Orleans Hub pageviews topped 8 million in 2023

Photos by Tom Rivers: Firefighters put out a fire on the back side of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lyndonville on Feb. 28, 2023. The fire caused extensive damage to the site, and the Diocese of Buffalo had the building demolished in early November. The church was built in 1917 as a mission church under St. Mary’s in Medina. It was one of several tragic events in Orleans County in 2023.

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 2 January 2024 at 10:35 am

3,515 articles were posted in past year

Orleans Hub marked its 10th anniversary in 2023, a year when the news site again topped 8 million pageviews. We posted 3,515 articles in the past year.

The Orleans Hub totaled 8,198,018 pageviews last year, an average of 22,460 a day. That is down slightly from the 8,352,422 in 2022. Our record is 10,932,597 in 2020, the year that Covid dominated the news. During the height of Covid there were frequent updates on closings and restrictions.

The Hub averaged 8,458 daily users or unique visitors throughout 2023, which was up slightly from the 8,452 in 2022. The year 2020 was our record with a daily average of 9,956.

The most-viewed articles are typically stories about crime and tragedy. There were some exceptions last year with the opening of a gun and outdoors store in Medina and a letter to the editor from local pastors about a drag queen show in Albion.

Here are the 15 most-viewed articles in 2023:

1. Medina man, 19, killed in car accident on Countyhouse Road in Albion

2. Kent man, 23, killed in car accident after hitting utility pole in Ridgeway

3. Albion man, 27, killed in car accident after hitting tree on 104 in Murray

4. Sheriff’s Office releases name of man killed in car accident Saturday in Murray

5. Albion man, 32, killed in car accident in Barre on Sunday

 6. Lockport father kills son, then himself in murder-suicide in Carlton

7. 2 people killed in car accident in Clarendon on 31A

8. 2 killed when small airplane crashes near Townline Road in Carlton/Yates

9. Albion native killed in helicopter crash on Saturday in Pa.

10. Medina family opens gun and outdoors business on North Main Street

11. Clergy members ask organizer to cancel drag queen performance Oct. 1 in Albion

12. Kendall school district mourns loss of beloved elementary teacher

13. Fire this morning at Frank’s Auto

14. Barre woman charged with assault after allegedly stabbing boyfriend

15. Police make arrests after 7-hour search in Albion when trio flees from stolen car

These kids head down the slide at the Orleans County 4-H Fair on July 26. Orleans Hub works every day to try to connect people to community news, posting about 4,000 articles a year. While tragic events tend to be the most-viewed articles, many of the news articles show people having fun in the county at festivals, fairs and other community events.

Here are the stats on pageviews and daily users in the years since the Orleans Hub started on April 1, 2013.

  • 2023: 8,198,018 – average daily unique visitors: 8,458
  • 2022: 8,352,422 – average daily unique visitors: 8,452
  • 2021: 9,853,855 – average daily unique visitors: 9,195
  • 2020: 10,932,597 – average daily unique visitors: 9,956
  • 2019: 9,556,253 – average daily unique visitors: 8,529
  • 2018: 8,467,818 – average daily unique visitors: 7,463
  • 2017: 8,553,605 – average daily unique visitors: 7,884
  • 2016: 8,334,946 – average daily unique visitors: 7,112
  • 2015: 7,811,345 – average daily unique visitors: 6,739
  • 2014: 5,267,498 – average daily unique visitors: 4,700
  • 2013: 1,697,887 – average daily unique visitors: 2,100 (went live April 1)

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