September 25th, 2009 WUWT hit the 20 million mark. I was shocked then, because we’d gone from 10 million just six months prior. I wrote then in Another small milestone for WUWT:
Back on March 15th, 2009, I was amazed to find that WUWT hit 10 million on the internal WordPress hit counter.
I started the WUWT blog in late November of 2006, and it took me over two years to get there
Now just six months later, I’m amazed again.
Now, just three months later, I’m gobsmacked at hitting 30 million.
Longtime reader and surfacestations volunteer Gary Boden sent me an interesting email a few days ago.
To: Anthony Watts
Anthony,
First of all, here’s wishing you and your family a peaceful and blessed Christmas.
Second, as I predicted on September 25th:
Gary (19:24:11) :
Thirty million hits by 1 Jan 2010?
REPLY: Doubtful, but reader can always help by placing links on other blogs. – A
WUWT is just about to pass 29 million on the Blog Stats hit counter with eleven days to go. You just may do it.
-Gary
WUWT will end up December 2009 with a new record in monthly traffic. Though it has dipped during the holidays. I’ll have more at years end.
On behalf of myself, the moderation team, and contributors, readers, it has been our honor. – Anthony
Congrats! Now, what do you do with all your ‘spare’ time?
Something about building a better mouse trap?
Well done, sir!
Congratulations!
This site has been a great resource. Those of us with scientific backgrounds but little or no training in climate science are especially appreciative!!
Continued success!!
New Jersey, USA.
The first place I look when I want to know what’s going on in climate science. That’s becoming the case for more people every day.
I read this blog and TAV + CA because there is no BS and the science is reasoned and clear and the figures can be openly disputed, encore WUWT!
It is a duty to uphold the truth and allow (and make – through logical, rational TESTED science and argument) people to see reason.
Don’t stop (the blogs) keep ’em coming.
So, the warmer the Earth has gotten due to AGW, the higher the WUWT counter goes. By corollary, that can only mean that the higher C02 that is causing these warm temps also causes people to visit WUWT and post. I cannot see any other valid scientific reason. Can you?? haha
If the Earth has a fever, what does Anthony have?? Carpal Tunnel??
Herzliche Gratulation aus den Schweizer Bergen.
It’s an every day mandatory visit for me. Thanks for everything.
Best regards from the snowed in Swiss mountains.
Freddie
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More properly, above should have been “science backgrounds”…. 🙂
So deserved! Truth tells! And so does the quality of the material presented.
Thanks for the ongoing education is how science works Anthony. Is sure damm cold in Europe right now.
Congrats!
Here, in Portugal, we have few information about climate, so I read this blog allmost every day. Thank you, Antony!
Congratulations Anthony and the team!
Thank you for such a great informative site.
The readers of WUWT also deserve appreciation for maintaining the quality of discussions with their comments.
Wishing everyone the best in 2010 and beyond.
(FYI, India too is in the grip of an unusually severe winter)
Most highly excellent work. You had to know this was coming.
I predict you will break records in the coming year as well.
I look forward to reading this site with its excellent articles and
largely inciteful commentary by an informed and intelligent readership.
Congratulations Anthony, guest contributors, and moderators for an incredible web site! Like many others who seek informative and non-value-added science, your site is where I enjoy my morning coffee and evening reading time. With 30 million hits as a clear testimony, WUWT has become one of the leading on-line forums for unbiased scientific inquiry and discussion. Many thanks, Anthony!
Congrats!
Also big thanks to the contributors for helping educate and enlighten me about the fascinating world we live in.
Oh, and
Re:TerryS (08:54:23) :
Meanwhile, attempts are being made to prevent WUWT appearing in the science blog category of the 2009 weblog awards.
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Doubt that will get far, but reminds me to add another nomination for RC in the religious category 🙂
I think I said something to that effect that I had learned more science from this site in one year than in the previous 60 in total. That was when I said congratulations for the 20m.
I don’t know what to say for another 10m in the space of a few months.
‘Awesome’ doesn’t start to describe it.
Or WUWT itself, come to that!
I’d love to see an old Neo Trace IP map of whereabouts the hits are coming from, showing the worldwide spread as it grows, and a nice simple unadjusted graph.
Congratulations.
That’s a genuine tribute to your vision with this site. You’ve successfully tapped into a desire for truth, alternate sources of information, and honest debate. Because of WUWT and a handful of other sites, the debate is not over, it’s just picking up speed. Congratulations, and may you reach 50 million next year!
When your butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, send yellow Birth Announcements.
Mr. Watts,
Two thumbs up!! May your 2010 be just as successful as this year. Maybe you’ll find another bone like “climate / hockey stick / bad programming / cherry picking / gate” type things for us to chew on.
This is a great earth science & other issues of the day site. Hat tip to all of your contributors as well for their exellent works and comments. Job well done folks!
Congratulations!
Tim Nesbitt
KCMOUSA
Thank you and congratulations. Well done.
Anthony, your effort (and that of your elves), to keep this site running is most appreciated. Your “research” and digging will eventually pay off in spades. ☺
Best wishes for a productive and enlightening 2010.
Thank you!
Clive:
The mean temp for December in Lethbridge, Alberta will end up at -14°C which is a huge 8C° below the 1971 to 2000 December average.
30,000,000 and rising. If this keeps up, it won’t be long before the number of WUWT hits reaches the temperature of the earth just below the surface.
Great job Anthony, you are doing the world a service. I am an engineer and like being able to read your information and make my own opinions. I do not like to be told how and what to think without the details behind the reasoning. Following the weather is a hobby for me for the last 30 years and I have learned loads from you web site and have the Widget linked so others can read as well. http://home.roadrunner.com/~sherwoodweather/ Back in the day Walter Cronkite and the NYT would have said “That’s the way it is” and everyone would have believed and walked off the cliff. No more is that the case…..God Bless you and your family.
At this rate you’ll be at 100 million by June
and a billion by 2012.