Looking back on 2018
Hiking South Africa is only one year old, but already we can see that the South African hiking community is alive, kicking, and growing at a healthy rate. Here are some stats from 2018.
Total Website Traffic
In 2018, Hiking South Africa had a total of 88,973 unique visitors from across the country, as well as a few thousand international visitors, resulting in 466,655 pageviews. We’re very excited to see an almost 50/50 gender split in our audience, with 53.4% female and 46.6% male.
Gender breakdown of Hiking South Africa visitors in 2018.
We posted a total of 134 articles in 2018, broken up into the following categories:
- News & Articles: 24
- Videos: 40
- Gear Reviews: 13
- Trails: 57
Community Forum
Our Community Forum now has 470 members, and in 2018, we saw 119 new topics discussed. As a free resource for South African hikers, we hope to see it being used even more in 2019.
Thanks for all your comments, input, and enthusiasm — and a special big thank you to those who submitted content for publishing!
All the best for 2019! Happy hiking and stay safe out there!