August 2025 Transparency Report: Updates, Top Deals, Comments, Forum Posts, Members of The Month + Other Stats

August stats and recent news.


Members

August 2025

August was apparently the month for supermarket hacks so let’s give some awards for some creative money saving methods.

Congrats!

Site Updates of Interest (Not a full list)

  • Add "Show only referrals I have edited" checkbox on the user referral settings page. Add search box to quickly locate the referrals.
  • Show online status for store accounts.
  • Do not show the count on badges that can only be awarded once per account.

Moderation Stats:

  • Reports from users: 3534 || July 2025: 3968 || August 2024: 3598
Category Published Removed
Deals 2415 242
Forum 562 71
Classified 494 46
Competition 532 13
reason count
Duplicate 79
Spam 44
Requested by OP 40
Sockpuppeting 23
Referral spam 22
Lack of business details 16
Post in classifieds 15
Unobtainable deal 13
Account Issue 11
Merged with Insufficient Quantity Thread 10
Merged with Existing Thread 10
Combined posts 9
Classified does not meet posting guidelines 9
Deal doesn't meet AliExpress posting guidelines 8
Insufficient quantity 8
Read Title Guidelines 7
No deal specifics provided 6
Deal doesn't meet Amazon AU posting guidelines 4
Duplicate (Merged with Existing Thread) 4
Post as a deal 3
Private sales are not deals 3
Out of stock on posting 2
Use referral system 2
Not available to Australia 2
Deal doesn't meet eBay posting guidelines 2
Merged to Fuel Watch 2
Insufficient details for upcoming deal 2
Expired on posting 2

Most Deals Posted by a User & Vote Avg (Top 10)

User Deals Avg Vote
Hiphopopotamus 102 83.50
soyea 64 22.09
Clear 53 67.98
RubyChoco 37 23.92
hamza23 32 57.25
trixieb 31 48.48
shxhshzhz 30 68.87
kronosxmate 27 30.89
nocure 26 35.62
deanmoriarty 18 24.83

Top Deal Posters

nocure (5868 deals) +15
Lysander (5430 deals)
456 (5116 deals) +7
save50 (4600 deals) +2
tightarse (4049 deals) +2

Most Deals Posted by a New User & Vote Avg (Top 10)

User Deals Avg Vote
PS2isBetterthanPS3 6 46.00
carboncomms 3 40.00
Aleenaran 3 12.33
FellowshipOfThePing 3 5.00
lotusgoyal 3 2.67
Name12 2 49.50
Sirens 2 48.50
ninchen33 2 29.50
timothyz10 2 10.00
SKN 2 6.50

Most Front-Page Deals posted by Users & Vote Avg (Top 10)

User Deals Avg Vote
Hiphopopotamus 83 98.37
Clear 42 81.05
shxhshzhz 23 85.35
trixieb 20 65.75
hamza23 19 84.68
soyea 17 54.65
nocure 13 54.08
HamBoi69 11 87.45
456 10 204.20
BargainsGrabber 7 99.57

Most Front-Page Deals posted by Store Reps & Vote Avg (Top 10)

User Deals Avg Vote Comments Comments (Not OP)
IWantThatFlight 4 66.00 2 0
beatthatflight 3 61.33 6 0
Nebula PC 3 53.00 112 0
jason101 2 98.50 29 13
luketechfast 2 90.00 5 0
MaxDirect 2 77.50 2 0
LimeBlueCoffee 2 68.00 57 0
carboncomms 2 55.50 64 0
24mealdeal 1 198.00 0 0
FashionLane99PetShop 1 173.00 3 3

Most Competitions posted by users (Top 10)

User Comps Avg Vote
shaneb 170 13.95
TruePursuit 149 3.77
scrimshaw 68 6.22
Phalaxis 29 16.83
RubyChoco 22 9.59
originaloa 8 0.25
BeatMagazine 6 3.17
Katie2014 4 16.25
haha45 4 6.00
The Cheapskate 4 4.50

Most Edits by a Power User

User Edits Uniques
WookieMonster 387 372
Twix 340 293
Baysew 118 117
rompastompa 32 32
tonester 10 10
TakaHas 5 5
donga100 4 4
aether 4 4
jace88 3 3
brandogs 3 3
Comments

Top 10 Commenters (# of comments, votes)

User Comments Avg Vote +5's +15's -5's -15's
jv 699 0.33 45 7 40 3
tenpercent 469 0.61 27 5 15 1
marshmall0w2 444 -1.63 25 10 89 23
impoze 381 1.48 27 6 0 0
trixieb 343 0.57 6 0 0 0
Jimothy Wongingtons 329 2.84 53 8 0 0
Clear 312 1.57 28 1 0 0
Stealtho 272 -0.50 16 2 34 7
G-rig 256 0.32 1 0 1 1
Muppet Detector 245 0.15 5 0 2 0

Top 10 positively voted comments

Most Popular Comments

Top 10 negatively voted comments

Least Popular Comments

Top 10 controversial comments

Comments with a net vote between 2 and -2 where the comment has 6 or more positive votes.

Comments with a net vote of + or - 20% with pos vote count of 10 or more.

["K:D"] highest vote average with minimum 100 comments and also 50 comments.

100 comments

User Votes Vote Average
MS Paint 217 3.86
freefall101 112 3.84
mskeggs 122 3.27
pegaxs 108 2.98
PainToad 113 2.93
Jimothy Wongingtons 330 2.83
Lizard Spock 104 2.61
Brick Tamland 129 2.60
wetsandwich 102 2.16
Oh Daddy 103 2.11

50 comments

User Comments Vote Average
theHMASfriendship 53 8.79
Jaduqimon 52 5.46
Fergy1987 61 5.41
Hybroid 87 4.10
p1 ama 68 4.00
MS Paint 217 3.86
freefall101 112 3.84
tonyjzx 57 3.77
internet-stranger 55 3.64
DashCam AKA Rolts 89 3.54

Deals

Top 10 fastest deals to the front page

Top 10 fastest deals to 100 votes

Top 10 most popular deals by votes

Most Popular Deals

Top 10 most popular deals by clicks

Most Clicked Deals

Top 10 most popular deals by traffic (in pageviews)

Most Popular Deals by Category

Category Deal Votes Clicks User Posted
Alcohol 15% off Sitewide Online & App Orders Only (Members Only) + Delivery ($0 C&C) @ Dan Murphy's 351 5307 WhatsTheBigDeal 2025-08-20
Automotive [Pre Order] Zeekr 7X RWD + Premium Paint + 7kW Charger + Type 2 Charging Cable from $57,900 + On-Road Cost @ Zeekr Australia 200 15405 kronosxmate 2025-08-07
Books & Magazines [eBook] Free - Cradle Books 1-3 by Will Wight @ Amazon AU & US 86 1472 Hiphopopotamus 2025-08-23
Computing The Everything Bundle (7 Plugins) A$4 (99% off) @ Purafied Audio 189 7686 zk22 2025-08-27
Dining & Takeaway Buy One Main, Get One Main Free (Excludes Lamb & Wagyu) @ Grill'd (Membership & App Required) 398 3627 StingyGeek 2025-08-31
Education Free: The Science of Well-Being Yale University Course @ Coursera.org 164 2825 beatthatflight 2025-08-11
Electrical & Electronics NOVOO RG68 67W USB-C GaN Charger (Black) $23.39 + Delivery ($0 with Prime/ $59 Spend) @ Mbest-AU via Amazon AU 245 8066 I Smell Pennies 2025-08-07
Entertainment Switch from Existing Spotify Premium Family Plan to Basic Family Plan for $20.99/Month, Save $7/Month (Save $84/Year) @ Spotify 271 3008 drezy 2025-08-25
Fashion & Apparel [NSW] Half Price Omega & Longines Watches (De Ville Co-Axial for $3999.99) @ Costco, Marsden Park (Membership Req) 287 23895 Erkel 2025-08-09
Financial $100 (Was $30) for Referrer & Referee for New Sign-Ups (5 Eligible Purchases in 30 Days Required) @ ubank 269 2349 Sven Viking 2025-08-26
Gaming [PC, Epic] Free - Monument Valley @ Epic Games 328 4228 456 2025-08-29
Groceries [Hack] Save 2¢ Per Transaction at Self Serve Checkout @ Woolworths & Coles 670 1382 Churna 2025-08-15
Health & Beauty 192x Trust Ibuprofen 200mg (Coated Tablets) $11.99 Delivered @ PharmacySavings 154 2097 jason101 2025-08-21
Home & Garden XU1 2-Piece 18V DIY Kit (Hammer Drill & Impact Driver) $39 (Was $99) + Delivery ($0 OnePass/ C&C/ in-Store) @ Bunnings 256 10977 shxhshzhz 2025-08-28
Internet nbn FTTP or HFC 500/50 $50 Per Month for 6 Months ($89.99 Per Month Ongoing) @ Arctel 401 10897 dudebargain 2025-08-25
Mobile Free - 3GB of Global Data (52 Countries, eSIM, Data Valid for 180 Days, New Signups Only) @ Roamless 235 5603 Hiphopopotamus 2025-08-03
Other eBay Plus Annual Subscription $7.99 / $10 (Normally $49/ Year) 626 13939 samyswiny 2025-08-18
Pets Breeder's Choice Cat Litter 30L 2 for $45 (Members Price) + Delivery ($0 C&C / $49 Spend to Metro) @ Petbarn 61 1238 Colin2905 2025-08-04
Sports & Outdoors adidas: Extra 30% off Outlet Items + $10 Delivery ($0 for adiClub Members/ $120 Order) @ adidas Outlet 231 22865 tightarse 2025-08-10
Toys & Kids LEGO Speed Champions Porsche 911 GT3 RS Super Car 77239 $28.80 + Delivery ($0 C&C/ In-Store/ OnePass/ $60 Order) @ Target 101 8970 Yellowlemon 2025-08-01
Travel 20% off Annual & Monthly Subscriptions (from US$79.99 /yr) @ Seats.aero (Qantas & Velocity Reward Seat Search Engine) 145 3555 tobs90 2025-08-10

dealsbycategory

Top 10 most popular freebie deals by votes


Competitions

Most Popular Competitions (by votes)

Most Popular Competitions (by clicks)

Most Won Competitions


Social Media

Instagram:

  • 18,004 +54 followers
  • Male 38.4%, Female 61.6% (vs. Male: 73.4% Female: 26.6% for OzBargain)
  • 25-34 35.8% (vs. 33.58% for OzBargain)
  • Link Clicks 5,220 +72.3%

Other stats

Top 10 most popular forum thread by traffic (in pageviews)

Top 5 most popular wiki pages by traffic (in pageviews, excluding help pages)

Top 5 most popular stores (in pageviews of their store page)

Store Views
Domino's 81048
eBay Australia 19051
Amazon AU 16538
AliExpress 14473
KFC Australia 10505
Uber Eats 8064
Menulog 6979
Bunnings Warehouse 6615
DoorDash 6558
Coles 6123

Top 10 most popular stores (amount of published deals posted)

Store Count Avg Vote
Amazon AU 277 36.53
Steam 51 67.41
JB Hi-Fi 40 30.07
Woolworths 37 55.49
Bunnings Warehouse 37 59.95
Costco Wholesale 36 34.17
Coles 35 45.54
Kmart 34 48.21
ShopBack AU 34 45.24
TopCashback AU 30 45.90

Top 10 most subscribed to stores

Top 10 Search Alerts

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Top 5 sites referring traffic to OzBargain (sessions)

  1. Facebook - 48,352
  2. Whirlpool - 46,049
  3. Reddit 31,744
  4. ChatGPT - 17,576
  5. Cheapies - 11,716

Top Browsers (by Active Users)

BROWSER PERCENTAGE
Chrome 65.8%
Safari 17.7%
OzBargain app 7.0%
Edge 4.5%
Firefox 3.6%
Samsung Internet 2.3%
Safari (in-app) 1.7%
Android Webview 0.6%
Opera 0.4%
Amazon Silk 0.0%

Top 10 stores with referrals (# of referrers)

Store Count
TopCashback AU 5616
ShopBack AU 4197
Cashrewards 2657
American Express 1844
Wise 1805
ubank 1776
Catch.com.au 1489
Uber Eats 1447
Up Bank 1443
Superloop 1098

Google Search Console:

Trending Up Content

Trending queries

  • apple gift card discount +149%
  • ozbargain cashrewards +2,152%
  • cashrewards ozbargain +1,885%
  • topcashback ozbargain +700%
  • pizza hut coupon +264%
  • ozbargain iphone +139%
  • best gaming pc build ozbargain +131%

Everything else

  • Deals posted: 2414 || July 2025: 2601 || August 2024: 2471
  • Total number of deals: 518,994 || Total number of forum topics: 138,497 || Total number of competitions: 70,181
  • Number of Freebies posted: 124
  • Comments posted: 83,355 || July 2025: 99,060 || August 2024: 98,565
  • Total comments posted: 16,944,692 comments
  • % of removed comments: 2.37% || July 2.51% || August 2024 2.20%
  • Overall traffic: 11,600,520 sessions, 33,343,095 pageviews || August 2025: 12,251,069 sessions, 37,425,633 pageviews || August 2024: 12,521,162 sessions, 36,346,006 pageviews
  • New users: 3957 Total number of users: 491,048
  • % of rep posts: 13.88% || July: 11.59% || August 2024: 15.14%

  • User Age:

Age Percentage
18-24 17.95%
25-34 33.58%
35-44 29.82%
45-54 12.45%
55-64 4.05%
65+ 2.14%

Comments

    • +7

      I'll help kick start your journey to most neg.

      • +3

        “I’m doing my part!”

        • appreciate the support

      • thanks so much

    • +1

      Onboard.

  • Where's July's transparency report? can't find it

  • +3

    Should make it our mission to topple jv.

    • +4

      Please don’t. It should be about quality over quantity… jv just treats comments to be fired off like diarrhoea being shot from a Gatling blunderbuss.

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