Could it be ‘Bonjour 2021 – Au revoir 2020‘, ‘Call my agent – French flair‘ or ‘What animal is this?‘ Read on to find out…
Are you wondering what award I’m talking about and who gives the award in the first place? Well, this award is given by me, to the posts which have been the most popular on this blog during last year, 2021.
I’ve been having a look at the stats although I’m not really that much of a ‘stats person’. However, it is does interest me to see which posts have been well received.
I started by looking at the most viewed posts of those written in 2021 and here are the top three:
I think most people were glad to see the back of 2020 so perhaps that might explain why ‘Bonjour 2021…’ was the most popular post. Those of us who enjoy travelling had our adventures curtailed by the pandemic but that didn’t stop us making lists of where we would like to visit. One of the things I love most about France is the language. The third post looked at one of the anomalies of English when we refer to things as being French when they’re not!
Next I looked at the posts written in 2021 which received the most comments:
As the number one post received a lot of comments, I assume that there’s a lot of love for Cornwall out there! Most of the comments on my travel list were readers outlining travel lists of their own. The top ten cheese post resulted in the discovery of other people’s favourite cheeses.
I then decided to see which were the most popular posts of 2021, not necessarily written in this year. This produced a different outcome:
Finally, I decided to see which post has been the most viewed of ‘all time’ – this is how it is referred to on the stats table! It turned out to be ‘What animal is this?! I’m unable to come to any conclusion about why this post has been so popular. Any ideas?
I hope you have enjoyed my unscientific analysis of my blog stats and I wonder if you have a favourite post from my blog?
Fancying France 
S much fun to run this award ceremony June, happy travelling and blogging for 2022.
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Thank you, Marion! Out of your many informative and interesting travel guides, do you know which are the most popular?
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The most popular of 2021 for me were my series on Gibraltar closely followed by others. Looking at the annual statistics is very interesting.
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I can remember reading your posts about Gibraltar and realising how little I knew about this destination. You certainly made me conclude that Gibraltar is one to add to – my ever extending – travel list!
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They are all awesome posts! It is really interesting to know the origin story of the French fries. Love the French leave too😄
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Thank you and I’m pleased that you liked the ‘But are they French?’ post. I enjoyed writing that one!
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I have enjoyed many of your posts from this last year and look forward to reading more this year! I know what animal it is without reading that particular post. It’s a nutria. We have a lot of them here, imported back in the 50s for their fur and released into the wild when it was realised that no-one needed a fur coat in Israel!
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Thank you, Lisa. Nutria (coypu, ragondin) seem to be all over the place, although I’ve never come across any in the UK -yet!
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I love a good review, and loved this post – thanks for sharing with #PoCoLo
I had no idea what the animal was, but I bet it was popular as people like a quiz! Glad you’ve got the answer now!
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Thanks and I’m glad you liked the post. There are quite a few of these coypu, nutria, ragondin in the canal near our house in France. They seem to be known by quite a few different names!
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I do like a good list style post, especially food related! My most popular post was about life in married quarters, surprisingly. I didn’t think anyone would find it fascinating but wanted to address some misconceptions. Let’s see what we are all writing about in 2022…lots of travel food and fun , hopefully!
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Thanks for your comment, Helen! It’s interesting that your most popular was about life in married quarters. I’ve really enjoyed so many of your travel posts but you write in such an engaging way. Of course, I’m also going love any dog related posts! As you say, let’s hope for travel, food, fun and good health.
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