As it turns out, Nude Island isn't very naked at all, at least judging by the several times I've visited, shortly after launching a weekly search for true community sites free from camping and excessive freebies. Instead, what you have is a clothing optional tropical paradise with excessive socializing, much of it voice-enabled. (Hence the cluster of Residents in the background above.) When I took this screenshot, only one case of naked obtained: a forlorn-looking dude with a porn-worthy priapism, who the others steadfastly ignored. Presumably the full-scale nudity happens more often in the beach bungalows in the nearby pier along the shore, and other more secluded areas.
Last week, Nude Island held the third top spot in our ranking-- full top twenty after the break. And as always, if you know of a camper-free popular site that isn't mentioned here, contact Tateru Nino or me, to make sure it's included in future counts.
Full chart 20 entries:
Site |
Est avg hourly visits |
Est avg hourly visits (peak hrs) |
Estimated total weekly visits |
---|---|---|---|
NORSIM MultiSIM (Goth RPG) | 282 | 354 | 47,472 (up 7.71%) |
Avilion Grove (Fantasy Roleplaying) | 147 | 176 | 24,704 (down 8.43%) |
Nude Island (Mature Social) | 141 | 144 | 23,728 (down 10.34%) |
Phat Cat's Jazzy Blue Lounge (PG Social/Shopping) | 121 | 123 | 20,388 (down 15.30%) |
Blackheart's Cafe (PG Social) | 90 | 90 | 15,232 (stable) |
Bound and Determined (BDSM Social) | 90 | 103 | 15,120 (up 2.13%) |
Independent State of Caledon (Steampunk Roleplay) | 84 | 108 | 14,184 (up 6.10%) |
Lost Gardens of Apollo (PG Social) | 82 | 100 | 13,836 (stable) |
Hedonistic Isle (Mature Social) | 80 | 92 | 13,584 (down 9.09%) |
Laguna Nude Beach (Mature Social) | 79 | 96 | 13,328 (stable) |
Bare Rose (PG Social) | 79 | 82 | 13,328 (up 6.19%) |
Capture Roleplay HQ (BDSM Social) | 79 | 88 | 13,280 (down 2.90%) |
Midian City (Goth RPG) | 77 | 90 | 13,056 (down 11.81%) |
Heavenly Rose Gardens (PG Social) | 76 | 132 | 12,912 (stable) |
City of Lost Angels (Goth RPG) | 71 | 78 | 12,072 (down 3.64%) |
New Citizens Incorporated (Noob Resident Welcome/Education) | 68 | 70 | 11,508 (up 2.46%) |
Icedragon's Playpen (Casual Gaming/Social) | 64 | 76 | 10,832 (up 9.83%) |
Toxian City (Goth RPG) | 56 | 79 | 9,520 (down 12.74%) |
City of Midgaard (BDSM Social) | 55 | 72 | 9,392 (down 12.47%) |
The Shelter (Noob Resident Welcome/Education) | 53 | 77 | 8,904 (up 4.95%) |
In the coming days, look for the full True Community list at Tateru's site.
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DON'T SEE A POPULAR TRUE COMMUNITY SITE YOU LIKE IN THIS SEARCH?
If you know of sites not listed here which consistently generate 25,000 or more in Traffic daily, please post the name and location in Comments for future consideration.
DISCLAIMERS TO THIS SEARCH
- Due to SL's poor search function, this list doesn't necessarily reflect all the most popular places in SL. In fact, some omissions are quite likely.
- All effort is made to check sites for camping chairs and other
excessive freebie/free money giveaways. If any on this list include
those, please IM me (Hamlet Au).
- If you're the owner of a site on
this list and would prefer not being on future listings, please contact
me with that request. (Related note: future updates may include
SLURLs.)
- Shopping-only areas excluded.
TRUE COMMUNITY SEARCH METHODOLOGY
Sites in this headcount are selected for their prominence, either from publicity or real world name recognition. Sites with consistent low traffic (500 or less weekly) may be dropped in future counts in favor of other sites. We do not count sites with camping chairs, or visitors in the orientation sims, as there seems to be little evidence to suggest that they will become visitors to the parent site - and if they do, we catch them when we headcount the site anyway.
We collect data four times per day for each site at 2am, 8am, 2pm and 8pm (times in SLT/US Pacific) plus/minus 1 hour. For each sample we count the number of people at the site at the time. We average those samples across the week, and then assume that average to hold constant, with each visitor spending a half hour on-site. This methodology does not necessarily include one-time events that generate high traffic missed by our sampling, which we'll make note of whenever possible. Headcounts do not factor in returning visitors, so assume that the total number of unique Residents are likely to be significantly less than the estimated total visits.
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