400,000 Reader Miletsone for The Holiday and Travel Magazine

The day has arrived! The 400,000th person read The Holiday and Travel Magazine yesterday on 27 September 2014. The numbers have been growing over the months. I remember that it took a whole 6 months to reach the first 1,000 readers in 2011, then how I was excited when 1,000 readers read it each month. Then more than 1,000 people read the Magazine each week. Now up to 1,000 people read it each day. I realise that these statistics may not be as impressive as some of the more well known web sites who have huge numbers of readers, but I am pleased with the way my reader numbers have grown.

It took 3 years from 2011 to 18 October 2013 to reach the first 200,00 reader mark, then just under 1 year from 18 October 2013 to 27 September 2014 to add another 200,000 readers.

Initially it was only people in Australia reading The Holiday and Travel Magazine. Now people from many countries around the world read it. The majority of readers now come from four countries - USA, Australia, Russia and the UK. The next six countries in the Top 10 are France, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Spain, and China. (When the 200,000 reader mark was reached the Top 10 countries were - USA, Australia, Russia, UK, Germany, France, Philippines, India, China and Poland.) Many readers come from other countries in Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Looking at the statistics today - reader page views in all time history are 400,733, last month 20,162, and yesterday 916.

Web browsers used to access the magazine (in order of popularity) are Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, Safari, BingPreview, Mobile Safari, OS FBSV, Mobile and GSA.

Pageviews by operating system (in order of popularity) are Windows, Linux, Macintosh, iPhone, iPad, Android, other Unix, iPod, Windows IT 6.1, and Blackberry.

To date the magazine has been a labour of love. It has not earnt any income. I thought that when the readership level went past 400,000 that I would leave my present part-time job and work on the Magazine full time, introduce advertisements, and make some money from it. The 400,000 mark has arrived earlier than I anticipated, so now I will have to start giving future directions some serious thought. However, I am a novice at website development and know very little about SEO.

Thanks to all the readers and contributors. I appreciate your support over the time I have been producing The Holiday and Travel Magazine. I have taken part in Famils and Travel Expos in Australia, China, Malaysia and Vietnam. I have met many wonderful people around the world and look forward to continued friendship and support.

27 September 2014