Fun Animal Toy Blog Stats

[Gwangi]

With 100 reviews now under my belt I decided to tally up how many animals from given groups I've reviewed. In the case of TOOB and sets I am counting each species covered within the review.

Invertebrates: 17 (6 are mollusks)

Fishes: 29 (18 are cartilaginous)

Amphibians: 5

Reptiles: 17

Birds: 25

Mammals: 46

Species with two reviews: American bullfrog, great white shark, Bengal monitor lizard, Turkey, zebra shark.

Most reviewed species: Domestic cattle, 5 reviews.

[suspsy]

These are mine, although I suspect I'm slightly off:

Mammals: 51

Fish: 10

Reptiles: 7

Birds: 6

Invertebrates: 3

[bmathison1972]

I haven't done bar charts in a while as I need to incorporate everything migrated over from the DTB. But here are stats per species with a minimum of three reviews:

Fourteen reviews
gray wolf [includes dingo and domestic dogs]

Eleven reviews
great white shark

Ten reviews:
domestic horse [E. ferus complex]

Eight reviews:
American alligator
domestic cattle [B. taurus complex]
Komodo dragon
whale shark

Six reviews:
blue whale
dodo
tiger
tiger shark

Five reviews:
African lion
caribou (reindeer)
platypus
wild boar (incl. domestic pig)

Four reviews:
Asian elephant
common hippopotamus
common octopus
giant squid
gray whale
green sea turtle
humpback whale
killer whale
plains zebra (including quagga)
praying mantis
red kangaroo
reef manta ray
southern black widow
sperm whale
spotted hyena
thylacine
turkey
western honey bee

Three reviews:
African bush elephant
African wild dog
American bison
basking shark
blue shark
bowmouth guitarfish (shark ray)
cheetah
common bottlenose dolphin
coyote
emperor scorpion
European stag beetle
fennec fox
giant deep-sea isopod
eastern tiger swallowtail
fennec fox
great hammerhead shark
Japanese giant mantis
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
koala
leopard seal
monarch
narwhal
Nile crocodile
orange-barred sulfur
ostrich
seven-spotted lady beetle
spotted eagle ray
walrus
white rhinoceros
zebra shark

[bmathison1972]

I haven't done the graphs in a while, since migrating over DTB reviews made things messy. However, I think I found a way to get the data easily, so I am bringing back these graphs!

First, major taxonomic groups. Remember, one post can have more than one group:





Next, companies.

The category 'Other A' are for those companies with only two reviews:
Aurora World, Britains, COG Ltd., Epoch/Tarlin, F-toys, Fujimi Mokei, Ganz, Giant Microbes, Playmobil, Trendmasters, Toy Major, Wade Ceramics, Wildlife Artists, Inc., Wing Mau

The category 'Other B' are for those companies with only one review:
Adore Plush, 3B Scientific, Battat, Beauty of the Beasts, Bestiari, Break C. Ltd., Breyer, Burger King, CBIOV, Chap Mei, Chick-Fil-A Properties, Inc., Discovery Science, Eastern Unlimited, Inc., Egmont Ehapa Publishing Company, Folkmanis, Funko, Funrise Toys, Innovative Kids, Insect Lore, Invicta, J. Dream Co. Ltd., Jam, Johan Scherft, Kid Galaxy, Naturalism, NaturimBild.at, Nayab, Nihon Auto Toy, The Petting Zoo, Rebor, Rhode Island Novelty, Ricolino, SeaWorld, Science & Nature, SignatuStudio, Starlux, Stewart Sales & Services, Target Brands, Tchibo, Wolff Marketing Group, Inc., WowWee





Also, here is a list of species that have a minimum of three reviews. It is complete up to the Schleich reindeer posted earlier today:

Fifteen reviews
gray wolf [includes dingo and domestic dogs]

Eleven reviews
great white shark
domestic horse [E. ferus complex]

Eight reviews:
American alligator
domestic cattle [B. taurus complex]
Komodo dragon
whale shark

Six reviews:
blue whale
caribou (reindeer)
dodo
tiger
tiger shark

Five reviews:
African lion
platypus
turkey
wild boar (incl. domestic pig)

Four reviews:
Asian elephant
common hippopotamus
common octopus
giant squid
gray whale
green sea turtle
humpback whale
killer whale
plains zebra (including quagga)
praying mantis
red kangaroo
reef manta ray
southern black widow
sperm whale
spotted hyena
thylacine
western honey bee

Three reviews:
African bush elephant
African wild dog
American bison
basking shark
blue shark
bowmouth guitarfish (shark ray)
cheetah
common bottlenose dolphin
coyote
emperor scorpion
European stag beetle
fennec fox
giant deep-sea isopod
eastern tiger swallowtail
fennec fox
great hammerhead shark
Japanese giant mantis
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
koala
leopard seal
monarch
narwhal
Nile crocodile
orange-barred sulfur
ostrich
seven-spotted lady beetle
spotted eagle ray
walrus
white rhinoceros
zebra shark

[AnimalToyForum]

You may also appreciate these Animal Toy Blog stats from Google Analytics. I've been collecting traffic data since the blog launched, and here's a summary of the weekly stats to date.



As you can see, in terms of users there has been a gradual upward trend. The highest peak in users so far was in the week beginning 21 August 2022 with 751 users (3075 page views). The highest peak in page views was in the week beginning 28 August 2022 (3175 page views). Page views have totalled 341,091 to date and weekly views have remained pretty steady over that time. In other words, over the years we've had more users looking at fewer pages. This is confirmed by the 'pages per session' trend. Interesting stuff and shows that there's definitely a growing audience out there for the Animal Toy Blog.

[Gwangi]

It warms my heart to see fish second only to mammals. And I'll give myself partial credit for that since fish just barely edged out arthropods.

Good to see that the blog is generating more interest too. Sometimes I worry that all the effort is for naught.

[bmathison1972]

It warms my heart to see fish second only to mammals. And I'll give myself partial credit for that since fish just barely edged out arthropods.

Good to see that the blog is generating more interest too. Sometimes I worry that all the effort is for naught.

The Blog email periodically gets notifications from people who are following it; a lot of these names and emails are unfamiliar and probably not people active on the forums. I bet forum activity (ATF and STS) is relatively small compared to the full community of people who collect animal toys. I bet the blog is visited by more people that don't visit the forum that does.

Also, it must be showing up in search parameters better, too. My Bandai jumping spider review attracted the attention of a jumping spider specialist and your own barn owl review, Gwangi, attracted the attention of someone who makes barn owl nesting boxes

[bmathison1972]

Don't have time now for complete stats, but here is a list of species with at least three reviews:

Sixteen reviews:
gray wolf (includes dingo and domestic dogs)

Fourteen reviews:
domestic horse [E. ferus complex]

Eleven reviews:
great white shark

Nine reviews:
domestic cattle [B. taurus/indicus complex]

Eight reviews:
American alligator
Komodo dragon
whale shark

Six reviews:
African bush elephant
blue whale
caribou (reindeer)
dodo
tiger
tiger shark

Five reviews:
African lion
common hippopotamus
platypus
sperm whale
turkey
wild boar (incl. domestic pig)

Four reviews:
American bison
Asian elephant
common octopus
domestic sheep [O. aries complex]
giant squid
gray whale
green sea turtle
humpback whale
killer whale
Nile crocodile
plains zebra (including quagga)
praying mantis
red kangaroo
reef manta ray
saltwater crocodile
southern black widow
spotted hyena
thylacine
western honey bee

Three reviews:
African wild dog
basking shark
blue shark
bowmouth guitarfish (shark ray)
cheetah
common bottlenose dolphin
coyote
emperor scorpion
European stag beetle
fennec fox
giant deep-sea isopod
eastern tiger swallowtail
fennec fox
great hammerhead shark
Japanese giant mantis
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
koala
leopard seal
leopard shark
monarch
Moorish idol
narwhal
orange-barred sulfur
ostrich
seven-spotted lady beetle
spotted eagle ray
tuatara
walrus
white rhinoceros
zebra shark

[bmathison1972]

Haven't put together the charts in a while, but here are the numbers for all species with a minimum of three reviews:

Seventeen reviews:
gray wolf (includes dingo and domestic dogs)

Sixteen reviews:
domestic horse [E. ferus complex]

Twelve reviews:
great white shark

Nine reviews:
domestic cattle [B. taurus/indicus complex]

Eight reviews:
American alligator
Komodo dragon
whale shark

Seven reviews:
blue whale

Six reviews:
African bush elephant
caribou (reindeer)
dodo
platypus
tiger
tiger shark
wild boar (incl. domestic pig)

Five reviews:
African lion
common hippopotamus
red kangaroo
saltwater crocodile
sperm whale
turkey

Four reviews:
American bison
Asian elephant
common octopus
domestic sheep [O. aries complex]
giant squid
goblin shark
gray whale
green sea turtle
humpback whale
killer whale
Nile crocodile
plains zebra (including quagga)
praying mantis
reef manta ray
seven-spotted lady beetle
southern black widow
spotted eagle ray
spotted hyena
thylacine
tuatara
western honey bee

Three reviews:
African wild dog
basking shark
blue damselfish
blue shark
bowmouth guitarfish (shark ray)
cheetah
common bottlenose dolphin
common wombat
coyote
emperor penguin
emperor scorpion
European stag beetle
fennec fox
frilled lizard
giant deep-sea isopod
green anaconda
eastern tiger swallowtail
fennec fox
great hammerhead shark
Japanese giant mantis
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
koala
leopard seal
leopard shark
monarch
Moorish idol
narwhal
okapi
orange-barred sulfur
ostrich
shortfin mako shark
walrus
white rhinoceros
zebra shark

[BlueKrono]

How does the goblin shark have both 6 and 4 reviews?

[bmathison1972]

How does the goblin shark have both 6 and 4 reviews?

Oops! That's a typo on my part. Should be 4. Thanks for catching, @BlueKrono

[AnimalToyForum]

You should all be glad to know traffic to the Animal Toy Blog is continuing to grow, so your reviews are receiving lots of eyeballs! The blog now receives just upwards of 1000 unique visitors (and 3000-4000 page views) every week. You can see from the graph above that at the end of 2022 it was receiving 600-700 unique visitors a week, so traffic has grown substantially since then. I think this is testament to the steady output of the blogging team and the high quality of the reviews, so congratulations everyone. To put this into perspective, the much longer established Dinosaur Toy Blog gets 4000 unique weekly visitors. At this rate I could easily see ATB catching up with the DTB in a couple of years or so.

[Gwangi]

That's fantastic! So happy to hear that. Motivates me to keep going. 

[sbell]

It must be all the recent fish work.

Admittedly, that's my fault...and I've got a long list still.

Great to see that traffic is growing

[bmathison1972]

Here's something I haven't done in a while, an update of stats with a graph! This is complete through today's CollectA 2024 Border Collie.


First major taxonomic groups. Remember, a post can have more than one of these groups:




Next up, companies.

Other (A); these are companies with two posts, and currently include:
The Access, Aurora World, Britains, COG Ltd., Douglas Cuddle Toys, F-toys, Folkmanis, Fujimi Mokei, Ganz, Playmobil, Trendmasters, Toy Major, Wade Ceramics ,Wildlife Artists, Inc.

Other (B); these are companies with only one post, and currently include:
3B Scientific, Adore Plush, Alotl Bit Crazy, LLC, Archie McPhee, Ashland, Battat, Beauty of the Beasts, Bestiari, Big Country Farm Toys, LLC., Break C. Ltd., Burger King, CBIOV, Chap Mei, Chick-Fil-A Properties, Inc., Curatorial LLC, Daiso, Discovery Science, Eastern Unlimited, Inc., Egmont Ehapa Publishing Company, Funko, Funrise Toys, GPI Anatomicals, Hasbro, Hellbender Museum, Innovative Kids, Insect Lore, Invicta, J. Dream Co. Ltd., Jam, Johan Scherft, Kenner/Hasbro, Kid Galaxy, Kinder, Larami, MatMire_Makes, MGA, Naturalism, NaturimBild, Nayab, Nihon Auto Toy, The Petting Zoo, Rainbow, Rebor, Rhode Island Novelty, Ricolino, SeaWorld; Science & Nature, Shantou Yixinsheng Toys Co., SignatuStudio, Starlux, Stewart Sales & Services, Target Brands, Tchibo, Wolff Marketing Group, Inc., WowWee





Lastly, here are all the species-level taxa that have three or more reviews:

Twenty-two reviews:
gray wolf (includes dingo and domestic dogs)

Eighteen reviews:
domestic horse [E. ferus complex]

Thirteen reviews:
great white shark

Twelve reviews:
domestic cattle [B. taurus/indicus complex]

Eight reviews:
American alligator
Komodo dragon
whale shark

Seven reviews:
blue whale
platypus
tiger
tiger shark
wild boar (incl. domestic pig)

Six reviews:
African bush elephant
caribou (reindeer)
dodo
goblin shark

Five reviews:
African lion
common bottlenose dolphin
common hippopotamus
killer whale
red kangaroo
saltwater crocodile
southern black widow
sperm whale
turkey

Four reviews:
American bison
Asian elephant
common octopus
domestic sheep [O. aries complex]
giant squid
goblin shark
gray whale
great hammerhead shark
green sea turtle
humpback whale
Nile crocodile
ocellaris clownfish
plains zebra (including quagga)
praying mantis
reef manta ray
seven-spotted lady beetle
spotted eagle ray
spotted hyena
thylacine
tuatara
western honey bee
white rhinoceros

Three reviews:
African wild dog
barn owl
basking shark
blue damselfish
blue hippo tang
blue shark
bowmouth guitarfish
cheetah
common chimpanzee
common wombat
coyote
domestic cat
emperor penguin
emperor scorpion
Eurasian river otter
European stag beetle
fennec fox
frilled lizard
giant deep-sea isopod
green anaconda
eastern tiger swallowtail
fennec fox
Japanese giant mantis
Japanese rhinoceros beetle
koala
leopard seal
leopard shark
long-spine porcupinefish
meerkat
monarch
Moorish idol
narwhal
okapi
orange-barred sulfur
ostrich
scalloped hammerhead shark
shortfin mako shark
walrus
zebra shark