Posting
2025 was a busy year, and I didn’t get as much writing done as in prior years. My process hasn’t changed from that described here, but job, band, and fitness commitments have left me wrung dry. The weekly reminder to post something still goes off, but I have been ignoring it. In 2023 I wrote 45 blog posts; in 2025 I wrote six. Life got in the way of writing in 2014-2017 as well, but I doubt this dry spell will be as long as that.
| Year | Total posts | Total words | Average words per post |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 867 | 173 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,292 | 470 |
| 2012 | 7 | 4,563 | 652 |
| 2013 | 1 | 38 | 38 |
| 2014 | 1 | 183 | 183 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 28 | 17,159 | 613 |
| 2019 | 19 | 12,186 | 641 |
| 2020 | 12 | 5,139 | 428 |
| 2021 | 24 | 14,408 | 600 |
| 2022 | 19 | 11,814 | 622 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45,191 | 1,004 |
| 2024 | 38 | 43,734 | 1,151 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5,285 | 881 |
Traffic
Traffic numbers of course remain far down compared to when this blog was on Google Blogger; switching to WordPress.com cut my traffic from thousands of views per month to hundreds of views per month. If monetizing this hobby were my goal I’d be way better off on another platform. Views are down from 2024 as well, which is only to be expected when I’m not posting as much. Here’s the top ten most popular posts per year on WordPress.com, not related to when they were written.
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