My website features reviews of over 140 airsoft guns, the vast majority airsoft pistols.

When I review them, I often wonder how popular a specific review will be and I've been doing some assessment of 2005's figures (thanks to Marcus' excellent stats package - Big thanks again to Marcus for hosting the site!).

The top 22 reviews are :

Model____________Pages_____Brand___%age

HFC Hi-Capa_________3,434_____HFC_______9.1%

HFC M9 190__________2,710_____HFC_______7.1%

TM Desert Eagle_____2,307_____TM________6.1%

TM Hi-Capa__________2,041_____TM________5.4%

KSC USP Compact_____2,041_____KSC_______5.4%

KSC Glock 17/18C____1,937_____KSC_______5.1%

WA PO HRT___________1,891_____WA________5.0%

KJW USP Tactical____1,821_____KJW_______4.8%

Tanaka Colt SAA_____1,819_____Tanaka____4.8%

KSC/TM H&K Mk23_____1,746_____KSC/TM____4.6%

WA Colt Defender____1,722_____WA________4.5%

Tanaka Luger P08____1,622_____Tanaka____4.3%

WA SVI Hybrid 6"____1,600_____WA________4.2%

WA Colt MEU_________1,589_____WA________4.2%

TM FN P90 AEG_______1,531_____TM________4.0%

KWA Glock 19________1,414_____KSC_______3.7%

TM VSR 10 rifle_____1,370_____TM________3.6%

KJW Ruger Mk1_______1,354_____KJW_______3.6%

WA Jati-Matic_______1,333_____WA________3.5%

Maruzen H&K MP5K____1,329_____Maruzen___3.5%

SIIS Desert Eagle___1,319_____SIIS______3.5%

The popularity of the two HFC (the hi-capa's made by them but sold as a WE or Armotech usually) struck me as noteworthy.

Unusual guns like the Tanaka Luger and Colt SAA obviously interest people, but I wonder how many actually buy them, let alone the almost unobtainable WA Jati-Matic!

I wasn't surprised to see the TM Desert Eagle (great gun) and Hi-Capa (Bit mediocre, IMO) or the KSC Glocks figure highly, though.

The KSC USP Compact seems popular and, of all the WA Colt's I was a bit surprised to see the Colt Defender top of the list.

By Brand these breakdown as :

Brand____Total

TM________8,995___24%

WA________8,135___21%

KSC_______7,138___19%

HFC_______6,144___16%

Tanaka____3,441____9%

KJW_______3,175____8%

Maruzen___1,329____4%

SIIS______1,319____3%

Having WA and TM near the top is no surprise, but HFC's presence did interest me, whether it's due to few reviews of their guns or to the brand's increasing popularity is hard to be certain about, though.

You can play games with the numbers all day, but I though it interesting to see what people were reading about on the site.

For anyone interested in such things, the numbers are Page Impressions/Views rather than hits and cover the period April 2005 to December 16th.

Cheers and happy Christmas.