Thoughtsmith in 2011: A Year in Review

I was looking through the 2011 web statistics the other day and thought back on the interesting and exciting year we had. We relaunched in January and started getting daily submissions almost immediately. We have, with help from sites like Duotrope, Poets&Writers, and Newpages, had far more visitors than I would’ve expected at this point, but I’m not going to question it. I’m incredibly proud to be a part of this, and in case people are interested in the 2011 Thoughtsmith statistics, here they are:

2011 Statistics

Total visits: 64,017
Unique visitors: 16,137 (3.96 visits per person)
Total page “hits”: 364,795

Top 5 Countries:

1. United States
2. Germany
3. Canada
4. Ukraine
5. Poland

Most read piece: “The Birch Tree” by Rick Hartwell (Spring 2011)

Where our visitors came from:

1. Facebook
2. Poets & Writers
3. Newpages
4. Duotrope
5. Google

I’d say that’s pretty good for our first year back! I look forward to another great year and to reading all of your submissions. We have about 7 weeks left in issue 2.4′s reading period, so keep on submitting!