Growth How Do You Measure the Success of Your Forum (1 Viewer)

[Nomad]

As a forum owner, it is very likely that you want to own a successful forum. But how do you determine the success? Well, it is very important to track the right indicators. Here are a few things that I track to evaluate a forum's success:

User Base: A successful forum means a large user base. Imaging a forum with tens of thousands users. Having more users means you are likely to have engaged user base for sustainable growth.

Activity Levels: Simply having many users isn't enough, your users also need consistent activity and participation within the community. In other words, a forum with thousands of users should be getting hundreds of posts every day.

Traffic: A lot of traffic on your forum also determines your success. registered users are your primary source of traffic but you should also be getting traffic from elsewhere, for instance social media and search engines. More traffic means better exposure and more interaction within your forum.

Revenue: While some may overlook it, I see revenue generation as a key metric for success. A forum without a profitable revenue model might struggle to run for a long time.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I look at the number of members I have and activity levels. I know everyone looks at their community in a different way. If you have at least one other person logging in and replying to threads, I think you're doing something right.