While the WUWT counter number on the right sidebar will likely hit this mark while I’m sleeping, I just wanted to give a short notice to everyone that we’ve reached this milestone. This post is automatically publishing at a time that is my “best safe guess” (4AM PDT) for when we’ll have reached that number. If it hasn’t yet, it soon will. For those who might have been refreshing the page to see if you can capture it at 200 million, you won’t; the counter display only updates every 15 minutes to save resources, and doesn’t update in real time, though it does track every “hit” (but does not count reloads).
I wish to thank everyone who has helped make this possible, the readers, the contributors, the moderators, and most importantly my long suffering family who has dealt with dad being distracted in his study far more than he should be.
For all of my detractors, who send hate mail, publish snide attack pieces, have attempted to dig through my trash, shouted “denier” in my ear on the telephone (and then hung up like the cowards they are), launched Twitter attacks, claimed I “have sex with farm animals” (thanks Mike Roddy), or ruminated rants from their parent’s basement, I thank you too. Because love it or hate it, you all read WUWT anyway and are part of the success.
My sincere thanks to all of you for making WUWT “…the world’s most viewed climate website” – Anthony Watts
P.S. The recent site upgrades I have made have resulted in significant increases in views – thanks to everyone who made suggestions for improvements and for being patient while we worked out the kinks in the new format.
P.P.S The next big thing here will be announced in a couple of days, watch for it.
Congratulations, and thank you for bringing some sanity to this crazy world!
Congratulations. Thank you for all the effort and for creating a wonderful resource while always maintaining an open, polite and constructive environment. I have learnt a great deal about climate science and fruitful debate. Thank you.
Wonderful milestone Anthony. A lot of interesting subjects covered, just like you header says.
Congratulations.
George
Fact Center aka Wattsupwiththat. Truth is life.
Thank all who make it possible.
Nice weather fact this morning.
Snow on the trees in Glaicer Park, see the Two Medicine web cam for the best view.
Thank you for all your time and effort in maintaining this site.
Thanks to WUWT, perhaps much of the annual change in this poll is due to this Blog.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/168620/one-four-solidly-skeptical-global-warming.aspx
The poll also seems to indicate that most of the subject of CC is based on Politics.
This early snow is cool too.
http://www.arapahoebasin.com/ABasin/snow-conditions/web-cams.aspx
Congratulations, and best wishes for continuing success! It is the quality of the articles – along with the beautiful typefaces – that makes WUWT my daily first call, rather than any number on the view counter.
I was already a skeptic before I found WUWT. In addition to gaining new knowledge, sometimes it is nice just to hear the choir sing!
200,029,073
Let’s see,… (0.97)(x) = 200,000,000 so x = 200,000,000 / 0.97 = 206,185,567 so we have just a little over 6 million AGW trolls needing to understand science! /missapp off
Seems only yesterday that WUWT reached the then-heady total of ten million views, Many thanks to all concerned, and best wishes. Dave.
Congratulations, Anthony et al.
You built WUWT!
Thanks.
Good.
Sincere congratulations!! I will be coming back daily until the onset of the next ice age! 🙂
A real tribute to you, Anthony.
Kool & The Gang – Celebration: http://youtu.be/3GwjfUFyY6M
Congratulations.
On this blog there is a highly vigorous and wonderfully argumentative marketplace for open and free ideas . . .
A poem for you.
John
Congratulations and best wishes to Anthony and your moderators. This is a great site. Perfect mix of science, climate policy issues, and climate war shenanigans (with a little humor mixed in now and then).
Congrats Anthony … as a “weather nerd” who recently discovered your site (at the recommendation of a close friend), I have learned SO MUCH from you… Cheers.
You are fighting on the front lines for TRUTH and LIBERTY.
The world needs you. So grateful for you.
Keep up the great work!
Warm regards,
Janice
#200,037,720
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Congrats AW. I’ve been a daily viewer since 2007 after reading “State of Fear” by Crichton. May sanity win out, Cheers!
Well done Mrs Watts!! And thanks for Anthony.
Congratulations on a great achievement!
Your work has made a real, positive difference.
YAY!!!!!!!!! 200 Million.
The success was well (and I suspect) hard earned. Congratulations and enduring thanks to you for assisting an honest conversation regarding climate science.
Regarding the changes to the website, they have vastly improved the readability of the sight from good to outstanding. You honor us with your dedication and the following you have simply shows the value you give to the public.
Thank you, Anthony, for give us 200,000,000 examples of how to run a blog worth reading. it is impossible to count the number of things I have learned here.