As we celebrate our two-year blogiversary, we thought it would be fun to share a few stats that make us smile, blush, or simply shake our heads in amazement. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve accomplished so far:
1006- Total published posts to date (wild, especially when we had only 380 at our first blogiversary)
68,025- Comments we’ve received from you, our wonderful readers
19,206- Spam comments caught by our excellent spam filter (and no, we don’t want to see those unsolicited photos, thank you)
3,507- Comment questions we’ve answered so far (we aim to reply to as many as we can)
78- Average number of emails we get daily from readers (we try to respond to them all)
14- Posts we like to keep queued up at all times
2- Weekdays we missed posting this year — once after an important announcement so everyone could catch up, and once when our server crashed for an entire day
44- Weekly giveaways held since we started them in December
$6,233- Total retail value of all giveaways combined (this week’s gift card pushed us past $6K!)
49- Average number of posts per month
15- Videos we’ve produced since setting a goal of one per week
229- Projects currently linked on our How To page
15- Homes we’ve officially “House Crashed” in our series (and more are on the way)
108- Custom mood boards completed so far
26- Average minutes it takes for our custom mood boards to sell out after a Monday morning listing
17- Room makeovers we’ve created for others (virtually or in person), now featured in our Portfolio
32 (& growing)- Major home-related projects still on our to-do list — plenty left to tackle
2.5- People who live in our house (if Burger counts as a half)
2.5- Computers in our home (John’s work laptop counts as a half since it comes home most nights)
40- Approximate number of times a text between John and me reads “clog” instead of “blog” (thanks, autocorrect)
86,239- Most pageviews we’ve had in a single day — thank you for reading!
1,621,079- Total blog pageviews in the last month
8,509,736- Total blog hits to date — we’re humbled by your support
12- Average hours per day I spend at the computer
18- Approximate hours per week John spends on the blog in addition to his full-time job
5- Steps from my desk to the couch, where we decompress with a little trashy reality TV after long blogging sessions
There you have it — the how long, how many, and how often. Think we missed something? Ask and we’ll calculate it for you.