Today, Gamesindustry.biz posted a chart which ranks gaming websites based on their unique visits and their total pageviews (from UK traffic). As usual, TheSixthAxis was overlooked and not included in the charts (subscription required to view that link). We’re not sure why we’re overlooked in these things but we’d like to be seen a little more so we’re going to talk a bit about it here.
Usually, we wouldn’t discuss our traffic figures so openly. We think that sort of information is best kept between advertisers and PR people while we concentrate on bringing you the best news coverage and opinion that we possibly can. Every now and then, though, it’s nice to show why we’re so proud of what we’ve built and why we’d like it if more people took a bit of notice.
So, We’ve worked out our own stats and added ourselves to the list. Keep in mind that these are based on UK traffic only (ours is less than 50% of our total now). Also keep in mind that any figures taken from an analytic service will obviously have a margin of error. Ours are probably not quite as accurate as the ComScore methods used by GI.biz for other sites but it gives us all an idea of where we sit.
I think it’s interesting to note that (I think) we would be the third largest UK-based site (GameSpot is the UK-branded pages of a US site) on the list, after Eurogamer and CVG. If that is accurate, it’s impressive given the gulf in financial and industry support between them and us.
As with any of these commissioned charts, I’d advise you take them with a pinch of salt. We would imagine that, although every effort will be made to ensure precision, there is a little vagary involved with returned results. We’d be surprised, for example, if VG247 weren’t counted so their absence from the chart is a little peculiar.
The list is in the format “SITENAME – Unique Visits; Total Visits” and is based solely on UK data.
- IGN.COM – 2.46 million; 8.21 million
- GAMESPOT.CO.UK – 2.17 million; 6.94 million
- GAMETRAILERS.COM – 604,000; 1.95 million
- GAMESRADAR.COM – 574,000; 1.43 million
- KOTAKU.COM – 569,000; 2.44 million
- JOYSTIQ.COM – 528,000; 1.93 million
- EUROGAMER.NET – 424,000; 2.04 million
- 1UP.COM – 353,000; 664,000
- C&VG – 343,000; 1.29 million
- ESCAPISTMAGAZINE – 309,000; 1.11 million
- PCGAMER.COM – 280,000; 606,000
- GAMESPY.COM – 243,000; 416,000
- GAMEFRONT.COM – 233,000; 470,000
- TEAMXBOX.COM – 194,000; 310,000
- GIANTBOMB.COM – 186,000; 401,000
- DESTRUCTOID.COM – 180,000; 522,000
- THESIXTHAXIS.COM – 157,159; 300,030
- QJ.NET – 147,000; Â 215,000
- GAMEOLOSOPHY.COM – 136,000; Â 195,000
- VIDEOGAMER.COM – 126,000; 168,000
- GAMERSHELL.COM – 123,000; 165,000
endlesscupsoftea
It’s called ‘the usual’ on my favourites on my phone! I read this site plus guardian gamesblog, plus the eu blog. This place though is where I generally lurk, and occasionally post! Keep up the top work guys :)
maccas09
Impressive, TSA is cult, nothing cooler than cult…
kevatron400
I’m a TSA evangelist. I canvass people in the shopping centre in town and throw TSA leaflets in their faces.
bunimomike
Peter… great stats. There are ways to improve being found and SEO is obviously hugely important. I’ve noticed that you could do with improving your meta tags on various pages for TSA. For example, when clicking on the Playstation link in the menu to the left, you still have MS tags and vice versa when clicking on Microsoft. Google prefers tailored SEO for each page. Obviously with so many pages, it’s best to concentrate on the major landing pages to the site. Nofi should be able to rectify within a couple of hours of effort. Also, look into using word tracker to make sure you’re using the right keywords in the first place.
gazzagb
I visit a few of those sites, but TSA is by far the best, especially with the Community!
Well done TSA!
Grey_Ghost13
Ever asked why TSA was so cruelly overlooked?