Well, one thing I know to post this week is my review of what my readership was like in March. Let me go see what WordPress will tell me about that.
Huh.
Not at all sure what happened there but it looks like I might’ve just had my best month ever. WordPress tells me there were 1,779 page views in March, way up from February’s 1,062 and January’s 1,274. Also it tells me this came from what I’m sure is a record 999 unique visitors and now that’s going to drive me crazy for like ever. There were 611 unique visitors in February and 670 in January. I am not positive but think my previous records were in March 2016 (1,557 views) and April 2016 (757 visitors). That’s on 16 essays posted, up from the 13 in February and 14 in January.
Had 53 comments made around here in March, my best since the glory days of early 2016. February saw 30 and January 39 comments and oh I did my best to keep caught up, but it’s hard. There were 143 things liked over the month; that’s up from February’s 102 and January’s 112. Greatest number since August 2017 and my last round of A To Z work.
I don’t know precisely what drew so many readers in, as in, why many people were looking for this. But I know what they were looking for. The most popular, by far, essay this month drew 279 page views. I have to guess some forum found the answer to years of argument and posted a link to settle the issue. The top five:
- How Many Grooves Are On A Record’s Side?
- Reading the Comics, March 14, 2016: Pi Day Comics Event
- Reading the Comics, March 21, 2018: Old Mathematics Jokes Edition
- Reading the Comics, March 17, 2018: Pi Day 2018 Edition
- How Many Trapezoids I Can Draw
Insights for the year tell me that (as of the 3rd of April, anyway) I’ve had 44 total posts, with 120 total comments and 301 total likes. There’s 36,347 words posted so far in the year, and an average of 826 words per post. I’m averaging 2.7 comments per post, and averaging 6.8 likes per post. This is dangerous stuff to consider: at the start of March I averaged 2.8 comments per post, but a mere 6.7 likes. In fairness, there’s some comments I need to respond to and just haven’t had the chance; Easter and a pinball event ate up a lot of time.
So what countries are sending me readers, suspecting or otherwise? This bunch:
| Country | Readers |
|---|---|
| United States | 1,278 |
| Canada | 72 |
| United Kingdom | 52 |
| India | 42 |
| Philippines | 37 |
| Singapore | 28 |
| Austria | 24 |
| Switzerland | 21 |
| Brazil | 20 |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 20 |
| Sweden | 20 |
| South Africa | 18 |
| Australia | 16 |
| Denmark | 14 |
| Romania | 11 |
| Italy | 7 |
| Norway | 7 |
| Germany | 5 |
| South Korea | 5 |
| Algeria | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 |
| Ireland | 4 |
| Spain | 4 |
| Thailand | 4 |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 3 |
| Malaysia | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Poland | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Egypt | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 |
| European Union | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Kenya | 2 |
| Kuwait | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Pakistan | 2 |
| Portugal | 2 |
| Qatar | 2 |
| Russia | 2 |
| Turkey | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| Belize | 1 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Israel | 1 (*) |
| Japan | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Laos | 1 |
| Latvia | 1 |
| Lebanon | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 |
That’s 58 countries, up from February’s 54. There’s 15 single-reader countries, down one from February. Israel’s keeps me from having a clean break in the single-reader country streak; there was just the one reader from there in February too. April starts with a logged 60,445 visits, from an admitted 28,781 unique visitors.
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