My Top 10 Substack Posts So Far This Year
The header photo for this post is a picture I took in our garden, which is tenderly cultivated by my husband. If you want to see more, check out his Instagram, The Rambling Rectory.
I don’t pay a ton of attention to how many views my posts get, other than out of curiosity. It’s interesting to see which posts get more email opens, which posts have more views coming directly from Substack, etc. I don’t let this impact what I wrote about too much, because my goal with my Substack has always been to write about whatever the heck I feel like I want to write about.
I do, however, care about the people who have chosen to read my posts and so I have started to look back over these first six months of data and see which kinds of posts are getting a lot of views. The two main categories with the most views are, not surprising, the kinds of posts I love to write: personal stories and book roundups.
Here are the 10 posts I’ve written that have gotten the most views in my first six months, just in case you missed them!
Book Roundups
The post below is my top post of all time, with more than 1000 views!
Here are some other book roundups people have enjoyed:
Personal Essays
The post below is my most-viewed personal essay, probably because I chose a somewhat clickbait title (although it is a true representation of what the post is about).
Here’s another personal essay with a lot of views:
Miscellaneous
There are two other posts that don’t fit into either category that have also done well, and they are what I think could be considered “listicles.” I’m a sucker for these kinds of posts, too.
If you’re a regular reader, I’d love to know if there are any other posts you personally enjoyed that you’d like to see more of. I know that going by number of views doesn’t really measure the impact of a post, and hearing from you is a true joy for me.