Why yes, it is almost the end of January. And yes, I am still recapping things from 2024. Today it’s all about blog stats!
While I don’t generate revenue from this site, it’s still fun to track traffic and look at various trends. (Here is a similar rundown from 2023.)
TOP REFERRERS
*This represents the websites through which the most people find/access my blog.
- Colleen @ Martin Family Moments (by a country mile!)
- Kristen @ The Frugal Girl. Courtesy of my Meet a Reader segment + Kristen’s guest post
- Sarah @ Harry Times
- Sarah @ The Shu Box
- Kae @ Grateful Kae
- Julie @ Thinking About
- Nicole @ Girl in a Boy House
- Allison @ Bibliomama
- Lisa @ Lisa’s Yarns
- Laura @ Laura Vanderkam
**Technically “search engines” was #2
TOP COUNTRIES (BY VIEWS)
- The United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Australia
- Germany
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Italy
TOP CLICK THROUGHS
*These are the top blogs people visiting my blog click through to visit via links on my site.
- Engie @ The Time for Change
- Jenny @ Runner’s Fly
- Kyria @ Travel Spot
- Birche @ Birchwood Pie
- Sarah @ Harry Times
- Lisa @ Lisa’s Yarns
- Kristen @ The Frugal Girl
- Suzanne @ Life of a Doctor’s Wife
- Michelle @ MG Doodle Studio
- Nicole @ Girl in a Boy House
MOST COMMENTED
*Self explanatory – these are the posts that generated the most comments, though guest posts are a bit of an unusual case since each comment often elicits multiple responses (from me + from the guest).
- Guest Post: Welcome Kristen
- Guest Post: Welcome Ally from The Spectacled Bean
- What’s In a Name?
- Announcing the Next Cool Bloggers Walking Club
- Meds, Moods, and Me: The Ups, Downs, and Outcomes of Taking Medication for My Mental Health
- What’s In A Name? Let’s Talk Pronunciation, Grandparents, and Other Language Topics
- My Life as a Mango
- Announcing My Year of Shmita
- What Do You Do with Worn (Not Dirty) Clothes?
- Mantras and Fun Ideas for 2025 (Or, My Current Version of Setting Goals)
TOP COMMENTORS
* For some reason Jetpack will only feed me the top 7.
TOP POSTS (BY VIEWS)
*Guest posts are popular! Also, apparently, whatever I decided to recap on 26 January in a random Happy Things Friday post?
- Guest Post: Welcome Kristen
- Guest Post: Welcome Colleen
- Guest Post: Welcome Kae
- Meds, Moods, and Me: The Ups, Downs, and Outcomes of Taking Medication for My Mental Health
- Guest Post: Welcome Kelsey
- My Year of Shmita: January Recap
- Happy Things Friday: 26 January
- Following Up, 2023 Blog Top Fives, and More Randomness
- Who’s Behind the Blog? [Sort of a guest post about me?!]
- My Caps Lock Week
MY GUEST POSTS
*In addition to hosting guests on my blog, I had a few appearances elsewhere on the web.
- The Frugal Girl [I did a Meet a Reader segment about all things finances and frugality.]
- Lisa’s Yarns [Just last week I visited Lisa’s blog for a fun interview!]
- The Time for Change [As part of Engie’s 20th Anniversary Blogging Series, I wrote about my top 24 favourite things to do in Nova Scotia.]
- Travel Spot [Kyria “interviewed” me about some travel topics.]
OTHER RANDOM STATS
- Month with the most views: November 2024
- Month with the least views: August 2024 [Makes sense as I didn’t post much while we were in Portugal.]
- Total posts in 2024: 238
- Words written: 247,000
- Highest traffic day: November 3 (The Frugal Girl’s guest post)
- Views: ~210,000
- Visitors: ~35,000
MY FAVOURITE POSTS
I thought it would be fun to look back and give a shortlist longlist of my favourite posts. Admittedly, I wrote A LOT of posts and did not want to go back through all 238, so I’m pulling things from my memory – in no particular order.
- My guest post on Engie’s site. It was so much fun to showcase Nova Scotia!
- When I wrote about psychological “oxygen” – it was a self-revelatory moment for me, brought on by a somewhat random comment my therapist made during one of our sessions.
- When I wrote about being a “mango”. Another breakthrough for me this year came from realizing some people don’t like me and never will. I’m a mango.
- All of my travel recap posts from 2024 (Barcelona + Portugal). They are a labour of love. What a privilege to have been able to experience so many wonderful adventures with my family. If I had to pick specific posts, I’d choose our day in Montserrat and the two posts where I broke down what we spent in Barcelona and Portugal.
- The State of My Uterus Address. This isn’t a very fun topic, but I’m glad I can share about my experience with menorrhagia; hopefully someone suffering from similar issues will read it and feel less alone in their struggle.
- Saying Goodbye in Stages (It Still Hurts). Some bittersweet reflections on watching my parents age.
- This Valentine’s Day: Finding Love On the Charcuterie Board. A love letter to my husband. He’s the best.
- Thirty Reflective Questions As I Leave 2023 (Thank Goodness) and Enter 2024 (Bring It On?). It was fascinating to go back and re-read this post!
- I really enjoyed hosting a “Christmas party at my house” even if it was virtual. My favourite things/gift guide post was a lot of work (but also a lot of fun).
- All my Top Five/Bottom Five posts! They are so much fun to write and the resulting debates are endlessly fascinating.
- Who’s Behind the Blog. I liked taking a step back to re-introduce myself at the start of NaBloPoMo.
- The Where Do You Keep That? series. So fun!!!
- Happy Things Friday Turns One! I love this series, so it felt like a special (happy) milestone to reach the 1-year mark.
- A giant list of things I find cozy. Who doesn’t love to be cozy?!
- Reflecting on emotional baggage – the fact we all carry it, how to lighten the load.
- Never Have I Ever! A fun list of 10 things I’ve never done in my life. Stay tuned as I have a follow-up post coming soon.
- A sweet reminder from Indy about finding joy in the littlest of ways.
Okay! Enough blogging about blogging.
Your turn.
- If you have a blog, what was your favourite post that you published in 2024?
- What are some things that make you feel cozy?
- Did any post I wrote in 2024 stick in your brain for longer than others? If so, which one?!
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Kyria @ Travel Spot
Oh man, I wasn’t going to comment, but I have to keep my top 7 spot for 2025, so here goes! 🙂
What a fun recap; I think WP does a better job of keeping track of things like that; for example, I have no idea who my top commentor was! I have Google Analytics but they did a revamp and so I used to be able to look at my stats on my blog and now those are kind of crap, but I didn’t port over everything so my new analytics are only for a very short time so far. It is a lot more fun when you can look back at years!
coco
Your post on your uterus surgery journey really shocked me as I had no idea you’ve been dealing it for so long and you still manage to do so much and take care of the family. That shows how strong you are!
I rarely go back to my previous posts as it serves more like a journal for reflection, maybe I should go back and re-read some of my old posts.
mbmom11
This is fun data!
Your blog runs the gamut – from exciting, glorious vacations to cozy home posts to serious discussions about hard things. You are a woman of great depth and talent. Thank you for sharing!
I think your posts about mental health made me think quite a bit about my own state of being. And writing the chapter titles was fun ( well, mostly-at times hard -given life).
And CBWC got me moving last spring and out in the sunshine, which helped me a lot.
Cozy – right now I’m wrapped in a warm blanket in a cold ,dark room, softly-purring cat curled up against my legs. The house is quiet. And I don’t need to get the day started just yet. So I’m peak cozy right now.