Ipswich.love · Monthly reportDecember 2025
December 2025
in Ipswich
1,883
event occurrences — in just one month, across 75 venues and 195 hosts.
Versus the month before
That's +12.8% on the month before — 213 more events.
December 2025 kept the climb going. Below: the last 12 months at a glance.
New on the site
131
new events were listed on Ipswich.love in December 2025.
That's 131 fresh listings added by organisers and the editorial team — separate from the 1,883 individual occurrences that took place across the month. Recurring events keep running; new listings show fresh activity.
What kind of events?
Community & Charity led the month, with 753 events.
- Community & Charity 23%
- Health & Wellbeing 15%
- Family & Kids 15%
- Sports & Fitness 15%
- Arts & Culture 7%
- Christmas 6%
- Outdoor & Nature 5%
- Workshops & Classes 4%
- Music & Concerts 4%
- Nightlife 3%
- Food & Drink 3%
- Education 1%
- Shopping 0%
- Business & Networking 0%
Across 14 categories — from gigs and gallery openings to family days and Saturday markets. Community & Charity carried the weight, but the long tail tells the more interesting story.
Where they happened
Murrayside Community Centre hosted 62 of them.
75 unique venues hosted events this month. Pubs, parks, town hall rooms, theatre stages, museum nooks, churches, and beach huts — the spaces you find Ipswich in.
Who's running things
Gainsborough Community Library ran 97 events this month.
195 organisations, groups, and individuals hosted events. Some run a single night; others fill the calendar week after week.
When they happened
Wednesdays were the busiest — 393 events.
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Hover or tap a square to see the count. The weekend always wins, but the midweek shape is where you can spot quieter evenings the town might want filling.
Who's it for?
Most events were tagged for Adults.
Events can be tagged for more than one age group, so the numbers overlap. The split shows who the community is building for — and where the gaps might be.
Email campaigns this month
6 sends. Average 40.8% open rate.
6,912 emails landed across 1,174 subscribers. 35 more readers than last month. The weekly What's On in Ipswich is the regular send; surveys, announcements and one-offs land here too.
“Events in Ipswich This Week”
The best-performing send of the month
7.5% click rate on average across the month's sends. Below the fold: which links readers tapped most.
Who's reading
4,945 sessions, mostly from Ipswich.
3,381 people opened 8,847 pages. 75.0% on a phone — this is a hand-held town. Average reader stays 156s, which is roughly long enough to clock a Saturday plan.
How they found us
6,957 clicks from search across 275,197 impressions.
2.5% click-through, average position 9.2. The top landing page from search was https://ipswich.love/event-type/christmas-events-ipswich/ with 360 clicks.
Top queries
Rising this month
- “alice in wonderland ipswich” ↑ +67 clicks
- “darts ipswich” ↑ +26 clicks
- “ipswich christmas market” ↑ +22 clicks
The breakout link
Www.ipswich.love
109
clicks from the newsletter. Whatever the editor said about it that week, it worked. Take a look →
The month, all in
Three numbers to sit with.
Event occurrences
1,883
↑ +12.8% on prior monthNewsletter subscribers
1,174
↑ +35 this monthVisits to the site
4,945
↓ -19% on prior monthThanks for reading
Now — what's next?
Head back to the live dashboard for what's happening this week, or browse other monthly reports.
Go to the live dashboard →Methodology and sources on the About page.