I shared a blog post on Twitter and Mastodon yesterday. Based on my site traffic, I got ~76 hits from Mastodon (which doesn’t show as a referrer), with 23 boosts and 42 likes.
I got 9 hits from Twitter, with 3 retweets and 7 likes.
I have 363 followers on Mastodon, and 1208 on Twitter.
I know the post was about Mastodon so there is some bias, but I feel like the community here is tangible. Looking forward to using Mastodon more going forward!
Lindsay Wardell 🏳️⚧️
Lindsay Wardell 🏳️⚧️
A bit over a week later, I now have ~118 views from Mastodon, and 13 from Twitter. Despite the timeline not being algorithmic, I'm getting more views from Mastodon.
I also got 13 views from another site's blog post that referenced my post, so Twitter's showing here is really not great.
Again, I know that this is going to be biased since I'm writing about Mastodon, but I thought it was noteworthy.
Lindsay Wardell 🏳️⚧️
Also, shoutout to GoatCounter (https://www.goatcounter.com/) for being really good, open source tracking for free that respects privacy.
Feel free to check out my site statistics here: https://lindsaykwardell.goatcounter.com/
Raymond Camden
@lindsaykwardell thank u for sharing this - I've been needing a better analytics offering