GIGAZINE access analysis results for October 2024

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Announcement 1: The number of members on GIGAZINE's Discord server has exceeded 5,900. We're just a little bit away from clearing the application requirements for the 'Partner Program,' which offers benefits such as a free Discord subscription, 'Nitro.' All we need to do is have more than 50 people talk per week on the Discord server, so we ask for your cooperation!

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Announcement 2: We have published the second episode of the full-color free manga 'Let me make it! Ejima-san' currently being serialized on GIGAZINE. The synopsis of the second episode is as follows.

Aya Ejima, a member of a game club at an art university, is troubled by a source of worry. Kaidou, a junior in the club, does not hide his feelings for Ejima, but continues to create a love game in which Ejima is the heroine. Sometimes, it even includes erotic events and mini-games...
Ejima doesn't like Kaido, who only dotes on the in-game 'Ejima-san,' so she tries every trick in the book to get him to notice her real self.
You'd think that a first date between a man who wants to turn the woman of his dreams into a game versus a woman who wants the attention of others to be on her, not on the game, couldn't possibly go well...

You can read the full story below.

[Free Manga] 'Let me make it! Ejima-san' Episode 2 'He's always looking at the game screen instead of me...' The first date event begins! How will the two people who can't be honest with each other react?

Announcement 3: We will be publishing year-end and New Year gift articles as usual in December 2024. If you could answer the questionnaire when applying for the gift, it would be very helpful for us to understand our readership and to use it as a reference for what we will do in the future!

Announcement No. 4: Ad revenue is declining year by year, which is a serious problem. If you could send me various items from my Amazon wish list, that would be very helpful...!

So, below are some useful data to help you advertise on GIGAZINE .

◆October 2024
Number of access requests: 164.82 million
Page views: 37.02 million (down 190,000)
Number of unique users: 15.73 million (down 2.03 million)
Transfer volume: 13.326TB
*Measurements taken by Cloudflare.

Of the total transfer volume, images and other multimedia files accounted for approximately 10.762TB, while HTML, RSS, etc. accounted for approximately 2.564TB.

In addition, the number of articles created in October 2024 was 627.

Next, the top 10 most popular articles in October 2024. These are the results of an analysis using Google Analytics.

1. A Russian court fines Google $2 trillion for blocking Russian state-run media on YouTube for several years.

2nd place: Steam makes it clear in the shopping cart that users do not acquire the game itself, only the right to use the game, in response to California's new law

3rd place: YouTube's 'ad skip button' finally disappears

No. 4: Are umami seasonings really bad for your health?

5. Google has a database of 25 million scanned books, including out-of-print books, that are lying dormant and unread.

6th place: Immediately after it was reported that TSMC's semiconductors were being used in Huawei's AI chips, TSMC stopped shipping to the Chinese company SOPHGO, raising the possibility that SOPHGO was acting as an intermediary to manufacture semiconductors.

7th place: It is pointed out that slow internet speeds are often caused by bandwidth and latency

8. YouTube issues statement saying 'We have not removed the skip button'

9th place:A planet similar to 'Earth 8 billion years from now, if it hadn't been swallowed by the sun' is discovered 4,000 light years away

10th place: Sony loses case ruling that game 'cheat tools' are not copyright infringement

Next, the 10 least popular articles in October 2024. These are also the results of an analysis using Google Analytics.

1st place: The US government opens an official Reddit account, first posting information about support for hurricane-hit areas

2nd place: Establishment of the Appeals Centre Europe, an independent body for fair and speedy dispute resolution regarding Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube

3. LinkedIn fined $510 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission for not complying with GDPR when processing data for targeted advertising

4th place: TikTok and Meta are being fined 80 billion yen by a consumer rights group for failing to protect minors

5. Stripe acquires stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.65 billion

6. Antitrust lawsuit against Amazon moves forward as court allows FTC to continue pursuit

7. Reddit implements policy changes to stifle community protests, requiring users to submit requests when switching large subreddits to public settings

8. Google DeepMind and biotech company BioNTech are each developing an 'AI lab assistant'

9. Threads expands the time limit for users to edit posts from 5 to 15 minutes, and users who connect their accounts to the Fediverse can now see who is following them and liking their posts.

10. Meta reportedly developing its own AI-powered search engine

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Next, the top 10 YouTube views in October 2024 are as follows:

No.1
Animated movie 'Lord of the Rings: Battle of Rohan' Japanese version trailer [Released on December 27, 2024]-YouTube

No.2
PETA protests seal hunting in body paint - YouTube

No.3
< Anti-rape condom 'Rape-aXe' - YouTube

No.4
Sea Shepherd's Ady Gil sinks - YouTube

No.5
Coperni's performance 'Create a dress just by spraying a naked woman' - YouTube

No.6
Comparison of bust sway when nude and wearing a bra - YouTube

No.7
How to boot PlayStation 5 into safe mode - YouTube

No.8
We experienced the acceleration force of 3.75G of Fuji-Q Highland's 'Do-Dodonpa' which reaches 180km/h in 1.56 seconds at a press test drive event - YouTube

No.9
When you type with Logitech's wireless mechanical keyboard 'MX Mechanical (brown axis)' it looks like this - YouTube

No.10
A movie of a piggy bank with a funny face 'FACE BANK' in action - YouTube


So, next we will look at the trends of GIGAZINE readers by browser they use, as follows.

1st place: Chrome : 52.72% (up 0.96%)
2nd place: Safari : 29.96% (0.79% decrease)
3rd place: Edge : 6.33% (0.71% increase)
4th place: Safari (in-app) : 4.06% (0.88% decrease)
5. Firefox : 3.23% (up 0.32%)
6th place: Android Webview : 2.43% (0.31% decrease)
7th place: Samsung Internet : 0.31% (0.02% decrease)
8. Opera : 0.24% (no change)
9th place: Mozilla Compatible Agent : 0.09% (0.05% increase)
10th place: YaBrowser : 0.01% (no change)

Next, the top 10 sites that linked to GIGAZINE and brought the most traffic to GIGAZINE are as follows. Search engines are excluded.

1st place: X (1st place last month)
2nd place: Google News (2nd place last month)
3rd place: Hatena Bookmark (3rd place last month)
4th place: SmartNews (5th place last month)
5th place: Facebook (4th place last month)
6th place: Global stock prices (6th place last month)
7th place: Livedoor News (8th place last month)
8th place: BlueSky (out of the running)
9th place: Feedly (9th place last month)
10th place: Togetter (7th last month)

Next, the top 10 phrases that led to searches on GIGAZINE are as follows.

1st place: gigazine
2nd place: iPhone SE 4th generation
3rd place: Shopping cart
4th place: iPad mini 7
5th place: Apple
6th place: max mini
7th place: Alps Photos 46tb
8th place: macbook pro m4
9th place: Voynich Manuscript
10th place: Intel

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