I finally got around to working up a few stats for Bits and Pieces for last year. I was surprised to see a total of just over 10 million page loads. A page load is defined as any time someone opens a page on a website. Whether it’s a single post or a homepage with 10 posts on it. When you change pages the page load count increases.
via StatCounter Note: Google Analytics has the total number of page views at 9.7 million.
People from 214 countries visited Bits & Pieces last year. They’re ranked below from the highest number of visitors per country to the lowest number.
via Google Analytics
B&P Readers in the U.S. by state
Thanks to each and every one of you for making that possible.
When i’m at work in the mountains of BC Canada, and on the satellite internet, it shows up on my sisters blog that i’m in Togo. I will check this site atleast twice a day when in there.
I think it counts the location of your internet provider actually, not your exact location.
Thank You
Bits&pieces is on my daily list of sites (usually visit a couple of times a day)
Yay Bella!!! You’re keeping Canada on the map!
I looked at a map of the Marshall Islands…I see the reason they’re at the bottom. They have no cohesion, they’re in Bits & Pieces, scattered all over.
My niece lives in the Marshall Islands where she is a teacher. She has difficulty sometimes getting an Internet connection, but she visits B&P.
Thank you Jonco, for making the world a bit smaller! And infinitely more interesting on a daily basis. Happy Scouring!
In the U.S. Can you break it down by state, highest number of visits to lowest? Just a thought.
Done!
… and you’re welcome! 🙂
I’m really surprised that Iran ranks as high as it does. I would have thought that all its visitors to “Bits & Pieces” would have been rounded up by now.
What’s with Delaware? Do they have the internet? Just kidding Delaware. We do need a few more clicks from you though, everyone has to do their part.
And if every one of those 10 million page loads clicked on an ad I’d be richer… by a couple of dollars I’m sure. 🙂
Click more ads, there’s a nice yacht Jonco needs to buy for babbqs.
The folks in Delaware are still dealing with Biden and O’donnell.
Glad to see that Sweden does better here than in the European Song Contest.
I come here several times a day when I’m at home, and I have never been disappointed.
Thanks, Jonco.
Jonco – you are welcome.
And here is a couple more clicks from Illinois–one to get to the home page and one to get to these comments.
As many commentors as you have in Georgia, I’m surprised that we are only number six. Guess the folks in Cali and Texas are mostly lurkers.
I am thinking of the World’s record BABBQ this year. Can you imagine if just one person showed up from each country. Well, we know that Myanmar and Iran and some of the -stans might not be there, but still…
Yeah, and many will bring at least one interpreter.
Throw some more toasted ravioli on the grill Jonco.
If they can read B&P, they don’t need an interpreter…Unless they are a good looking female, then I’ll be glad to assist.
They don’t read it, their interpreter reads it and tells them when to laugh.
Love this site and i am in the horrors if i miss it. Thank you Jonco for making my day!
Love the way you Irish Lasses talk. 🙂
Hi Jonco,
Thanks for keep doing what you’re doing! I visit Bits&Pieces every day. I live in Redmond, WA.
Jonco…the link to leave a comment about the yacht is broken.
Yeah, the link is screwed up, but it says that there are 10 comments, so what’s up with that?
Richard, look on the right, under “previously on B&P” , that link to the yacht will take you there
Or click on the title of the post rather that the comment link.
Smack(the sound of me slapping my forehead) I didn’t realize that.
First time in a list of states that I’m not on the bottom. Suck it Delaware.
LOL!
So where are you?…Detroit…
Thank you Jonco. You make every day more bearable. Really.
Thanks to you, Jonco! Thanks for making our visits so enjoyable – that’s why you get so many page loads.
I know I click here every day at least twice. I love it here.
Thanks for making this one of my “must visit” sites Jonco !
Cool to see Alaska ranked there, seeing we’re the 2nd least populated state. Guess we have to do something when staying in our homes during cold winters. Thanks B&P for preventing cabin fever!
Good work, Jonco! Glad to see you can measure what we all already knew. B&P is the place to be. I click here a lot too, probably because my mouse is flaky.
Me, working for a dot com company, is jealous at your page views. We get about half your traffic. When I hear 10 million page views, I’m thinking CHA-CHING! But being that your audience is so spread out all over the world, I wonder if it’s attractive to advertisers. I’m just glad our 5 million page views are all Kansas City-based which is attractive to local advertisers.
I think you’re right.
Yeah, with your audience so spread, the only advertisers would be accident attorneys and insurance salesmen…
Not even attorneys as they need to be registered in each state they practice in… don’t they?
Hey Jonco,you use a Godaddy vps or just shared hosting?I just want to figure out if my site had traffic like urs,what kind of web hosting service should i take.Thank you.By the way,I am a faithful reader of your blog.
Lee, I use something called Shared Ultimate Linux Hosting. I used to use their Deluxe Hosting but I was being charges extra for bandwidth overages a few months in a row (even those months had no significant increase in hits over the previous months). With the Ultimate that hasn’t happened.
I think maybe because someone is linking your images on their website.You can install The WordPress Automatic Image Hotlink Protection plugin to stop others from stealing your images.Since you have upgraded the bandwidth to unlimited,it is not necessary.I am using Deluxe Plan.All the shared hosting plans from Godaddy have unlimited bandwidth now.Thank you so much for your reply.Happy blogging!
They say they’re unlimited but they’re not. I don’t understand it and never did.
Thank you Jonco for making my mornings. I’ve been an avid follower for years and while I may not post very often, I enjoy the things you provide and the posts from peanut gallery. Carry on!!!
I was surprised that North Dakota wasn’t last on the list, since we all know that nobody actually lives there…
I have a friend that lives in North Dakota. Of course she’s crazy, but I like her anyway.
She is probably just pulling your leg. She really lives in South Dakota. Although if she is really crazy, maybe she does live there.
After careful analysis of the statistics I have come to some startling conclusions.
1) Days ending in y have by far the greatest number of page loads.
2) B&P readers are most likely to live in countries with internet service.
3)Of all the states in the U S with B&P readers, California is undoubtedly one of them.
I’m sorry it has taken me so long to publish this, but I wanted to be sure of my findings.
Excellent work Sir! Excellent work. I should put you on the payroll. If only I had a payroll.
Hello from Palau! Population: 20,000!