Thanks to everyone that continues to help make WUWT:
“…the world’s most viewed climate website”
– Fred Pearce The Climate Files: The Battle for the Truth about Global Warming
Here’s some year end numbers from my wordpress.com hosted stats page. All numbers represent full page views.
Here’s the data table of completed page views, peak month in green:
WordPress.com sent me this interesting (but a bit silly) year-end summary via email:
There are about 1 million books published worldwide per year. This blog was viewed about 34,000,000 times in 2010. That’s about 34 times as much as the total number of books published in 2010
In 2010, you wrote 1884 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 4175 posts.
Obviously Climategate and Copenhagen in December 2009 was a watershed traffic event, and as interest waned and summer set in, so did traffic. But, the overall trend remains upward:
I offer a special thanks to my moderation team, who work tirelessly in the background to keep this forum running smoothly. Thanks also go to guest posters who help bring a diversity of ideas and discussion.
And for those if you that have sent private messages of encouragement, I sincerely thank you.
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Ah, that’s no fun. Where’s the comparison graphs with RC and the other AGW-monger sites?
😉
I know, too triumphalist.
‘Grats anyhow!
Wow, truly impressive.
Anthony,
many congratulations – your valiant efforts at debunking the AGW hype are amply rewarded in the readership of your blog.
it is interesting that your readership exceeds all the MSM pro AGW put together.
not being a stats expert – could you decipher that graph which is obviously some type of hockey stick?
happy new year from Carnoustie
Congratulations are certainly in order.
I did just go to alexa and was deathly surprised at the amount of traffic that rohm gets. (well below yours, but appears slightly above gavin and mcintyre). Went to visit his site for the first time in a year or so. The posts are 100% political and also certifiably insane.
Hi Anthony
I am a stay at home mother of three who has been following your blog since my 12 year old son was given an assignment on ‘Global warming’ six years ago. I have a background in science so I researched the topic at the time to help my son with the assignment, and discovered an article by William Kinninmonth. Another by Bob Carter from James Cook University lead me to your site, and as a family, we have been avid followers ever since! I rarely post a comment – I just read and bore my family to tears reiterating facts gleaned from your latest posts! My family have all since become confirmed sceptics – thankyou Anthony and your team for such an informative and interesting blog!
Regards Kirstin
That is why you always see “year to year” sales numbers for stores. Almost every retail store is going to do much better in the late fall than summer, and so it is with blog sites as well. Your “Y2Y” numbers are the real trend, and look good! Other than as you noted the spike last year after Climategate and Copenhagan. (They look good, but it would be hard to maintain them).
Keep up with the good work Anthony and all your backroom boys and girls.
We are also spreading the word amongst some of our family and friends and often refer to your posts in comments on other sites we read, with links of course.
Congratulations and we’ll raise a glass to you tonight to toast your success.
R & JJ (UK)
Anthony:
Congratulations for success earned, achieved and well deserved.
Richard
Marvellous news Anthony, marvellous.
Best regards,
Perry
“Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
W. S. Churchill, 1942
Anthony and Moderators, your efforts bring readers and also bear fruits. WUWT is now a globally recognised force.
Fantastic!!
Fox News is the most watched too, but seldom accurate.
Congrats on wining the popularity contest Mr. Watts.
You da’ man, Anthony (along with your moderators)! Thanks for bringing together a variety of fascinating content worth reading in one site.
Hopefully with those hits your ads pay for the site so you aren’t out of pocket too much.
Keep up the good work.
Thank You Anthony. 3 years ago when we met for the first time, I never would have anticipated this future. You and charles and steve Mc did more than for me anyone in the blogosphere will ever know or appreciate. Thanks bro.
Congratulations! I’m grateful that you continue the work.
BTW, was that a “hottest ever” event in month 27, or do you put it down to el Nino? And are you able to explain why there’s been no increase for the last 10 months? 🙂
Great show Anthony
Ad multos annos. To Anthony, family and his collegues and WUWT
As for me, its become part of my daily education and fun, visiting WUWT.
Brian H says:
January 6, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Ah, that’s no fun. Where’s the comparison graphs with RC and the other AGW-monger sites?
Don’t think they’re likely to post their wordpress stats but a quick look at alexa.com
shows:
Percent of global Internet users who visit wattsupwiththat.com:
Reach Change
1 month 0.01340 +28%
3 month 0.01190 +11%
Percent of global Internet users who visit realclimate.org:
Reach Change
1 month 0.00165 +8%
3 month 0.00156 -7%
Given that 1 month is clearly weather, not climate, that 3 month figure is another decline they’ll have to hide 🙂
Thanks Anthony. A fantastic result.
I became interested in this topic when my son gave me “An Inconvenient Truth” as a Christmas present. I was open-minded about the topic before viewing the film but after watching it became very skeptical regarding the claims the film made about the anthropogenic affect of CO2. I eventually ended up on your site approximately 2 years ago and have gained tremendous respect and admiration for WUWT and all of the contributors that make it a success. Thanks for the valuable service that WUWT is making to the world!
That graph shows a high correlation with atmospheric CO2, Anthony.
Anyway – congratulations and keep up the good work.
I would imagine my experience is similar to many. The 09/10 winter, combined with the ‘climategate emails’, combined with common sense forced me to look at this issue afresh.
I’m a lifelong UK Guardian reading/left leaning liberal. In many respects my politics are unchanged but I’m indebted to Anthony and the many expert contributors to this site for challenging my understanding of the ‘facts’.
The debate is a fascinating one and this blog deserves great credit for continuing that conversation in a spirit of honesty and transparency.
It is the contrast between the tone struck here and that which chimes elsewhere which has for many of us sounded the alarm.
On the one had we have reasonable and measured questions weighed in the balance against received wisdom which claims to represent a ‘consensus’. On the other hand we hear an increasingly shrill and increasingly unyielding chorus defending an increasingly dubious position.
I wish you and yours all the best for 2011 Anthony and congratulations on what you have achieved so far.
Stop the WUWT page views by month at month 27 and you’ve got a handsome hockey stick. Thanks for the tireless efforts of the WUWT team. This site has been a great read!
Excellent site, congratulations, Anthony. And as a German supervisor of mine once said, “Keep up the good work!”
Now that’s a warming trend I can approve of!
Congratulations, well deserved.
Congratulations Antony.
Best regards
Agust
Great work Anthony. I said it to you when you were in Hobart and I say it again – thanks for keeping up the good work.