A presentation by Afrigator.com at the 27dinner in Cape Town which looks at the state of the African Blogosphere.

1. State of the Afrosphere.
Presentation for 27dinner CPT - 27/10.
by Justin Hartman, MD, Afrigator

2. Scanning the Blogosphere
426,671 blog posts indexed
Blog posts in 2007
• 77,447 in South Africa
• 68,803 in Africa
Blog posts in 2008
• 164,290 in South Africa
• 115,572 in Africa

3. 0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
Jun 07
Jul 07
Aug 07
Sep 07
Oct 07
Nov 07
Monthly Blog Posts
Dec 07
Jan 08
Feb 08
Mar 08
Apr 08
May 08
Jun 08
Jul 08
Aug 08
Sep 08
Oct 08

4. Blogs by Country
12.5%
1.9%
2.1%
South Africa
5.5%
Africa General
Kenya
Nigeria
Egypt
8.0%
Tanzania
Rest of Africa
58.9%
11.1%

5. 0
75
150
225
300
Jun 07
Jul 07
Aug 07
Sep 07
Oct 07
Nov 07
Monthly Blog Growth
Dec 07
Jan 08
Feb 08
Mar 08
Apr 08
May 08
Jun 08
Jul 08
Aug 08
Sep 08
Oct 08

6. Community Traffic
Total Page Views 91,090,763
Total Unique Users 42,300,453
Average Page Views
• 6,764,065 monthly
• 379,598 daily
Average Unique Visitors
• 3,142,637 monthly
• 125,203 daily

7. 0
1,250
2,500
3,750
5,000
Jun 07
Jul 07
Aug 07
Sep 07
Oct 07
Nov 07
Dec 07
Linklove between Blogs
Jan 08
Feb 08
Mar 08
Apr 08
May 08
Jun 08
Jul 08
Aug 08
Sep 08
Oct 08

8. Monthly Clicks Sent To Blogs (GatorLove)
600,000
Total = 5,803,780
Average = 320,118
450,000
300,000
150,000
0
Jun 07
Jul 07
Aug 07
Sep 07
Oct 07
Nov 07
Dec 07
Jan 08
Feb 08
Mar 08
Apr 08
May 08
Jun 08
Jul 08
Aug 08
Sep 08
Oct 08

9. 0
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
Nov 07
Dec 07
Jan 08
YouTube Videos
Feb 08
Mar 08
Apr 08
May 08
Jun 08
Jul 08
Aug 08
Sep 08
Oct 08

10. 0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
Nov 07
Dec 07
Jan 08
African News
Feb 08
Mar 08
Apr 08
May 08
Jun 08
Jul 08
Aug 08
Sep 08
Oct 08

11. Questions?
Thank you for your time
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Email - dudes@afrigator.com