Inside LabourStart

Here are the totals with the last month in brackets:
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Mailing lists (with over 100 members)
English: 56.584 [56,950]
Norwegian: 2,759 [2,760]
French: 2,481 [2,462]
Spanish: 1,532 [1,614]
German: 839 [854]
Turkish: 689
Italian: 526
Russian: 493
Polish: 302
Portuguese: 252
Chinese: 243
Dutch: 234
Finnish: 178

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Social networks
UnionBook 2.0 – members: 3,593 [3,503]
Facebook –
Members of LabourStart group: 4,369 [4,332]
Like LabourStart.org page 962 [120]
Twitter – followers: 3,469 [3,269]
Union group on Flickr: 637 [635]
LinkedIn – members of LabourStart group: 334 [318]
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Website
Correspondents: 866 [865]
Unique visits to the site this month: 532,236 [509,194]
Page views this month: 1,245,761 [1,291,153]
Popular language home pages (last month in brackets):
* English 49,471 [45,959]
Our web host (1&1 Internet) no longer provides details beyond the 30 most popular pages, and none of the other language pages are in this category.

Here are the totals with the changes since the end of last month in brackets:

Mailing lists – subscribers: 72,403 [+1,620]
LabourStart’s English language mailing list: 60,240  [+1,322]

Unique visits to the site this month: 540,582 (-11,153)
Page views this month: 1,527,540 (-409,670)

Popular language home pages (last month in brackets):

* English 44,183 (41,748)
* French 5,084 (4,676)
* Norwegian 5,033 (6,768)
* Finnish 2,121 (2,069)
* Russian 1,851 (1,605)
* Polish 2,016 (1.833)
* Dutch 1,523 (1,280)

UnionBook 2.0 – members: 3,094  [+289]
Facebook – members of LabourStart group: 4,150  [+220]
Twitter – followers: 2,912 2,790 [+122]
Correspondents: 844 [+16]
Union group on Flickr: 595 [+2]
LinkedIn – members of LabourStart group: 276 [+39]

Some highlights from the mailing lists — the other large groups are:

Norwegian 2,743  [+19]
French 2,385 [+37]
Spanish 1,288  [+21]
German 846 [+6]
Italian 532  [+3]
Turkish 515  [+25]
Russian 495 [+9]
Polish 303 [+1]
Chinese 244 [+1]
Portuguese 242 [+4]
Dutch 236 [+3]
Swedish 225 [-2]
Danish 160 [+1]

Here are the totals with the changes since the end of last month in brackets:

Mailing lists – subscribers: 70,783 [+111]
LabourStart’s English language mailing list: 58,918 [-86]

N.B. As I was away from 12.12 through 31.12, the mailing lists have not been updated with participants from our most recent campaigns, nor those who voted in the Labour Photo of the Year competition. These additional numbers will be reflected at the end of January in next month’s report.

Unique visits to the site this month: 551,735 (-1,415)
Page views this month: 1,937,210 (+481,370)

Popular language home pages (last month in brackets):

* English 41,748 (47,870)
* Norwegian 6,768 (6,959)
* French 4,676 (4,583)
* Finnish 2,069 (2,456)
* Russian 1,605 (2,125)
* Polish 1.833 (1,838)
* Dutch 1,280 (1,414)
* Italian 843 (1,122)

UnionBook 2.0 – members: 2,805 [+322]
Facebook – members of LabourStart group: 3,930 [+43]
Twitter – followers: 2,790 [+103]
Correspondents: 828 [+3]
Union group on Flickr: 593 [+1]
LinkedIn – members of LabourStart group: 237 [no change]

Some highlights from the mailing lists — the other large groups are:

Norwegian 2,724 [-7]
French 2,348 [-1]
Spanish 1,267 [-1]
German 840 [+36]
Italian 529 [-2]
Russian 486 [no change]
Turkish 490 [+5]
Polish 302 [no change]
Portuguese 238 [no change]
Chinese 243 [no change]
Dutch 233 [+1]
Swedish 227 [-1]
Danish 159 [no change]

Here are the totals with the changes since the end of last month in brackets:

Mailing lists – subscribers: 70,672 [+628]
LabourStart’s English language mailing list: 59,004  [+353]

Unique visits to the site this month: 553,150 (-5,254)
Page views this month: 1,455,840 (+37,612)

Popular language home pages (new this month):

• English 47,870
• Norwegian 6,959
• French 4,583
• Finnish 2,456
• Russian 2,125
• Polish 1,838
• Dutch 1,414
• Italian 1,122

UnionBook 2.0 – members: 2,483 [+401]
Facebook – members of LabourStart group: 3,887  [+73]
Twitter – followers: 2,687 [+81]
Correspondents: 825 [+10]
Union group on Flickr: 592 [+9]
LinkedIn – members of LabourStart group: 237 [+35]

Some highlights from the mailing lists — the other large groups are:

Norwegian 2,731 [+6]
French 2,349 [+83]
Spanish 1,268 [+9]
German 804 [+1]
Italian 531 [+9]
Russian 486 [+8]
Turkish 485 [+10]
Polish 302 [-2]
Portuguese 238 [+1]
Chinese 243 [+7]
Dutch 232 [no change]
Swedish 228 [-1]
Danish 159 [-2]

Here are the totals with the changes since the end of last month in brackets:

Mailing lists – subscribers: 70,044 [+1,350]
LabourStart’s English language mailing list: 58,651 [+740]

Unique visits to the site this month: 558,404
Page views this month: 1,418,228

UnionBook 2.0 – members: 2,082 [+290]
Facebook – members of LabourStart group: 3,814 [+145]
Twitter – followers: 2,606 [+80]
Correspondents: 815 [+3]
Union group on Flickr: 583 [+9]
LinkedIn – members of LabourStart group: 202 [+1]

Some highlights from the mailing lists — the other large groups are:

Norwegian 2,725 [+9]
French 2,266 [+98]
Spanish 1,259 [+48]
German 803 [+2]
Italian 522 [+4]
Russian 478 [+33]
Turkish 475 [+22]
Polish 304 [-1]
Portuguese 237 [-1]
Chinese 236 [+53]
Dutch 232 [-1]
Swedish 229 [-1]
Danish 161 [-1]

August is supposed to be a quiet month.  In Europe and elsewhere, schools are closed, trade union headquarters shut down, people go off on vacation.  I was even away for the first two weeks of the month.  And still LabourStart grew — with big gains for our mailing lists, increased traffic to the website, and the very rapid growth over just two weeks of the new version of UnionBook.

Here are the totals with the changes since the end of July in brackets:

• Mailing lists – subscribers: 68,857 [+1,023]
• LabourStart’s English language mailing list: 57,950 [+167]
• Absolute unique visitors according to Google: 30,153 [+2,055]
• UnionBook – members: 4,959 [+180]
• UnionBook 2.0 – members: 1,192 [+1,192]
• Facebook – members of LabourStart group: 3,612 [+100]
• Twitter – followers: 2,414 [+125]
• Correspondents: 803 [+6]
• Union group on Flickr: 564 [+2]
• LinkedIn – members of LabourStart group: 199 [+9]

Some highlights from the mailing lists — the other large groups are:

• Norwegian 2,716 [+17]
• French 2,162 [+54]
• Spanish 1,209  [+21]
• German 798 [+3]
• Italian 518 [+3]
• Russian 441 [+12]
• Turkish 435 [+60]
• Polish 304 [+1]
• Portuguese 238 [+1]
• Dutch 230 [+5]
• Swedish 229 [+1]
• Chinese 181 [+12]
• Danish 162 [no change]