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Current Hub activity across curation, community, training, and website use.

Curation

Public datasets curated

165

60 in VecDyn, 102 in VecTraits, 3 in GBIF and 1 in VBD Hub repository

Curation

Public rows curated

544,944

Including 1,994 rows not published elsewhere

Training

Self-paced learners

369

216 hours spent in the online course

Website

Unique visitors

4,111

Over the last 12 months, excluding the core team

Curation

Released deposits and pipeline status

Summary

Public datasets
165
Public rows
544,944
Original rows
1,994
Embargoed rows
31,914

Public release by repository

VecDyn
60 datasets, 532,222 rows
VecTraits
102 datasets, 668 rows
GBIF
3 datasets, 12,054 rows
VBD Hub repository
1 dataset, 1,994 rows

Embargoed by repository

Provisional
GBIF
2 datasets, 319 rows
VecDyn
3 datasets, 31,573 rows
VecTraits
1 dataset, 241 rows
Community

Research community reach

Social media views
35,000 per year
People reached
15,800 per year
Followers
3,200
Google Search views
109,000 impressions
Forum users
300

Reach is currently concentrated in the research community rather than broad public audiences.

Training

Demand and delivery quality

Self-paced course
369 visitors216 hours total, 14 minutes per visitor
Top audiences
65% UK, 25% Nigeria2% USA
Summer 2025
100 applications20 attendees, 54 people-hours delivered
Lecture ratings
42% very good58% good, 0% not good
Material ratings
47% very good47% good, 5% not good
Online workshops 2026
2 workshops40 attendees, 324 applicants
Website

Traffic, search, and engagement

Performance summary

Search activity
5,225 searchesJanuary 1, 2025 to October 28, 2025
Last 12 months
4,111 unique visitors288 hours spent on site
Geography
62% UK, 7.5% USA4.3% Nigeria
Jan to Sep 2025
3,574 visits3,116 unique users, 10,551 actions
Bounce rate
31%Weighted average
Downloads
Not centrally trackedHandled by underlying repositories

Monthly visitors, March to September 2025

Mar 2025
267 visitors+55% MoM, 02:17 avg
Apr 2025
867 visitors+205% MoM, 03:17 avg
May 2025
298 visitors-74% MoM, 03:45 avg
Jun 2025
877 visitors+156% MoM, 06:05 avg
Jul 2025
385 visitors-55% MoM, 05:10 avg
Aug 2025
265 visitors-28% MoM, 03:17 avg
Sep 2025
311 visitors+18% MoM, 04:10 avg

Baseline traffic outside the April and June spikes is about 260 to 385 visits per month, with a rebound in September.

Package
Pending

R package reporting

Download reporting
Pending confirmationThis slot is reserved for package statistics once available

Some figures remain provisional where source systems are incomplete, and analytics exclude the core team.