Forum:Quantcast

Is there any particular reason why the public are now denied access to Quantcast statistics for Wikia sites? Quantcast used to be very informative and helpful when wanting to find out traffic data, but now we need to rely on a broken and hardly informative AdminDashboard system, or other methods like Google analytics or Sitemeter which are not as simple to use as Quantcast.

Quantcast statistics have been publicly accessible for ages, what was the reason that now they can't be accessed by the public, and so Wikia users are now no longer able to check out in reasonable detail and with reasonable ease what the traffic to Wikia wikis is?

--Callofduty4 15:59, April 9, 2012 (UTC)


 * Considering that the admin dashboard stats have been inaccurate for some time and that they regularly go down, disabling views to quantcast provides an inconvenience to wikis who want to monitor their views and account for them and improve upon them. I see absolutely no reason why the public should not be able to see the views for wikia sites. Tagged staff needed--
 * User:Jenburton's response when this was brought up was "Hi all - we made the decision to restrict access to the network's Quantcast data for a couple reasons: it's proprietary business information and due to the inconsistencies across the major reporting agencies (specifically Quantcast and ComScore)"
 * I kinda understand this from a business perspective, Quantcast gave a lot of info out - and that meant that competitors to Wikia had access to that info. I really don't know how big a deal that is.
 * From a wiki perspective, there is currently no way for non-admins to see this data. Admin Dashboard isn't seen by all users, and this is a major oversight in it's current form, adding functionality for admins only is not how wikis should be ran, because it creates an atmosphere where admins are seen as better than normal users, which very much goes against wiki philosophy. I've added "Staff Needed" to the forum so hopefully someone will get back to us on this, the info needs to be given to all users, not just admins. --  Random Time  16:11, April 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * Last time I checked, the admin stats were also broken. What business info did quantcast give out btw? -- Kangaroopowah  ( Talk ) 17:06, April 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * The stats are the info, it told competitors about traffic to the site, and (with debatable accuracy) the demographics of the users. --  Random Time  17:50, April 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi all - As RT mentioned, we did make the decision to make our Quantcast data private and, as others mentioned, admin stats are definitely in bad shape. I know this leaves you all missing much of the data you use to manage your communities.


 * While we don’t have any immediate plans to open the admin stats area up to all users, I will float that idea around for discussion. That being said, we are working on getting key data to admins via the stats dashboard (namely pageviews and unique visitors) - we’re still several steps off from completing that, though (we’re building a new internal data warehouse). Outside of PVs and UVs, are there other specific data needs you all have? I’m meeting with our analytics team this week to discuss getting data available to you all and having specific information about how you used Quantcast will be helpful. Jen Burton (help forum | blog) 19:12, April 9, 2012 (UTC)
 * The way Quantcast presented its data was, in my opinion, perfect. I liked the charts. From what I've seen in the dashboard counter, though, you can only see the past seven days, and they're only presented in numbers. 1358  (Talk)  19:39, April 9, 2012 (UTC)