Spectatorship

The distinctive nature of online viewing has been a particular Shiftwork area of interest, and the website - active since 1999 - has allowed viewing figures for individual pieces to build over time. Traffic is drawn particularly from the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany and Norway, with a surprisingly high proportion of viewers spending over thirty minutes to an hour or more on the site. Many returning visitors are fellow screendance and filmmakers, with RSS feeds allowing new work to be viewed soon after posting.