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2013 in blogging

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Each rocket represents a post published on this blog in 2013. And because we like to share, we made the fireworks available as a jQuery plugin on GitHub.

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To kick off the new year, we’d like to share with you data on theleansubmariner’s activity in 2013. You may start scrolling!

Crunchy numbers

The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 33,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 12 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

In 2013, there were 86 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 405 posts. There were 531 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 97 MB. That's about a picture per day.

The busiest day of the year was November 26th with 1,297 views. The most popular post that day was I'd like to be a submariner. How hard could that be?.

: I'd like to be a submariner. How hard could that be? (1/5)

: I'd like to be a submariner. How hard could that be? (2/5)

: I'd like to be a submariner. How hard could that be? (3/5)

: I'd like to be a submariner. How hard could that be? (4/5)

: I'd like to be a submariner. How hard could that be? (5/5)

: Taffy 3 - Courage Beyond Measure (1/6)

: Taffy 3 - Courage Beyond Measure (2/6)

: Taffy 3 - Courage Beyond Measure (3/6)

: Taffy 3 - Courage Beyond Measure (4/6)

: Taffy 3 - Courage Beyond Measure (5/6)

: Taffy 3 - Courage Beyond Measure (6/6)

: FBM Blue and Gold – The Beginning (1/4)

: FBM Blue and Gold – The Beginning (2/4)

: FBM Blue and Gold – The Beginning (3/4)

: FBM Blue and Gold – The Beginning (4/4)

: USS Hunley AS-31 (Cold Warrior Extraordinaire) (1/6)

: USS Hunley AS-31 (Cold Warrior Extraordinaire) (2/6)

: USS Hunley AS-31 (Cold Warrior Extraordinaire) (3/6)

: USS Hunley AS-31 (Cold Warrior Extraordinaire) (4/6)

: USS Hunley AS-31 (Cold Warrior Extraordinaire) (5/6)

: USS Hunley AS-31 (Cold Warrior Extraordinaire) (6/6)

: Do you have your Zombie Christmas Wish List Yet? (1/6)

: Do you have your Zombie Christmas Wish List Yet? (2/6)

: Do you have your Zombie Christmas Wish List Yet? (3/6)

: Do you have your Zombie Christmas Wish List Yet? (4/6)

: Do you have your Zombie Christmas Wish List Yet? (5/6)

: Do you have your Zombie Christmas Wish List Yet? (6/6)

: Built Like a Mack Truck (1/6)

: Built Like a Mack Truck (2/6)

: Built Like a Mack Truck (3/6)

: Built Like a Mack Truck (4/6)

: Built Like a Mack Truck (5/6)

: Built Like a Mack Truck (6/6)

: From out of the Deep to Target

: 41 for Freedom; Answering a Threat (1/6)

: 41 for Freedom; Answering a Threat (2/6)

: 41 for Freedom; Answering a Threat (3/6)

: 41 for Freedom; Answering a Threat (4/6)

: 41 for Freedom; Answering a Threat (5/6)

: 41 for Freedom; Answering a Threat (6/6)

: The First Thanksgiving (1/3)

: The First Thanksgiving (2/3)

: The First Thanksgiving (3/3)

: Three Remarkable Days in Japan (1/6)

: Three Remarkable Days in Japan (2/6)

: Three Remarkable Days in Japan (3/6)

: Three Remarkable Days in Japan (4/6)

: Three Remarkable Days in Japan (5/6)

: Three Remarkable Days in Japan (6/6)

: But just in case we need to divorce….

: Its bigger than you think (1/2)

: Its bigger than you think (2/2)

: “Love, Your Son Butch” – Introduction (April 2013) (1/2)

: “Love, Your Son Butch” – Introduction (April 2013) (2/2)

: A date that should also live in infamy (but we somehow want to ignore)

Attractions in 2013

These are the posts that got the most views on theleansubmariner in 2013.

1 I'd like to be a submariner. How hard could that be? 10 comments November 2013
2 Taffy 3 - Courage Beyond Measure 9 comments October 2011
3 FBM Blue and Gold – The Beginning 2 comments November 2012
4 USS Hunley AS-31 (Cold Warrior Extraordinaire) 6 comments April 2012
5 Built Like a Mack Truck 3 comments June 2012

How did they find this blog?

The top referring sites in 2013 were:

Some visitors came searching, mostly for taffy 3, crew photo of as-31, k27 submarine, pearl harbor, and was 1913 an unlucky year.

Where did they come from?

That's 142 countries in all!
Most visitors came from The United States. United Kingdom & Canada were not far behind.

Who were they?

The most commented on post in 2013 was Our Homeless Days are Over

These were the 5 most active commenters on this blog:

1 Debbie 22 comments
2 NEO 18 comments
3 Mustang.Koji 11 comments
4 Debby Haddock 5 comments
5 Bill Creighton 5 comments

See you in 2014

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