The hits just keep on coming. 1,672,437 page views this month, up from 1,478,801 page views in March.
After posting last months stats, there was some discontent by some angry and somewhat incredulous bloggers that it might be an April Fools joke of some sorts. Sorry, no such luck.
But what was humorous, was one particular blogger (Joe Romm) who said:
It is absurd to publish one’s page views to 7 significant digits without caveats — even 2 is stretching it.
I got a huge chuckle out of that. So just to show that the stats are indeed real, and accurate down to that 7th digit (since they come from the WordPress internal traffic counter), I’m expanding this month’s report.
Joe, this report’s for you. Here is a screencap showing my WordPress internal report page, with all 7 digits, sans caveats. No caveats are needed since the WordPress numbers are actual, not estimated, and not drawn from router statistics.
Maybe Joe will reciprocate and post a screencap his own internal stats page.
The graph on this page above differs a bit from the headline graph (which is graphically edited to move the title inwards and downwards to fit nicely on the page) because it was snapped after 00GMT (5PM PST) and it shows the new month of May stats also, which are of course quite low by comparison.
So the numbers are real, from WordPress.com (where my blog is hosted) and exact to the 7th digit, despite angry accusations otherwise.
In that blog post, Joe Romm also showed an Alexa graph to prove his point, saying:
Interestingly, there is one independent source that suggests Watts’ page views and mine are in fact the same (and hence possibly around 1.4 million). If you go to the Web traffic ranking and comparison site Alexa, go to page views, and type in wattsupwiththat.com, you’ll get this graph:
So at best I am just negating the disinformation Watts is spreading. Sigh. And lest there be any doubt, WattsUpWithThat is in fact an extremist anti-scientific denialist website, as his recent posts make clear.
Gosh, all that angry prose from a traffic report? I don’t much care whether WUWT beats Climate Progress in traffic or vice versa, but I do care when the proprietor suggests that by printing my own internal stats page I’m spreading disinformation. Of course, I don’t expect an apology, but I wanted WUWT readers to know.
OK, following Joe’s lead, lets look at Alexa this month.
Pageviews: we are still about the same in April according to Alexa.
Though over the longer 6 month term, WUWT is slow and steady while Climate Progress runs hot and cold.
Joe didn’t show the other interesting comparative statistics from Alexa though, so I thought WUWT readers might enjoy seeing them.
Here is Traffic Rank over 6 months:
And here is Reach:
But having been labeled a “spreader of disinformation”, please, don’t take my word for it, visit Alexa and see for yourselves. Here is the link.
Some people might wonder why I post my web stats each month. Some might say I’m tooting my own horn, well maybe a bit, I’m admittedly proud of WUWT.
But there’s a bigger reason. WUWT has thousands of visitors, many of whom are regulars who see this blog as something they relate to and grow with. Many visit daily or even more often. There’s a sense of pride and ownership with all of you, too. Without its readers, content contributors, and those tireless volunteer moderators that keep the snark under control, WUWT would be nothing. I try not to lose sight of that. This is my monthly reminder to myself that this is a team effort.
As this blog expands its reach, it seems only fair that my readers also get to share in seeing the growth. I listen to my readers, who are often more insightful than I am, and they offer wonderful suggestions and topics.
I thank you all for making WUWT one of top science blogs on the Internet today.
And thanks to you to Joe, for bringing up this topic last month.
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I would love to contribute to the “anti-scientific” content on this site. It is such a relief to see reality reported on every day! Unfortunately, I must admit that my lunch hour visits include a daily visit to Climate Audit as well (I guess that makes me a true heretic) …
Thank you team (and especially AW) for all your efforts!!!
Pierre Gosselin (01:58:00) :
I hope this page reaches 10 million and becomes the Drudge Report of Climate and Weather.
Anthony, you are getting close to 100 seconds to this hopeful motion. You certainly have mine. And thanks to Joe for being the catalyst for more expressions of your humor, gentle prodding, and the-truth-and-only-the-truth instincts.
REPLY: The Drudge Report has no discussion, no learning, no soul. It is only a headline billboard with mondo traffic. There is one new site that mirrors Drudge, and that is Climate Depot. I don’t want to be just a billboard. – Anthony
Re merchandising:
Nothing wrong with a little tasteful self-promotion. However, I am really tired of T-shirts. For one thing, I inevitably wear them under regular shirts, because T-shirts have no pockets!.
How about real shirts, with double pockets and sturdy cloth, good for the out-of-doors? And Indian Jones hats, too! With logos and slogans: I still like mine: “CO2 is good for plants, good for the Earth, and good for you!”
/Mr Lynn
grats on your success i am one of the addicts and will be permanantly no cure wouldn’t want one if there was one.
Congrats! I am a confirmed WUWT addict. I look at your site a few times per day to read and catch up on the comments. It is a great break from work while at work. Keep it up! And thank you for all you do.
Trey in Austin, TX
The increase in trafic on WUWT is surely caused by repeated daily visits by high-ranking members of the Obama Administration. They keep coming back hoping to find something here to validate their blind faith in AGW. And keep getting disappointed.
I’ve been coming to WUWT daily for the past year or so. As a previous poster noted one important stat is the length of visits. I bet I spend an hour a day here at least. I’ve had to give up television just to fit WUWT into my daily routine!
extremist anti-scientific denialist website
I read that too, but then Joe Romm hasn’t got the Best Science Blog award, so perhaps he’s just bitter. A good libel case would certainly liven things up though.. 🙂
Pamela Gray (06:57:48) :
I love this site. And I like the idea of tawdry merchandise. Maybe something in leather to go with my black shoes?
Being a gun-owning, well educated, liberal-loving, deeply conservative, anti-religion, democratic naturalist, down-home-tractor-driving country girl, and public school educator..
Where have you been all my life..? 🙂
Congratulations!
WUWT is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in this topic. I have become a daily reader, and I especially appreciate the civil and thoughtful manner of posters here.
Keep up the good work!
Jan Bjernfalk
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
“Joe, this report’s for you.”
This is for you too Joe :
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm
Be afraid Joe, be very afraid.
“REPLY: I’m not much for tawdry merchandising,”
For me the idea would not be merchandising but showing people there is another side. I think many are not convinced about global warming. If they knew about WUWT they could see what they are missing.
Don’t think of it as merchandising but as turning the tide.
congratulations mr watts,
you can only expect your readership to continue to grow as the alarmists’s denial is realized…truth, the scientific method and freedom of speech are the pillars at which your blog is built upon…a solid foundation compared to the emotion, lies and models of the AGW house of cards…although the pieces of the climate puzzle have to yet to be put together, the thought provoking forum at which you provide is to be commended…shame, shame on those who sole motive is to further an agenda…thanks for the good work!!!
As a longtime amateur astronomer, contrarian, and loather of political dogma, I was hooked the first time I stumbled on WUWT. I hope this question is on-topic for this thread: How do you get a screen of stats like that on your WordPress dashboard? I have a fairly new WordPress blog and I’ve been poking around the management screens for the last half an hour looking for the controls. Is it a plug-in? Please do let us WP users know. Thanks!
Reply: 3% of our users qualify as addicts,
REPLY: I’m not much for tawdry merchandising, but I’ll think about it. Do you really want to be known as a “denier” ? Skeptic is the label of choice. – Anthony
I take offense at the insinuation that I am addicted to denial. And I deny that skeptic is a better label. And I deny my offensive (snip) behavior. And I deny I wrote:
Great Job Anthony!
Another Addict checking in here! Yo!
I would also buy WUWT a t-shirt, were they available.
I think just the call letters big across the front of the tee would be an excellent choice of design.
People will think it’s a radio station promo. You can conversate with that lead-in and explain what it really is! 😉
Andrew
I meant to say I would by a WUWT t-shirt. Typos will be my demise. I predict it. 😉
Andrew
Climate Progress? Joe Romm? No. No I haven’t heard a word about you, sorry.
“It is absurd to publish one’s page views to 7 significant digits without caveats…”
In the matter of reporting annual temperature averages over the last century, given the fact the underlying measurements were taken with devices of less than 1% accuracy, which were not annually re-calibrated, on sites where conditions varied enormously over the measurement cycle [tree growth/removal, new construction of buildings and structures, moving and/or renewing elements of the measurement device and/or its housing, etc.], and also given the fact the results were recorded by unsupervised untrained volunteer, I wonder how many significant digits you need to tag onto the reported result to attain absurdity.
Could the answer be none?
Congratulations! WUWT has really impacted and will continue to impact Global Warming and/or Climate Change agenda, as a source of shining light amidst the darkness.
Here is praise.
I happened to see Energy Secretary Chu present at the EIA Confernce in Washington a few weeks ago. In his presentation, he uses the IPCC hockey stick graph (http://www.eia.doe.gov/plenary/plenary_main.html#DrChu) as his primary support for AGW. Although the graph was not referenced, I immediately knew it came from Mann (1991) and that it discounted the MWP and the LIA. I knew its weaknesses, its data inputs, and its history.
And I knew all that because I read your site, and for no other reason.
O/T to Anthony:
This ought to be a really interesting seminar from CARB:
Title: “What Americans Really Think About Climate Change”
http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/seminars/krosnick/krosnick.htm
Congratulations (yet again) for your fine job promoting open science and a realistic approach to important questions.
Like many others, I instantly felt at home here when I first found this blog, and the sane and reasonable moderation and presentation of respectful views on all manner of subjects hooked me.
I am now somewhere close to your 3% addict catagory:
Hi my name is Larry and I visit WUWT every day to experience intelligent conversation with other adults. I have no intention of treating this additiction.
Larry
Great stuff Anthony, keep up the good work, many thanks from this corner of the UK.
I came here after reading about it in Christopher Booker’s excellent column in the Sunday Telegraph over here so thanks to him too.
Now, about those t-shirts …
Humble congrats added. Beyond that, this site provides fact-based science, humor, wisdom and perspective. It is by necessity for many, a replacement for the crumbling MSM that swine-headedly refuses to publish a balanced point of view.
People flock here because it is one of a growing number of news/science sources that question and debunk the cult of AGW and its economic agenda.
This is a healthy place to read and write, and laugh. Thank you Anthony and ALL who contribute!