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By the Numbers


Sometime during the day on May 2, 2014 the number of pageviews for this blog passed the 50,000 mark.  For me it is an event worth celebrating and I'll do that by stating a few facts about my blog.

By the Numbers
33.67 months blogging
134 weeks + 5 days blogging
943 days blogging
345 posts shared
137 distinct knitting projects shared
1,027 photos shared
3 videos shared
119 views of the Knitting Books page

Of those 345 listed below are the top ten most read posts in the order of readership top to bottom, linked to the original if you are interested in reading the post again.

Top 10 Most Read Posts
The Dachshund - November 15, 2011
Hey, I can do that Myself! - June 21, 2012
BSJ - July 15, 2013
Sci Fi in Yarn - July 18, 2012
Kim Thomson of Live Wool - August 1, 2013
Be Careful What You Write - July 31, 2012
Earworms and a Sanibel Cowl - June 3, 2012
Stick to Your Knitting - July 24, 2012
U900's Rabbit U - January 10, 2012
The Raccoon - October 3, 2013

Seven of the top ten posts were written during the summer months, a time when work is less invasive on my being and the days are so much longer.  Or perhaps I'm just more creative in my writing when the weather's warm.  Or maybe there's some other explanation, but the fact remains 70% were written in June, July or August.  Also 6 of the top 10 were posted in 2012, perhaps a more creative year in my ability to find more general interest topics.  I've explained away in other places why some of these posts seem to be so popular.   You can find those explanations here, here, here and here; no need to repeat that commentary now since the top few remain the most viewed.

These top 10 posts generated 2,361 pageviews combined, meaning on average the remaining 335 posts garnered approximately 140 pageviews each.  Or put more accurately approximately 50 pageviews per day using the 943 days the blog's existed.  Keeping in mind for the first several months the pageviews rarely surpassed the mark of 20 per post, readership has improved remarkably over time.

What's missing from all of this are the most poignant or meaningful posts in my opinion.  The readership for them is low because the content will not be found on any search engine, and yet from my POV they represent some of my best writing.  (Again the title of each is linked to the original if you want to read them.)

Author's Top 7 Best Written/Most Meaningful Posts
The Inner Teenage Knitter - May 8, 2012
Not All Knitter are Monogamous - July 30 2012
Happy Thanksgiving America - November 21, 2012
Old Friends - June 29, 2013
A New Chapter Begins - November 17, 2013
Hefting and Sheep - November 24, 2013
You Just Never Know - February 17, 2014

It strikes me as I review this list that four of the seven were written in the last year or less and most in the winter months.  My hope is that after creating hundreds of posts, the content and writing has improved and that I didn't pick them because they are most recent.  (I don't think that's the case, but . . .)




In March 2013 a post listed why I will continue to blog suggesting there were at least nine different reasons (click to review that post here) and nothing has changed since then.  This is fun and a creative outlet for me and until that changes I will blog on.  And a sincere thank you to you, my dedicated readers.  I know you are out there by the numbers you generate.

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