Statistics and milestones
Since around the beginning of 2009, I’ve used WordPress.com Stats and Google Analytics to track traffic at The Thang Blog. I’m a fan of statistics and numbers; even though I I never really expected this blog to have a huge following, I figured the graphs would be fun to look at.
So it surprises me when – on days like today – I see that WordPress.com Stats shows The Thang Blog has been viewed 50,000 times in the last year or so. And it really surprised me to see a graph like this:
February is only half-way over, so its numbers are looking pretty good, too
Now those are views, not visitors. So if you’ve been sitting on a page hitting ‘refresh’ all day, you’re being counted twice in the above graph. But Google Analytics, which is a little smarter than WordPress.com Stats, is still telling me I’ve had 11,000 “unique visitors” over the past year(ish).
As someone with no pretenses of fame, I think that’s pretty cool.
Google Analytics also gives me some really fun (if, for my purposes, useless) statistics. Just like I was hoping.
- The majority of you – 61% – use Firefox. (Then it’s IE, Safari, Chrome, Opera)
- The majority of you – 69% – use Windows. Most of the Windows users are on XP.
- 11 visits have come from someone(s) looking at this blog on a Playstation 3. Why? I can’t imagine…
- Top referral sites are Google, passiveagressivenotes.com, and stumbleupon.com
I’d love to take this as an opportunity for any lurkers to come out and say hi! Do you have a blog? I’d love to hear about it. Have you been reading for a while, but never commented? Now’s the time! The statistics are fun to see, but they don’t really tell me who is reading this blog – give a ‘hello’ in the comments, and tell me something about yourself. 
Themocracy
I found you yesterday, in fact, from Questioning Transphobia. I’m a twentysomething grad student in Evanston, only just now finally starting my transition and not yet sure what I’m going to transition to.
Welcome, Mym! I’m actually in Chicago myself, so it sounds like we’re somewhat neighbors.
I’d picked up on that, which is why I mentioned. I’m still wandering around in the archives, but I was wondering (since it sounds like e is good, and if you don’t mind the disclosure) who is your therapist?
Of course! I’ll email you her info.
I guess this shows we realy like you
I hope your new anti depressiants are starting to work
Aww shux!
And I don’t think they’re kicking in yet, but I’m just finishing week two so I’m still keeping my fingers crossed.
I have been a long time reader, and I really appreciate hearing the perspective of another 20 something trans women. It is really reassuring to know that others out there feel the same way as me. It helps me to know that I am not a failure and neither is any trans person who feels depressed about their situation. Life can be qite hard, but you should know that you do touch people’s lives with your writing.
Thank you so much for your kind works, Alex! I totally agree, and love reading other trans blogs for the same reason.
I’ve been lurking for a while. I think I came here through another trans blog? I just thought your posts were awesome and interesting and have stuck around.
I’m glad you like the blog! Thanks for the comment, Traduit. It means a lot.