WordPress.com generated this report for me automatically for viewing on my dashboard – I’m sharing it because you the readers deserve credit.
Crunchy numbers
8 million people saw The Hobbit on its opening weekend. This blog was viewed about 36,000,000 times in 2012. If every person who saw The Hobbit visited this blog, it would take 5 years for them all to read it.
In 2012, there were 1,929 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 8,297 posts.
The busiest day of the year was January 31st with 229,775 views. The most popular post that day was Bitter cold records broken in Alaska – all time coldest record nearly broken, but Murphy’s Law intervenes.
Attractions in 2012
These are the posts that got the most views in 2012.
- Bitter cold records broken in Alaska – all time coldest record nearly broken, but Murphy’s Law intervenes 380 comments January 2012
- New study shows half of the global warming in the USA is artificial 1085 comments July 2012
- Mann has filed suit against NRO (now the laughing begins) 937 comments October 2012
- IPCC AR5 draft leaked, contains game-changing admission of enhanced solar forcing – as well as a lack of warming to match model projections, and reversal on ‘extreme weather’ 503 comments December 2012
How did they find you?
The top referring sites in 2012 were:
Who were they?
Your most commented on post in 2012 was A Matter of Some Gravity
These were your 5 most active commenters:
- Gail Combs 2909 comments
- Leif Svalgaard 1916 comments
- DirkH 1756 comments
- richardscourtney 1434 comments
- Brian H 1280 comments
Been a while since I last posted, but still been sucked-in to this great site every day for at least two years. The topics, contributors and the civil and helpful replies/comments from everyone sitting on the same side of our ‘Anti AGW’ fence are uplifting – especially those fellow supporters from over here in the UK. Well done Anthony and a happy 2013.
Incidentally I’ve beaten the CO2 alarmism. My 14-year old 2.5 Litre ‘CO2 Belching’ V6 Estate now actually costs less in annual UK road tax than my wife’s 1.6 Litre Mini Cooper S. Now that’s what I call victory!!!!
Congratulations Anthony and all your moderators! I visit the site at least once a day and like to put my views forward when I feel that I can make informed comments. The rest of the time I believe in the prayer “May the good Lord, make me keep my mouth when I do not know what I am talking about. Amen.”
It is a pity this sentiment seems to be inapplicable to so called “scientists” who try to hold humanity to ransom by scaring the c**p out of the more gullible.
I hope 2013 is a happy, healthy and prosperous year to you all!
What a fabulous site. The more you read here the more you learn, not just about science but about people. I have been here every day for over four years and have always found it fascinating , fresh and relevant.
Thanks Anthony , because your character and humanity shine through. Have a most excellent 2013.
All the very best to all of you too.
Warm Regards,
Keith
I am someone who lurks here trying to learn something new everyday. I come from a poly sci / debate background and mindset and engage in political “discussions” of all sorts on all kinds of sites. When CAGW/cap and trade were coming down the pike years ago, I was on a political website following a particularly nasty CAGW arguement between two people who both were spouting what sounded like real sources for their positions (being an ex-debater, you pay close attention to sources). One of the participants finally threw up his virtual hands at the others pigheadedness (which I have now come to regard as zealotry) and said, “try taking that evidence over to the crowd at WUWT and see what happens to you!” I was intrigued by that, and have been reading here almost everyday since. While the science and math minutiae may be a little over my head at times, the scientific processes that use them are not. Thank you for that.
Here’s hoping for a Happy New Year for all of us
I was steered to this site……ooh, about 4 or 5 years ago by Christoper Booker and can never thank him enough. Nor can I thank Anthony, the mods, the posters (esp. those named earlier) enough for all their work. I am an old man (73 years last week) and not a scientist but I cannot start my day without catching up on the over night posts and comments on this site.
Thank you .. all of you. I wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous 2013, with many more to come.
Anthony, Mods, Posters and Commenters, very many thanks from a science layman, taxpayer of the UK who is totally fed up with the PC lies and bunkum one gets from the MSM (particularly the BBC) and climate “scientists”. May you go from strength to strength as I feel there are few fighting for our side – but I’m convinced we are gradually moving into a leading position. Mustn’t take the foot of the gas though.
Thanks again.
Julian in Wales says:
December 30, 2012 at 3:50 pm
WUWT.com is a game changer. This is not only because of its vast readership, but also because of the general intelligence of the posts, sensible light touch of the moderators and knowledgeable comments of your readership.
You nailed it Julian – and many others already above. It is the whole WUWT community hosted at Anthony’s blog that makes it a game changer.
A Happy New Year to all!
This is THE site for CLIMATE SCIENCE.
A very Happy New Year to all, A special thanks to Anthony for running a valuable science forum, and to the mods, thanks for being patient with my quirkiness this year (laughing). All the best everyone!!
Anthony & team,
You have created an environment at WUWT that honors what Richard Feynman honored,
John
PS – Gail Combs . . . . what a pleasant and astute chatter box you are : ) . . . . thank you.
PSS – Happy New Years to all
Happy New Year to all.
Just a few disjointed thoughts to (hopefully) put a grin on your faces….
Wind farms – espcially offshore ones – not a cat-in-hell’s chance of them lasting the projected 25 years (on promise of which presumably gullible investors have sunk money). The Danish offshore ‘fleet’ now shown to have a actual life of 7-12 years.
‘The wind is always blowing somewhere in the British Isles.’ Actual verbatin quote from an official at our dearly beloved Department of Energyand Climate Change.
The idea of ‘storing’ electricity from wind farms..? All the batteries on earth would supply the world’s electricity for…. ten mnutes..
CO2 concentration – ‘double’ what it is now would lead to ‘disaster’..? In your living room its probably ten times the global <400ppm – but presumably you're all still alve (in a nuclear sub it can be up to 10000ppm – and presumably the ratings aren't all flaked out on the floor…) – and anyway tomato growers inject it ino their polytunnels (800-1000ppm) to INCREASE YIELDS…
Maybe 2013 will, if not be 'the begining of the end', it might at least be the end of the beginning'…
Is the comparison to the 8m Hobbit audience apt?
36,000,000 amounts to about 1 view per day for 100,000 people, right? Or is it 36,000,000 unique views (i.e. new IP/browser/fingerprint combo per view?)
Thank you to you all at WUWT. I came here by reading Christopher Booker in the Sunday Telegraph and now look every day if I can. I have looked at some of the team sites but have problems with the assumption that I am thick and they are right and that is all I need to know and the default option of name calling if you question the script as has been set.
All the best for 2013 and may God bless you and your efforts
James Bull