My target for the year 2025 was to get a total of five thousand views on this website. Until a relatively late point in the year it looked as if I would fall short, but then I got an unexpected boost from a handful of very busy days which were more than enough to carry me over the line.

I passed last year’s record of 4,664 on 8th November and reached the target of 5,000 on 2nd December. My total for the year was 5,599. I suppose that puts me most of the way to the target I already had in my head for 6,000 views in the year 2026.

My single busiest day ever was 2nd November with 119 views. The two days before were 84 and 96 respectively, making an unusually active trio. I also got 100 exactly on 2nd December. The mean count was 15.3 per day. My target for this year is 16.3. Of course, these few days are highly unrepresentative and their future recurrence is unpredictable.

I have also calculated the percentage growth of the site year on year from the start of this decade.

• 2021: +008.9
• 2022: +002.9
• 2023: -020.2
• 2024: +102.8
• 2025: +020.0

Of course 2024’s extraordinary growth throws everything else out of whack, but last year was still fairly respectable. I remind readers again that I am not making a business out of this blog, there is no chasing of eyeballs, nor an ordained timetable and I do not have access to any sophisticated metrics. Posts will continue to be made whenever I have time, knowledge and inspiration.