ASC 2014 Digital Year in Review

February 4, 2015

ASC 2014 Digital Year in Review

Ohio State Garden of Constants

How can we best tell the story of the college? It’s all in the numbers. We’ve tracked the most clicked news, web pages and social media posts of 2014. This information helps us know our audience, their interests and what to focus on in the coming year.

See what was popular in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2014.
 

 

Web: ASC.OSU.EDU

PageViews
College of Arts and Sciences Home Page116,965
Undergraduate Minors57,897
Undergraduate Majors and Programs54,463
Advising and Scheduling29,795
General Education Requirements25,329
Calculate Your GPA21,819

Web: Biggest News Stories

Announcements about Marching Band leadership were the highest viewed stories on the site this year — all university announcements linked to our online content, so this was not a big surprise. 

PageViews
College of Arts and Sciences Announces Interim Leadership Plan for Ohio State Marching Band5065
ASC Names, Charges Search Committee to Identify New Director for The Ohio State University Marching and Athletic Bands1571
College of Arts and Sciences Announces National Search for The Ohio State University Marching Band Director1089


General News Stories

However, we also got a lot of traffic on these stories ...

PageViews
Big Data, Big Time: New Data Analytics Major Addresses Major Workforce Need2115
Marching Band Honored During U.S. House of Representatives Session1201
KAir Battery LLC: The future of energy is here. Do you KAir?849
A Walk through Time: New Gift to Orton Museum Inspires Reflection838
UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company to present ‘The Taming of the Shrew’818
TBDBITL Embraces New Technology to Revolutionize Halftime Shows721

 

ASCENT Stories

Web analytics help us see the stories in our college magazine that get the most attention.

Spring

PageViews
Big Data, Big Time1021
The Changing American Family663
The Right Attitude Goes a Long Way656
The Arts Flourish at Ohio State649
Who Was–?590


Autumn

PageViews
Help for an Elf497
Sullivant Hall Grand Opening + Sullivant's Travels438
Alumni Notes209
A Message from Dean Manderscheid176
Journalism and Communication Celebrate Anniversaries160

 

Desktop vs Mobile

How does our audience view our websites?

OS/PlatformVisits
Desktop - Windows161,419 (49%)
Desktop - Mac OS92,761 (28%)
Desktop - Android5248 (2%)
Desktop - Linux2648 (1%)
iPad13,787 (4%)
Mobile - iPhone29,851 (9%)
Mobile - Android9370 (3%)
Other16,268 (5%)
 
 

 

 

 

Facebook Engagement

What were our biggest posts last year?

 
Aug. 5
Marching band new
interim leadership…
2.2K clicks
169 likes
 
Sept. 29
billions and billions of stars
154 clicks
75 likes
 
Dec. 11
Finals humor w/Elf
144 clicks
49 likes
 
 
April 3
134 clicks
6 likes
 
Nov. 17
81 clicks
126 likes
 

 

Twitter (most retweets)