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II. Unique Visitors by Month, Quarter, and Year

I. Annual Traffic Stats – Last 10 years

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	TOTALS (2004-2019)
USERS	6,060,232	9,832,598	15,775,324	16,626,661	20,314,432	23,396,504	27,873,970	25,054,421	23,674,905	19,788,626	213,010,544
PAGEVIEWS	16,904,113	20,749,501	33,795,697	32,274,934	39,226,731	46,188,630	61,792,600	50,557,613	48,892,545	42,982,940	454,729,097

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
2020	1,661,110	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	–	–	–	—	1,661,110
2019	1,930,647	2,190,808	2,436,553	6,558,008	2,408,707	2,089,299	887,108	5,385,114	691,041	777,012	1,385,723	2,853,776	1,804,176	1,783,285	1,404,267	4,991,728	19,788,626
2018	2,230,957	2,645,093	2,858,546	7,734,596	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	2,192,629	1,582,529	5,904,534	23,674,905
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	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
TOTAL PAGEVIEWS BY YEAR	16,904,113	20,749,501	33,795,697	32,274,934	39,226,731	46,188,630	61,792,600	50,557,613	48,892,545	42,982,940
% Increase (or decrease) over Prior Year	24%	23%	63%	-5%	22%	18%	19%	-18%	-3%	-12%
	2,809,316	3,507,853	5,105,572	5,496,763	6,225,252	7,663,313	9,298,080	10,527,727	11,919,615	13,097,440
1. 2008 Election [Dec. 12, 2007] [archived Jan. 19, 2009]	191,358	182,690	228,867	74,836	50,256	47,720	62,674	38,844	26,637	17,071
2. 2012 Election [Oct. 24, 2011] [archived Jan. 22, 2013]	–	248,629	5,331,100	493,365	351,261	365,057	357,816	132,216	62,193	35,814
3. 2016 Election [Nov. 3, 2015] [archived Jan. 21, 2017]	–	–	–	–	–	222,866	13,502,374	651,974	274,214	162,747
4. 2020 Election [Aug. 29, 2019]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	252,830
5. Abortion [Apr. 21, 2010]	63,319	226,530	574,602	846,436	1,038,967	1,046,049	1,203,846	1,448,242	1,627,085	1,954,417
6. ACLU [July 12, 2004]	339,712	288,212	303,789	251,179	244,299	324,618	294,733	361,526	317,925	208,714
7. Alternative Energy [Mar. 2, 2009]	182,049	271,545	332,588	299,271	394,343	540,495	474,509	518,683	393,518	335,654
8. Animal Testing [Oct. 22, 2013]	–	–	–	86,408	947,899	1,474,669	1,752,416	1,844,073	2,002,716	1,641,621
9. Big Three Auto [Dec. 3, 2008] [archived May, 15, 2009]	29,055	26,133	25,733	14,932	16,729	18,705	17,596	12,937	6,500	5,452
10. Born Gay [July 12, 2004]	353,859	312,450	348,667	258,175	283,566	428,463	407,203	514,608	413,953	314,822
11. Cell Phones [Sep. 24, 2009]	68,368	113,005	146,884	193,231	404,464	563,556	517,287	487,657	438,264	264,230
12. Churches and Taxes [Nov. 11, 2011]	–	5,576	51,687	72,494	93,559	124,411	129,160	120,918	87,322	77,584
13. Climate Change [June 15, 2010]	18,815	56,322	122,047	133,927	202,171	337,411	466,157	751,064	527,511	612,209
14. Clinton [Oct.18, 2010]	4,711	18,699	61,841	67,529	68,171	96,614	170,019	107,185	69,045	46,688
15. College Education [Sep. 30, 2013]	–	–	–	64,328	307,473	517,837	602,283	641,667	609,576	543,107
16. College Football [Nov. 20, 2009] [archived Sep. 19, 2012]	41,347	80,563	103,876	82,402	90,054	98,755	87,126	46,921	23,267	20,743
17. Concealed Guns [Mar. 31, 2010]	38,141	117,652	218,651	255,380	356,242	397,735	269,942	250,854	231,850	171,027
18. Corporate Tax Rate & Jobs [Dec. 13, 2012]	–	–	2,697	27,886	34,516	38,804	60,975	66,147	39,887	36,228
19. Cuba Embargo [Dec. 20, 2012]	–	–	998	115,281	151,643	219,219	150,271	207,059	83,599	55,893
20. D.A.R.E [Feb. 18, 2010] [archived June 22, 2017]	44,366	57,979	70,396	82,500	108,390	142,205	142,196	115,855	41,204	32,864
21. Death Penalty [July 31, 2008]	1,365,900	1,704,208	2,310,308	2,738,476	2,963,184	3,500,008	3,315,636	3,430,422	3,340,328	2,715,699
22. Drinking Age [July 29, 2009]	483,982	771,514	1,071,745	1,357,435	1,665,960	1,847,107	1,978,358	1,891,116	1,662,058	1,159,157
23. Drones [Dec. 19, 2013]	–	–	–	1,457	189,187	293,561	235,366	209,608	130,867	80,129
24. Euthanasia [Jan. 8, 2007]	1,397,340	1,380,648	1,544,794	1,809,326	2,301,613	2,344,867	2,061,278	1,918,361	1,739,286	1,209,392
25. Felon Voting [May 1, 2007]	204,472	202,554	518,273	311,372	400,508	416,759	712,330	405,671	434,603	402,231
26. 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	801,328	591,182
27. Gold Standard [Dec. 31, 2012]	–	–	236	33,939	45,555	65,592	69,957	57,227	39,090	35,143
28. Golf [May 24, 2012]	–	–	24,666	65,188	81,002	106,807	107,982	114,979	115,678	100,455
29. Gun Control [June 19, 2015]	–	–	–	–	–	545,290	2,101,938	2,222,235	3,242,940	2,253,454
30. Illegal Immigration [Nov. 26, 2007]	950,537	896,779	1,016,722	1,002,166	1,163,931	1,518,481	1,740,347	2,143,108	1,630,914	1,387,252
31. Insider Trading by Congress [May 30, 2008] [archived Apr. 18, 2012]	53,433	77,890	100,066	40,872	26,637	35,083	33,276	23,023	12,377	9,298
32. Israeli – Palestinian Conflict [July 12, 2004]	729,807	784,798	803,719	522,958	580,452	678,719	591,067	736,375	601,642	390,767
33. Local Elections [Oct. 7, 2014]	–	–	–	–	15,225	6,574	6,748	1,435	717	792
34. Medical Marijuana [July 12, 2004]	4,104,726	4,158,569	5,409,859	5,730,508	6,803,091	5,684,092	4,645,581	4,056,265	2,661,755	1,381,288
35. Milk [Sep. 28, 2008]	375,385	406,819	496,169	453,441	502,126	686,403	739,004	803,739	774,627	579,945
36. Minimum Wage [Mar. 31, 2016]	–	–	–	–	–	–	551,943	899,316	701,574	542,951
37. Obamacare [Sep. 2, 2010]	91,026	302,673	587,052	477,188	283,400	208,932	205,164	215,028	101,092	71,248
38. Obesity [Dec. 28, 2009]	63,524	104,427	151,426	168,162	190,638	250,337	246,791	286,348	252,678	220,356
39. OTC Birth Control Pills [Feb. 21, 2019]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	112,840
40. Prescription Drug Ads [June 8, 2009]	37,261	54,551	54,291	56,897	130,288	188,022	210,937	201,314	202,429	165,048
41. Prostitution [May 14, 2007]	1,185,051	1,409,034	1,679,769	1,529,576	1,438,332	1,381,245	1,132,796	1,026,387	904,417	828,501
42. Reagan [Oct. 18, 2010]	6,068	29,149	68,657	67,057	80,523	146,762	296,734	348,367	200,071	188,722
43. Recreational Marijuana [Feb. 13, 2018]	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,168,546	727,473
44. Right to Health Care [Sep. 18, 2009]	114,971	176,006	264,979	196,549	194,142	283,460	368,313	530,613	438,365	506,131
45. School Uniforms [Sep. 10, 2014]	–	–	–	–	213,980	1,392,112	2,014,619	2,045,991	2,026,633	1,596,301
46. Social Networking [Oct. 14, 2009]	148,761	495,421	702,026	874,099	941,226	1,065,101	975,429	1,012,671	1,122,141	909,972
47. Social Security [Nov. 24, 2009]	49,980	92,181	89,199	64,581	69,734	78,246	117,989	73,871	54,601	37,265
48. Sports and Drugs [Dec. 29, 2008]	293,119	383,612	564,958	620,488	649,396	902,520	991,543	755,402	559,061	415,249
49. Standardized Tests [June 22, 2011]	–	68,608	332,923	520,187	605,757	895,214	773,339	717,392	623,092	588,447
50. Tablets vs. Textbooks [Nov. 20, 2012]	–	–	38,217	358,989	470,189	571,842	570,942	575,414	482,993	377,375
51. Teacher Tenure [Jan. 13, 2011]	–	86,964	121,075	103,182	124,916	119,529	103,667	112,979	77,941	54,151
52. Under God in the Pledge [July 12, 2004]	264,531	303,217	386,136	331,956	336,910	570,799	527,131	479,856	428,456	284,071
53. US – Iraq War [July 12, 2004] [archived Dec. 31, 2011]	409,807	357,851	287,326	166,644	160,780	256,129	226,276	180,412	129,665	74,678
54. 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	1,473,208	1,808,978
55. Vegetarianism [Apr. 21, 2011]	–	63,990	193,050	304,206	420,901	444,643	489,684	490,091	400,017	363,542
56. 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	1,100,747	885,425
57. Voting Machines [May 23, 2006]	57,271	51,114	70,469	55,048	49,523	52,011	108,826	58,295	52,498	29,911
58. WTC Muslim Center [Oct. 5, 2010] [archived June 3, 2013]	27,212	34,843	32,051	22,088	24,744	30,679	19,076	13,615	8,229	6,841
TOTAL PAGEVIEWS BY YEAR	16,904,113	20,749,501	33,795,697	32,274,934	39,226,731	46,188,630	61,792,600	50,557,613	48,892,545	42,982,940
% Increase (or decrease) over Prior Year	24%	23%	63%	-5%	22%	18%	19%	-18%	-3%	-12%
Site	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019

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.”