artifacting

It was another great year for readership here at Artifacting. 2001 brought 1,016,006 absolute unique readers to the blog. I’ve been writing this blog for seven years so it feels great to have finally hit the 1M mark. Below is a graph of my total number of absolute unique readers throughout 2011. The peak in late August came from the blog entry about the art of stealing. The dip in mid December was a result of the site getting hacked.

The top ten most visited posts published in 2011:

1. Get A Cute Nickname For Your Boyfriend Or Girlfriend
2. Rainbow Dash Attack
3. 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte
4. Colorized Version Of Burning Monk Thích Quảng Đức
5. 24 Hours Of American Hardcore Punk Songs
6. Grantland (And ESPN Page2) RSS Feed
7. The Gävlebocken (Gävle Goat) Has Once Again Gone Up In Flames
8. Hewlett-Packard (Still) Knows Nothing About Personal Computers
9. Disneyland Entry Whistle/Sound Ringtones
10. Colfax Avenue, 1972

Referring sites sent 94,092 unique visitors to Artifacting in 2011 via 2,613 sources. That is actually a slight from 2010. Below is a chart of referrals to Artifacting throughout 2011:

The top ten referring sites to Artifacting (with search engines removed) during 2010 were:

1. Facebook
2. Stumbleupon
3. Yahoo Answers
4. Reddit
5. Wikihow
6. Metafilter
7. The Blaze
8. Fishing Buddy
9. Boing Boing
10. Twitter

Once again, not a single personal blog has made the list (this hasn’t happened since 2008). I beginning to believe personal blogs are going the way of the ghost.

General stats for Artifacting are as follows:
Posts 1,278
Categories 78
Comments 7,530

If you’re interested I also have the same stats for 2010, 2009 and 2008.

It was a banner year for readership here at Artifacting. Readership has steadily increased over the last few years. Below is a graph of my total number of absolute unique readers which totaled 648,994 throughout 2010. That is over 3x’s more unique visitors than last year.

The top ten referring sites to Artifacting (with search engines removed) during 2010 were:
1. Facebook
2. AOL Mail
3. Yahoo Answers
4. Yahoo Mail
5. Stumbleupon
6. Two Plus Two Poker Forums
7. Metafilter
8. Boing Boing
9. Kairn
10. Reddit

Below is a chart of referrals to Artifacting throughout 2010:

Below are the top ten most visited posts published in 2010:
1. Climbing A 1,768 Foot Transmission Tower
2. The Menu At Casa Bonita
3. Beginners Guide To Viewing The Perseid Meteor Shower
4. 100 Greatest TV Theme Songs
5. Definitive List Of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Part Two
6. 131 Alternative Default Facebook Profile Pictures
7. Breasts In 3-D
8. Periodic Table Of Swearing
9. Full Double Rainbow Songs
10. The Ill-Fated Gävlebocken (Gävle Goat)

General stats for Artifacting are as follows:
Posts 1,217
Categories 74
Comments 5,008

If you’re interested I also have the same stats for 2009 and 2008.