As we celebrate our two-year blogiversary, we wanted to share some of the milestones and stats that make us smile, blush, or simply shake our heads in amazement. Here’s a streamlined look at the numbers behind the blog.
1,006 — Total published posts to date (up from 380 at our first blogiversary).
68,025 — Comments from readers—thank you for every single one.
19,206 — Spam comments intercepted by our filter (we appreciate the protection against the weird stuff).
3,507 — Comment questions we’ve answered so far; we strive to reply to as many as possible.
78 — Average daily reader emails we receive, and we do our best to respond to them all.
14 — Posts we like to keep scheduled at all times to ensure a steady flow of content.
2 — Weekdays we didn’t post this past year: once after this announcement, to give everyone time to read about the change, and once when our server crashed for a full day.
44 — Weekly giveaways we’ve held since launching them in December.
$6,233 — Combined value of all the freebies we’ve given away (this week’s gift card pushed us past $6K).
49 — Average number of posts per month.
15 — Videos we’ve produced since committing to roughly one per week.
229 — Projects linked on our How To page.
15 — Homes we’ve officially “House Crashed” for home tours and features (and more are on the way).
108 — Custom mood boards completed to date.
26 — Average minutes it takes for our custom mood boards to sell out after Monday morning listings.
17 — Room makeovers we’ve completed for others, featured in our Portfolio.
32 and growing — Major home projects still on our to-do list—we’ll never run out of things to tackle.
2.5 — People in our household (yes, Burger counts as a half).
2.5 — Computers in the house (John’s work laptop counts as a half when it comes home each night).
40 — Rough number of times a text between John and me says “clog” instead of “blog,” thanks to autocorrect.
86,239 — Most pageviews in a single day—huge thanks to our readers.
1,621,079 — Total blog hits last month—again, we’re grateful for every visit.
8,509,736 — Total blog hits to date; your support has helped us grow tremendously.
12 — Average hours per day I spend on the computer keeping the blog running and content flowing.
18 — Approximate hours per week John devotes to the blog on top of his 40+ hour job.
5 — Steps from my desk to the couch where we decompress with some trashy reality TV after long blogging sessions.
There you have it: the how long, how many, and how often behind our second year. Did we miss anything you’re curious about? Ask and we’ll calculate it for you.