{"id":14696,"date":"2025-01-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=14696"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T17:41:12","slug":"blog-review-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/blog-review-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Review \u2013 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In my final look back at 2024, I’m looking at my blog performance and favorite posts again. You know that I love data, so this type of post is a lot of fun for me. If you enjoy data, too, take a look at the Data tag<\/a> for posts you may have missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I’ve said before, I’m well aware that the stats I have available to me are almost certainly tainted by bots, VPNs, etc. But, they’re still fun to look through. I know<\/em> there are some other data nerds out there, so this post goes out to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

All-Time Stats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ah, the requisite look back over the years. It’s been really interesting \u2014 and cool! \u2014 to see how my blog has grown over the years. Also, a reminder that 2017 only had half a year, as I started my blog on June 15, and originally planned it to be related to books\/reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total Views: 203,291 | Total Posts: 759 | Total Words: 464,764<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stat<\/th>2017<\/th>2018<\/th>2019<\/th>2020<\/th>2021<\/th>2022<\/th>2023<\/th>2024<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Views<\/td>1,133<\/td>5,593<\/td>16,301<\/td>9,242<\/td>15,730<\/td>36,463<\/td>51,102<\/td>66,222<\/td><\/tr>
Avg. Views per Day<\/td>7<\/td>15<\/td>44<\/td>25<\/td>43<\/td>101<\/td>140<\/td>181<\/td><\/tr>
Posts<\/td>70<\/td>137<\/td>79<\/td>21<\/td>136<\/td>104<\/td>114<\/td>98<\/td><\/tr>
Words<\/td>46.6K<\/td>99.7K<\/td>27.4K<\/td>23.7K<\/td>88.2K<\/td>90.8K<\/td>124.5K<\/td>88.5K<\/td><\/tr>
Avg. Words per Post<\/td>666<\/td>728<\/td>347<\/td>1,126<\/td>648<\/td>873<\/td>1,093<\/td>903<\/td><\/tr>
Book Posts<\/td>41<\/td>73<\/td>26<\/td>14<\/td>10<\/td>12<\/td>12<\/td>9<\/td><\/tr>
Fountain Pen Posts<\/td>1<\/td>21<\/td>38<\/td>2<\/td>47<\/td>63<\/td>51<\/td>47<\/td><\/tr>
Ink Posts<\/td>0<\/td>4<\/td>3<\/td>0<\/td>34<\/td>9<\/td>21<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2024 Stats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I ran the below metrics for all of 2024, and only<\/em> 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Countries by Views<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Surprise surprise, the USA still accounts for the vast majority of my total views, beating out the next highest (the UK) by nearly 38,000 views. There was more change to my top 10 countries this year, with Australia and Germany and Spain and the Netherlands switching ranks, and replacing Singapore with the Philippines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. United States – 42,124<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. United Kingdom – 4,154<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Canada – 3,026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Australia – 1,537<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Germany – 1,510<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. India – 1,206<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Netherlands – 894<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Spain – 783<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. France – 687<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Philippines – 634<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Top Referrers by Views<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    A referrer is a webpage that sends visitors to a site \u2014 in this case, mine \u2014 using a link. In other words, it’s the webpage that a person was on right before they landed on my site. The number 10 referrer is a bit shady\/suspect, as I can’t imagine why people were referred to my site by an internet speed test. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Search Engines – 22,793\n