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  1. YachtForums, Jan 15, 2023
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    Back in 2007 thru 2012, we had many days when the number of viewers online was 3000 to 4000 a minute. When the televised news media began promoting Facebook circa 2013, we saw our traffic fall but over the past couple of years it has rebounded. Several other forum webmasters have also noted substantial increases in traffic. Today we had over 7000 viewers online (Sunday, January 15th 2023). There is evidence pointing to a migration away from big tech platforms.

    Below is a screen shot of "Who's Online", which can be seen at the bottom of our main index page...

    https://www.yachtforums.com/superyacht/

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  2. Yacht News, Jan 16, 2023
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    It went to as high as around 7,070 last night at some point.
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    This morning I checked 'who's online' and we currently have 10,800 visitors roaming the forums. For June 2024, we've been averaging about 40,000 to 50,000 visitors a day. July & August are typically the highest traffic months so we're off to a good start this summer...

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    In 2023, 7009 online was a record....recently this is now normal... i've been seeing over 10,000 online quite regularly.
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    Screen shots of our cPanel; July 2024...

    Visitors: 1,570,609
    Pages: 8,126,914

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    Off to a good start in 2025, over 11,000 people online today...

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    This afternoon we had nearly 14,000 people online...!

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  8. YachtForums, Jan 14, 2025
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    December 2024 was a record off-season month -

    Visitors: 1,144,234
    Page Views: 6,171,702

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  9. gr8trn, Jan 14, 2025
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    For reference, here is the data from a popular long time small sailboat forum that is considered one of the leading small cruising sailboat forums.
    Most users ever online was 48,681, 18-10-2024 at 17:50.

    Congrats @YachtForums.
  10. YachtForums, Jan 15, 2025
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    There are many forums that drive big traffic; mostly automotive and recreational transportation forums. Motoryachts are a much more niche sector.

    This morning we have a little over 10,000 people online. We've been averaging 50,000 to 80,000 visitors every day for the first 2 weeks of January...!

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    January 2025 is shaping up to be the biggest month in our 22 year history. January 1st to 27th...

    Visitors: 1,486,389
    Page Views: 6,331,165

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    The final tally for the month of January 2025...

    Total Visitors: 1,725,941
    Total Pages Viewed: 8,007,370

    We averaged 55,000 to 84,000 daily visitors.

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  13. YachtForums, Aug 14, 2025
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    In January 2025 we recorded the highest number of visitors we've ever had in the marine "off-season". August is almost always our peak month for traffic. This past Sunday we had over 10,000 people online and today, just over 11,000. I'm not sure if August will be a record month, but given the niche nature of motoryachts I think it's reasonable to say YF is driving the bulk of big boat traffic on the internet...

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  14. YachtForums, Aug 14, 2025
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    July 2025 wasn't too shabby at 1.25 million visitors...

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