I am not too much of a statistics geek, but every once in a while it is quite interesting to have a closer look at what happens on the blog. Could there be a better moment than the turn of the year to do this? So in case you are interested, here are some statistical highlights from 2012 as collected by Google Analytics:
The Big Picture
- Total visits: 109,492
- Unique visitors: 60,739
- Pageviews: 257,530
- Average pages per visit: 2.35
Geography
Top 10 Countries by visits
- USA: 30160
- UK: 13253
- Germany: 12806
- Canada: 7091
- Netherlands: 5430
- Finland: 5167
- Belgium: 3413
- Sweden: 3173
- Australia: 2344
- France: 2334
Top 10 Cities by visits
- London: 3616
- Helsinki: 2882
- New York: 2175
- Toronto: 1454
- Edinburgh: 1242
- Vienna: 1070
- Glasgow: 1069
- Berlin: 866
- Singapore: 822
- Los Angeles: 799
Sources
- Search engines: 47%
- Referrals: 28%
- Direct hits: 23%
- News feeds: 2%
Top 10 Referers
- Facebook: 7092
- Twitter: 3467
- viskikaappi.net: 1025
- whiskyfun.com: 853
- cooperedtot.com: 700
- whiskyreviews.blogspot.com: 653
- reddit.com: 621
- spiritsjournal.klwines.com: 617
- whisky.de: 614
- recenteats.blogspot.com: 571
Top 10 search queries (similar terms are compounded):
- dramming.com
- Ralfy Mitchell
- Does whisky age in the bottle?
- Glenmorangie Pride
- Mortlach 16 yo Flora & Fauna
- Glen Grant Major’s Reserve
- Serge Valentin
- Macallan Ice Ball Maker
- How much is a dram?
- difference between whisky and vodka
Content
Most popular pages and articles by visits:
- Top Drams: 8266
- Bang for The Buck: 5851
- Featured Articles: 5114
- 10 Essential Scotch Whiskies Everybody Should Have Tried: 3306
- Does Whisky Age In a Bottle?: 2740
- 10 Essential Things About Scotch Whisky Everybody Should Know: 2557
- Whisky People #3 – Ralf Mitchell: 2552
- Whisky Glassware Test: 2518
- The Macallan Ice Ball Serve – Cool or Chilly?: 1528
- McTear’s Whisky Auctions – Buyers Beware!: 1350
Most popular tasting notes by visits:
- Aberlour A’bunadh Batch 41: 959
- Glenfarclas 1953/2012: 902
- Lagavulin 21 yo 2012 Release: 823
- Comparing Three Laphroaig 10 CS: 762
- Glen Grant The Major’s Reserve: 631
- Ardbeg Uigeadail L11101584: 620
- Calvados Couperne VSOP: 499
- Lochside 46 yo Single Blend TWE: 401
- Lagavulin 16 yo: 396
- Elements Of Islay Pl1: 353
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
Impressive stats, Oliver! I must confess though, that I, personally, am responsible for most of the hits from USA! USA! USA! And New York, baby (#3 on the city list). And, not to mention, cooperedtot.com – #5 on the referral list! Wow – knock me over with a feather. I had no idea my personal obsessive surfing was banging your excellent blog so very hard! Poor servers…
Just about to publish my stats. didnt know u were doing that too
and Josh, stop hitting f5!
Congratulation on strong support from your fans enjoy your articles.
Me too，I’m from Malaysia。