Results of Blog Survey
Recently I added an online survey to my blog to find out a little about my readership. You can still take the survey HERE. I appreciate all the responses. There was about 50% of the average daily readership to answer the survey; so statistically speaking I feel I have a good cross representation of the readers.
Here were some of the results: (I have added commentary below each group of statistics.)
Faith:
- 99% consider themselves Christian
(This surprised me somewhat, because I write a lot of general post, but I guess being a pastor limits me primarily to a Christian audience.)
Education:
- 93% had some college
- 57% have a bachelor’s degree or higher
(That’s a fairly educated group. I wonder if this is who reads blogs or is this unique to mine?)
Reader Age:
- The most common age group is 36 to 45 with 35%
- Age group 26 to 35 is 29%
- Age group 46 to 55 is 24%
(I have a younger audience than I realized. That could be due to my childlike behavior at times! J )
Gender:
- Male 44%
- Female 56%
(Just curious, is this because girls read more blogs or do I write like a girl?)
Most repeated occupation:
- Largest number: Pastor or minister
- Second: Sales or Management
- Third: Homemaker
(I love to connect with pastors. I was frankly surprised by the numbers of homemakers reading these posts. Most of them are not from my church either. Interesting.)
Time reading:
- 51% have been reading my blog for less than 6 months.
(I am not surprised here. My daily hits have grown considerably in recent months. Thank you!)
How people have found my blog:
- I know you personally 13%
- Twitter 33%
- Facebook 35%
- Other referring site 18%
- Web search 4%
(Facebook and Twitter….Who loves you baby? Still, I have not been successful at getting other bloggers to link to me. I am open to suggestions here. Thankful also to those in my church who read this stuff!)
What people enjoy reading:
- Leadership 30%
- Church 17%
- God 20%
- Family 25%
- Personal 15%
- I love them all 49%
(In recent months, partly due to this survey and comments I had been receiving, I have begun limiting the scope of my writings to a few more specific categories. Thanks for the feedback.)
I also received tons of great comments and encouragement. I did receive one comment that said I tend to write things as fact that really are opinion. I guess that’s because its a personal blog and I tend to believe what I write. Thanks for your honest feedback from everyone. I plan to continue blogging as long as you keep reading!!!
