It’s that time of year again, where I look back at the Wicked Wednesday year, and share different statistics. Every year, since I first did the roundup in 2015, I am excited to see how the numbers work out. To be honest, in 2020 I lost a couple of contributors, but despite that, Wicked Wednesday flourished and so many good posts were shared.
An own domain
This has also been the year in which I have finally moved Wicked Wednesday to its own domain. It started out on my blog, Rebel’s Notes, in 2012, but by the end of that year I had moved it to a subdomain. One thing that I couldn’t do is to put a SSL certificate on the subdomain, unless I was willing to pay quite some money for it (restrictions of my host). This meant the site was not secure, and people were alerted to that.
A couple of months ago I decided to register a domain for Wicked Wednesday, and at the same time I changed over to a new theme, after using the same one for years. And, as they say, the rest is history!
A new list
In the past, I had a list on the site with links to the sites of those who have linked to Wicked Wednesday at least once. Somewhere through this year, I removed the list, as I no longer felt comfortable with it. It was only when Missy mentioned that she had done a list for the Tell Me About site that I realized I still had to put the list back.
I got working on it, and that list went live this afternoon, showing those who were frequent contributors in the past 3-4 months. I will be reviewing this list every 3-4 months, and add those who have started linking (again) or remove those who are on a hiatus or have stopped blogging. This way, the current and active players will always be on the page.
The stats for 2020
Just like other years, I am excited to do the stats, but as from this year, your name will only appear in the stats if you have linked a post in the past 6 months.
So without further ado, the stats for 2020!
(Note: In all the table 2012 and 2013 are not shown, but those numbers can be found in previous roundup posts.)
First, last and best
The first prompt for 2020 was number 396 — A New Year — and the last prompt was number 448 — Looking back on 2020.
The lowest number of links added in one week was 14, and those happened for prompt 443 and prompt 447.
The best prompt for the year was number 400 where 78 posts were linked!
Total numbers
This table shows the accumulative numbers from the beginning of the meme.
| Since beginning of the meme: | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Total number of prompts | 135 | 187 | 239 | 291 | 343 | 395 | 448 |
| Number of players | 180 | 226 | 275 | 309 | 354 | 404 | 444 |
| Total number of posts linked | 2942 | 3893 | 4882 | 5840 | 7035 | 8402 | 9818 |
| Highest number of links for one week | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 78 |
| Lowest number of links for one week | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Average number of posts linked per week | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
Numbers per year
Where the above table showed the total numbers from the beginning, the table below shows the numbers per year.
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Total number of prompts | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 53 |
| Number of players | 107 | 98 | 110 | 96 | 114 | 138 | 134 |
| Total number of posts linked | 1065 | 951 | 989 | 958 | 1195 | 1477 | 1305 |
| Highest number of links for one week | 30 | 28 | 30 | 25 | 34 | 38 | 78 |
| Lowest number of links for one week | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 14 |
| Average number of posts linked per week | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 28 | 25 |
Top 10 (still active) players since the beginning of the meme
The table below show all blogs that have been in the annual top 10 since 2014, sorted on the top 10 for 2020 (those are in italics). Blogs that were in the top 10 in earlier years, but have not linked this year or are not active anymore, have been removed. All others that have been in the annual top 10 before, remain in the table.
| Name of blog | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Rebel’s Notes | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 53 |
| F Dot Leonora | 39 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 46 | 52 |
| Sex Matters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 41 | 46 | 51 |
| Submissy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 42 | 50 |
| Life of Elliott… Howie in Queensland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Jerusalem Mortimer | 0 | 0 | 12 | 46 | 45 | 51 | 46 |
| Corrupting Mrs Jones | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 40 |
| Life of a Kinky Wife | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Posy Churchgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 30 | 36 |
| Steeled Snake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 39 | 36 |
| Purple’s Gem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 31 |
| Modesty Ablaze | 19 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 22 |
| The Raven Nest | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| Life of Elliott… and all that jizz | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 17 |
| Author C.P. McClennan | 47 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| Stella Kiink | 36 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Dr. J. Author | 0 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
Top 10 players (still active) since the beginning of the meme
It won’t surprise you that I have been keeping a list of every player for Wicked Wednesday since the beginning of the meme. I do it in Excel, and I wouldn’t have been able to do these stats, had it not been for that.
This table shows the blogs that have been linked the most since the beginning of the meme, but once again, it only shows the blogs that are still active (= linked in the past 6 months).
| Blog name | Total linked |
| Rebel’s Notes | 448 |
| F Dot Leonora | 345 |
| The Long Bean | 289 |
| Author C.P. McClennan | 201 |
| Jerusalem Mortimer | 200 |
| Modesty Ablaze | 164 |
| Sex Matters | 152 |
| Stella Kiink | 139 |
| Brigit Delaney | 127 |
| Submissy | 119 |
Top blogs for top 3 posts since prompt 129
Up to prompt 126 I haven’t done a top 3, but as from prompt 127 I wanted to highlight the three posts that really touched me. For several months I did the top 3, but then started engaging others to do it too.
Below you find the total number of top 3 mentioned received per blog, from when we started doing the weekly highlights.
(For this table I have looked at all blogs that linked at least 5 times.)
| Blog name | Total linked | Top 3 total |
| Sex Matters | 152 | 27 |
| Rebel’s Notes | 448 | 23 |
| Brigit Delaney | 127 | 21 |
| Submissy | 119 | 19 |
| F Dot Leonora | 345 | 15 |
| Modesty Ablaze | 164 | 15 |
| Life of a Kinky Wife | 39 | 14 |
| Steeled Snake | 98 | 12 |
| Author C.P. McClennan | 201 | 11 |
| Raven Nest | 110 | 11 |
A more honest way to look at the top 3 is to take the percentage of posts linked that made the roundup. This table shows the top 15.
| Blog name | Total linked | Total top 3 | % top 3 |
| Elk Vilianni | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Life of a Kinky Wife | 39 | 14 | 36% |
| Books1799 | 19 | 6 | 32% |
| Carolyna Luna | 11 | 3 | 27% |
| Erotic musings, Poetry and Social Commentary | 12 | 3 | 25% |
| MLSlavePuppet | 20 | 5 | 25% |
| Stella Kiink | 43 | 10 | 23% |
| Brigit Delaney | 91 | 21 | 23% |
| Francesca Demont | 35 | 8 | 23% |
| Raven Nest | 49 | 11 | 22% |
| Sex Matters | 152 | 27 | 18% |
| HisLordshipUK | 12 | 2 | 17% |
| Lascivity | 30 | 5 | 17% |
| Liz BlackX | 31 | 5 | 16% |
| Submissy | 119 | 19 | 16% |
Top 10 of top 3 mentions in 2020
Where the two tables above showed the overall top 3 stats, these below are only for 2020.
| Blog name | Total 2020 |
| Life of a Kinky Wife | 14 |
| Sex Matters | 11 |
| Submissy | 8 |
| Deviant Succubus | 7 |
| Rebel’s Notes | 6 |
| Francesca Demont | 6 |
| Brigit Delaney | 5 |
| Elk Vilianni | 5 |
| Lascivity | 5 |
| Liz BlackX | 5 |
YOUR numbers
If you are not mentioned in any of the table above, but you have linked to Wicked Wednesday this year, of course I do have your numbers too. Want to see how you fared this year? Just get in contact with me!
Some changes for 2021
From the beginning of this meme, I have allowed only one post per blog, and later made an exception to allow one post by the blog author, and one by a guest writer. As from this year I am following the example of memes like Tell Me About and 4 Thoughts or Fiction, and allowing you to add two posts by yourself, as well as two guest posts if you are hosting a guest writer. Many times in the past year people have asked me if they are allowed to link more than one post, so there seems to be a need for this change in the rules.
Since this meme has now been running for 8.5 years, and we have already had 458 prompts, I think it’s time we start re-using some of the older prompts. Every 5-6 weeks a prompt from the past will be “revived”. Feel free to update your older posts and link them to Wicked Wednesday. One thing that will not change is that the prompt is never compulsory.
The last week of 2021
Here we are, on the last day of 2020, and I have a heading about the last week of 2021. The reason for this is that in the very last week of 2021, prompt 500 will go live.
Yes.
Five HUNDRED!
I think it’s a bit too much to hope for 500 links, right? Only joking of course!
This is the perfect moment to thank all of you for your continued support. Spread the word about Wicked Wednesday, and let’s welcome a bunch of new players in 2021!
Last, but not least
All that remains is to wish you all a very happy New Year’s Eve, although some of you are already a few hours into 2021. All over the world 2020 turned out to be a year like none we have every experienced, and I wish for all of us that 2021 will be a lot better!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
© Rebel’s Notes
Image from Pixabay
Happy New Year Marie!
I’m amazed that I posted so many times with so many top spots! Thank you for giving us all an outlet such as this. I look forward to seeing more in 2021!
Thank you for your continued support, MrsK. I look forward to reading a lot more of you in 2021!
There are many bloggers that I’m not familiar with. I will try to read more next year.
Thank You for including me on the side bar. Very unexpected. Considering I was told after my rape V CNC blog that I don’t belong – it made me all the more determined to learn to Express myself clearly and succinctly.
Thank You for the opportunities finding my voice.
Best wishes
Swirly
Your voice is an important one, Swirly. Best wishes to you too xox
OMG, this amazing, Marie! You are definitely the queen of stats, and I bow to you. Here’s looking forward to another great year of Wicked Wednesday! Happy New Year!
Thank you, Brigit, and I sure plan to make 2021 the best Wicked Wednesday year, if only because we are working towards prompt 500!
Oh I love your stats -you really do go into it in depth – brilliant – so happy I am featured here and there lol
TY Marie for continually hosting WW – it is a fab meme – the best i think
May xx
I would have been surprised not to see you in the top stats 😉
And thank you for such a huge compliment, my friend xox
Wow, Marie. This is fascinating. I’d be very interested to see my stats, if that is ok? I look forward to seeing if I can beat my stats for 2021.
Happy new year Marie
N x
Of course you can see your stats. I will send you an email with them 🙂
Happy New Year, N! xox
Thanks for the hard work.
Sorry I can’t often follow the prompt without breaking up the flow the saga…
Oh don’t worry about that, the prompt has never been compulsory. I am grateful for your support, and love reading your saga 🙂
Brilliant. You really are amazing on the stats and it is very interesting to see them. I was really pleased to be on some of your tables and it is interesting to have the comparisons. Happy new year to you and thank you so much for all of your hard work for wicked wednesday. I am so pleased that I found it and you. It’s a great meme. Missy x
You are one of the best supporters of the meme, and I always enjoy reading your thoughts. Happy New Year to you too, and here’s to a great blogging year! xox
Here’s some stats for you, Marie:
Every year I post a “top posts of ____” list in my side bar, which lists – in order – the ten posts published during that year which got the most views. My number one post of 2020 was a Wicked Wednesday post. And my only other WW contribution of the year (sorry I only managed two entries; ‘participation’ was not really my strong suit this year) also made my yearly Top 10.
I also posted twice this year to The Menopause Diaries, and both of those posts are on my Top Ten of 2020 list.
So 100% of my posts to your memes found favor with my blog audience, and 40% of the top posts on my blog this year were linked to your projects. 🙂
I don’t know if you ever get to see the “other side” of the stats count, so I just thought I’d share. 😉
Happy New Year!
Oh Feve, this really is nice to see it from the other stats. I just love statistics, and of course I can only see it from my side, but the other side is always great to see too! Thank you for joining in with Wicked Wednesday, and of course also with The Menopause Diaries. To see those in your top 10 is really special 🙂
Happy New Year to you too! 🙂
Doh! I just realized, it was actually 3 times I posted to WW. (I forgot about 400.) But still: two out of three made the year’s Top 10. 🙂
And yes, it’s encouraging to see people responding positively to my posts about menopause. It’s something women should talk about but often don’t, I think. It’s too big a part of life’s natural progression to be surrounded by secrecy.
Haha I should’ve checked my list directly, and indeed, you linked three times 😉
You are so right about menopause, there should definitely be more talk about it and the way it influences our lives. I hope to do a couple of posts about that this year too.
Gosh… 100%. I promise not to quit while I’m ahead! I look forward to contributing more in 2021.
2020 has been a difficult one for me but Wicked Wednesday encouraged me to find some small spaces to allow my creativity out to play. I’m very grateful to you, Marie, and to others for be so encouraging. 🙂
Elk x
That really is a perfect score, Elk, and evident that everyone enjoys your writing, and you should definitely write more in 2021. It warms my heart to know Wicked Wednesday has helped to make 2020 a little bit better for you. Happy New Year, and I look forward to your 2021 contributions 🙂 xox
What an amazing list, Marie, well done 😄
It’s great to see how many people overall interact with your meme. You really are an asset to our community. Thank you for your hard work!
Love,
Liz
Thank you, Liz! I am also proud to see how many people do interact, and am grateful for the core group who continue to support me, of which you are one. Thank you for that! xox