We hope that the new year has started well and that you have a lot to look forward to in 2023. It’s now time for us to summarize our top 10 posts and other interesting statistics from 2022.
As we really enjoy numbers and statistics, this is something we have done each year since we founded The Biveros Effect, now Biveros Bulletin, in December 2015. Click on the links below for statistics from previous years.
Our Top 10 Posts in 2022
Several new posts about especially Malta have climbed really close to the top 10, but it is still several old favorites that stay on this list. We will see if more people want to read about Marsaskala and Sliema in 2023.
So here they are, our top 10 posts in 2022, with the position last year within the parenthesis.
- Sights in Bratislava – Čumil, Man at Work (1)
- Slovak Cabbage Soup – Kapustnica (2)
- Slovak Garlic Soup or Cesnaková Polievka (5)
- Madeira With an Infant: Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Go (4)
- Sights in Bratislava – The Border Tripoint (3)
- The Christmas Gift Game – The Biveros Version (6)
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – 6-Hour Layover at Schiphol Airport (35)
- Aegina and Agistri, Greece – A Day Trip from Athens (27)
- Lindos, Rhodes – A Tourist Madness (9)
- Driving on Kefalonia, Greece (16)
And to remind you of the posts that were popular in 2021, here are the three that have had to make room for new posts in the top 10.
- Swedish Traditions – Tacos in the Weekend (7)
- Driving on Madeira – Our Tips and Recommendations (8)
- Georgia and Tbilisi – Our Travel Story (10)
Where Did Our Readers Come From?
We are quite addicted to Google Analytics and one of the things we find particularly interesting is where our readers come from. In which parts of the world are people reading our stories? In total, we had visits from 188 countries during 2022, but let us look at the top 10.
Top 10 Countries 2022
The numbers represent the position in previous years (2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016)
- Sweden (1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2)
- United States (2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1)
- United Kingdom (3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3)
- Netherlands (9 / 12 / 9 / 11 / 16 / 19)
- Germany (4 / 5 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 11)
- Finland (5 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 4)
- Malta (14 / 41 / 33 / 55 / 63 / 68)
- Czech Republic (27 / 25 / 19 / 19 / 8 / 31)
- Slovakia (12 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 5 / 6)
- Canada (6 / 7 / 7 / 8 / 6 / 5)
Compared to 2021, three countries dropped out of the top 10.
12. Spain (8 / 9 / 12 / 17 / 14 / 17)
17. China (10 / 14 / 48 / 44 / 45 / 54)
25. Indonesia (7 / 39 / 50 / 64 / 52 / 49)
Top 10 Countries Overall
The numbers represent the position each year (2022 / 2021 / 2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016).
- Sweden (1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2)
- United States (2 / 2 / 2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1)
- United Kingdom (3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3)
- Finland (6 / 5 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 4)
- Slovakia (9 / 12 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 5 / 6)
- Germany (5 / 4 / 5 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 11)
- Canada (10 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 8 / 6 / 5)
- Netherlands (4 / 9 / 12 / 9 / 11 / 16 / 19)
- Spain (13 / 8 / 9 / 12 / 17 / 14 / 17)
- Australia (14 / 16 / 8 / 14 / 9 / 11 / 8)
We still have a lot to write about from the past year, so a lot more will come.
Hope to see you both here and out traveling again in 2023. Happy New Year!
Thank you, I wish you a very Happy New Year, full of interesting travels.