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Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Friday, 15 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 February 2008. It was answered by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Monday, 3 March 2008 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Culture Online

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) hits and (b) unique visitors were recorded by Culture Online in each year since it was established, broken down by project website.
Answer

Hits and unique visitors recorded by Culture Online in each year since it was established, broken down by project website, are set out in the tables. Culture Online closed at the end of March 2007. Four projects did not record hits—MadforArts, Origination, Plant Cultures and Playground Fun. Unique visitors were not recorded for two projects—My Art Space and The Dark.

(a) Hits
Project 2004 2005 2006 2007
Artisan Cam — 2,037,463 10,741,495 39,092 (January)
City Heritage Guides 979,737 (September-December) 3,732,097 (January-August) — —
Every Object Tells a Story — 3,877,074 5,136,846 867,184 (January-February)
Film Street — — 3,282,973 (April-December) 982,407 (January-February)
Headline History — 11,947,662 12,403,902 2,066,348 (January-February)
Icons — — 97,035,864 20,949,368 (January-February)
MadforArts — — — —
MyArtSpace — — 1,532,622 235,493 (January-February)
Origination — — — —
Plant Cultures — — — —
Playground Fun — — — —
Rosetta Requiem — — 235,158 21,026 (January-February)
Sound Junction — 1,368,491 (October-December) 8,260,131 2,757,194 (January-February)
Stagework 714,468 1,745,659 2,290,630 313,520 (January-February)
The Dark — 108,449 (February-December) 8,800 (January) —
(b) Unique Visitors
Project 2004 2005 2006 2007
Artisan Cam — 22,370 75,433 1,085 (January)
City Heritage Guides 46,040 (September-December) 200,811 (January-August) — —
Every Object Tells a Story — 69,321 297,940 65,115
Film Street — — 38,623 (April-December) 14,084 (January-February)
Headline History — 94,629 70,117 15,774 (January-February)
Icons — — 827,534 267,012 (January-February)
MadforArts 18,745 (September-December) 196,493 — —
MyArtSpace — — — —
Origination — 21,523 20,385 (January-October) —
Plant Cultures — 284,011 (March-December) 671,576 (January-October) —
Playground Fun — 15,028 (August-December) 23,148 (January-February, October-December) 14,916 (January-February)
Rosetta Requiem — — 8,809 1,177 (January-February)
Sound Junction — 11,478 (October-December) 89,264 30,642 January-February)
Stagework 20,326 94,408 118,542 12,356 (January-February)
The Dark — — — —

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
187324; 472 c2122-4W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Culture Online
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk