Wikipedia:WikiProject Objectivism/Traffic analysis
The table below summarizes the average monthly traffic for pages related to WikiProject Objectivism. See notes below the table for further information.
Traffic table edit
| Title | Avg | % Total | Cuml % | Rank | M | Adj Avg | Adj % Total | Adj Cuml % | Adj Rank | Importance | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayn Rand | 147,824 | 25.91% | 25.9% | 1 | 147,824 | 30.63% | 30.6% | 1 | Top | GA | |
| Atlas Shrugged | 100,400 | 17.60% | 43.5% | 2 | 100,400 | 20.80% | 51.4% | 2 | Top | C | |
| Objectivism (Ayn Rand) | 61,260 | 10.74% | 54.2% | 3 | 61,260 | 12.69% | 64.1% | 3 | Top | B | |
| The Fountainhead | 51,763 | 9.07% | 63.3% | 4 | 51,763 | 10.73% | 74.9% | 4 | Top | C | |
| Alan Greenspan | 40,165 | 7.04% | 70.4% | 5 | Y | Mid | B | ||||
| John Galt | 31,372 | 5.50% | 75.9% | 6 | 31,372 | 6.50% | 81.4% | 5 | High | Start | |
| Question (comics) | 23,402 | 4.10% | 80.0% | 7 | Y | Low | B | ||||
| Anthem (novella) | 12,321 | 2.16% | 82.1% | 8 | 12,321 | 2.55% | 83.9% | 6 | High | C | |
| Murray Rothbard | 10,867 | 1.90% | 84.0% | 9 | Y | Mid | GA | ||||
| List of Atlas Shrugged characters | 6,625 | 1.16% | 85.2% | 10 | 6,625 | 1.37% | 85.3% | 7 | Mid | List | |
| The Fountainhead (film) | 6,012 | 1.05% | 86.2% | 11 | 6,012 | 1.25% | 86.5% | 8 | Unknown | Stub | |
| Nathaniel Branden | 5,879 | 1.03% | 87.3% | 12 | 5,879 | 1.22% | 87.7% | 9 | High | C | |
| Mr. A | 5,856 | 1.03% | 88.3% | 13 | Y | Low | Start | ||||
| Objectivist movement | 4,669 | 0.82% | 89.1% | 14 | 4,669 | 0.97% | 88.7% | 10 | Top | B | |
| We the Living | 4,273 | 0.75% | 89.9% | 15 | 4,273 | 0.89% | 89.6% | 11 | High | Start | |
| Law of identity | 3,408 | 0.60% | 90.5% | 16 | Y | Low | Stub | ||||
| Leonard Peikoff | 3,348 | 0.59% | 91.1% | 17 | 3,348 | 0.69% | 90.3% | 12 | High | Start | |
| Libertarianism and Objectivism | 3,004 | 0.53% | 91.6% | 18 | 3,004 | 0.62% | 90.9% | 13 | High | C | |
| The Virtue of Selfishness | 2,600 | 0.46% | 92.0% | 19 | 2,600 | 0.54% | 91.5% | 14 | High | Stub | |
| Objectivist Party | 2,459 | 0.43% | 92.5% | 20 | 2,459 | 0.51% | 92.0% | 15 | Low | Stub | |
| Ayn Rand Institute | 2,404 | 0.42% | 92.9% | 21 | 2,404 | 0.50% | 92.5% | 16 | High | Start | |
| Romantic realism | 2,396 | 0.42% | 93.3% | 22 | 2,396 | 0.50% | 93.0% | 17 | Top | Start | |
| Frank R. Wallace | 2,210 | 0.39% | 93.7% | 23 | Y | Low | Start | ||||
| The Girl Who Owned a City | 1,982 | 0.35% | 94.0% | 24 | Y | Low | Start | ||||
| The Passion of Ayn Rand (film) | 1,698 | 0.30% | 94.3% | 25 | 1,698 | 0.35% | 93.3% | 18 | Mid | Stub | |
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | 1,309 | 0.23% | 94.6% | 26 | 1,309 | 0.27% | 93.6% | 19 | High | Stub | |
| Randian hero | 1,299 | 0.23% | 94.8% | 27 | 1,299 | 0.27% | 93.8% | 20 | Low | Start | |
| Night of January 16th | 1,268 | 0.22% | 95.0% | 28 | 1,268 | 0.26% | 94.1% | 21 | Mid | Start | |
| Barbara Branden | 1,263 | 0.22% | 95.2% | 29 | 1,263 | 0.26% | 94.4% | 22 | Mid | Start | |
| David Kelley | 1,255 | 0.22% | 95.5% | 30 | 1,255 | 0.26% | 94.6% | 23 | Mid | Start | |
| Objectivism and homosexuality | 1,241 | 0.22% | 95.7% | 31 | 1,241 | 0.26% | 94.9% | 24 | Mid | Start | |
| Yaron Brook | 1,204 | 0.21% | 95.9% | 32 | 1,204 | 0.25% | 95.1% | 25 | Mid | Start | |
| Bibliography for Ayn Rand and Objectivism | 1,028 | 0.18% | 96.1% | 33 | 1,028 | 0.21% | 95.4% | 26 | High | List | |
| The Passion of Ayn Rand | 996 | 0.17% | 96.2% | 34 | 996 | 0.21% | 95.6% | 27 | Mid | Start | |
| List of locations in Atlas Shrugged | 959 | 0.17% | 96.4% | 35 | 959 | 0.20% | 95.8% | 28 | Low | List | |
| Edwin A. Locke | 878 | 0.15% | 96.6% | 36 | 878 | 0.18% | 95.9% | 29 | Low | Start | |
| Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology | 800 | 0.14% | 96.7% | 37 | 800 | 0.17% | 96.1% | 30 | High | Start | |
| Andrew Bernstein | 763 | 0.13% | 96.8% | 38 | 763 | 0.16% | 96.3% | 31 | Mid | Stub | |
| The Atlas Society | 757 | 0.13% | 97.0% | 39 | 757 | 0.16% | 96.4% | 32 | High | Start | |
| Tibor R. Machan | 711 | 0.12% | 97.1% | 40 | 711 | 0.15% | 96.6% | 33 | Mid | Start | |
| Libertarianz | 679 | 0.12% | 97.2% | 41 | 679 | 0.14% | 96.7% | 34 | Low | Start | |
| Nathaniel Branden Institute | 638 | 0.11% | 97.3% | 42 | 638 | 0.13% | 96.8% | 35 | Mid | Start | |
| Goddess of the Market | 619 | 0.11% | 97.4% | 43 | 619 | 0.13% | 97.0% | 36 | Mid | Start | |
| The Romantic Manifesto | 601 | 0.11% | 97.5% | 44 | 601 | 0.12% | 97.1% | 37 | Mid | Stub | |
| Harry Binswanger | 588 | 0.10% | 97.6% | 45 | 588 | 0.12% | 97.2% | 38 | Mid | Start | |
| Letters of Ayn Rand | 585 | 0.10% | 97.7% | 46 | 585 | 0.12% | 97.3% | 39 | Mid | C | |
| Atlas Shrugged (film) | 573 | 0.10% | 97.8% | 47 | 573 | 0.12% | 97.5% | 40 | Unknown | Start | |
| Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life | 564 | 0.10% | 97.9% | 48 | 564 | 0.12% | 97.6% | 41 | Mid | Start | |
| Objectivist theory of value | 543 | 0.10% | 98.0% | 49 | 543 | 0.11% | 97.7% | 42 | Top | Start | |
| Red Pawn | 516 | 0.09% | 98.1% | 50 | 516 | 0.11% | 97.8% | 43 | Mid | Start | |
| The Art of Fiction | 505 | 0.09% | 98.2% | 51 | 505 | 0.10% | 97.9% | 44 | Mid | Stub | |
| For the New Intellectual | 499 | 0.09% | 98.3% | 52 | 499 | 0.10% | 98.0% | 45 | High | Stub | |
| Freedom Party of Ontario | 496 | 0.09% | 98.4% | 53 | 496 | 0.10% | 98.1% | 46 | Low | Start | |
| The Voice of Reason | 446 | 0.08% | 98.5% | 54 | 446 | 0.09% | 98.2% | 47 | Mid | Stub | |
| Category:Objectivists | 407 | 0.07% | 98.5% | 55 | 407 | 0.08% | 98.3% | 48 | NA | NA | |
| Objectivist periodicals | 406 | 0.07% | 98.6% | 56 | 406 | 0.08% | 98.4% | 49 | Mid | C | |
| Ayn Rand and the World She Made | 379 | 0.07% | 98.7% | 57 | 379 | 0.08% | 98.4% | 50 | Mid | Start | |
| Chris Matthew Sciabarra | 335 | 0.06% | 98.7% | 58 | 335 | 0.07% | 98.5% | 51 | Mid | C | |
| Philosophy: Who Needs It | 321 | 0.06% | 98.8% | 59 | 321 | 0.07% | 98.6% | 52 | High | Stub | |
| Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand | 319 | 0.06% | 98.9% | 60 | 319 | 0.07% | 98.6% | 53 | High | Stub | |
| Robert Hessen | 301 | 0.05% | 98.9% | 61 | 301 | 0.06% | 98.7% | 54 | Low | Start | |
| The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution | 290 | 0.05% | 99.0% | 62 | 290 | 0.06% | 98.8% | 55 | High | Stub | |
| Mozart Was a Red | 285 | 0.05% | 99.0% | 63 | 285 | 0.06% | 98.8% | 56 | Low | Start | |
| Edith Efron | 277 | 0.05% | 99.1% | 64 | 277 | 0.06% | 98.9% | 57 | Low | Stub | |
| Alex Epstein | 275 | 0.05% | 99.1% | 65 | 275 | 0.06% | 98.9% | 58 | Deleted | Deleted | |
| Freedom Party of Canada | 260 | 0.05% | 99.1% | 66 | 260 | 0.05% | 99.0% | 59 | Low | Start | |
| Objectivist movement in India | 260 | 0.05% | 99.2% | 67 | 260 | 0.05% | 99.0% | 60 | Mid | Start | |
| Peter Schwartz (writer) | 259 | 0.05% | 99.2% | 68 | 259 | 0.05% | 99.1% | 61 | Low | Start | |
| Journals of Ayn Rand | 258 | 0.05% | 99.3% | 69 | 258 | 0.05% | 99.2% | 62 | Mid | B | |
| Category:Objectivist organizations | 249 | 0.04% | 99.3% | 70 | 249 | 0.05% | 99.2% | 63 | NA | NA | |
| Ayn Rand: The Russian Radicall | 245 | 0.04% | 99.4% | 71 | 245 | 0.05% | 99.3% | 64 | Mid | C | |
| Lindsay Perigo | 228 | 0.04% | 99.4% | 72 | 228 | 0.05% | 99.3% | 65 | Low | Start | |
| Category:Objectivism scholars | 227 | 0.04% | 99.5% | 73 | 227 | 0.05% | 99.4% | 66 | NA | NA | |
| Journal of Ayn Rand Studies | 221 | 0.04% | 99.5% | 74 | 221 | 0.05% | 99.4% | 67 | Mid | C | |
| The Early Ayn Rand | 206 | 0.04% | 99.5% | 75 | 206 | 0.04% | 99.4% | 68 | Mid | Stub | |
| James G. Lennox | 204 | 0.04% | 99.6% | 76 | 204 | 0.04% | 99.5% | 69 | Low | Stub | |
| Robert Bidinotto | 201 | 0.04% | 99.6% | 77 | 201 | 0.04% | 99.5% | 70 | Mid | Start | |
| Mimi Reisel Gladstein | 195 | 0.03% | 99.6% | 78 | 195 | 0.04% | 99.6% | 71 | Low | Start | |
| Paul McKeever | 189 | 0.03% | 99.7% | 79 | 189 | 0.04% | 99.6% | 72 | Low | Start | |
| Robert Mayhew (philosopher) | 166 | 0.03% | 99.7% | 80 | 166 | 0.03% | 99.6% | 73 | Deleted | Deleted | |
| Category:Objectivism | 159 | 0.03% | 99.7% | 81 | 159 | 0.03% | 99.7% | 74 | NA | NA | |
| Jeff Britting | 159 | 0.03% | 99.7% | 82 | 159 | 0.03% | 99.7% | 75 | Low | Stub | |
| Erika Holzer | 148 | 0.03% | 99.8% | 83 | 148 | 0.03% | 99.7% | 76 | Low | Start | |
| Fred Miller (philosopher) | 143 | 0.03% | 99.8% | 84 | 143 | 0.03% | 99.8% | 77 | Low | Stub | |
| Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand | 140 | 0.02% | 99.8% | 85 | 140 | 0.03% | 99.8% | 78 | Low | Stub | |
| On Ayn Rand | 131 | 0.02% | 99.8% | 86 | 131 | 0.03% | 99.8% | 79 | Low | C | |
| Category:Critics of Objectivism | 117 | 0.02% | 99.9% | 87 | 117 | 0.02% | 99.8% | 80 | NA | NA | |
| Ergo (newspaper) | 110 | 0.02% | 99.9% | 88 | 110 | 0.02% | 99.9% | 81 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Category:Objectivist philosophy | 85 | 0.01% | 99.9% | 89 | 85 | 0.02% | 99.9% | 82 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Former Objectivists | 81 | 0.01% | 99.9% | 90 | 81 | 0.02% | 99.9% | 83 | NA | NA | |
| Book:Ayn Rand | 81 | 0.01% | 99.9% | 91 | 81 | 0.02% | 99.9% | 84 | Mid | Book | |
| Category:Books by Ayn Rand | 80 | 0.01% | 99.9% | 92 | 80 | 0.02% | 99.9% | 85 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Novels by Ayn Rand | 80 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 93 | 80 | 0.02% | 100.0% | 86 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Characters in Atlas Shrugged | 58 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 94 | 58 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 87 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Objectivist publications | 47 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 95 | 47 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 88 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Neo-Objectivists | 45 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 96 | 45 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 89 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Works by Ayn Rand | 32 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 97 | 32 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 90 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Ayn Rand characters | 30 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 98 | 30 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 91 | NA | NA | |
| Category:Plays by Ayn Rand | 26 | 0.00% | 100.0% | 99 | 26 | 0.01% | 100.0% | 92 | NA | NA |
Averages are based on data from the Wikipedia page view statistics at stats.grok.se for the months from May 2009 to July 2010. The collection of data by this service is sometimes spotty, so the absolute numbers of page views should not be taken as definitive. However, the inconsistencies in data collection should not significantly change the relative volumes for the project's pages.
Data was collected for articles, categories, books and portals associated with the project, based on the presence of a project banner on the associated talk page. Data was not collected for traffic to talk pages, templates or other pages.
The 'M' column indicates "marginal" pages for the project's traffic analysis: pages where it is likely that most of their traffic has nothing to do with the subject's relationship to Objectivism. Pages flagged as marginal are excluded from the "adjusted" values shown in the last four columns.
Project assessment information (Importance and Quality) are as of September 24, 2010.
Pages that were previously associated with the project but deleted or disassociated prior to the start of data collection (in May 2010) are not included. Pages that were deleted after data was collected for them are included.
Additional details, including the monthly numbers for each article, can be obtained from RL0919 (talk · contribs), who performed the data collection and initial analysis.
Analysis edit
Traffic concentration edit
Although there are 99 pages in the analysis, the traffic is concentrated in a small number of articles:
- Top 10 = 85.2%
- Top 10 adjusted = 88.7%
- Top 20 = 92.5%
- Top 20 adjusted = 93.8%
Because of this concentration of traffic, the project could improve the experience of the vast majority of its readers by improving a relatively small subset of articles.
Importance vs. traffic edit
Most of the importance rankings seem reasonable in comparison to the pages' traffic, with some exceptions. Leaving aside the "marginal" articles, most of the top 20 traffic pages are assessed as Top or High importance. The most glaring exception is The Fountainhead (film), which has no importance assessment for the project despite being the eighth-ranked for adjusted traffic. Similarly, most Top-importance pages are in the adjusted top 20 for traffic. The clear exception here is Objectivist theory of value, which is middle of the pack in terms of page views. Although there is no necessary relationship between traffic and importance, some of the "mismatches" between the two may deserve re-assessment.
Quality vs. traffic edit
With no FAs, two GAs and five B-class articles, the project's articles are mostly of lower-end assessed quality. On the positive side, the higher-quality articles are concentrated on the high end for traffic, with the highest traffic article (Ayn Rand) assessed as GA. Unfortunately, the second highest traffic article (Atlas Shrugged) is C-quality, as are three other articles in the adjusted top 10 for traffic. Move past the top 10 and the assessments are quickly dominated by the Start and Stub class ratings that are common for the project. The bottom of the traffic rankings are mostly pages without quality assessments (categories, pages delete during the analysis, etc.). Only one article below the adjusted top 10 for traffic manages to pull a B-class quality assessment (Journals of Ayn Rand).