Our Top 10 Posts and Statistics for 2020

We hope that the new year has started well and that 2021 looks more promising than 2020! It’s now time for us to summarize our top 10 posts and other interesting statistics from 2020.

As we really enjoy numbers and statistics, this is something we have done each year since we founded The Biveros Effect in December 2015. Click on the links below for statistics from previous years.

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Our Top 10 Posts In 2020

There are actually several posts from 2017 that have proven to still be popular during 2020.  No posts from 2020 have made it to the list, but time will tell if they will be as popular over a whole year as the posts from earlier.

The numbers represent the position previous years (2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016)

1. Sights in Bratislava – Čumil, Man at Work (1 / 5 / 12 / -)
2. Swedish Traditions – Tacos in the Weekend (3 / 3 / 63 / -)
3. Slovak Cabbage Soup – Kapustnica (5 / 1 / 2 / -)
4. Sights in Bratislava – The Border Tripoint (4 / 6 / 153 / -)
5. Slovak Garlic Soup or Cesnaková Polievka  (8 / 2 / 4 / -)
6. Driving on Madeira – Our Tips and Recommendations (2 / 9 / – / -)
7. The Christmas Gift Game – The Biveros Version (13 / 45 / 190 / -)
8. The Åland Pancake – a Culinary Classic (19 / 19 / 160 / -)
9. The Life of a Foreigner In Sweden (11 / 4 / 45 / 69)
10. Madeira With an Infant: Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Go (9 / 11 / – / -)

And to remind you of the posts that were popular in 2019, here are the three that have had to make room for new posts in top 10.

11. Fathala Wildlife Reserve, Senegal – Safari in West Africa (10 / 13 / 48 / 52)
13. Driving on Kefalonia, Greece (6 / 66 / – / -)
20. 6 Hours In Budapest: The Must-Dos (7 / 8 / 17 / -)

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?

Top 10 countries 2020

The numbers represent the position previous years (2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016)

1. Sweden (2 / 2 / 2 / 2)
2. United States (1 / 1 / 1 / 1)
3. United Kingdom (3 / 3 / 3 / 3)
4. Slovakia (4 / 4 / 5 / 6)
5. Germany (5 / 6 / 7 / 11)
6. Finland (6 / 5 / 4 / 4)
7. Canada (7 / 8 / 6 / 5)
8. Australia (14 / 9 / 11 / 8)
9. Spain (12 / 17 / 14 / 17)
10. India (18 / 16 / 9 / 10)

From 2019 there are three countries that have dropped out of the top 10.

11. Greece (10 / 10 / 36 / 52)
12. Netherlands (9 / 11 / 16 / 19)
16. Austria (8 / 18 / 19 / 43)

Top 10 countries Overall

The numbers represent the position each year (2020 / 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016).

1. United States (2 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1)
2. Sweden (1 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2)
3. United Kingdom (3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3)
4. Slovakia (4 / 4 / 4 / 5 / 6)
5. Finland (6 / 6 / 5 / 4 / 4)
6. Canada (7 / 7 / 8 / 6 / 5)
7. Germany (5 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 11)
8. Australia (8 / 14 / 9 / 11 / 8)
9. India (10 / 18 / 16 / 9 / 10)
10. Netherlands (12 / 9 / 11 / 16 / 19)

We still have a lot to write about from 2020, so more will come. Happy New Year and wish you better times of traveling in 2021.