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In preparation for our 5th anniversary here at Da Chronic I asked the SB Nation team to dig deep and supply me with some all-time blog stats. They delivered.
Below are five years worth of hardcore Saints blogging facts and figures, from April 8th, 2008 to April 7th, 2013, that I think you'll find interesting. Personally, some of these numbers blow me away.
Traffic
Here's a glimpse at our total reach over the past five years.
| What | How Many |
| Total Days | 1,723 |
| Total Months | 61 |
| Pageviews | 9,829,065 |
| Visits | 4,287,849 |
| Unique Hits | 2,008,629 |
Community
Let's take a look at how active you guys, the readers, have been these past five years as a whole.
| What | How Many |
| Total Days | 1,723 |
| Total Months | 61 |
| Total Front Page Comments | 243,352 |
| Average Comments/Day | 141.24 |
| Average Comments/Post | 42.69 |
| FanPosts | 2,054 |
| FanShots | 7,274 |
Front Page
We've had a lot of help and lot of contributors over the years, some lasting longer than others. Here are some total stats for front page posts and a breakdown of the front page workload by contributor.
| What | How Many |
| Total Days | 1,723 |
| Total Months | 61 |
| Front Page Posts | 5,701 |
| Average Posts per Day | 3.31 |
| Average Posts/Month | 93.46 |
| Author | # of Posts |
| Dave Cariello | 3,396 |
| Hans Petersen | 758 |
| David "Satch" Kelly | 610 |
| Jon Banks | 251 |
| Andrew Juge | 250 |
| Travis Dauro | 71 |
| Preston J. Gary, Jr. | 52 |
| Wallace Delery | 42 |
| MtnExile | 35 |
| Win Ellington | 32 |
| Thomas Hukel | 31 |
| Gene Higginbotham | 25 |
| Stuart Carlton | 23 |
| Jason Bernos | 18 |
| The Angry Who Dat | 17 |
| Jack Sharkey | 17 |
| Alex Swift | 16 |
| Adesola Badon | 14 |
| Kevin Sean Held | 7 |
| Jason Calbos | 6 |
| Joseph William Stern | 5 |
| Hap Glaudi's Ghost | 5 |
| Jimmy Angel | 4 |
| Dave Choate | 1 |
| Jordan Katz | 1 |
And here's a look at how many comments your front page contributors have totaled with their posts.
| Author | # of Front Page Comments Generated |
| Dave Cariello | 151,784 |
| Hans Petersen | 43,303 |
| David "Satch" Kelly | 12,742 |
| Jon Banks | 12,579 |
| Andrew Juge | 8,277 |
| Travis Dauro | 2,412 |
| MtnExile | 2,201 |
| Preston J. Gary, Jr. | 2,145 |
| Wallace Delery | 1,295 |
| Gene Higginbotham | 954 |
| Thomas Hukel | 823 |
| Win Ellington | 780 |
| The Angry Who Dat | 640 |
| Jack Sharkey | 478 |
| Jason Bernos | 437 |
| Alex Swift | 419 |
| Stuart Carlton | 391 |
| Adesola Badon | 386 |
| Jordan Katz | 224 |
| Hap Glaudi's Ghost | 177 |
| Jason Calbos | 138 |
| Kevin Sean Held | 96 |
| Joseph William Stern | 45 |
| Jimmy Angel | 35 |
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