A) Here are the Top 50 Genea-Musings blog posts written in 2024 that had the most page views in 2024 (from View Count statistics on the Google Blogger Posts page as of 28 December 2024):
1) 3669 views: Introducing Family Tree Maker 2024 (11 February 2024)
2) 939 views: Exploring the AncestryAI Feature on Ancestry.com (11 January 2024)
3) 805 views: FamilySearch Full-Text Search Is a Genealogy Goldmine (2 October 2024)
4) 803 views: Legacy Family Tree Version 10 Released - It's FREE! (4 June 2024)
5) 790 views: FamilySearch Full-Text Search Now Has an AI Summarization Feature (31 July 2024)
6) 681 views: Testing the Full Text Search in FamilySearch Labs - An Immediate Success!! (3 March 2024)
7) 615 views: AncestryDNA Pro Tools - Shared Matches of Shared Matches (SMOSM) Are Great! (21 June 2024)
8) 602 views: Comparison of a Handwritten Document Transcription With Two Artificial Intelligence Transcriptions (17 August 2024)
9) 598 views: First Look at EmulateMe: Creating an AI Avatar and Short Audios/Videos (16 January 2024)
10) 572 views: I Can't Resist Creating a Genealogy Song... "Roots Run Deep" (17 June 2024)
11) 569 views: "Frederick's Life Journey" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (1 September 2024)
12) 518 views: MyHeritage Introduces LiveMemory™: Bring Your Photos to Life in Video (21 November 2024)
13) 512 views: Perplexity Rocks as an AI Genealogy Report Tool (25 July 2024)
14) 510 views: Canadian Probate and Homestead (Land!) Records Are Searchable on FamilySearch Full-Text Search (30 August 2024)
15) 506 views: Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 24 to 30 August 2024 (31 August 2024)
16) 496 views: Ask AI: "Can You Create Song Lyrics and a Festive Graphic For the '12 Days of a Genealogist's Christmas?'" (11 December 2024)
17) 490 views: FamilySearch Full-Text Search Update -- 3 December 2024 (3 December 2024)
18) 485 views: Another Genealogy Poem and Song From Artificial intelligence - "Family Roots" (14 July 2024)
19) 482 views: "The Tale of Devier Smith" in AI-Created Rhyme and Song (19 June 2024)
20) 482 views: Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- The "Best" Newspaper Article You've Found for Your Family History (27 April 2024)
21) 473 views: Genealogy Poem and Song From Artificial Intelligence - "Helix Of Our Souls" (21 July 2024)
22) 458 views: View and Download Syllabi From In-Person RootsTech 2023 Classes (5 March 2024)
23) 449 views: 23andMe Returns the "Relatives In Common" Feature for DNA Match Analysis (11 March 2024)
24) 447 views: "Carringer's Journey" - A Genealogy Poem and Song From Artificial Intelligence (28 July 2024)
25) 434 views: "The Blacksmith's Tale" - Genealogy Poems and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (4 August 2024)
26) 433 views: AncestryDNA Updated Their Ethnicity Estimate (Now Called Origins) (11 October 2024)
27) 432 views: Analyzing and Summarizing a Family Photograph Using Artificial Intelligence (13 August 2024)
28) 432 views: "Beautiful Betty" - Genealogy Poems and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (11 August 2024)
29) 428 views: The Relatives at RootsTech 2024 Experience (4 February 2024)
30) 427 views: "American Tapestry" - Genealogy Poems and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (18 August 2024)
31) 426 views: Check Out the FamilySearch Famous Relatives Feature (23 March 2024)
32) 422 views: MyHeritage DeepStory Creates a Great Short Audio/Visual Biography (10 March 2024)
33) 415 views: "The Painter's Story" -- A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (27 October 2024)
34) 413 views: Second Look at EmulateMe: Creating My Father's Avatar and Audio/Video Chats (24 January 2024)
35) 397 views: "Frederick's Labors and Loves" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (13 October 2024)
36) 393 views: Changes Are Coming To the FamilySearch Catalog (18 November 2024)
37) 388 views: Ask AI: "Can You Identify This Type of Photograph and Date the Images?" (24 September 2024)
38) 385 views: "Randy's Roots" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (8 September 2024)
39) 382 views: RootsMagic Version 10 Is New! (19 June 2024)
40) 377 views: "The Combmaker's Tale" -- A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (3 November 2024)
41) 375 views: "The Redhead Beauty of Lancaster Street" -- An Ancestor's Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (10 November 2024)
42) 371 views: "Lyle's San Diego Dreams" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (25 August 2024)
43) 364 views: "Bessie's Symphony of Love" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (6 October 2024)
44) 361 views: Book Notice: "Evidence Explained, 4th Edition" by Elizabeth Shown Mills (18 February 2024)
45) 352 views: "The Builder's Legacy" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (29 September 2024)
46) 351 views: "Hannah's Song" -- An Ancestor's Story In Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (15 December 2024)
47) 346 views: Using ChatGPT-4o to Create a Genealogy Research Plan (28 June 2024)
48) 344 views: Access to Many AncestryDNA® Features Has Changed for Non-Subscribers (5 February 2024)
49) 343 views: "Georgianna's Journey" -- - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (20 October 2024)
50) 341 views: "Emily's Loves" - A Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence (15 September 2024)
Why 50? Because it's a nice round number! Note that I did not include any of the "regular" posts that might have more than 341 views - thre were several Saturday Night Genealogy Fun and Best of the Genea-Blogs that would be in the Top 50 above if I had included them.
This certainly was a "musical" year - 20 of the top 50 were poems and songs created by Artificial Intelligence. Several more of the Top 50 were about Artificial Intelligence tools.
B) The ten most popular Genea-Musings posts since 2007 (per Google Blogger) are:
1) 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps Online at NARA Website (posted 18 July 2011) - 85,300 views.
2) Microfilm Scanning at the FHL and FHC (posted 22 July 2009) - 76,900 views.
3) Amanuensis Monday -- 1772 Deed of Norman Sever Selling Land in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to Abel Osgood (posted 8 November 2021) - 37,700 views
3) Amanuensis Monday -- 1772 Deed of Norman Sever Selling Land in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts to Abel Osgood (posted 8 November 2021) - 37,700 views
4) Genealogy Presentations on Slideshare.net (posted 28 January 2010) - 25,940 views.
5) World records for number of children (posted 21 July 2006) - 17,200 views.
6) Dear Ancestry.com: Are You Fixing These Problems? (17 January 2019) - 17,100 views
9) RootsTech 2017 Blog Compendium -- UPDATED (posted 1 March 2017) - 8212 views
10) Ancestry.com Says They Will Work on Technical Problems (posted 11 May 2018) - 7910 views
7) Merry Christmas to All! (posted 25 December 2011) - 14,900 views.
8) Randy's NGS 2010 Photos - Post 1 (posted 4 May 2010) - 9,350 views9) RootsTech 2017 Blog Compendium -- UPDATED (posted 1 March 2017) - 8212 views
10) Ancestry.com Says They Will Work on Technical Problems (posted 11 May 2018) - 7910 views
Several of those "all-time" posts had more page views in 2024 than all but #1` on my Top 50 list.
C) Of course, all of my blog posts are viewed by more readers than those that go to the specific web page for the post, which is what Google counts - those who read them on a Genea-Musings archive page, those that read them in an RSS reader, or on a mobile device. In July 2022, Feedburner stopped their daily email service to subscribers, and I have switched a daily email to www.Blogtrottr.com but it doesn't provide reader counts.
C) Of course, all of my blog posts are viewed by more readers than those that go to the specific web page for the post, which is what Google counts - those who read them on a Genea-Musings archive page, those that read them in an RSS reader, or on a mobile device. In July 2022, Feedburner stopped their daily email service to subscribers, and I have switched a daily email to www.Blogtrottr.com but it doesn't provide reader counts.
D) Previous "most popular" posts on Genea-Musings are:
E) Readership of Genea-Musings went up significantly over the past year. For example, the 10th most viewed post in 2023 had 572 views, the 20th most viewed post had 482 views, the 30th had 427 views, and the 40th had 377 views. In 2023, the 10th most viewed post had 335 views, the 20th had 264 views, the 30th had 233 views and the 37th had 203 views.
Genea-Musings had about 6.01 million page views according to Google during 2024, and about 21.6 million views since 2007. In 2023, Genea-Musings had about 1.48 million page views, so the effect of all my efforts was about a 406% increase in page views for 2024. Why? Probably because of AI posts.
I wrote about 940 blog posts in 2024, compared to over 840 for 2023, and over 900 for most years since 2007.
F) I wondered what the least viewed Genea-Musings post was in 2024. I know that Treasure Chest Thursday, Wordless Wednesday, Census Sunday, 52 Ancestors and Seavers in the News posts are not that popular, but they are the most useful to my research. The least viewed blog post in 2024 (to date) had 57 views.
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