Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending 28 October, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday 28 October, 2007:

Site	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
The Pond	65	32	10,920 (stable)
IBM	43	48	7,272 (up 10.58%)
The L Word	29	33	4,944 (down 4.41%)
Pontiac	27	23	4,656 (up 9.30%)
Greenies Home	25	31	4,344 (stable)
Playboy	21	32	3,684 (up 35.24%)
Virtual Holland	21	37	3,648 (up 41.40%)
The Weather Channel	17	21	2,976 (up 5.08%)
Nissan	15	12	2,652 (up 6.76%)
Sun Microsystems	11	15	2,004 (down 10.22%)
ABC Island	10	7.71	1,740 (up 13.28%)
Microsoft	9.71	11	1,632 (up 13.33%)
STA Travel	5.07	7.71	852 (up 51.06%)
AOL Pointe	3.79	2.57	636 (down 3.64%)
NBA	3.0	2.0	504 (up 55.56%)
Cisco Systems	2.86	1.71	480 (down 9.09%)
Useful Technology	2.71	0.29	456 (down 13.64%)
Coldwell Banker	2.57	3.71	432 (up 5.88%)
Dell	2.5	2.29	420 (up 34.62%)
Manpower HQ	2.5	2.0	420 (down 3.23%)
Reebok	1.71	3.14	288 (up 4.35%)
Armani	1.0	1.43	168 (stable)
Comcast	0.57	1.14	96 (up 14.29%)
Coldwell Banker:$3m house	0.08	0.29	14 (stable)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes. Native sites aren't in this chart, and will be posted separately.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic - Asking directions

Native Site Community Headcount, Week ending 21 October, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday 21 October, 2007:

Site	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
NORSIM MultiSIM (Goth RPG)	298	361	50,160 (up 5.66%)
Avilion Grove (Fantasy Roleplaying)	149	172	25,072 (stable)
Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge (PG Social/Shopping)	140	156	23,556 (up 15.54%)
Blackheart's Cafe (PG Social)	93	105	15,760 (up 3.47%)
Nude Island (Mature Social)	92	69	15,600 (down 34.25%)
Laguna Nude Beach (Mature Social)	91	111	15,344 (up 15.13%)
Bound and Determined (BDSM Social)	90	104	15,248 (stable)
Heavenly Rose Gardens (PG Social)	85	132	14,400 (up 11.52%)
Lost Gardens of Apollo (PG Social)	82	108	13,860 (stable)
Independent State of Caledon (Steampunk Roleplay)	81	92	13,740 (down 3.13%)
Toxian City (Goth RPG)	80	112	13,584 (up 42.69%)
Hedonistic Isle (Mature Social)	80	93	13,584 (stable)
Midian City (Goth RPG)	79	97	13,344 (up 2.21%)
Capture Roleplay HQ (BDSM Social)	78	90	13,216 (stable)
Bare Rose (PG Social)	78	82	13,168 (stable)
City of Lost Angels (Goth RPG)	75	80	12,684 (up 5.07%)
New Citizens Incorporated (Noob Resident Welcome/Education)	71	90	11,988 (up 4.17%)
Icedragon's Playpen (Casual Gaming/Social)	67	80	11,312 (up 4.43%)
City of Midgaard (BDSM Social)	58	69	9,888 (up 5.28%)
The Shelter (Noob Resident Welcome/Education)	54	67	9,084 (up 2.02%)
Isle of Lesbos (Mature Social)	52	73	8,796 (up 2.52%)
Midgar (Final Fantasy VII RPG)	36	42	6,060 (down 11.40%)
London Commercial Sims (UK urban community/Social)	26	36	4,464 (stable)
Ballers City (Urban basketball Social)	20	18	3,432 (down 22.07%)
Svarga Svarga (Artificial Ecosystem)	18	27	3,108 (stable)
New Brussel Mega Mall (PG Social/Shopping)	3.24	5.14	544 (down 20.93%)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes. The list is by no means exhaustive. There are thousands of sites - far more than we can track.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic - A sudden chill

Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending 21 October, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday 21 October, 2007:

Site	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
The Pond	64	34	10,824 (down 7.68%)
IBM	39	37	6,576 (down 8.05%)
The L Word	30	35	5,172 (up 4.61%)
Greenies Home	26	45	4,416 (down 4.91%)
Pontiac	25	28	4,260 (up 7.90%)
The Weather Channel	16	14	2,832 (down 3.67%)
Playboy	16	16	2,724 (down 8.84%)
Virtual Holland	15	18	2,580 (up 27.22%)
Nissan	14	9.71	2,484 (down 4.61%)
Sun Microsystems	13	14	2,232 (up 43.08%)
ABC Island	9.14	6.57	1,536 (down 12.33%)
Microsoft	8.57	8.29	1,440 (down 2.44%)
AOL Pointe	3.93	2.86	660 (up 17.02%)
STA Travel	3.36	2.57	564 (up 2.17%)
Cisco Systems	3.14	2.0	528 (up 4.76%)
Useful Technology	3.14	0.29	528 (up 76.00%)
Manpower HQ	2.58	1.43	434 (up 14.81%)
Coldwell Banker	2.43	2.57	408 (down 17.07%)
NBA	1.93	1.43	324 (down 28.95%)
Dell	1.86	0.57	312 (up 23.81%)
Reebok	1.64	2.86	276 (down 11.54%)
Comcast	0.5	0.86	84 (stable)
Coldwell Banker:$3m house	0.0	0.0	0 (down 100.00%)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.  Native sites aren't in this chart, and will be posted separately.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic - Mis-click

Native Site Community Headcount, Week ending 14 October, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday 14 October, 2007:

Site	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
NORSIM MultiSIM (Goth RPG)	282	354	47,472 (up 7.71%)
Avilion Grove (Fantasy Roleplaying)	147	176	24,704 (down 8.43%)
Nude Island (Mature Social)	141	144	23,728 (down 10.34%)
Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge (PG Social/Shopping)	121	123	20,388 (down 15.30%)
Blackheart's Cafe (PG Social)	90	90	15,232 (stable)
Bound and Determined (BDSM Social)	90	103	15,120 (up 2.13%)
Independent State of Caledon (Steampunk Roleplay)	84	108	14,184 (up 6.10%)
Lost Gardens of Apollo (PG Social)	82	100	13,836 (stable)
Hedonistic Isle (Mature Social)	80	92	13,584 (down 9.09%)
Laguna Nude Beach (Mature Social)	79	96	13,328 (stable)
Bare Rose (PG Social)	79	82	13,328 (up 6.19%)
Capture Roleplay HQ (BDSM Social)	79	88	13,280 (down 2.90%)
Midian City (Goth RPG)	77	90	13,056 (down 11.81%)
Heavenly Rose Gardens (PG Social)	76	132	12,912 (stable)
City of Lost Angels (Goth RPG)	71	78	12,072 (down 3.64%)
New Citizens Incorporated (Noob Resident Welcome/Education)	68	70	11,508 (up 2.46%)
Icedragon's Playpen (Casual Gaming/Social)	64	76	10,832 (up 9.83%)
Toxian City (Goth RPG)	56	79	9,520 (down 12.74%)
City of Midgaard (BDSM Social)	55	72	9,392 (down 12.47%)
The Shelter (Noob Resident Welcome/Education)	53	77	8,904 (up 4.95%)
Isle of Lesbos (Mature Social)	51	81	8,580 (stable)
Midgar (Final Fantasy VII RPG)	40	60	6,840 (up 7.75%)
Ballers City (Urban basketball Social)	26	33	4,404 (down 2.39%)
London Commercial Sims (UK urban community/Social)	26	38	4,392 (down 6.15%)
Svarga Svarga (Artificial Ecosystem)	18	28	3,156 (stable)
New Brussel Mega Mall (PG Social/Shopping)	4.1	4.86	688 (up 56.01%)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes. 

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic - Special Delivery

Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending 14 October, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday 14 October, 2007:

Site	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
The Pond	69	43	11,724 (stable)
IBM	42	42	7,152 (stable)
The L Word	29	36	4,944 (up 19.77%)
Greenies Home	27	38	4,644 (up 8.10%)
Pontiac	23	21	3,948 (up 2.17%)
Playboy	17	33	2,988 (up 19.71%)
The Weather Channel	17	22	2,940 (up 4.70%)
Nissan	15	12	2,604 (up 7.43%)
Virtual Holland	12	8.86	2,028 (up 3.05%)
ABC Island	10	10	1,752 (up 7.35%)
Sun Microsystems	9.29	14	1,560 (down 11.56%)
Microsoft	8.79	11	1,476 (up 21.78%)
AOL Pointe	3.36	2.0	564 (down 6.00%)
STA Travel	3.29	1.43	552 (up 21.05%)
Cisco Systems	3.0	1.71	504 (up 5.00%)
Coldwell Banker	2.93	3.71	492 (up 2.50%)
NBA	2.71	2.57	456 (up 18.75%)
Manpower HQ	2.25	2.0	378 (down 23.90%)
Reebok	1.86	3.71	312 (up 23.81%)
Useful Technology	1.79	0.29	300 (down 24.24%)
Dell	1.5	0.86	252 (down 22.22%)
Comcast	0.5	0.57	84 (down 50.00%)
Coldwell Banker:$3m house	0.08	0.29	14 (stable)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.  Native sites aren't in this chart, and will be posted separately.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Comic - With distinction

Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending 7 October, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday 7 October, 2007:

Site	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
The Pond	68	33	11,568 (stable)
IBM	42	42	7,104 (up 2.07%)
Greenies Home	25	36	4,296 (down 2.19%)
The L Word	24	23	4,128 (down 21.46%)
Pontiac	23	20	3,864 (stable)
The Weather Channel	16	17	2,808 (up 2.63%)
Playboy	14	25	2,496 (up 10.05%)
Nissan	14	12	2,424 (up 2.54%)
Virtual Holland	11	8.0	1,968 (down 7.34%)
Sun Microsystems	10	18	1,764 (up 24.58%)
ABC Island	9.71	8.57	1,632 (up 11.48%)
Microsoft	7.21	4.57	1,212 (down 13.68%)
AOL Pointe	3.57	2.86	600 (down 15.25%)
Manpower HQ	2.96	2.86	497 (down 20.93%)
Coldwell Banker	2.86	4.29	480 (down 6.98%)
Cisco Systems	2.86	2.0	480 (down 21.57%)
STA Travel	2.71	2.0	456 (down 32.14%)
Useful Technology	2.36	4.0	396 (up 57.14%)
NBA	2.29	2.57	384 (up 3.23%)
Dell	1.93	2.86	324 (down 18.18%)
Reebok	1.5	2.29	252 (down 8.70%)
Comcast	1.0	1.14	168 (down 41.67%)
Coldwell Banker:$3m house	0.0	0.0	0 (down 100.00%)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.  Native sites aren't in this chart, and will be posted separately.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.

Mixed Reality Headcount, Week ending 30 September, 2007.

Here is the full ranked table of tracked sites for the week ending Sunday 30 September, 2007:

Site	Est avg hourly visits	Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs)	Estimated total weekly visits
The Pond	68	28	11,436 (down 3.15%)
IBM	41	43	6,960 (down 5.54%)
The L Word	31	38	5,256 (up 6.57%)
Greenies Home	26	40	4,392 (up 3.10%)
Pontiac	23	19	3,912 (stable)
The Weather Channel	16	16	2,736 (down 18.28%)
Nissan	14	11	2,364 (down 9.22%)
Playboy	13	21	2,268 (down 3.08%)
Virtual Holland	12	10	2,124 (stable)
ABC Island	8.71	7.43	1,464 (down 10.29%)
Sun Microsystems	8.43	16	1,416 (up 4.42%)
Microsoft	8.36	6.29	1,404 (up 9.35%)
AOL Pointe	4.21	4.0	708 (down 29.76%)
STA Travel	4.0	6.86	672 (up 19.15%)
Manpower HQ	3.74	4.29	628 (up 10.26%)
Cisco Systems	3.64	4.57	612 (down 10.53%)
Coldwell Banker	3.07	4.57	516 (stable)
Ratepoint	2.64	8.0	444 (down 27.45%)
Dell	2.36	2.0	396 (down 31.25%)
NBA	2.21	1.14	372 (down 3.12%)
Comcast	1.71	0.57	288 (down 7.69%)
Reebok	1.64	3.43	276 (up 27.78%)
Useful Technology	1.5	3.14	252 (up 40.00%)
Coldwell Banker:$3m house	0.09	0.0	15 (down 50.00%)

The top ten, with commentary is posted to New World Notes.  Native sites aren't in this chart, and will be posted separately.

Methodology

Mixed reality sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future Headcounts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.

We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.