As if this morning’s pie charts weren’t enough, we’re back with another by-the-numbers look at Young House Love. Each year we break down the blog in measurable (and sometimes silly) ways. Some figures are surprising, some are serious, and some are just for fun. For comparison, we’ve included last year’s numbers where relevant, and you can also revisit our previous by-the-numbers posts from 2010, 2009 and 2008 to see how things have changed.
2,014 – Total published posts on Young House Love to date (Last year: 1,527).
16 – Total published posts on Young House Life.
570,314 – Total comments left by readers — more than double last year’s 258,904. That means there’s been more commenting activity in the past 12 months than in our first three years combined.
38,754 – Comment replies we’ve posted, more than triple last year’s total of 13,039.
9 – Months we’ve been living in our new house.
21.5 – Clara’s weight in pounds (up from 14 lbs last year). She’s tall and thin — a string bean, basically.
8.5 – Burger’s weight in pounds (up from 8 lbs last year).
210,460 – Most blog hits in a single day, according to WordPress.com stats — the day our Washington Post feature ran. Last year’s top day was 97,024. Yesterday we were just 7K shy of that Wash Post peak.
4,048,011 – Blog hits last month (last year: 2,144,976).
68,164,565 – Total blog hits to date (nearly double last year’s 36,698,957).
4 – Times we’ve driven by our old house to check on it (including once after Hurricane Irene — it was fine).
1 – Times we accidentally turned down our old street when we meant to go to our new house (we’re proud it only happened once; it’s only a mile away).
150 – Mood boards featured in our Mood Board Gallery.
146 – Weekly giveaways held since we started them in November 2008 (you asked for them during our first blogiversary).
35 – Average number of posts per month.
3 – Soda-themed shirts I (John) own — yes, I own other shirts too, but the soda ones seem to show up in photos a lot.
12 – Clara’s repertoire of animal sounds: she can moo like a cow, neigh like a horse, baa like a sheep, maa like a goat, meow like a cat, woof like a dog, hoo like an owl, cheep like a chicken, roar like a lion, quack like a duck, make monkey sounds (“ooh-ooh-ahh-ahh”) and even imitate a sloth by saying “slowly slowly.”
2,405 – Average number of words written per post — we tend to be chatty.
19,204 – Average number of words written per week.
648 – Projects listed on our Projects page (we still have about 50 more to add when we get to them).
58 – Photos of Clara taken for her photo project (52 weekly pictures, 5 monthly, and 1 for her birthday card).
230,652 – Pinterest followers — a number that still feels unreal to us.
22 – Steps from our bed to our desk in the new house (in the old house it was 7, so we no longer risk posting in our sleep).
6:30 – Time tonight we’ll speak on a local panel called “Hobby to Business: Making a Living Doing What You Love.” It’s a perfect fit for blogiversary week — we’re doing it for fun, not pay.
There you have it — the year by the numbers. Do you track little things like steps between rooms or how often you accidentally drive to your old house? Can you picture Clara sneaking around the house saying “sloooowly, sloooowly”? It’s adorable; we’ll have to get it on video soon.
You can also revisit our previous by-the-numbers posts from 2010, 2009 and 2008 for more comparisons.