BLOG STATS 2023
In Blog Post 42, April 2023, I reflected briefly on those followers/readers/viewers of my Blog that I named parkinsed.blogspot.com. A summary of that reflection is below followed by another more recent summary of my Blog's stats.
OBSERVATION 1 There had been 2138 "viewders" (I was unable to distinguish between viewers and readers, so I combined the two) between April 2020 & April 2023. That was the equivalent of 1,069 'viewders' per year. I was pleased, as the Blog name "parkinsed" was not a conventional one such as "Parkinson's Disease". This meant that a 'viewder' would have done a consciously broad search for information regarding this movement disorder to have come across my "parkinsed" Blog site.
OBSERVATION 2 Readers'/viewers' countries represented in the website's basic analytics are = 1. South Africa (majority), 2. Russia, 3. Europe, then Australia, Canada, India, USA, New Zealand and Indonesia. Naturally my posts were from within a South African context so I had expected the local readership to have constituted the majority of my 'viewdership'. Again, I was pleased. Also, two local organisations (Parkinson's ZA & Movement Disorders Support) had added my Blog site to their websites thereby boosting local interest and my ego, dear reader...
BLOG STATS May, 2025
It is now two years later, May 2025, and I am going to reflect, again, on this Blog's activity. The current total number since the 2020 launch, is 13,700 'viewders'.
OBSERVATION 1 So, since April 2023 to May 2025 (the previous average was 1069 'viewders' per year), there have been 11, 562 'viewders' of my site, amounting to an average of 3,854 per year. This implies the annual number of hits has trebled, and is a very encouraging indication!
OBSERVATION 2 'Viewders' countries represented by numbers during the last 30 days (April/May 2025) = 1. South Africa, 2. USA, 3. Poland, 4. Australia, 5. (rest of) Europe. Then, less than ten from each of the following: 6. Russia, 7. Canada, 8. Zimbabwe, 9. Barbados, 10. New Zealand. I am impressed with the spread of countries as compared to their actual numbers: another encouraging indication. But more interesting is a glimpse of a five year overview indicated below.
