Tag: Statistics

Looking Back On 11 Years of EclecticMusicLover

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Earlier this month my blog turned 11 years old and, truth be told, I never thought in August 2015 that I would still be at it in 2026 (though admittedly, for the past year my output has diminished from 3-5 to only one post per week as I quit writing music reviews). Over the past 11 years, I’ve published 2,016 posts which have garnered 1,405,700 views from 663,374 visitors. My blog has 1,582 subscribers, though fewer than 40 ever engage with my posts.

The majority of my posts receive anywhere from 50-200 views; however, many have garnered over 1,000 views, with some going viral, particularly my “100 Best Songs of the 2000s” post published in 2015 and still my most-viewed post literally every single day! “Best of” lists and concert reviews have been among the most popular; here are my most-viewed posts as of today, August 21, 2026:

  1. 100 Best Songs of the 2000s (100-1) – 77,300
  2. 20 Best Disco Songs of All Time – 27,168
  3. 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (100-1) – 24,552
  4. 10 Greatest Rock Songs of the 1960s – 18,978
  5. “Magic” Songs – 17,437
  6. About This Blog – 15,646
  7. “Till There Was You” – From “The Music Man” to The Beatles – 10,565
  8. Concert Review: Janet Jackson Together Again Tour – 10,486
  9. 100 Best Indie Songs of 2025 – 9,553
  10. 100 Best Indie Songs of 2024 – 9,256
  11. Concert Review: Coldplay Head Full of Dreams Tour – 8,685
  12. Concert Review: The Eagles Hotel California Tour – 7,471
  13. Artist Spotlight: The Mayan Factor – 6,044
  14. Top 100 Songs of 2018 – 5,113
  15. EML’s Favorite Songs – Marty Robbins: “El Paso” – 4,074

I’m not sure how much longer I will keep blogging, but I plan to continue through at least the rest of this year. Should my enthusiasm for writing about music return, I will hopefully churn out more posts in the future.

Something Weird is Happening on WordPress

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I’ve been blogging about music for ten years, and though my output has diminished from what it was during my peak years of 2017-2022 – to the point where I’m now generally posting only once a week – my readership has gradually increased, probably due in large part to the fact I now have an accumulated back catalog of nearly 2,000 posts. But I’ve recently noticed a significant uptick in daily views of my blog, from an average of 300-400 per day to well over 1,000 per day.

At first, I was elated by these stats, thinking that my blog had finally broken through the clutter and was getting more notice in the search engines (I do not pay for search engine optimization of any kind). But after checking the origins of my views by country, I was alarmed to see that 70-75% of my recent views are coming from China! Over the past ten years, the vast majority of my views have come from the U.S., as expected, followed by a much smaller but sizable number from the UK, Canada, Australia, India and Germany, in that order. For 2023, China came in 19th, with only 0.45% of the total views for that year, while last year it ranked #18 with only 0.37% of the total.

While I’m thrilled that so many Chinese people appear to suddenly be flocking to my little music blog, I can’t help but think these numbers aren’t legit, and may simply be bots or some other nefarious activity. Has anyone else noticed a sudden uptick in traffic to their blogs?