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As you may have guessed I find statistics intriguing because they can provide some insights to events.

Looking at the history of this blog there is a steady growth in the annual visits and there are three periods (2017, 2019 and 2021) where there are spikes in the reading. Typically, posts will get an average of 20 reads.  

As you can see, since I launched Tradicat to capture my work that was being buried on forums, there have been close to half a million visits and 418 comments - including my replies. 

I don't know why there is a paucity of comments, but it might be because of the fact that I have comment moderation turned on.  Periodically, some bot starts to leave comments that are out of scope for a religious themed blog.

Here's a breakdown of what was hot in those years:

2017: Every post averaged around 250 reads.  The biggest thing then was the destruction of the FFI, Pope Francis (generally), and Amoris Laetitia.


2018: A few posts caught the eye of readers but the most popular one was this:

You just never know when something is going to peak interest.


2021: There were several posts that spiked that year.  Notably Traditiones Custodes, Pandemic, Vaccines and Moral Theology articles did well. My thoughts on the "Twelve Prominent Catholics Resist PiusX On Vaccines" attracted a lot of attention. 


In the past year there's been some articles that were, figuratively, on fire and attracted a lot of attention. I was called to task by a friend about responsible blogging and his criticisms have been attended to by some clarification of my status as a lay-person etc.  They also drew attention to some spots where I neglected to give my thought process and simple skipped to the end.  In this case, I wrote an addendum to the article (link).  This is a practice that I will try to keep as, another friend said long articles are too difficult to follow, so from this point I'll try and have short lead-in articles followed by a more detailed addendum.

 

The location of the readership is also interesting. The US leads the way, followed by Canada and surprise Russia.  Then it spreads across the world. Perhaps I should pickup my french practice and write articles in that language. It would be good practice.


 

 

Looking back, I have reached some conclusions.  First, there is continued interest in what I write.  Second, I need to frame what I write as my fallible opinion (hence the disclaimer and change to the subtitle)  and cite my sources!  

Thanks Id!


P^3

 

Blog Subtitle: Seeking A Way Forward: A Lay Catholic Traditionalist's Thoughts and Reflections on ways to help the Church emerge from this crisis of Faith

Disclaimer: Any views or opinions expressed are my personal views. They do not represent those of my employer, the Catholic Church or the SSPX.

 

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