Here are the Top 40 viewed Genea-Musings blog posts from 2016 that had the most page views in 2016 (from View Count statistics on the Google Blogger Posts page as of 30 December 2016).
The ten most popular Genea-Musings posts since 2007 are:
1) Microfilm Scanning at the FHL and FHC (posted 22 July 2009) - 76,910 views.
2) 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps Online at NARA Website (posted 18 July 2011) - 63,116 views.
3) Genealogy Presentations on Slideshare.net (posted 28 January 2010) - 25,937 views.
4) Merry Christmas to All! (posted 25 December 2011) - 14,852 views.
5) World records for number of children (posted 21 July 2006) - 11,536 views.
6) Randy's NGS 2010 Photos - Post 1 (posted 4 May 2010) - 9,700 views
7) Book Review: "The Spyglass File," by Nathan Dylan Goodwin (posted 29 September 2016 -- 6,960 views
8) Family Tree Maker 2014 Software Announced - 30% Discount (or more) (posted 26 August 2013) -- 5,007 views.
9) Creating Source Citations in RootsMagic 7 - Post 1: New Master Source (posted 12 January 2016) -- 4,786views.
10) Surname Saturday - LNU (? Dolbear ?) (England to colonial New England) (posted 28 September 2013) -- 4,407 views
Of course, all of my blog posts are viewed by many more readers than those that go to the web page for the post - those who read them on the Genea-Musings home page, those that read them in an RSS reader, or on a mobile device, and those that receive them via email.
Another measure of popularity or readership might be in the number of comments generated by each post. I don't think that is a reliable measure of popularity because of the proliferation of RSS reader usage, email usage, and mobile device usage, each of which require one or more click throughs to get to the comment box.
It certainly seems like readers search for Ancestry.com, source citations, and genealogy software topics, and find my blog posts.
Previous "most popular" posts on Genea-Musings are:
I wondered what the least popular Genea-Musings post was in 2016. I know that Surname Saturday, Treasure Chest Thursday, Wordless Wednesday, and Amanuensis Monday posts are not that popular. Best of the Genea-Blogs and Saturday Night Genealogy Fun are usually popular, often with the highest number of views each week. I found that SDGS Program on Saturday, 9 April Features John Finch (posted 6 April 2016) had only 91 views.
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