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Hello and welcome all to the end of season summary of the match thread activity for each of the Sweet FA teams for this season.
The usual caveat applies here, where it's stated that this data is purely a measure of quantity...not quality. These numbers are however a good indicator of the health of the league, and may give us an indication of which clubs are in greater need of new posters going forward for the good of the league.
As a reference, here are the previous articles authored by WaynesWorld19, Ant Bear and myself:
Season 24 Analysis
Season 25 Analysis
Season 26 Analysis
Season 27 Analysis
Season 28 Analysis
Season 29 Analysis
Season 30 Analysis - Mid-season Snapshot
Season 30 Analysis
Season 31 Analysis
Season 32 Analysis
I'll start off with the activity trends over the recent seasons, and some comparative data between each of the teams. Then over the next few days I'll do a club-by-club analysis. Now let's dive straight into it.
First up: the dreaded match thread activity by round graph. Every season it crashes like this as the season progresses (although something spicy must have happened in Round 11), and every season the admin is blamed for plummeting interest in the league. So instead - let's compare it to last season in the next graph.
The usual caveat applies here, where it's stated that this data is purely a measure of quantity...not quality. These numbers are however a good indicator of the health of the league, and may give us an indication of which clubs are in greater need of new posters going forward for the good of the league.
As a reference, here are the previous articles authored by WaynesWorld19, Ant Bear and myself:
Season 24 Analysis
Season 25 Analysis
Season 26 Analysis
Season 27 Analysis
Season 28 Analysis
Season 29 Analysis
Season 30 Analysis - Mid-season Snapshot
Season 30 Analysis
Season 31 Analysis
Season 32 Analysis
I'll start off with the activity trends over the recent seasons, and some comparative data between each of the teams. Then over the next few days I'll do a club-by-club analysis. Now let's dive straight into it.
First up: the dreaded match thread activity by round graph. Every season it crashes like this as the season progresses (although something spicy must have happened in Round 11), and every season the admin is blamed for plummeting interest in the league. So instead - let's compare it to last season in the next graph.
So the speed of match thread activity decline is on par with most other seasons, with Seasons 28 and 29 the only ones in recent history to show stability or growth in the back end of the season during the reverse fixtures. For the past four seasons activity has generally declined steadily as the season progressed, followed by a sharp drop after Round 11. It must be noted that the decline this season matches up very strongly with what happened in Season 31 (another Q1 + Q2 season), and despite starting off with some of the highest levels of activity in league history, it fell of a figurative cliff from Round 12 onwards. Rounds 15 and 17 were the least active this league has been since mid-S28 (2019).
This total match thread post x season graph is usually the one thing that gets isolated in this analysis, and NaturalDisaster will be able to hang his hat on the fact that the three seasons with him at the helm were all in the Top 5 most active seasons of all time. The trend for Q1 + Q2 seasons being slightly less active than the corresponding ones at the back end of the calendar year continues, and S33 ranks third for match thread activity in the history of the league.
We can also look at the average weekly posts per week graph to take into account the alternating 16 / 17 round seasons. For the record, seasons 26, 29, 31 and 33 were 17 rounds, whilst the other three in this graph were 16 rounds.
Next we see the average number of posters who post in a match thread each week. The league continues to grow on this front, with an average of 196 match thread participants each week this season: a new league high. That averages out at over sixteen per team!
And the change in the number of match thread posters per week across the season - compared to previous seasons. In great news Season 33 had far and away the highest number of match thread participants in the league's history for the first eleven rounds, before cooling during the reverse fixtures.
Next we see the average number of posters who post in a match thread each week. The league continues to grow on this front, with an average of 196 match thread participants each week this season: a new league high. That averages out at over sixteen per team!
And the change in the number of match thread posters per week across the season - compared to previous seasons. In great news Season 33 had far and away the highest number of match thread participants in the league's history for the first eleven rounds, before cooling during the reverse fixtures.
But as I have said previously, I think this graph here is the true representation of the evolution of league match thread health. The number of active match thread posters per week...with an active poster constituting someone who averages over five posts a week across the season. Season 33 had 180 active posters over the 17 rounds - comfortably the highest in the history of the league.
Next up, team comparative data:
Next up, team comparative data:
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