First, welcome to everyone who is trying to keep up with legislation and recently found our site. We’re glad you’re here! The new influx of users caused me to spend a little time looking at who is using our site, and how. First, it turns out people from nearly every county in the country have checked us out. Which is pretty neat. Way to be involved guys!
I took this map straight from google analytics. Of course our home base of Denver sticks out like a sore thumb. But you can easily see Boston, New York, and DC down the right coast, Minneapolis/St Paul, Chicago, Atlanta down the middle, and San Francisco, Sacramento and LA on the left coast. Plus everyone in between.
I also did a quick breakdown of the kinds of people actually registering for accounts on our site. Turns out even our government wants to know about our government. At least a little.
And finally a look at how many bills have been viewed on our site, daily, over the last few months. Apparently reviewing legislation isn’t a very festive activity, as there was a drop over the holidays (understandably, perhaps). I’ll probably run this graph again at the end of the year to take a look at what a whole cycle looks like.
Happy New Year everyone, I hope the session(s) treat you well!
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