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Rob Vrabel on September 17th, 2009

Some Calendar Statistics

We are currently in the process of redesigning and adding more functionality to the University wide calendar (more on this later).  We decided to run some statistics to see what people have used and to get a better understanding of our users.  Here are some interesting statistics we came across.

Statistics

136 separate calendars
30,804 total events among all sites
42,922 event occurrences (regular + recurring)
2,849 events emailed to friends

71% of events are recurring
41% of events are in the Student Center

14 events added per day on average (including weekends)

Most Used Calendars
6681 events by Student Center
823 events by Dean of Students Office
545 events by College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts

First Event
CULMA’s  Open House and Annual Reception August 31, 2004

Most Recent Event
MAME Annual Conference
October 21, 2009

Most Recent Recurring Event
11th Annual Career Evening January 7, 2011

Date with the most events
94 Events – September 8, 2008

2 Responses to “Some Calendar Statistics”

  1. Wayne State Web Communications Blog » Blog Archive » [Friday Links] The GTD Edition Says:

    [...] all about getting things done and planning for the future, doing less but being more focused. The new Events Calendar is coming along nicely, look for a post early next week about it. In the mean time check out these [...]

  2. Wayne State Web Communications Blog » Blog Archive » Upcoming changes to the university events calendar Says:

    [...] little bit ago Rob Vrabel mentioned we were working on the events calendar and I would like to confirm that we are and we have some great things in [...]

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