First, you shouldn’t blog for others. I did it to index my knowledge, practice writing and document my thoughts. I almost consider them my public notes. I’m in

First, you shouldn’t blog for others. I did it to index my knowledge, practice writing and document my thoughts. I almost consider them my public notes. I’m in the category of a casual personal blogger. That said, Ill have articles get >100k unique views once or twice a year, average 25k views a month. I share the articles and people like them. That’s about it. Some of my niche stuff ranks on Google and DuckDuckGo because I did something people found interesting (hence the regular traffic). My last update was Feb 7, 2022 so it’s not as if I’m active. And my most detailed analysis https://austingwalters.com/firearms-by-the-numbers/ https://austingwalters.com/firearms-by-the-numbers/ actually receives relatively low traffic (it’s a censored / touchy subject and took me six weeks to write). However, it was something I did to understand a topic myself and have shared with others as it’s come up. I took joy in writing it and frankly assumed it was a purely intellectual exercise. If you go for clicks, you don’t pick censored / deranked content, but imo that’s where interesting topics actually are. Anyway, a bit of a ramble. I just find it interesting people start blogs for traffic. Instead it should be intellectual exploration first, then sharing second. Those are the blogs I’ve always enjoyed anyway. If you want traffic you need a regular topic you cover. Most personal blogs are life events, which is covered by social media now. Blogs are for long-form content and can cover more practically what I would call essays or research topics.