Saturday, January 14, 2012

Top 20 Most Popular Posts of 2011

I'm a little late on the annual blog recap thing. Just to stay consistent with prior years, the following stories were the top 20 in terms of viewership.

1. Things are tough all over: luxury cars abandoned in Dubai -165,249
2. A Baby Boomer's Time Machine -- a Gallery of Forgotten Photos - 77,774
3. Obama's "tough budget cuts" in pictures - 64,943
4. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Love Child? [Photos] - 52,901
5. The Gold Bullion Challenge for @KeithOlbermann: Document a @FoxNews Lie, Win a Krugerrand - 51,474
6. Photos: Anthony Weiner's Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend is a 21-Year Old Coed - 48,837
7. Top 15 Photos From the Wisconsin Hate Rallies You'll Never See in Legacy Media #wiunion #solidaritywi - 26,118
8. Opie and Anthony release Weiner's X-rated wiener photo #weinergate - 24,882
9. The Top 150 Conservative Websites - 22,157
10. Oops: White House, DNC disavow involvement with #WIunion protests but Twitter busts 'em cold - 20,751
11. CEO of Gibson Guitars' Main Competitor is a Huge Democrat Donor - 19,779
12. President Barack Obama's Complete List of Historic Firsts - 18,882
13. Down With Evil Corporations! [Photo] - 16,223
14. Photos of Jared Lee Loughner, Rep. Giffords' Alleged Shooter, and a Possible Online Suicide Note - 15,760
15. Don Rickles Roasts Congress... and Barack Obama - 14,342 (this even made Snopes!)
16. Gas Pump Sticky Note Campaign Makes Its Way to Grocery Stores - 13,543
17. Correlation between a person's mind and his desk - 13,173
18. WTF at WTC? (This was a major screwup on my part) - 12,896
19. Don't Cry For Me, America - 10,360
20. Why women live longer than men: a photo essay - 9,807

And no recap would be complete without a special shout out to 2011's top 20 referrers:

1. michellemalkin.com - 133,491
2. hotair.com - 118,199
3. ace.mu.nu - 93,754
4. linkiest.com - 88,123
5. thegatewaypundit.com - 38,964
6. pjmedia.com - 32,783
7. legalinsurrection.com - 29,230
8. weaselzippers.us - 21,745
9. iowntheworld.com - 19,464
10. jammiewf.com - 16,219
11. punditandpundette.com - 15,711
12. maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com - 14,734
13. proteinwisdom.com - 13,162
14. michellesmirror.com - 11,583
15. theblaze.com - 11,201
16. boortz.com - 10,189
17. blogs.dailymail.com/donsurber - 9,720
18. rightwingnews.com - 9,264
19. memeorandum.com - 8,958
20. curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com - 8,579

And, of course, a huge thank you to all who read and link! Let's continue to kick progressive ass (metaphorically speaking, of course) in 2012. Especially in November.


Related: The Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2010

1 comment:

MOTUS said...

#14 Referer? Holy smokes! You've made me kind of a big deal on the intertoobs!