newsmike Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) It appears that Fiverr is purging gigs that are either old, non billing or otherwise dead wood. Just a year ago I recall posts where we were discussing how the pandemic caused a flood of sellers, ballooning the Voice Over vertical to 25,000 gigs. I just happened to look and discovered that there are fewer than half that now. Great start. Keep it up please! Edited December 21, 2022 by newsmike 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozan_erdi Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 That is a major purge. While i was reading your post i tough "yeah great, at least they get rid of some" But when i saw 25k. I knew it wasnt getting rid of "some" Its a mass beheading event. I love it! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8iveartwork Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 No, it's not that. I see the same in my category however after a few minutes if you refresh the page you'll see all of them again. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsmike Posted December 21, 2022 Author Share Posted December 21, 2022 8 hours ago, cre8iveartwork said: No, it's not that. I see the same in my category however after a few minutes if you refresh the page you'll see all of them again. I don't see that. 30 less this morning. Anyone else? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catwriter Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cre8iveartwork Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I assume that you don't see 5000 logo gigs on your side... Tomorrow I will see all 300.000 I have checked multiple times 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoorevoice Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) Not seeing any evidence of a purge here. Would be a great idea though. I'm not sure that even Fiverr know how many gigs there going by these numbers: On searches: "voice over" "male voice over" "female voice over" "english male voice over" You'd think "english male voice over" would return less results than "male voice over" but nope. "british english male voice over " On the vertical: https://www.fiverr.com/categories/music-audio/voice-overs Filtering it down: I wonder how many of the 32,000 are crappy TTS robots... They should be taken out of the VO space and given their own so buyers can choose from human or bots. But I do believe a grand purge of gigs and culling of dead accounts would be a good way to shift some dead weight from the platform. ignore any images below this point, it's the editing being awkward... Edited December 21, 2022 by andymoorevoice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moikchap Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 While our numbers don't directly match newsmike's... there is a trend. Catwriter saw 32057. Andymoorevoice saw 32027. I see 32025. The quoted numbers are descending. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk1000 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, moikchap said: While our numbers don't directly match newsmike's... there is a trend. Catwriter saw 32057. Andymoorevoice saw 32027. I see 32025. The quoted numbers are descending. About 4 months ago there were about 29,407 in the recommended sort so they've increased since then. It might be that it will only show a big increase after a particular time when some indexing takes place. So maybe if we check tomorrow at roughly the same time it will give a better idea whether they are increasing/decreasing. Edited December 21, 2022 by uk1000 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maitasun Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 I see 26,316 available sorted by relevance and 2,148 new arrivals. No filtering of any kind. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moikchap Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 All I did to get my numbers was select the Music & Audio category from the bar at the top, then select the Voice Over sub-category. It should be similarly unfiltered. Since my last post, that same filter now shows 32011. A drop of 13 in about an hour. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maitasun Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, moikchap said: All I did to get my numbers was select the Music & Audio category from the bar at the top, then select the Voice Over sub-category. It should be similarly unfiltered. Since my last post, that same filter now shows 32011. A drop of 13 in about an hour. I did it much simpler. I just typed voice over on the search bar. I'm too lazy, I guess... 🙈😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk1000 Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) I get a lower number of results when I search for "voice over" (about 26,315). It could be because there are active gigs in the voice over category that don't get returned with that search, eg. ones called "I will record your podcast intro..." rather than having voice over in the title/description. Also it showing less could also be due to gigs getting paused rather than deleted. Maybe some people might pause their gig(s) over the Christmas period. But like I said it might increase tommorow if it only does a big indexing at a particular time. Also maybe some of it could be due to the country where the user is (and maybe what the Fiverr server is or what sort of caching it's doing) and maybe whether they are logged in or not might matter. Edited December 21, 2022 by uk1000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maitasun Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 19 minutes ago, uk1000 said: I get a lower number of results when I search for "voice over" (about 26,315). It could be because there are active gigs in the voice over category that don't get returned with that search, eg. ones called "I will record your podcast intro..." rather than having voice over in the title/description. That could explain the difference between the number of results that @catwriter @andymoorevoice and @moikchapget and the one I see. But yet, not even near to @newsmike's 10,065... 🤔 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miiila Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 (edited) This is what I'm seeing at the moment, just 10,007 ... I'll check again tomorrow if I remember or see this thread in my notifications ... I also wonder if what we see, including the number, may already somewhat be tailored to us individually. Maybe the algorithm knows that it makes more sense to offer some of us just the upper third or such, anyhow 😉 ETA: Just sorted for "Best Selling", and got 10,004, then again for the default "Recommended", 10,004, too. Maybe, peu à peu, sellers pause Gigs for Christmas now. That's just my explanation for 10,007 > 10,004, though, not for the 20k+ / 10K difference 😉 When I use the search bar and type "voice over", I get the 26K, too. From my experience with search, back when I used to still make such fun experiments more often, I concluded that search is a bit... Well, I wouldn't wonder if that number includes any Gig that for any reason has either "voice" or "over" somewhere in some text, which would inflate the actual number. Back to category click, voilà, > 10,003. Christmas. At least, let's hope it's that, and not the seasonal flu, that lets the VOs turn off their Gigs one by one 😉 Edited December 21, 2022 by miiila 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miiila Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 As tentatively promised, a day later, ta-daaaa... from 10,003 to 31,797. Well, well. Maybe put the champagne back in your yacht's fridge until New Year's, Mike. Cordially yours, 🤖 (Hm, did discobot get a makeover?) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoorevoice Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 26 minutes ago, miiila said: Maybe put the champagne back in your yacht's fridge That's what the staff are for. If your yacht doesn't have staff it's just a boat. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miiila Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Of course, you are right. I said it like, you know, one does, "Ramses built the pyramids", "Napoleon conquered Europe", "Mike put the champagne back in the fridge", ... 😉 Yeah... but... I do wish Discobot would add a little "i" symbol next to those numbers, with a hover-explanation to tell us that you should monitor them over a period of 60 days, and then take the 5th root to get the actual number. 🤖 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moikchap Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 31,641 for me now. It's like it's deflating at about 10 per hour. So in about four months there will be no Voice Over gigs left at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsmike Posted December 22, 2022 Author Share Posted December 22, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, miiila said: Maybe put the champagne back in your yacht's fridge until New Year's, Mike Nah. we uncork it all and dance till dawn. Another shipment is on the way, disguised at patriot missiles for Ukraine. BTW, you still bringing the martini olives? I know what @andymoorevoice is bringing after a quick hookup with Snoop. Edited December 22, 2022 by newsmike 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andymoorevoice Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 13 hours ago, newsmike said: I know what @andymoorevoice is bringing after a quick hookup with Snoop. A gift tray of the best brownies you've ever had, cookies, hand made chocolates, and a cheesecake like no other... I'll be at the back of the yacht getting a yet-ski safety drill from the Boson. Quote 25,868 services available 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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