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II. Unique Visitors by Month, Quarter, and Year

I. Annual Traffic Stats - Last 10 years (updated monthly)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018 (Jan. 1-Oct. 31)	TOTALS (2004-present)
USERS	3,188,526	3,826,232	6,060,232	9,832,598	15,775,324	16,626,661	20,314,432	23,396,504	27,873,970	25,054,421	19,899,747	189,446,760
PAGEVIEWS	10,881,409	13,669,681	16,904,113	20,749,501	33,795,697	32,274,934	39,226,731	46,188,630	61,792,600	50,557,613	40,598,269	403,451,881
HITS	131,893,048	178,496,731	304,898,256	524,574,855	774,615,748	700,705,450	874,434,769	1,363,026,471	1,823,499,626	1,491,955,158	1,197,648,936	11,905,819,776

II. Users (formerly Unique Visitors) by Month, Quarter, and Year - Metrics since we started on July 12, 2004

Year	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Q1	Apr.	May	June	Q2	July	Aug.	Sep.	Q3	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Q4	Total
2018	2,230,957	2,645,093	2,858,546	7,734,569	2,705,480	2,313,968	1,249,991	6,269,439	1,025,018	1,062,567	1,678,751	3,766,336	2,129,376	-	-	-	19,899,747
2017	2,445,319	2,682,131	2,936,153	8,063,603	2,501,421	2,344,501	1,239,363	6,085,285	1,036,903	1,098,253	1,800,293	3,935,449	2,400,998	2,658,937	1,910,149	6,970,084	25,054,421
2016	2,121,957	2,647,774	2,838,370	7,608,101	2,751,655	2,303,125	1,248,145	6,302,925	1,126,290	1,259,332	2,251,496	4,637,118	3,414,481	3,926,604	1,984,741	9,325,826	27,873,970
2015	2,145,345	2,410,845	2,627,255	7,183,445	2,571,121	2,095,541	1,321,160	5,987,822	1,076,657	1,028,597	1,626,933	3,732,187	2,223,312	2,456,303	1,813,435	6,493,050	23,396,504
2014	1,799,221	1,877,471	2,117,568	5,794,260	2,123,440	1,839,749	1,060,688	5,023,877	1,029,196	873,690	1,396,112	3,298,998	2,022,167	2,421,619	1,753,511	6,197,297	20,314,432
2013	1,402,474	1,493,305	1,609,304	4,505,083	1,748,024	1,404,674	783,505	3,936,203	749,041	812,012	1,268,897	2,829,950	1,840,444	1,971,175	1,543,806	5,355,425	16,626,661
2012	1,094,009	1,341,928	1,372,540	3,808,477	1,419,123	1,201,406	711,255	3,331,784	677,807	707,576	1,267,227	2,652,610	2,240,454	2,399,096	1,342,903	5,982,453	15,775,324
2011	650,654	800,412	964,474	2,415,540	929,889	857,710	470,894	2,258,493	445,478	457,463	792,994	1,695,935	1,132,775	1,380,131	949,724	3,462,630	9,832,598
2010	438,194	511,518	652,502	1,602,214	629,981	508,055	315,254	1,453,290	293,348	287,781	454,518	1,035,647	638,092	785,814	545,175	1,969,081	6,060,232
2009	220,716	273,654	332,108	826,478	363,180	314,672	193,559	871,411	226,516	172,019	285,504	684,039	479,705	552,137	412,462	1,444,304	3,826,232
2008	183,930	228,045	276,757	688,732	302,650	262,227	161,299	726,176	188,763	143,349	237,920	570,032	399,754	460,114	343,718	1,203,586	3,188,526
2007	120,216	149,049	180,887	450,152	197,810	171,390	105,424	474,624	123,375	93,692	155,503	372,570	261,277	300,728	224,653	786,658	2,084,004
2006	73,752	91,441	110,973	276,166	121,356	105,147	64,677	291,180	75,690	57,480	95,401	228,571	160,293	184,496	137,824	482,613	1,278,530
2005	51,217	63,501	77,065	191,783	84,275	73,019	44,915	202,209	52,563	39,917	66,251	158,731	111,314	128,122	95,711	335,147	887,870
2004	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47,015	35,704	59,258	141,977	99,566	114,599	85,609	299,774	441,751

III. Pageviews by Website and Year [Launch Date]

Site	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
TOTAL PAGEVIEWS BY YEAR	10,881,409	13,669,681	16,904,113	20,749,501	33,795,697	32,274,934	39,226,731	46,188,630	61,792,600	50,557,613
% Increase (or decrease) over Prior Year	97%	26%	24%	23%	63%	-5%	22%	18%	19%	-18%
	1,695,119	2,034,143	2,809,316	3,507,853	5,105,572	5,496,763	6,225,252	7,663,313	9,298,080	10,527,727
1. 2008 Election [Dec. 12, 2007]	910,332	193,717 archived 01/19	191,358	182,690	228,867	74,836	50,256	47,720	62,674	38,844
2. 2012 Election [Oct. 24, 2011]	-	-	-	248,629	5,331,100	493,365 archived 01/22	351,261	365,057	357,816	132,216
3. 2016 Election [Nov. 3, 2015]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	222,866	13,502,374	651,974 archived 01/21
4. Abortion [Apr. 21, 2010]	-	-	63,319	226,530	574,602	846,436	1,038,967	1,046,049	1,203,846	1,448,242
5. ACLU [July 12, 2004]	325,224	390,269	339,712	288,212	303,789	251,179	244,299	324,618	294,733	361,526
6. Alternative Energy [Mar. 2, 2009]	-	173,747	182,049	271,545	332,588	299,271	394,343	540,495	474,509	518,683
7. Animal Testing [Oct. 22, 2013]	-	-	-	-	-	86,408	947,899	1,474,669	1,752,416	1,844,073
8. Big Three Auto [Dec. 3, 2008]	10,157	52,895 archived 05/15	29,055	26,133	25,733	14,932	16,729	18,705	17,596	12,937
9. Born Gay [July 12, 2004]	340,498	408,597	353,859	312,450	348,667	258,175	283,566	428,463	407,203	514,608
10. Cell Phones [Sep. 24, 2009]	-	21,260	68,368	113,005	146,884	193,231	404,464	563,556	517,287	487,657
11. Churches and Taxes [Nov. 11, 2011]	-	-	-	5,576	51,687	72,494	93,559	124,411	129,160	120,918
12. Climate Change [June 15, 2010]	-	-	18,815	56,322	122,047	133,927	202,171	337,411	466,157	751,064
13. Clinton [Oct.18, 2010]	-	-	4,711	18,699	61,841	67,529	68,171	96,614	170,019	107,185
14. College Education [Sep. 30, 2013]	-	-	-	-	-	64,328	307,473	517,837	602,283	641,667
15. College Football [Nov. 20, 2009]	-	4,478	41,347	80,563	103,876 archived 09/18	82,402	90,054	98,755	87,126	46,921
16. Concealed Guns [Mar. 31, 2010]	-	-	38,141	117,652	218,651	255,380	356,242	397,735	269,942	250,854
17. Corporate Tax Rate & Jobs [Dec. 13, 2012]	-	-	-	-	2,697	27,886	34,516	38,804	60,975	66,147
18. Cuba Embargo [Dec. 20, 2012]	-	-	-	-	998	115,281	151,643	219,219	150,271	207,059
19. D.A.R.E [Feb. 18, 2010]	-	-	44,366	57,979	70,396	82,500	108,390	142,205	142,196	115,855 archived 06/22
20. Death Penalty [July 31, 2008]	438,078	1,178,926	1,365,900	1,704,208	2,310,308	2,738,476	2,963,184	3,500,008	3,315,636	3,430,422
21. Drinking Age [July 29, 2009]	-	84,827	483,982	771,514	1,071,745	1,357,435	1,665,960	1,847,107	1,978,358	1,891,116
22. Drones [Dec. 19, 2013]	-	-	-	-	-	1,457	189,187	293,561	235,366	209,608
23. Euthanasia [Jan. 8, 2007]	1,271,215	1,525,458	1,397,340	1,380,648	1,544,794	1,809,326	2,301,613	2,344,867	2,061,278	1,918,361
24. Felon Voting [May 1, 2007]	158,087	189,704	204,472	202,554	518,273	311,372	400,508	416,759	712,330	405,671
25. Gay Marriage [Sep. 16, 2010]	-	-	36,629	291,234	1,076,112	2,127,946	3,162,468	2,437,944	1,093,462	950,009
26. Gold Standard [Dec. 31, 2012]	-	-	-	-	236	33,939	45,555	65,592	69,957	57,227
27. Golf [May 24, 2012]	-	-	-	-	24,666	65,188	81,002	106,807	107,982	114,979
28. Gun Control [June 19, 2015]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	545,290	2,101,938	2,222,235
29. Illegal Immigration [Nov. 26, 2007]	692,070	830,484	950,537	896,779	1,016,722	1,002,166	1,163,931	1,518,481	1,740,347	2,143,108
30. Insider Trading by Congress [May 30, 2008]	32,299	61,929	53,433	77,890	100,066 archived 04/18	40,872	26,637	35,083	33,276	23,023
31. Israeli - Palestinian Conflict [July 12, 2004]	777,032	932,438	729,807	784,798	803,719	522,958	580,452	678,719	591,067	736,375
32. Local Elections [Oct. 7, 2014]	-	-	-	-	-	-	15,225	6,574	6,748	1,435
33. Medical Marijuana [July 12, 2004]	2,402,520	2,883,024	4,104,726	4,158,569	5,409,859	5,730,508	6,803,091	5,684,092	4,645,581	4,056,265
34. Milk [Sep. 28, 2008]	121,413	382,535	375,385	406,819	496,169	453,441	502,126	686,403	739,004	803,739
35. Minimum Wage [Mar. 31, 2016]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	551,943	899,316
36. Obamacare [Sep. 2, 2010]	-	-	91,026	302,673	587,052	477,188	283,400	208,932	205,164	215,028
37. Obesity [Dec. 28, 2009]	-	408	63,524	104,427	151,426	168,162	190,638	250,337	246,791	286,348
38. Prescription Drug Ads [June 8, 2009]	-	15,560	37,261	54,551	54,291	56,897	130,288	188,022	210,937	201,314
39. Prostitution [May 14, 2007]	906,705	1,088,046	1,185,051	1,409,034	1,679,769	1,529,576	1,438,332	1,381,245	1,132,796	1,026,387
40. Reagan [Oct. 18, 2010]	-	-	6,068	29,149	68,657	67,057	80,523	146,762	296,734	348,367
41. Recreational Marijuana [Feb. 13, 2018]	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42. Right to Health Care [Sep. 18, 2009]	-	34,689	114,971	176,006	264,979	196,549	194,142	283,460	368,313	530,613
43. School Uniforms [Sep. 10, 2014]	-	-	-	-	-	-	213,980	1,392,112	2,014,619	2,045,991
44. Social Networking [Oct. 14, 2009]	-	19,431	148,761	495,421	702,026	874,099	941,226	1,065,101	975,429	1,012,671
45. Social Security [Nov. 24, 2009]	-	2,132	49,980	92,181	89,199	64,581	69,734	78,246	117,989	73,871
46. Sports and Drugs [Dec. 29, 2008]	1,085	263,841	293,119	383,612	564,958	620,488	649,396	902,520	991,543	755,402
47. Standardized Tests [June 22, 2011]	-	-	-	68,608	332,923	520,187	605,757	895,214	773,339	717,392
48. Tablets vs. Textbooks [Nov. 20, 2012]	-	-	-	-	38,217	358,989	470,189	571,842	570,942	575,414
49. Teacher Tenure [Jan. 13, 2011]	-	-	-	86,964	121,075	103,182	124,916	119,529	103,667	112,979
50. Under God in the Pledge [July 12, 2004]	260,456	312,547	264,531	303,217	386,136	331,956	336,910	570,799	527,131	479,856
51. US - Iraq War [July 12, 2004]	400,754	480,905	409,807	357,851 archived 12/31	287,326	166,644	160,780	256,129	226,276	180,412
52. Vaccines for Kids [Jan. 18, 2010]	-	-	46,508	101,814	209,177	281,757	518,560	1,318,332	1,260,947	1,555,167
53. Vegetarianism [Apr. 21, 2011]	-	-	-	63,990	193,050	304,206	420,901	444,643	489,684	490,091
54. Video Games and Violence [Dec. 9, 2009]	-	-	148,878	348,160	527,988	899,866	1,052,598	1,196,926	1,201,461	1,136,370
55. Voting Machines [May 23, 2006]	77,018	60,074	57,271	51,114	70,469	55,048	49,523	52,011	108,826	58,295
56. WTC Muslim Center [Oct. 5, 2010]	-	-	27,212	34,843	32,051	22,088 archived 06/03	24,744	30,679	19,076	13,615
TOTAL PAGEVIEWS BY YEAR	10,881,409	13,669,681	16,904,113	20,749,501	33,795,697	32,274,934	39,226,731	46,188,630	61,792,600	50,557,613
% Increase (or decrease) over Prior Year	97%	26%	24%	23%	63%	-5%	22%	18%	19%	-18%
Site	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017

IV. Definitions and Notes

"Users." Google replaced the term "unique visitors” with "users" on Apr. 16, 2014 and said the terms mean the same thing. "Unique visitors" (aka "users") are defined by Google Analytics as (as of June 27, 2013): "Unique Visitors represents the number of unduplicated (counted only once) visitors to your website over the course of a specified time period. A Unique Visitor is determined using cookies." ProCon.org determines unique visitors each month then adds all the monthly data together for the year's total.
"Pageviews" are defined by Google Analytics as (as of Jan. 19, 2018): "Pageviews is the total number of pages viewed. Repeated views of a single page are counted."
"Hits" are defined by Google Analytics as (as of May 16, 2012): "A request to the web server for a file. This can be an HTML page, an image (jpeg, gif, png, etc.), a sound clip, a cgi script, and many other file types. An HTML page can account for several hits: the page itself, each image on the page, and any embedded sound or video clips. Therefore, the number of hits a website receives is not a valid popularity gauge, but rather is an indication of server use and loading."

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