During 2009 this blog has had visits from nearly 1 million absolute unique visitors, 6 million visits and more than 8.6 million page views. That compares to 600,000, 3.5 million and 5 million during 2008. Not bad.
Absolute Unique Visitors* 985,959 (2008 598,163) +65%
Visits 6,079,596 (2007 3,508,591) +73%
Page Views 8,584,351 (2007 5,085,544) +69%
I wrote 2,256 blogposts during 2009, an average of 6.16 a day, around the same as 2008.
As usual I am indebted to the hundreds of blogs who direct traffic here through links. Here is a Roll of Honour of all the blogs who sent me more than 2,500 visitors during the course of 2009.
1. - Guido Fawkes 660,204 (235,335)
2. - ConservativeHome 196,602 (194,074)
3. N PoliticsHome 196,624 (-)
4. -1 Spectator Coffee House 195,422 (115,325)
5. -1 PoliticalBetting.com 152,343 (86,596)
6. N Twitter 90,456 (-)
7. N Facebook 81,435 (-)
8. -2 Dizzy Thinks 55,570 (41,356)
9. -4 Times Comment Central 39,702 (41,116)
10. +12 Old Holborn 30,404 (5,783)
11. +16 Obo the Clown 28,755 (4,707)
12. +13 Tom Harris 19,023 (5,327)
13. N LabourList 13,444 (-)
14. - Boulton & Co 13,104 (10,240)
15. N Ambush Predator 11,090 (-)
16. - Archbishop Cranmer 9,947 (8,416)
17. -5 Bloggerheads 9,271 (11,326)
18. -10 Biased BBC 9,177 (14,730)
19. -2 Burning our Money 9,141 (5,844)
20. -10 Devil's Kitchen 9,090 (11,732)
21. +3 EU Referendum 8,664 (5,580)
22. -3 Bob Piper 8,364 (6,925)
23. N Paul Waugh 8,248 (-)
24. -7 Little Man in a Toque 8,106 (8,200)
25. N Nadine Dorries 8,079 (-)
26. -11 Daily Referendum 7,103 (8,505)
27. -1 UK Polling Report 7,040 (5,080)
28. N Douglas Carswell 7,040 (-)
29. +7 John Redwood 6,939 (3,250)
30. -1 An Englishman's Castle 6,688 (4,651)
31. N Tory Bear 6,089 (-)
32. N Events Dear Boy 5,791 (-)
33. +1 SNP Tactical Voting 5,342 (3,758)
34. - 11 Adam Smith Institute 5,210 (5,647)
35. +3 Donal Blaney 4,411 (3,034)
36. N Hopi Sen 4,343 (-)
37. N Mr Eugenides (-)
38. -29 NHS Blog Doctor 4,097 (14,306)
39. -8 LibDem Voice 3,864 (4,270)
40. N Plato Says (-) 3,850 (-)
Countries
1. United Kingdom 88.9%
2. United States 2.7%
3. France 1%
4. Australia
5. Spain
6. Ireland
7. Canada
8. Germany
9. Netherlands
10. New Zeand
11. Switzerland
12. Belgium
13. Italy
14. Sweden
15. United Arab Emirates
16. Portugal
17. Hong Kong
18. Norway
19. India
20. Singapore
Cities
1. London
2. Manchester
3. Birmingham
4. Glasgow
5. Edinburgh
6. Bristol
7. Sheffield
8. Oxford
9. Leeds
10. Cambridge
Readership Sources
1. Parliament
2. Cambridge University
3. Oxford University
4. BBC
5. Policy Exchange
6. KPMG
7. Allen & Overy
8. Johnston Press
9. University of Wales
10. University of Sheffield
11. BskyB
12. University of Glasgow
13. Mirror Group
14. GLA
15. GlaxoSmithKline
16. University of Bristol
17. Express Newspapers
18. University of Manchester
19. Argus Media
20. Eton College
21. Clifford Chance
* An Absolute Unique Visitor means an individual computer rather than an individual person. It does not include readers who access the site through RSS feeds.
2. - ConservativeHome 196,602 (194,074)
3. N PoliticsHome 196,624 (-)
4. -1 Spectator Coffee House 195,422 (115,325)
5. -1 PoliticalBetting.com 152,343 (86,596)
6. N Twitter 90,456 (-)
7. N Facebook 81,435 (-)
8. -2 Dizzy Thinks 55,570 (41,356)
9. -4 Times Comment Central 39,702 (41,116)
10. +12 Old Holborn 30,404 (5,783)
11. +16 Obo the Clown 28,755 (4,707)
12. +13 Tom Harris 19,023 (5,327)
13. N LabourList 13,444 (-)
14. - Boulton & Co 13,104 (10,240)
15. N Ambush Predator 11,090 (-)
16. - Archbishop Cranmer 9,947 (8,416)
17. -5 Bloggerheads 9,271 (11,326)
18. -10 Biased BBC 9,177 (14,730)
19. -2 Burning our Money 9,141 (5,844)
20. -10 Devil's Kitchen 9,090 (11,732)
21. +3 EU Referendum 8,664 (5,580)
22. -3 Bob Piper 8,364 (6,925)
23. N Paul Waugh 8,248 (-)
24. -7 Little Man in a Toque 8,106 (8,200)
25. N Nadine Dorries 8,079 (-)
26. -11 Daily Referendum 7,103 (8,505)
27. -1 UK Polling Report 7,040 (5,080)
28. N Douglas Carswell 7,040 (-)
29. +7 John Redwood 6,939 (3,250)
30. -1 An Englishman's Castle 6,688 (4,651)
31. N Tory Bear 6,089 (-)
32. N Events Dear Boy 5,791 (-)
33. +1 SNP Tactical Voting 5,342 (3,758)
34. - 11 Adam Smith Institute 5,210 (5,647)
35. +3 Donal Blaney 4,411 (3,034)
36. N Hopi Sen 4,343 (-)
37. N Mr Eugenides (-)
38. -29 NHS Blog Doctor 4,097 (14,306)
39. -8 LibDem Voice 3,864 (4,270)
40. N Plato Says (-) 3,850 (-)
Countries
1. United Kingdom 88.9%
2. United States 2.7%
3. France 1%
4. Australia
5. Spain
6. Ireland
7. Canada
8. Germany
9. Netherlands
10. New Zeand
11. Switzerland
12. Belgium
13. Italy
14. Sweden
15. United Arab Emirates
16. Portugal
17. Hong Kong
18. Norway
19. India
20. Singapore
Cities
1. London
2. Manchester
3. Birmingham
4. Glasgow
5. Edinburgh
6. Bristol
7. Sheffield
8. Oxford
9. Leeds
10. Cambridge
Readership Sources
1. Parliament
2. Cambridge University
3. Oxford University
4. BBC
5. Policy Exchange
6. KPMG
7. Allen & Overy
8. Johnston Press
9. University of Wales
10. University of Sheffield
11. BskyB
12. University of Glasgow
13. Mirror Group
14. GLA
15. GlaxoSmithKline
16. University of Bristol
17. Express Newspapers
18. University of Manchester
19. Argus Media
20. Eton College
21. Clifford Chance
* An Absolute Unique Visitor means an individual computer rather than an individual person. It does not include readers who access the site through RSS feeds.
Clifford Chance? Be afraid. Be very afraid!
ReplyDeleteNeither you nor Guido lists Labour Party HQ as a prime visitor source. Odd.
So you DIDN'T have a million visitors then, Iain?
ReplyDeleteWhat a misleading headline!
FOR SHAME!!!!
Two lawyers :D, the Mirror Group and Biased BBC!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great recipe!
Crikey - stop it with the lists you're worse than me - autistic streak?
ReplyDeleteEton College came 20th? I can't be the only one then. Or maybe I am and I've been visiting too much...
ReplyDeleteWe got 1,200,785 absolutes.
ReplyDelete... and that means, far more influence than being an ordinary M.P.
ReplyDeleteStick with what you are doing!
How many visitors etc each month Iain? Let me guess .. building to 120,000 per month, average 75.000? Something like that?
ReplyDeleteFrom the stats provided it does seem to be the same old pattern i.e. quite a small number of regulars (say 10,000 who visit at least once every month) and a huge amount of passing trade which (probably) visits during one month only never to return.
As you point out six posts per day, and an average of about six visits per reader. In other words a reader could read all six posts on say 1 January 2009 and never come back and still hit their quota and support the overall stats.
Don't get me wrong the stats - compared to most other political bloggers (outside MSM/MSM group where absorbed in their overall traffic) - are wassive. But at the same time teeny.
PS David E Jones is obviously quite wrong. You must become an MP at the first opportunity.
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