The UKC facebook page has been going for over a year. When it was initially launched the number of 'likes' rose rapidly to 600 within days, thereafter the numbers increased more steadily to the 1,289 of today with between 2-10 new 'likes' a week - ish.
Some (wide) assumptions.....
Say 50% of cavers use facebook regularly - yes/no??
Of these 50%, say 50% have 'liked' the UKC facebook page - yes/no??
Of the 1,289 'Likes' 986 are UK Cavers - according to facebook (I'd guessed at 1000 before I looked up the 'insights' )
So does that mean there are approx 4000 UK Cavers at most??
I do try to keep the posts of UKC facebook page 'true' to caving - no cute puppies - so hopefully have attracted 'likes' from people with an interest in caves and caving, though of course whether the people 'liking' the UKC facebook page are active/armchair or somewhere in between cavers is impossible to determine.
There must be better ways to know how many cavers/active cavers there are in the UK??
Note: The UKC facebook page exists to encourage cavers to visit and hopefully engage with the forum - please start another thread if you'd like to discuss forum v facebook thoughts, cheers, Pegasus
Some (wide) assumptions.....
Say 50% of cavers use facebook regularly - yes/no??
Of these 50%, say 50% have 'liked' the UKC facebook page - yes/no??
Of the 1,289 'Likes' 986 are UK Cavers - according to facebook (I'd guessed at 1000 before I looked up the 'insights' )
So does that mean there are approx 4000 UK Cavers at most??
I do try to keep the posts of UKC facebook page 'true' to caving - no cute puppies - so hopefully have attracted 'likes' from people with an interest in caves and caving, though of course whether the people 'liking' the UKC facebook page are active/armchair or somewhere in between cavers is impossible to determine.
There must be better ways to know how many cavers/active cavers there are in the UK??
Note: The UKC facebook page exists to encourage cavers to visit and hopefully engage with the forum - please start another thread if you'd like to discuss forum v facebook thoughts, cheers, Pegasus