Today (7th February 2009) the forum is 3 years old and it seems like only yesterday when I first created the forum. The forum is now the busiest and fastest growing transport forum in Yorkshire according to our data which is available to view 24/7 and Alexa. Our website is following the forums trend and growing in popularity by the week. Our current busiest sections of our websites are Fleetlists and Traffic. These statistics are listed below the forum statistics.

Here are the statistics for the forum from when we launched:

Here are the statistics for the website from when we launched:

In 2008 the total recorded number of visitors to our forum and website were as follows,

January - 12377

February - 11634

March - 13195

April - 11622

May - 12027

June - 11311

July - 10563

August - 10681

September - 11083

October - 13187

November - 13294

December - 13709

In 2007 the total recorded number of visitors to our forum and website were as follows,

January - 6237

February - 7346

March - 6645

April - 7390

May - 9001

June - 9370

July - 7857

August - 7685

September - 8443

October - 8843

November - 9615

December - 6642

In 2006 the total recorded number of visitors to our forum and website were as follows,

February - 863

March - 941

April - 2435

May - 3956

June - 5003

July - 4546

August - 7546

September - 9635

October - 7328

November - 7014

December - 6923

So far in 2009 (as of 7th February 2009) the total recorded number of visitors to our forum and website were as follows,

January - 13,225

February - 7663

We would like to take this chance to again thank all of the users for their input over the last 3 years and in helping make the forum to what it is today, especially those who have posted information that just can't be found anywhere else online. With these statistics and the fantastic user base spread across the county along with the UK in general the forum has really done well over the last 3 years and as my saying goes "a forum is what it's members make of it." It is also interesting to see that the forum is now split with a 1/3 of members on average being employees of the transport industry either in South Yorkshire or the UK, a 1/3 being transport enthusiasts and a 1/3 being the general public, it is interesting to see how these modes of people mix and have made the forum into what it is today.

We are not only South Yorkshire's busiest transport forum now, but we are Yorkshire's busiest transport forum and one of the busiest transport forums in terms of members/unique visitors and posts made on the forum.

The websites have also done superbly since they were launched in late 2006, with the Fleetlists and Traffic websites currently been the busiest websites out of all the websites.

As a celebration of the forums 3rd birthday we have created a new forum banner to be displayed on the forum for 1 day only (Saturday 7th February 2009) as per last year.

Thanks,
Staff at South Yorkshire Transport