7000 followers – Thank you!!

YESTERDAY we clicked over 7,000 followers on our Facebook page!

Not bad for a town of 5,000 and reflects the breath of our audience from down the road, interstate and overseas.

We are constantly surprised by how many people are logging on to learn about what is happening in our little town!

Some of the statistics may surprise you too:

• Since launching in January 2016 there have been more than 420,000 visitors!
• There have been 9 million page views!
• We’ve had visitors from 157 countries!
• The top 10 countries are: the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the Philippines, Canada, India, Ireland, Norway, Peru and Germany.
• 81% of our readers are return visitors.
• There is an average of 1,500 visitors to our page each day.
• On Facebook our top 10 locations are from: Scone, Sydney, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Singleton, Aberdeen, Merriwa, Tamworth, Brisbane and Murrurundi.

We are consistently the leading news site, not just in Scone, but across the Upper Hunter area. See the Facebook engagement comparison (people reading, liking and sharing stories) in pink below:

A snap shot of Facebook statistics from yesterday, showing the last seven days.

Thank you for supporting scone.com.au by logging on, following and sharing. We’d love to redevelop the site, make it easier to load and develop more ideas, so if you have a business and would like to reach our incredible audience, we’d love to hear from you: news@scone.com.au or 0414 552 474.