Traffic is again a little up compared to last year. Posts are down a bit (209 this year compared to 210(!)), and comments are also up.
These are the posts that got the most views in 2021:
- 1 My cousin’s wedding December 2011
- 2 Liberty Tabletop Review: We bought cutlery April 2017
- 3 How often do you have to buy new plates and glasses: Musings on breakage April 2017 (I don’t know why this became popular last year and continued this year)
- 4 I am not ok August 2021
- 5 Why I don’t want to list my pronouns January 2021
Two of these are from 2021 (Last year none of them were from 2020!) and, of course, the #1 post is still from students trying to plagiarize a really common composition assignment. We have cornered the market on plagiarizing a short essay about a relative’s wedding.
According to our stats, here’s the most popular posts from 2021:
- I am not ok
- Why I don’t want to list my pronouns
- RBOC from March 1, 2021 (I think this is a first for an RBOC) This one has a lot of complaining that is also in I am not ok above. People like complaining!
- Link Love from Jan 2, 2021 (I think this is a first for a Link Love). See above comment about people loving complaining.
- DH’s Delta Trainer/Co-Pilot Review (DH is still going strong with this and would 100% recommend if you want to get into shape and have time to do so– if there is interest, I can do a post updating.)
Top referring sites were (no change from last year!):
- bardiac.blogspot.com
- something-remarkable.blogspot.com
- http://naturalscientist.blogspot.com/
- academic-jungle.blogspot.com
- delagar.blogspot.com
Most visitors came from The United States. Canada & the UK came next.
Our most commented post was Why I don’t want to list my pronouns (note to self for next year: this stat is now hidden under “insights” and is no longer on site stats) (Thank you previous self! Also, self next year, it’s been further hidden in the comments part– you have to change to comments by posts and pages where it says comments by authors) (Thank you previous self!)
I can’t get the most active commenters for the year, only for some undetermined amount of time. :( These were the 5 most active commenters on that unspecified amount of time:
1. Revanche@agaishanlife 60
2. Debbie M 36
3. First Gen American 30
4. Three way tie for 4th: mnitabach, omdg, Matthew D. Healy 27
Yay Revanche! This means you get to tell us where to donate our most recent month’s proceeds from amazon sales. Either tell us and link up in the comments (if you want more exposure) or email us at grumpyrumblings at gmail if you want it to be more secret-like.
Any blog commentary or highlights from the grumpy gallery? Also, congratulate Revanche in the comments. :)
January 3, 2022 at 4:37 am
I love reading revanche’s comments too. Congrats on adding to the ambiance of the blog with your thoughtful commentary.
I always love reading through all your comments. Your readers are great at supplementing the discussion with their own diverse and interesting takes on things and happy you promote it here.
January 3, 2022 at 4:53 am
Grumpy Nation rocks!
January 3, 2022 at 9:09 pm
Aww, thanks FGA!
January 3, 2022 at 9:53 am
Thanks for keeping up the blog–I always read it even if I don’t always comment. Hope you and the Nation all have a good 2022!
January 3, 2022 at 9:59 am
You too and thanks!
January 3, 2022 at 9:59 am
THANK YOU FOR THE POSTS AND YOUR READERS FOR THE COMMENTS. Amazing and interesting and helpful all the time.
January 3, 2022 at 10:13 am
Thank you too!
January 3, 2022 at 5:09 pm
Yes! Been reading for years, keep it up.
Anon in mass
January 3, 2022 at 5:17 pm
Keep up commenting!
January 4, 2022 at 5:46 am
Another vote for appreciating this blog!! Thank you for your continued work.
January 4, 2022 at 6:25 am
We appreciate you! Not just on ask the grumpies!
January 4, 2022 at 8:10 am
I’m another devoted reader, even if I don’t comment much these days. Thank you for keeping Grumpy Nation going!
Was prompted to wander over here this morning after seeing this interesting site — https://covidactuaries.org/ — and thought others here might be interested (the Friday Reports — see categories tab — look useful).
January 5, 2022 at 7:07 am
We love it when you do comment!
Really interesting link, thank you.
January 5, 2022 at 9:47 pm
Ooh thank you, just saw this. And you’re welcome, I haven’t really had a chance to dig into it, but who doesn’t love actuarial thinking/data?
January 4, 2022 at 12:59 pm
Yesterday was a doozy of a day, so I kept thinking over where I’d like to see this go. There are so many places that could use the money! I think We Need Diverse Books would be a great place for it this year: https://diversebooks.org/. Or Yellowhammer Abortion Funds. I’m torn. Split? You pick?
January 4, 2022 at 1:01 pm
Those are both really great causes. I’ll pick we need diverse books because you said it first.
January 4, 2022 at 8:22 pm
This is one of the few places where I always read all the comments. Really appreciate the range of perspectives. So thanks to you for writing and everyone else for commenting!
January 4, 2022 at 8:31 pm
Yay! Your comments included!
January 5, 2022 at 8:56 am
If you awarded the person who thought of the most comments but did not type them out, I would win!
January 5, 2022 at 10:58 am
ROFL!
January 6, 2022 at 8:48 am
Just saw this & LOLZ “three-way tie for fourth” is pretty much the story of my entire life!!! 😹 😹 😹
February 21, 2022 at 1:38 am
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