This is my year end review for the website to reflect on what I accomplished for the year. I do this post each year and I keep the previous years data.…so 6 years of progress !! Here are my other posts about the year:
My top 5 YouTube Videos from 2024
My 10 biggest blog posts of the year
My favorite mazes from 2024 - VOTE
Mazes of the Week 105 - 158 - A Review of 2024's mazes
2025 Maze Outlook
And now the data for the year:
Weekly (Daily) Mazes posted:
2024: 53 - Mazes of the Week, each with an alternative colorway !
2023: 52 - Mazes of the week - see all 52 in this video !
2022: 54 - Mazes of the week
2021: 640 - daily mazes with some Spanish language variations
2020: 366 - daily mazes
2019: 365 - daily mazes
So overall there were 106 mazes this year with the variations. I like the weekly maze vs. the daily maze and don’t see myself ever going back !
Blog Posts:
2024: 227
2023: 192 (189 remain on the site)
2022: 132 (119 remain on the site)
2021: 291 (207 remain on the site)
2020: 102 (84 remain on the site)
2019: 26 (12 remain on the site)
If you want to read the blog posts that remain, check out my blog index. I anticipate less blog posts in 2025 as I reduce my writing schedule to focus on creating mazes ! But 970 blog posts about mazes and labyrinths since the website started is a lot !
Name Mazes Made
2024: 220
2023: 104
2022: 13
2021: 4
2020: 247
2019: 1,499
Since 2021 I have only been doing doing maze name requests when they were submitted. I had many teachers reach out for classrooms full of unique names ! I think I rank well for this on many search engines so I get a lot of maze name traffic !
Books posted online:
2024: 0
2023: 0
2022: 2
2021: 12
2020: 8
2019: 19
I re-published 1 book with some changes to make it more kid friendly…I anticipate this number changing in 2025 !
Books Published on Amazon:
2024: 0
2023: 0
2022: 0
2021: 13
2020: 0
2019: 0
I am working on a new book now. I expect to launch multiple new books in the Fall. Drop me an email if you want to be alerted when I launch a new book.
Website Traffic growth:
2024: + 32% LY
2023: + 36% LY
2022: + 47% LY
2021: + 242% LY
2020: +1000% PL
2019: **
And the bigger you get the harder it is to grow even larger in the future. Unless SEO suddenly likes me (or doesn’t). I made some changes to the site in October. Let’s see if they help grow the site in 2025 !
Different countries visiting the site:
2024: 200 according to Google analytics. Depending on how you count the # of countries, that means just about every country. Except North Korea….and I will need to research to see if anyone else is missing.
2023: 169 - I changed how I track this and think the 100 below might have been inaccurate. Out of 195 or so depending on the list you look at.
2022: 100
2021: 100
2020: 99
2019: 20
YouTube Views:
2024: 1,961
2023: 2,245
2022: 303
2021: 264
The channel is not doing well. I have no plans for videos in 2025 unless I figure out a new format that might work !
YouTube Subscribers:
2024: 31
2023: 17
2022: 6
2021: 3
Considering the numbers of videos on the channel this is terrible.
Pinterest:
I have no idea how to quantify this, but I have a Pinterest Page. It is small. I don’t do much there. Here is my traffic from there to my site:
2024: 1,085 + 341% LY
2023: 318
Large growth as a percent, but a small part of the traffic to the site. I am sure I will focus on this in 2025 for one good week at least….
So that is my year in review. I have a plan for 2025 which is one of my next blog posts. Expect more mazes that hopefully people like !