275,957 |
446,958 |
477,342 |
377,412 |
414,209 |
428,128 |
490,897 |
615,544 |
28. |
 |
Medical Marijuana
[July 12, 2004] |
179,040 |
481,500 |
618,002 |
774,851 |
758,062 |
1,217,054 |
2,162,474 |
2,650,962 |
3,935,385 |
29. |
 |
Milk
[Sep. 28, 2008] |
– |
– |
– |
29,427 |
164,066 |
181,617 |
238,392 |
337,299 |
453,952 |
30. |
 |
Nuclear Power
[July 12, 2004]
[Archived – no longer updated] |
4,022 |
15,232 |
32,627 |
41,658 |
50,625 |
54,915 |
61,488 |
81,302 |
49,697 |
31. |
 |
Obesity
[Dec. 28, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
496 |
67,866 |
99,181 |
149,437 |
32. |
 |
Prescription Drug Ads
[June 8, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
18,647 |
47,030 |
70,492 |
85,801 |
33. |
 |
Prostitution
[May 14, 2007] |
– |
– |
– |
151,660 |
440,317 |
481,055 |
610,499 |
756,271 |
987,539 |
34. |
 |
Reagan
[Oct. 18, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
8,409 |
44,231 |
92,907 |
35. |
 |
Right to Health Care
[Sep. 18, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
32,695 |
117,871 |
173,570 |
311,210 |
36. |
 |
Rose Bird
[July 12, 2004]
[Archived – no longer updated] |
3,708 |
9,668 |
12,862 |
16,346 |
19,234 |
22,782 |
26,491 |
33,499 |
26,516 |
37. |
 |
Social Networking
[Oct. 14, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
19,432 |
128,602 |
382,692 |
587,513 |
38. |
 |
Social Security
[Nov. 24, 2009]
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3,496 |
49,989 |
85,336 |
100,442 |
39. |
 |
Sports and Drugs
[Dec. 29, 2008] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
460 |
139,332 |
204,846 |
301,629 |
539,759 |
40. |
 |
Standardized Tests
[June 22, 2011] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
49,778 |
244,849 |
41. |
 |
Tablets vs. Textbooks
[Nov. 20, 2012] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
24,610 |
42. |
 |
Teacher Tenure
[Jan. 13, 2011] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
82,648 |
124,503 |
43. |
 |
Under God in the Pledge
[July 12, 2004] |
29,924 |
158,720 |
149,094 |
249,351 |
190,326 |
183,063 |
218,676 |
289,904 |
448,915 |
44. |
 |
US – Iraq War
[July 12, 2004] |
81,902 |
347,451 |
315,873 |
401,776 |
298,451 |
281,812 |
324,083 |
331,341 |
336,451 |
45. |
 |
Vaccines for Kids
[Jan. 18, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
60,928 |
110,564 |
212,619 |
46. |
 |
Vegetarianism
[Apr. 21, 2011] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
60,643 |
208,124 |
47. |
 |
Video Games and Violence
[Dec. 9, 2009] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
2,800 |
152,209 |
320,981 |
554,559 |
48. |
 |
Voting Machines
[May 23, 2006] |
– |
– |
31,002 |
86,825 |
104,012 |
81,407 |
117,552 |
99,066 |
130,180 |
49. |
 |
WTC Muslim Center
[Oct. 5, 2010] |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
18,069 |
35,015 |
47,165 |
TOTALS BY YEAR
|
503,805 |
1,517,612 |
2,182,575 |
3,554,575 |
5,447,287 |
6,523,545 |
10,322,703 |
14,419,041 |
23,876,829 |
% Increase Over Previous Year |
– |
201% |
44% |
63% |
53% |
20% |
58% |
40% |
66% |
(Alphabetical order with parent site first)
[Launch date] |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
|
|