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Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured)
2015 in blogging
Annual Report
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To kick off the new year, we’d like to share with you data on Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured)’s activity in 2015. You may start scrolling!
Crunchy numbers
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 280,000 times in 2015. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 12 days for that many people to see it.
There were 110 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 53 MB. That's about 2 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was August 3rd with 1,587 views. The most popular post that day was Just spend the money? Why the answer to Mr. Money Moustache is not Spend All the Things..
Posting Patterns
In 2015, there were 263 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 1,638 posts.Longest Streak
10 days
12 October - 21 October
Best Day
Wednesday / Tuesday / Monday / Saturday / Friday
with 52 posts total
Attractions in 2015
These are the posts that got the most views on Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) in 2015.
- 1 Ask the Grumpies: Should I get a PhD in Accounting? 35 comments March 2013
- 2 My cousin's wedding 18 comments December 2011
- 3 Ask the Grumpies: TIAA-Cref vs. Vanguard Lifecycle funds 11 comments January 2013
- 4 Are professors off during the summer? 20 comments March 2011
- 5 The Tiny House Movement and Privilege 75 comments July 2014
How did they find this blog?
The top referring sites in 2015 were:
Where did they come from?
That's 169 countries in all!Most visitors came from The United States. Canada & United Kingdom were not far behind.
See you in 2016
Thanks for flying with WordPress.com in 2015. We look forward to serving you again in 2016! Happy New Year!
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Who were they?
The most commented on post in 2015 was Do you think there's any point ...
These were the 5 most active commenters on this blog: