The following screenshots are from Alexa.com. All data/information is based on 21 August 2016 ALEXA REPORT. For your information and inspiration.
STEEMIT POPULARITY
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In the last 3 months, Steemit.com has improved its rank by 731,479 positions in Global ranking.
VISITORS ENGAGEMENT
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Visitors and members has maintained the level of engagements with Steemit.com with a slight improvement on Daily PageView per visitor. This means that our members are more and more engaged with Steemit as days go by.
Daily Time on Site also made a slight improvement. Nevertheless, an improvement. This also means that members and visitors spend more time on the site browsing, reading, and engaging with activities like curating and posting blogs more each day.
COMPARATIVE PAGEVIEWS WITH OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
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As shown in the graphs based on a 3 month-period, Steemit.com has 350.00% increase in PageViews per user. Bounce rate reduced by 25% which means people have decided to stay for a longer period of time in steemit.com. Time visitors spend in the site also increased by 225%.
Reddit.com's PageViews per user increased only by 0.70%, Bounce rate increased by 3.00%, and Time On Site increased by only 1% in the period of 3 months.
Facebook and Medium's engagement metrics are all in the RED.
This clearly shows that Steemit.com has gained great audience and momentum in a very short period of time. And still gaining as of this writing.
HISTORICAL TRENDS AS COMPARED TO MORE POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
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The graph clearly shows that Steemit.com continues to rise each day as compared to other social media sites who have somehow reached the "plateau" of success.
TRAFFIC METRICS COMPARED TO POPULAR SOCIAL MEDIA SITES
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good analysis!
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Thanks! Hopefully we continue to grow everyday. Thanks for the upvote.
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I used Alexa a while ago after placing my once working website online. I like it, and good to see someone taking the time to post this. It is good to know where we are!
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Gotta keep that fire burning for our members. With all those negative publicity about Steemit, it;s good to be motivated and inspired everyday. Thanks for dropping by @codymac40
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