La Voz de Ibiza celebrates today one year since its launch. And it does so having closed the month of August with the historical record that places the portal as the leading exclusively digital media in the press of Ibiza and Formentera, which is a milestone in the short history of the media founded by journalist Agustín Sintes. Thanks to the quality information and own content resulting from the numerous journalistic investigations that characterize La Voz de Ibiza, the medium has had an exponential growth in the first 12 months of life. “We are grateful for the trust placed in us daily by readers and advertisers. The milestone reached encourages us to continue working in the line we undertook a year ago. There is nothing to celebrate because successes in this profession are extremely ephemeral. It is one more step of the many that we hope will come in the future, which will be loaded with many new features on which we have been working hard for months”, explains Agustín Sintes. Last August, the portal www.lavozdeibiza.com registered 323,000 readers, 450,468 visits and 500,201 page views, according to data registered in Google Analytics, the most important tool in the world for measuring web page traffic.
According to the data that OJD Interactiva certifies based on the traffic registered by Google Analytics, Nou Diarithe other exclusively digital media of Ibiza and Formentera, registered 275,944 readers in August, which means 47,056 users less than La Voz de Ibiza. Thus, La Voz de Ibiza exceeded by 17.05% the audience of the digital portal founded on December 1, 2012, that is, with almost 11 years of presence.
Endorsement
The data endorse the work done by the editorial staff and the interest aroused by the numerous exclusives unveiled by this media. The irregularities of the contest under suspicion of the kiosks of Formentera and the plot in the Ministry of Labor that splashes the right hand of Francina Armengol in the Balearic Islands, Iago Negueruela are two of the most prominent. But not the only ones. La Voz de Ibiza was the media that advanced that the Club Nautico de Ibiza had lost the historic concession a few minutes after the Board of Directors adopted the decision and when there were still a couple of hours left for its completion and for official sources to confirm the news. Recently, La Voz de Ibiza has uncovered the irregularities of a pirate VTC company that, according to allegations, testimonies and indications, enjoys certain bula in the Department of Transport of the Consell de Ibiza.
The contradictions and irregularities of the miracle of the free places in the hostel converted into a youth hostel in Sant Antoni. The purchase of 30 homes in sa Penya by a Dutch businessman was also advanced by this media. La Voz de Ibiza also uncovered the defaults of Uber in its landing in Ibiza, the purchase of Casa Formentera, formerly Casa Pacha, by two former directors of the group, the transformation of Sa Siqui in Cala Duo, the purchase of a hotel in Cala de Bou by Marc Rahola, among others. These are just some of the news items that have been reported by this media and that have undoubtedly contributed to generate the confidence of readers and advertisers.
International impact
Some news of La Voz de Ibiza have had international repercussion, such as the arrivals to Ibiza of illustrious visitors like Michael Jordan and Jeff Bezos, the British squatters in a luxury villa, the sailboat stranded in Formentera in the Dana and the illegal works of Messi in his villa in Sant Josep. The exclusives that characterize La Voz de Ibiza as well as the numerous interviews and news with wide repercussion and an exhaustive and rigorous monitoring of the current affairs in real time of Ibiza and Formentera have allowed the exponential growth of the media during its first year of existence. In the absence of today’s audience data, the accumulated figures for the year show 846,000 readers, 1.7 million visits and 1.4 million page views.
9,227 daily readers
In line with previous data, the second wave of 2024 of the recognized and widely used by companies and public administrations Balearic Media Observatory prepared by the Institute of Advanced Social Studies certifies that an average daily readership of 9,227 readers in the Balearic Islands through regular surveys conducted in each of the islands.
Great repercussion in Social Networks
The social networks of La Voz de Ibiza have also reflected an exponential growth in its first year of existence. The Instragam account of La Voz de Ibiza, to which you can subscribe at this link, has more than 3,500 followers, a figure that grows every day and has more than one million accumulated views and 376,437 accounts reached. Residents and tourists get first class information, every time they open Instagram, Facebook or Twitter/X, with videos, publications or stories, we tell the reality of the islands and the most important events.
