Blogging Stats Update from Dec 2021
Jan. 5th, 2022 12:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerAmong the many things I take stock of around the New Year is my blogging. I set a goal a few years back to average 1.5 posts per day to my blog. Here's a chart of my daily average over the past 2 years:
Overall for 2021 I posted 579 entries, an average of 1.58/day. So I comfortably hit my target goal.
On a monthly basis there were hits and misses. You can see that February came in right at 1.0 and April fell short of even that. A few other months came near to 1.5 but didn't quite hit it. They were balanced out by months when I exceeded 1.5, including three months in 2021 when I exceeded my stretch goal of 2 per day. In December I averaged 2.13/day, my second highest month ever.
My top topics in 2021 (numbers approximate) were:
My top topics of all time are:
It makes sense that Coronavirus led 2021 as it has been the defining issue for 22 months now. It is sad, though, how it's crowded out other things. Long term it's charged ahead of everything else in my blog except In Beauty I Walk (outdoors/hiking) and Planes Trains and Automobiles (the trials and tribulations of travel).
A Multiplicity of Goals
When I set goals I don't just set a goal; I set a multiplicity of goals. One approach I often take is bracketing a goal with low, medium, and high marks. Here 1.5 is my target, the "medium" goal, 1.0 is my baseline (low), and 2.0 is my stretch goal (high).Overall for 2021 I posted 579 entries, an average of 1.58/day. So I comfortably hit my target goal.
On a monthly basis there were hits and misses. You can see that February came in right at 1.0 and April fell short of even that. A few other months came near to 1.5 but didn't quite hit it. They were balanced out by months when I exceeded 1.5, including three months in 2021 when I exceeded my stretch goal of 2 per day. In December I averaged 2.13/day, my second highest month ever.
Top Topics
I also pay attention, as a curiosity, to which tags I use most frequently. I have overall statistics at LiveJournal, where I started my blog roughly 10 years ago and where I continue to crosspost today. Tag stats for just the year 2021 would take lots of time and effort to generate (neither LJ nor DreamWidth provide them in that fashion), but I can use my DW stats as a proxy because I've been posting to DW since only a little before 2021.My top topics in 2021 (numbers approximate) were:
- Coronavirus (131)
- In Beauty I Walk (92)
- Planes Trains and Automobiles (63)
- Food (48)
- Let's Go Shopping! (45)
My top topics of all time are:
- In Beauty I Walk (541)
- Planes Trains and Automobiles (496)
- Coronavirus (355)
- No Rest for the Wicked (324)
- Road Trip! (283)
It makes sense that Coronavirus led 2021 as it has been the defining issue for 22 months now. It is sad, though, how it's crowded out other things. Long term it's charged ahead of everything else in my blog except In Beauty I Walk (outdoors/hiking) and Planes Trains and Automobiles (the trials and tribulations of travel).
