I've blogged for a bit over 5 years now about programming in general - 53 posts at irregular intervals (https://henrikwarne.com/ https://henrikwarne.com/). I ge

I've blogged for a bit over 5 years now about programming in general - 53 posts at irregular intervals (https://henrikwarne.com/ https://henrikwarne.com/). I get around 250 to 300 views per day on average, with 1.4 views per visitor (all stats from Wordpress' standard stats). Whenever I write something new, I submit it to Hacker News and Reddit. It's pretty hard to get on the front page of HN, but a few of my posts have made it there. That usually means a few thousand views. On Reddit (Programming) it is easier to get on the front page, and once there the posts stay there longer (around 24 hours). I also tweet the posts, but pretty much all traffic from Twitter comes due to being on Hacker News or Reddit, not from my own tweets. The traffic isn't evenly distributed. Most posts get almost no traffic, and one gets maybe a third of all traffic (probably because it shows up in searches a lot): "5 Reasons Why Software Developer is a Great Career Choice" https://henrikwarne.com/2014/12/08/5-reasons-why-software-developer-is-a-great-career-choice/ https://henrikwarne.com/2014/12/08/5-reasons-why-software-de... I think there are other valid reason for blogging apart from building a following. It is a great why to organize your thoughts and "discover" what you think about some issues. Also, hopefully some of what you write is helpful to other people. Another reason is when looking for work - in my experience it helps to be able to point to your blog and show what you think and what you are interested in. One more thing. I still enjoy blogging, but it takes me a lot of time to write a post. I think some people underestimate the work it takes to write a post.