Wednesday, December 31, 2025

2025 Blog stats

This was the best year ever for traffic here: 4.5M page views.  This brings the all-time total to 19.5M.  There's quite a market for free Internet blather.

And this year's over 1000 comments from you is (I think) also a record.  Many thanks to everyone who keeps coming by and especially for commenters.

Top referrers:

  1. Knuckledraggin My Life Away (thanks, Wirecutter!)
  2.  The Feral Irishman (thanks, blog brother!) 
  3.  Raconteur Report (thanks, Aesop!)
  4.  Normal American (I hope you haven't hung up your blogging shoes)
  5.  Busted Knuckles (thanks, CederQ!)
  6. The Silicon Graybeard (thanks, buddy!) 

If anyone cares, here is a list of the top posts for traffic.  It's interesting that most are pretty old:

  1. I Am TJIC (after 14 years this still gets a ton of traffic)
  2. I Confess, I'm Not Opposed To Gun Control (this was fun to write)
  3. This Blog Belches Carbon (from all the way back in 2010) 
  4. A Layman's Guide to the Science of Global Warming (needs updating)
  5. Dad Joke CCCLVIIII (I have no idea why this got so much traffic)
  6. Dad Joke CCCLXII (Tuna is doing most of my Dad Joke blogging)
  7. Should You Be A Global Warming Skeptic? (from 2009 but superseded by the Layman's Guide post, above)
  8. Aaaaarrrrrrgh, Matey! Don't be shiverin' me timbers! (A blog meet from 2009)
  9. Google Play Store filled with malware (a post from 2025!)
  10. This.  1000x this. (another post from 2025!  Go figure ...)

So a lot of old posts still drawing traffic.  It's gratifying to read them and see how well they've held up.

So goodbye to 2025 blogging.  On to 2026! 

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