Top of the web 2016

Kia ora. Here is a look back at the webpages, tweets, photos, Facebook and blog posts that proved popular in 2016.

New Central Library – Southbase Construction, 14 December 2016. Photo by Pam Carmichael Photography. Flickr New-Central-2016-12-14-CL-16

Website pages
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com stats for 2016.

If we add in page views for heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com (235,438) and christchurchcitylibraries.com (1,076,824), that makes a total of 4,672,410 page views for 2016.
The catalogue had 10,087,906 page views in 2016.

Top 20 webpages of 2016

1. About Press Display
2. 22 February 2011 Canterbury earthquake
3. Books browse page
4. About OverDrive
5. Learning centres
6. My account
7. Kids browse page
8. Hornby
9. Matariki for kids
10. Request an item
11. New titles
12. Holiday programmes, events, and activities
13. Passwords and PIN
14. A-Z directory of eResources
15. Beginner’s kete to learning basic Māori language
16. Family History
17. eResources
18. About Zinio for libraries
19. Upper Riccarton
20. Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre

Popular blog posts on christchurchcitylibraries.com

Christchurch City Libraries celebrates Matariki / Māori New Year, June 2016. Kapa haka performance by pupils from Hoon Hay School at Central Peterborough Library, 19 June 2016. Flickr 2016-06-19-IMG_1965

• The food we love – the tastes of New Zealanders
• Matariki – Māori New Year 2016
• The stars of Matariki / Ngā whetu o Matariki
• Best reads 2016
• Waitangi Day in Christchurch and Canterbury 2016
• NZ Music Month 2016
• The hills are alive with the sound of BorrowBox!
• KidsFest 2016
• Anzac Day 2016
• Samoan Language Week – Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa 2016

Popular blog posts on cclblog.wordpress.com

There were 593 posts published on the library blog in 2016. Here are the most popular ones for the year:

1. Anzac Day in Christchurch and Canterbury 2016
2. NCEA Booklists
3. Women scientists in New Zealand
4. Canterbury Japan Day – Sunday 6 March 2016
5. The ghosts of cinema past
6. Matariki – Māori New Year 2016
7. Exploring Otautahi
8. The seven stars of Matariki
9. Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori – Māori Language Week 2015
10. The Best (& Worst) Children’s Books of 2016

Photos on Flickr

Our Flickr images got 977636 page views in 2016. Flickr is now at 6,033,879 page views.

Top on Twitter

We gained 531 followers on Twitter in 2016, taking our total to 4442 followers. The ten most popular tweets of 2016:

Love that @MargaretAtwood is doing a cameo on the film of #aliasgrace and tweeting everything including her costume. ^MT

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) August 16, 2016

The New Brighton popup library will open on Mon 15 Aug at 60 Brighton Mall. https://t.co/6tU8F9qJg2 ^DR

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) July 15, 2016

New blog post: Hagley Park and the Christchurch Botanic Gardens https://t.co/tM3TiXNgYo

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) July 10, 2016

Have you picked up your @nzff programme from the library yet? ^MT pic.twitter.com/qX9fRFIiJ0

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) July 18, 2016

New blog post: New Zealand International Film Festival 2016 – Last night the Christchurch programme for the New… https://t.co/kYl99iJpIy

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) July 5, 2016

Christchurch peeps, you want to get your hands on one of these. They'll be at libraries soon! ^MT pic.twitter.com/KRoakb0pSg

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) July 5, 2016

Come see our 3D printed porotiti at Central Peterborough! #matariki @chchLibLearning pic.twitter.com/Kdc8IbbWAE

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) June 16, 2016

We've got a couple of really interesting roles available at the moment. Have a look. https://t.co/qhiUzBhtWH ^MT

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) July 18, 2016

. @secondzeit explores #chch #eqnz in poetry, fiction, & non-fiction. https://t.co/vvXElqDjFS (on the new Acadamy of NZ Lit site) ^DR

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) May 18, 2016

#NZMusicMonth – explore our blog posts on Naxos – streaming NZ music online. https://t.co/P0qawGRBRU ^DR

— Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi (@ChristchurchLib) May 23, 2016

1. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/765691276838572033
2. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/753789367856967680
3. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/752253910539202560
4. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/754882361234370560
5. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/750155398397779968
6. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/750220311300222976
7. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/743273804445556736
8. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/754866315886682112
9. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/732755667996446720
10. https://twitter.com/ChristchurchLib/status/734585419556347904

Facebook favourites

We got 1699 new likes on Facebook in 2016, and now have 6033 “likers”. Here are the 10 most popular posts of 2016:

1. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1125932424144338
2. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1299827076754871
3. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1288976071173305
4. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1106088872795360
5. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1301438549927057
6. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1224937950910451
7. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1025832387487676
8. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1037529776317937
9. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1274528652618047
10. https://www.facebook.com/ChristchurchCityLibraries/posts/1172051849532395

If you are interested in how we derive our rankings, we measure page views on our website, organic reach for Facebook posts, and impressions for tweets.

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