Hell yeah! Seven years already. A lot has changed over the past year, most notably for my personal life being much more active so that I lost a lot of time that I normally had to keep up to date with everything. The past year has definitely been a year of experimentation for me, and I’m definitely not planning to quit anytime soon despite having a few backlog issues. In any case, every year I celebrate this with a few statistics. I’m not doing funny search terms this year unfortunately, simply because of how much time it takes to compile them and make them good (seriously, this involved looking through tens of thousands of different search terms, spotting the odd ones amongst them…!)
In the past seven years, I have written 5361 posts, spread over 268 categories. A total number of 47525 comments have been submitted to this site, and that doesn’t even count the shoutbox. That one has 33355 comments already (in less than a year!!). Here is a list of the top commenters for the shoutbox (yes, I can get to my database with this site, so I can gather more useful statistics):
#20: Sei – 311
#19: Jak – 323
#18: Anonymous – 346
#17: imredjimmy – 381
#16: Raggers – 413
#15: kero – 444
#14: TheUltimateReaper – 502
#13: Ninja – 537
#12: Airies – 705
#11: psgels – 874
#10: dango – 877
#9: Juno – 1112
#8: Kaiserin Emma – 1295
#7: Jalapeno Bagel – 1331
#6: Anca – 1382
#5: Armpit – 1439
#4: wicked – 1895
#3: AidanAK47 – 1906
#2: Bunny – 2949
#1: Kaiser Eoghan – 7580
I’m just amazed at how much Kaiser/in Emma/Eoghan has been able to produce for the past year, especially considering how long his comments usually are. In any case, here is the list of the people who left the most comments on this site. And yes, this goes all the way back to the beginning of this site:
#35: reverse – 167
#34: Perrin4869 – 167
#33: senerikfred – 170
#32: Windspirit – 173
#31: Westlo – 173
#30: WatcherZero – 174
#29: Tan-Tan – 179
#28: chounokoe – 182
#27: PL – 183
#26: Wyrdwad – 186
#25: Joojoobees – 189
#24: DmonHiro – 193
#23: Hogart – 211
#22: AKI – 214
#21: c160 – 225
#20: totoum – 229
#19: Anca – 232
#18: m – 239
#17: Anon – 241
#16: Kero – 248
#15: Frost – 254
#14: chris – 261
#13: Alec – 271
#12: windy – 273
#11: Scruffy – 276
#10: Machi – 291
#9: Denizen – 328
#8: Puran – 329
#7: kim – 338
#6: AidanAK47 – 353
#5: Firechick – 360
#4: wicked – 384
#3: Solaris – 531
#2: MeOW – 647
#1: psgels – 2522
This was also the first time I looked at these numbers, and I must say: thank you all for leaving so many comments. I had no idea how many of you provided so much feedback until I actually saw this. Anyway, as for viewer statistics: in total this site has gotten 17294328 page views (that’s 17 million), and 9723537 unique visits. Yes, we’ve nearly reached the 10 million. I unfortunately cannot do a list with the most accessed posts since google analytics screwed up since changing sites, however here is a list of the most common search terms (aside from variations of ‘psgels’ and ‘star crossed’.
#30: kekkaishi review
#29: black lagoon review
#28: overdrive anime
#27: best anime 2007
#26: ergo proxy
#25: top ten anime
#24: hakuouki
#23: xxxholic rou
#22: shigurui
#21: heroic age review
#20: casshern sins review
#19: clannad after story review
#18: bakumatsu kikansetsu irohanihoheto
#17: baccano review
#16: angel beats review
#15: kaze no stigma (this is one from way back; I once wrote a really bad first impression of it and it somehow landed high on Google; it kept haunting me for the next year afterwards)
#14: mahou shoujotai
#13: seirei no moribito
#12: toward the terra
#11: clannad review
#10: blassreiter review
#9: eden of the east review
#8: dennou coil
#7: school days review
#6: mouryou no hako (I love how people were actually looking for this one; it’s still generating traffic, although not as much as a few years ago)
#5: saiunkoku monogatari
#4: aoi bungaku (I did not expect this one to generate so much traffic as it did)
#3: top 10 anime
#2: that anime blog (I still like how people basically come here looking for the wrong blog)
#1: darker than black review
Happy 7th Anniversary, Star Crossed! =D
Happy 7th anniversary, psgels! Here’s hoping that your brilliance stays through to the end 🙂
Holy mackerel. Happy anniversary psgels. You’ve been at this for almost a decade, just counting this site alone. To the future and beyond!
Happy 7th Anniversary! Relieved to hear that Star Crossed doesn’t have any plans to slow down. Many cheers to you Psgels!
Congratulations psgels. And hopefully there will be many more years/anniversaries to come. 8875, it appears that is my total shoutbox comments if you add both counts from my two names together.
Holy hell Kaiser. That’s ridiculous.
I don’t know if I should be proud of being third or ashamed. I got to stop using this site as my twitter account.
@Aidan:I once had 2000 posts on a megaman forum.
It really does go to show though I really do have no life XD
1577 post on an anime forum. To be fair I was a moderator there.
YAY! I came 12th and I only became active like a week ago 🙂
but congradulations and i hope we can make it to 10 years! 🙂
I know I leave a lot of comments, but I dont think I actually left 9000…
How on earth did that typo make it through? O.o
The search terms were the best thing of the Anniversary posts. I am going to miss them.
I was also expecting to see them! They were hilarious!
Hahaha, I wouldn’t have thought ‘That Anime Blog’ would almost be topping the list.
Anyway, congratulations on your 7th anniversary psgels!
Wow, I had no idea I commented that much. Guess your blog is just that interesting..
Congrats, and here’s to many more years of blogging!
This is pretty much THE only anime blog I ever used over the past three and a half years and that I will ever need to use in the future because it’s so awesome. I love the focus on unique & non-mainstream anime that may not get a lot of other reviews on other sites [sparkly moe onii-chan crap BOOOO! HISSS!]. And psgels has good taste and intelligent write ups…so glad SC will be around for many more anniversaries. Happy 7th!
p.s. how do you guys get your avatars? usually i know how to do this kinda stuff, but maybe i’m just blind and don’t see it?
Go to http://www.gravatar.com and register your email address there 🙂
This is around the fourth anniversary of me following the blog. I think I started reading because of your amazing season previews.
Anyway, let’s everyone raise a glass of your preferred beverage and toast psgels for all his hard work.
Cheers!
Gratz, psgels! Keep up the good work.
Happy Anniversary! 😀 Im surprised and sort of happy to be included in the top 20 XD I really feel like I’m part of this great community that has become the Star Crossed Anime Blog. And now I’m getting too cheezy 😛
Congratulations for 7th anniversary psgels 😀
hey…congratulations…7 years…that’s a lot…for a website…
Hope you can stay forever…xD
I almoust never comment…but I always visit your site…like 10 times in a day…. 😛
🙂
Happy 7th anniversary!!:D Your reviews are amazing, and thanks to them I’ve discovered anime jewels! I hope many more anniversaries will come!:3
Happy 7th anniversary Psgels! I hope I can say this again and again in the the future! ;P
and count me in the people who checked out Mouryou no hako, seirei no moribito and Aoi bungaku’s reviews this year! It’s thanks to your high rating that I watched these series and I’m really glad about it!!:)
Happy 7th anniversary! I’ve only started commenting in the last month or 2, but I’ve been following this blog for a probably 3 years now. Whether I agree with you or not, I love hearing your thoughts (and those of the other commenters) whenever I finish watching an anime episode. That is not about to change any time soon.
Happy 7th Anniversary!
And I know you’re not American, but Happy Thanksgiving lol 😀
Congrats. That’s a lot of views O.o
Oh, so surprised to see my name in the list. I did not have the impression that I had commented a lot in the shoutbox…
congrats and happy 7th anniversary.
Happy 7th Anniversary!
I can always count on you to to point out the various OVAs and movies I’d otherwise miss. It’s hard enough to keep up with all the TV series, so thanks!
Congratulations, psgels! I’ve been reading your blog for like 6 years. And this is my first comment. What can I say here?.. I like your blog. 🙂
Happy 7th anniversary psgels 😀
Congrats psgels. I’ve only been reading for 1.5 years now, but I enjoyed it. Here’s to another seven years.
you know what you should watch? The English dub of Nerima Daikon Brothers…
It’s worth it.
Congrats 🙂
Been visiting Starcrossed for 4 years now
7th year, huh?
Time sure flies by fast.
Congrats, psgels! That’s quite a long time! It’s a shame I only found you somewhat recently (far less than a year ago). Your views have been an interesting case of variety I can look forward to every post~
Speaking of me only coming here recently…
Why the heck am I so high in the shoutbox thing? ._.;;;
Crazy, I thought there would be no way Id make the top 20 in comments but there I am… 254? Woah… I guess its because Ive visited your blog for about 4 years, or something like that, but I rarely comment nowadays, so its still pretty surprising
I am missing the comments from m, Solaris and reverse: I wonder where are they now. Can’t believe that my old nick (AKI) is #22, did I really leave that much comments? Oh well, I did discover SC when I’m looking for RideBack reviews and I never looked back. Three (or four?) years and counting!
Happy 7th Anniversary! I’m someone who rarely comments here, but I’ve been following your blog for years! For anime recommendations and reviews, only your blog. Keep up the good work, and glad to hear you aren’t planning to stop soon! xD
Congratulations on your 7th anniversary, Psgels!
And I can-t believe I have that many shoutbox comments, woah – it-s more than I-ve ever had anywhere else. I thought I was more a lurker.
Sorry for the -, I-m at work, on a german keyboard layout, and can-t find the apostrophe.
Happy seven!
your blog kinda change my anime viewing in so many ways. following for years now. you did a great job. i like your style and perspective.
though in the future… uhm. just prepare for it.
Happy 7th anniversary!
Yay! I’m number five!
Happy Anniversary!
I’m on the list! Although 444 is a super ominous number.
Kaze no stigma haunted you? That left a mark. xD
Congrats for getting so far!
Gratz ,haha i though it pretty funny to see i just barely make it in the list
Happy Anniversary!
Happy Anniversary
7 years is quite an accomplishment, as are those site stats. I have been reading your blog for at least 4 of those years.
I am included in the count 🙂
Congratulations on 7 years and hopefully many more to come!
Happy Anniversary !
Really like your Blog, its pretty mutch how i decide what Animes to watch^^
feliz aniversario psgels ,me encantan tus reseñas te sigo hace varios años saludos desde Peru
Happy 7th Anniversary! Its hard to believe that I have been reading your blog for 3 years. Hopefully, there will be many more years to come :)!
Happy Anniversary!!! 🙂
Also, curious–what inspired your choice of username? And do you keep any personal blogs aside from this one?
Congrats! From a long time lurker. You’re always my go to blogger when it comes to shows.
(Belated) congratulations, psgels!