h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I wonder why the July figures were lower. Surely everyone, all over the world, was sitting at home staring at their screens just as much as the rest of the year.

Perhaps because libraries and Internet cafés etc. closed due to the plague?

Greetings Stats Fans - here are the September Stats

The number of unique users is up by 12% compared to August (82,200 vs 73,200). The number of pageviews is 5% up (415,000 vs 395,000). Top countries were the USA (25%), UK (23%), Germany (11%) then China, Spain, Australia, India, Canada, Italy and France.

We are being linked to by school websites again. Trending Entries are: PEE - an Essay Writing Technique A877935 Applications of Enzymes A3328355 Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell A425909 Historiography A21648873 Sherlock Holmes A2773415 Melting Points A2260063 The Shang Dynasty A1304966 Common Salt A49292724 Writing a 12-Bar Blues A5140252 and Functions of Chairs in the 20th Century A882290

Greetings Stats Fans. Here are the October Stats

The number of unique users is up by 7% compared to September (90,600 vs 84,800). The number of pageviews is 8% up (462,000 vs 430,000). Top countries were the USA (26%), UK (24%), Germany (11%) then Spain, China, Canada, Australia, Italy, India and Philippines.

The most popular Entry this month was The Dangers of Mixing Bleach and Ammonia A795611 (someone accidentally urinated in a bucket of bleach and asked about it on Quora!) Other trending Entries are: How Farming Changed the World A2054675 The Most Useful Things in the World A1022167 The Boston Smallpox Epidemic A52964003 Sir David Attenborough A20218628 War and Protest - the US in Vietnam 1969-1970 A715042 Samhain A189470 Australia A721243 and The Groma: The Tool that Built an Empire A24591099

Greetings Stats fans! Here are the stats for the previous 30 days

The number of unique users is 13% down on last time (74,200 vs 85,300). The number of pageviews is down 13% (403,000 vs 466,000). Top countries were the UK (25%), USA (24%), Germany (12%) then Spain, Canada, Italy, Australia, India, France and the Philippines.

Trending Entries were: Useful Enzymes A3328355 American High School Dances A6083804 How to Speak Gamer A3361150 Common Salt A49292724 The 13 Species of Otter A2020131 Chemistry of the Group 11 Elements A20074529 UK Christmas Singles of the 1970s A87958129 Harvest Festival or Thanksgiving A18107129 A Guide to Saying Grace in Latin A21776754 and PEE - An Essay Writing Technique A877935

Out of curiousity, how do the stats compare to this time last year?

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Excellent question

December Stats

The number of unique users is down by 12% compared to November, as there was a lull over the festive period (71,900 vs 81,900). The number of pageviews is 18% down (383,000 vs 465,000). Compared to December 2019, the number of users is up by 35% and the number of pageviews is up by 44%.

Trending Entries were: Useful Enzymes A3328355 American High School Dances A6083804 UK Christmas Singles of the 1970s A87958129 How to Dance to Saturday Night by Whigfield A844986 Common Salt A49292724 The Ultimate Carry On Film Guide 1974-1992 A87934567 The 13 Species of Otter A2020131 Schock - a German Dice Game A593183 Sherlock Holmes A2773415 and the Muallaqa of Imru al Qays A3994176

Oo, one of mine too

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January Stats time!

The number of unique users was 73,100, which was 6% up on the previous 30 days and 26% up on this time last year. The number of pageviews was 378,000 - 3% up on the previous 30 days and 35% up on this time last year.

Trending Entries were Burns Night A668090 Being a Gay Sportsperson A837038 The Dangers of Mixing Bleach and Ammonia A795611 Sea Shanties A4282553 The Ships of the Roman Fleet A86206188 Writing a 12-bar Blues A5140252 The Six Key Prophets of Islam A2875395

Oh sod it! (and ) I'll a while

February Stats

The number of unique users is up by 3% compared to January (74,900 vs 72,600). The number of pageviews is also 3% up (388,000 vs 376,000). Compared to this time last year, the number of users is 16% higher, and the number of pageviews is 29% higher.

Trending Entries were: The NATO Phonetic Alphabet A8245910 The Six Key Prophets of Islam A2875395 The Presentation of Jesus in St John's Gospel A29321381 Geoffrey Chaucer A1054027 Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell A425909 Life in the Trenches of World War One A21605979 Liquorice Allsorts A657605 PTFE - the Most Slippery Substance in the World A2953 Centaurs A647129 and William Blake's The Tyger A452549