This is my year end review for the website to reflect on what I accomplished for the year. I do this post each year and I keep the previous years data.…so 6 years of progress !! Here are my other posts about the year:
My 10 biggest blog posts of the year
My favorite mazes from 2024 - VOTE
And now the data for the year:
Weekly (Daily) Mazes posted:
2024: 53 - Mazes of the Week, each with an alternative colorway !
2023: 52 - Mazes of the week - see all 52 in this video !
2022: 54 - Mazes of the week
2021: 640 - daily mazes with some Spanish language variations
2020: 366 - daily mazes
2019: 365 - daily mazes
So overall there were 106 mazes this year with the variations. I like the weekly maze vs. the daily maze and don’t see myself ever going back !
Blog Posts:
2024: 227
2023: 192 (189 remain on the site)
2022: 132 (119 remain on the site)
2021: 291 (207 remain on the site)
2020: 102 (84 remain on the site)
2019: 26 (12 remain on the site)
If you want to read the blog posts that remain, check out my blog index. I anticipate less blog posts in 2025 as I reduce my writing schedule to focus on creating mazes ! But 970 blog posts about mazes and labyrinths since the website started is a lot !
Name Mazes Made
2024: 220
2023: 104
2022: 13
2021: 4
2020: 247
2019: 1,499
Since 2021 I have only been doing doing maze name requests when they were submitted. I had many teachers reach out for classrooms full of unique names ! I think I rank well for this on many search engines so I get a lot of maze name traffic !
Books posted online:
2024: 0
2023: 0
2022: 2
2021: 12
2020: 8
2019: 19
I re-published 1 book with some changes to make it more kid friendly…I anticipate this number changing in 2025 !
Books Published on Amazon:
2024: 0
2023: 0
2022: 0
2021: 13
2020: 0
2019: 0
I am working on a new book now. I expect to launch multiple new books in the Fall. Drop me an email if you want to be alerted when I launch a new book.
Website Traffic growth:
2024: + 33% LY
2023: + 36% LY
2022: + 47% LY
2021: + 242% LY
2020: +1000% PL
2019: **
And the bigger you get the harder it is to grow even larger in the future. Unless SEO suddenly likes me (or doesn’t). I made some changes to the site in October. Let’s see if they help grow the site in 2025 !
Different countries visiting the site:
2024: 200 according to Google analytics. Depending on how you count the # of countries, that means just about every country. Except North Korea….and I will need to research to see if anyone else is missing.
2023: 169 - I changed how I track this and think the 100 below might have been inaccurate. Out of 195 or so depending on the list you look at.
2022: 100
2021: 100
2020: 99
2019: 20
YouTube Views:
2024: 1,972
2023: 2,245
2022: 303
2021: 264
The channel is not doing well. I have no plans for videos in 2025 unless I figure out a new format that might work !
YouTube Subscribers:
2024: 31
2023: 17
2022: 6
2021: 3
Considering the numbers of videos on the channel this is terrible.
Pinterest:
I have no idea how to quantify this, but I have a Pinterest Page. It is small. I don’t do much there. Here is my traffic from there to my site:
2024: 1,091 + 343% LY
2023: 318
Large growth as a percent, but a small part of the traffic to the site. I am sure I will focus on this in 2025 for one good week at least….
My top 5 YouTube Videos from 2024
How to Make a Classical 7 Circuit Labyrinth
This video was made in 2023 and I include it because it is my most watched video. All other videos will be from 2024 !
1 - Bison Quick Maze
I have no idea why some mazes get watched and others don’t…Bison ? Of most 20 most watched videos, only 2 are from 2024, this maze and the next. Clearly the making of comic book style mazes is not interesting !
2 - Wolf Quick Maze
3 - Eagle Maze
4 - Dragon Maze
5 - Squirrel Maze
Mazes of the Week #105 - #157
Some statistics about the 52 mazes I featured this year:
All mazes were done in comic book style, the theme for the year.
It includes 39 animal mazes, 11 character mazes, and 3 insect mazes. Of those animals it includes 6 birds, 4 aquatic animals and 3 dogs.
Each maze except the dragon maze included a color or design variation for a total of 104 total mazes. The dragon maze instead had 2 color variations without a maze, but the Bulldog maze had 3 colors so we still get 104 mazes !
All mazes are stored in the comic style section of the site, which includes some of the early comic book mazes from 2023. Downloads of each maze are available there.
Each maze was made into a themed comic book cover that can be seen in the comic book cover section.
The Maze List (no links since they can all be found in one place !):
#105 Snowman
#106 Eagle
#107 Penguin
#108 Squirrel
#109 Groundhog
#110 Dinosaur
#111 Dragon
#112 Dog - Labrador
#113 Polar Bear
#114 Vampire
#115 Leprechaun
#116 Panther
#117 Bunny
#118 Spider
#119 Dolphin
#120 Dog- Bulldog
#121 Horse
#122 Frog
#123 Leopard
#124 Monarch Butterfly
#125 Turtle
#126 Therizinosaurus
#127 Bear
#128 Cow
#129 Crocodile
#130 Catfish
#131 Scarecrow
#132 Minotaur
#133 Shark
#134 Tiger
#135 Clown
#136 Owl
#137 Lion
#138 Honey Bee
#139 Dog - Yorkie Poo
#140 Samurai
#141 Warrior
#142 Rhino
#143 Koala
#144 Chicken
#145 Badger
#146 Wolf
#147 Mule
#148 La Catrina
#149 Bison
#150 Peacock
#151 Pirate
#152 Turkey
#153 Elk
#154 Llama
#155 Monkey
#156 Gingerbread Man
#157 Quokka
So that is my year in review. I have a plan for 2025 which is one of my next blog posts. Expect more mazes that hopefully people like !