9,000: A Long Time Coming

~ beetleypete

I noticed this on the main page of my blog today, so please forgive a little self-congratulation.

‘Join 8,948 other subscribers’

Adding email-only followers, and those who only follow via Twitter, my total follower count has finally exceeded over 9,000. After being stuck on around 8,600 for many years, a burst of new interest in following my blog has pushed up the numbers in 2024. I won’t be holding my breath to see the magic 10,000, but I am very pleased indeed.

65 thoughts on “9,000: A Long Time Coming”

      1. I have about 2.7K followers. If only these numbers matched the amount of comments! I have written a review which I’ve scheduled for tomorrow, but I’m enjoying being less active on WP and don’t really mind that my stats have fallen.

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        1. Stats interest me because of the fluctuations, but I don’t take them seriously. Only comments matter to me, and they are almost always from the same people. Glad you are still enjoying ‘real life’, Stevie.

          Best wishes, Pete.

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    1. It’s a good number, but I am realistic. I estimate less than 800 ‘real’ followers who visit with any regularity, with around half of those viewing the blog most days.

      Best wishes, Pete.

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    1. I estimate that fewer than 1,000 of that number are genuine followers. Many are trying to just link back to their own site, or get followers themselves. But it’s a good looking number, nonetheless. If I only had 100 genuine followers that interacted on my posts, that would still make me very happy.

      Best wishes, Pete.

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  24. It’s weird isn’t it?ā€‚I have nowhere near as many followers as you but I get a sudden spurt of interest out of nowhere sometimes

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