Top 10 Posts of 2025

At the end of the year I love to look back at the blog and see what was popular. I usually can't figure out why some posts were so much popular than others but it's still fun to look back and see. And sometimes it gives me some great "new" post ideas. One thing I noticed this year was that it did seem like overall most of my posts had more pageviews than in years past so I took that as an encouraging sign! 

 

10. 2 College Visits in 2 Weekends-- published on August 18th with 1,3330 views-- this post was a mix of photos from two of the colleges Evan and I visited over the summer; Dean college and Bryant University. 

 

9. Share Our Lives: 15 Ways I Save Time on Chores-- published January 13th with 1,341 views-- I broke down some simple ways I try to make household chores as streamlined as possible. 


8. 20 of My Pet Peeves-- published on May 16th with over 1,392 views--  Basically a list of gripes and why these things drive me nutty. 

 

7. Share Our Lives: Celebrating My Birthday- Published May 12th with 1,428 views-- In this post I talk about the ways I make my birthday feel special. 

 

6. Maui Day #3 Road to Hana-- Published January 8 with 1,581 views- I was not at all surprised that at least one of our Hawaii posts made it into the top 10 (two others would have landed in the top 15).   

5. Tips for Falling Asleep and Staying Asleep with Share Our Lives-- published on February 10th with 1,842 views --I can only assume that sleep in mid-life is a real struggle for so many! 

 

4. Prime Purchases in August-- published September 1st with 2,466 views-- Why this Prime Purchases was so popular is anyone's guess! 

 

3. Throwback Tuesdays: The ABC's of Homeschooling -- published March 11th with 5,427 views I have no clue why this Throwback Tuesday was such a bit hit compared to all the other (typically I'm lucky to get a few hundred pageviews with my Throwback posts!).


 2. Vegetable Fried Rice-- published March 13 with 5,555 views-- I can only assume people were searching for meat free meals?


 1. Hodgepodge Wednesdays: Let's Talk Italy-- published March 12 with 6,075 views-- I answered the question Joyce gave us with lots of photos included... 


 Do you blog? Have you ever checked out your top performing posts? Do you see any patterns? I never do. But I still love looking back!

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  1. Maria RineerDecember 17, 2025 at 5:25 AM

    Fun lookback! My biggest view post was among the shortest one that I wrote- I wrote it about (some) of my thoughts regarding Charlie Kirk´s murder. Also the posts that I wrote around that same time period also received a lot of views. The several posts before that one and several after had a lot of page views. But then the views went back down, lol- I guess I couldn´t keep ´em interested!!

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    1. Joanne December 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM

      I do find the same thing; when my page views spike I get a few back to back posts that have really high pageviews and then they go right back down to "normal."

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  2. Denyse Whelan.December 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM

    What fun that was to read and catch up! Thanks for being part of my blogging world and this is my last link up sharing. I will be on Substack and writing from time to time. Hope your festive season is a great one Joanne! Take care, Denyse x

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    1. Joanne December 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM

      I do subscirbe to your Substack so that should help keep me in the loop!

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  3. Jenn LloydDecember 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM

    I always love this kind of thing on my own blog; I was just looking at my statistics last week. It's always funny to me what gets the most views. There were a few days on my blog this year that were absolute trainwrecks in the comments section. Whew! Those were days that got lots of views. Ha!

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    1. Joanne December 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM

      Weirdly I don't see an uptick on comments on those posts that are popular.

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  4. Dara @ Not In JerseyDecember 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM

    My top posts are usually prime purchase posts. And now the link up is ending?!?

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  5. HollyDecember 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM

    So fun to look back! You reminded me of that very fun Hodgepodge about going to Italy- LOVE

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    1. Joanne December 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM

      I was so surprised by that one but it was a really fun one.

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  6. Kari December 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM

    I love looking back at a year of posts! That tiramisu! Oh man...

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    1. Joanne December 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM

      Aw, thank you! I am a sucker for a good tiramisu and Alec and I have made some yummy ones through the years.

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