Our Top 10 Posts and Statistics for 2024
We have left 2024 and are currently enjoying 2025. Last year has left us with many amazing memories, but also some numbers for this website. So let us summarize our website’s statistics for the previous year. So which were our 10 most popular posts? From where did our readers come? Let us have a look.
In the list below you can also find similar posts summarizing the previous years.
Our Top 10 Posts in 2023
We wonder if there ever will be a post on our website that will be as popular as the one about our friend Čumil. The ”Man at Work” in Bratislava tops the list also for 2024 and its position is never really contested. Position last year within the parenthesis.
Feel free to let us know which one is your favorite in the comments.
- Sights in Bratislava – Čumil, Man at Work (1)
- Tacos in the Weekend – Swedish Traditions (18)
- The Christmas Gift Game – The Biveros Version (4)
- Slovak Cabbage Soup – Kapustnica (5)
- Madeira With an Infant: Top 3 Reasons Why You Should Go (2)
- Slovak Garlic Soup or Cesnaková Polievka (3)
- Blue Grotto, Malta – A Hike to Dingli Cliffs and Mdina (35)
- Lindos, Rhodes – A Tourist Madness (14)
- Valletta, Malta – A Hike to Sliema (50+)
- Aegina and Agistri, Greece – A Day Trip from Athens (8)
And to remind you of the popular posts in 2023, here are the four that have had to make room for new posts in the top 10.
- Sights in Bratislava – The Border Tripoint (6)
- Kroer, Follo – Exploring Norway (7)
- Sonstorps Bruk, Östergötland – Exploring Sweden (9)
- Kista, Stockholm – Exploring Sweden (10)
Where Did Our Readers Come From?
We are using Matomo since 2023 to see from which countries the visitors to our website come. It is always fascinating to see the numbers changing and countries coming and going in these lists. The list for 2024 includes 167 countries and is once more topped by Sweden with the United States as runner-up. Will that change in 2025?
Top 10 Countries 2024
The numbers represent the position in previous years (2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016)
- Sweden (1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2)
- United States (2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1)
- United Kingdom (3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3)
- Germany (4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11)
- Russia (11 | 27 | 37 | 42 | 46 | 29 | 31 | 24)
- Netherlands (6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 19)
- Slovakia (7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6)
- Malta (5 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 33 | 55 | 63 | 68)
- Finland (8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4)
- Austria (12 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 43)
Compared to 2022, one country dropped out of the top 10.
- #11 Canada (10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5)
- #15 Spain (9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 17)
Top 20 Countries Overall
So how does it look for the last 9 years? This is the overall standings of the top 20. Within parentheses is their position for each year (2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016).
- Sweden (1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2)
- United States (2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1)
- United Kingdom (3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3)
- Germany (4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11) ↑ +2
- Slovakia (7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6)
- Finland (9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4) ↓ -2
- Netherlands (6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 19) ↑ +1
- Canada (11 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5) ↓ -1
- Malta (8 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 33 | 55 | 63 | 68) ↑ +1
- Spain (15 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 17) ↓ -1
- Australia (16 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 8)
- Greece (13 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 52)
- Austria (10 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 43) ↑ +2
- France (17 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 20) ↓ -1
- Russia (5 |11 | 27 | 37 | 42 | 46 | 29 | 31 | 24) ↑ +10
- Norway (12 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 34 | 33) ↑ +1
- India (23 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 10) ↓ -3
- Belgium (21 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 7) ↓ -2
- Italy (20 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 16)
- Czech Republic (27 | 25 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 31) ↓ -2
We still have a lot to write about from the past year, so a lot more will come.
Wish you the best explorations in 2025!
