Encouraged by an archivist friend, I've recently made back-up copies of everything I've ever posted on this blog. It was a big undertaking.
It meant that I could finally count how many words I've actually written here. I've long wondered about this, but as far as I can see, you can't get this information from Blogger's software.
Well, here goes. Up to my last post, I had written 1,503,723 words on this blog.
I was rather surprised the wordcount wasn't considerably higher.
As for other statistics: I've published 1,962 posts, I've had 4,305 comments (thank you), and I've had 974,995 pageviews (go raibh maith agat).
Sometimes I feel a bit disconsolate at how "niche" this blog has remained. However, I remind myself that it's possibly more widely read than I can tell from comments. I was engaged in some library-related correspondence with an academic in America, some months ago, and was surprised when he recognised my name from this blog, which he told me he'd read in the past. A handful of times, down the years, students in UCD have recognised me from the blog. So I take encouragement from that.
(The picture is Angus Loughran or "Statto", the resident statistician from the 1990's TV show Fantasy Football League.)
It meant that I could finally count how many words I've actually written here. I've long wondered about this, but as far as I can see, you can't get this information from Blogger's software.
Well, here goes. Up to my last post, I had written 1,503,723 words on this blog.
I was rather surprised the wordcount wasn't considerably higher.
As for other statistics: I've published 1,962 posts, I've had 4,305 comments (thank you), and I've had 974,995 pageviews (go raibh maith agat).
Sometimes I feel a bit disconsolate at how "niche" this blog has remained. However, I remind myself that it's possibly more widely read than I can tell from comments. I was engaged in some library-related correspondence with an academic in America, some months ago, and was surprised when he recognised my name from this blog, which he told me he'd read in the past. A handful of times, down the years, students in UCD have recognised me from the blog. So I take encouragement from that.
(The picture is Angus Loughran or "Statto", the resident statistician from the 1990's TV show Fantasy Football League.)
Great stuff.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Séamus!
DeleteVery glad to hear this. One-and-a-half-million words is very impressive! I'm sure your blog has a wider influence than the Blogger console suggests... and also a deeper influence.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Yes, I like to think it has. Faith!
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