Four Years of RosaryMeds

On December 11, 2008 I started RosaryMeds with my first article. And now here we are, four years and 177 articles later. Let’s take a look at some notable statistics from 2012. I’m not going to win any awards for web traffic, but thanks to all 2,186 of you who visited RosaryMeds this year and viewed a total of 4,575 pages. And a big thanks to all 641 of you who visited the site more than once! I hope you found much of the content inspiring, thought provoking, and relevant. This year was busy for me since I’m a new dad, but I still managed to write 30 articles. As many of you know, RosaryMeds is a hobby of mine and gives me the opportunity to really focus on my Catholic faith and the rosary. Writing articles is like a form of meditation since I really have to think about my faith and how it relates to the events in my life. In trying to make rosary prayer more accessible to you, it has also strengthened my knowledge and joy of prayer. So thanks everyone for encouraging me to write articles about our shared faith in God.

Here are some other interesting metrics from 2012. While it is no surprise that most visitors are from the US, do you know who rounds out the top five? It’s the Philippines, Canada, United Kingdom, and India. I never would have guessed those, especially India. The fact that mainland Europe had so few visits highlights the changing demographics of the Catholic Church. Drilling down even further, here are the top five cities that visited RosaryMeds — Hollywood, Manila, miscellaneous, Miami, and Makati. Hollywood at #1? I guess there are still a few Catholics in hiding somewhere off of Sunset Boulevard. Thank you for all of you who came to RosaryMeds via Facebook and the Catholic Answers Forums. Those two traffic sources made up nearly half of RosaryMed’s referral traffic (people who follow links to RosaryMeds from another site).

And this year I can thank all of you who bought my book which I published on Amazon December 10, 2011. There are now 72 copies of The Rosary for the Rest of Us floating around in the world. While it’s not going to be on the New York Times best seller list any time soon, I got just as much out of writing that book as I do writing articles on RosaryMeds. And to celebrate four years of RosaryMeds, I’m making the Kindle edition of my book available for free this week through Friday (and Amazon Prime members can borrow the book for free through the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library all year long). Head on over to Amazon and download a copy to read on your smart phone, tablet, or PC. Don’t be shy about leaving a review on Amazon or telling your friends either. Also, it’s not too late to buy a copy as a stocking stuffer for the prayer warriors on your Christmas list.

Thanks for a good four years and I’m looking forward to year #5!