Matt's Blog Stats

Or if you prefer, you could call this blog "Matt's Statts."

Dang. That's a good idea.

Seems like Spike and I come up with a lot of ideas when we’re talking with each other. On the same day we realized we should revive Cirno’s Idea Pile (go pin the catalogued version if you want to use it in the future by the way), we also started wondering what the statistics for our blogs looked like. So that’s what this blog is about.

Today I’m going over the word count, character count, readability level, likes, and comments, on all my featured blogs. At the end of the blog, I’ll present the averages I found. I'll also be grouping the blogs by month because why not. Without further ado, let’s begin.

Actually, more ado. All the data and facts about it are at the end of the blog. So if you want to skip to the good stuff without being overwhelmed by numbers, scroll down to the Trivia section.

June (so far)

Features: 13

Why You Shouldn’t Have Too Many Mains

Words: 938

Characters: 5327

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 70

Comments: 65

Top Players’ Opinions:

Words: 1097

Characters: 6663

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 113

Comments: 63

Criticizing ZeRo’s Tier List

Words: 1517

Characters: 8640

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 114

Comments: 147

How does Grit Affect Competitive Smash?

Words: 879

Characters: 4939

Readability Level: 11th-12 grade

Likes: 87

Comments: 18

The Worst Types of Polls

Words: 928

Characters: 5138

Readability Level: 9th-10th grade

Likes: 129

Comments: 69

Jigglypuff vs. Ganondorf

Words: 1156

Characters: 6661

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 104

Comments: 51

Why You Weren’t Chosen as Curator

Words: 856

Characters: 4608

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 102

Comments: 95

Events!

Words: 655

Characters: 3643

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 64

Comments: 90

The Neutral:

Words: 1722

Characters: 9489

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 86

Comments: 28

My History as a Blogger:

Words: 1677

Characters: 9175

Readability Level: 9th-10th grade

Likes: 69

Comments: 65

Smash Amino’s High Standards, Content Creators, and Frequent Posting

Words: 952

Characters: 5538

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 86

Comments: 51

My First Impressions of SSF2

Words: 578

Characters: 3334

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 89

Comments: 55

#SmashGameShow (PINNED, BROADCAST)

Words: 422

Characters: 2509

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 154

Comments: 79

May

Features: 9

Top 5 Worst Explanations For Tier Placements

Words: 1658

Characters: 9408

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 160

Comments: 77

#CCReview

Words: 308

Characters: 1703

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 84

Comments:  31

#SummerofSmashes

Words: 1156

Characters: 6176

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 106

Comments: 36

A Guide to Off-Topic Posts

Words: 1199

Characters: 6846

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 102

Comments: 50

Discussions about baseball in the comments: 1

The Worst Matchups in Smash 4:

Words: 1941

Characters: 11169

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 115

Comments: 80

What’s Most Important for Writing A Good Blog?

Words: 1526

Characters: 8496

Readability Level: 9th-10th grade

Likes: 129

Comments: 30

How to Learn Matchups

Words: 1221

Characters: 6940

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 159

Comments: 29

Marth vs. Bayonetta

Words: 1975

Characters: 11016

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 147

Comments: 52

Pikachu Analysis:

Words: 1445

Characters: 8338

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 97

Comments: 14

April

Features: 11

Marth vs. Lucario

Words: 1329

Characters: 7660

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 104

Comments: 14

Mario vs. Bayonetta

Words: 2210

Characters: 12167

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 110

Comments: 23

Criticizing Dash’s Tier List:

Words: 3346 (!)

Characters: 18516

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 129

Comments: 105

Bayonetta Analysis

Words: 1089

Characters: 5807

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 87

Comments: 27

Doubles: Marth vs. Lucina

Words: 824

Characters: 4705

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 63

Comments: 31

Knockback Remastered:

Words: 811

Characters: 4695

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 74

Comments: 7

State of the Meta

Words: 1556

Characters: 8460

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 119

Comments: 41

Blogging Tournament Official Announcement:

Words: 596

Characters: 3270

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 98

Comments: 205

What Makes Top and High Tiers Good

Words: 1330

Characters: 7147

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 64

Comments: 4

What Makes Mid and Low Tiers Less Good

Words: 1559

Characters: 8623

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 60

Comments: 2

Matt’s Guide to Link

Words: 661

Characters: 3676

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 104

Comments: 36

March

Features: 15

Smash vs. Speedsolving (BROADCAST)

Words: 1787

Characters: 10109

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 131

Comments: 75

Top 10 Grab Games in Smash 4

Words: 1426

Characters: 7388

Readability Level: 9th-10th grade

Likes: 180

Comments: 93

Mario vs. Diddy Kong

Words: 1827

Characters: 9791

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 79

Comments: 26

How Important are Matchups?

Words: 1188

Characters: 6630

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 101

Comments: 46

#AlternateUniverse:

Words: 916

Characters: 4967

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 108

Comments: 15

How to Buff a Character

Words: 1171

Characters: 6317

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 75

Comments: 22

The Dos and Don’ts of Smash Amino (BROADCAST)

Words: 1672

Characters: 8933

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 154

Comments: 50

Formatting

Words: 798

Characters: 4194

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 104

Comments: 13

10,000 Rep Special

Words: 1948

Characters: 10359

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 88

Comments: 49

How To Encourage New s (Content Creation)

Words: 1143

Characters: 6218

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 88

Comments: 57

BTFFD: Civil War Official Announcement (PINNED)

Words: 372

Characters: 2027

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 39

Comments: 82

Music in Smash 4:

Words: 796

Characters: 4181

Readability Level: 9th-10th grade

Likes: 96

Comments: 15

BTFFD Official Announcement

Words: 512

Characters: 2740

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 83

Comments: 20

Directional Influence

Words: 856

Characters: 4566

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 145

Comments: 25

Top 5 Most Powerful Character Specific Mechanics

Words: 932

Characters: 5161

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 154

Comments: 62

February

Features: 5

Drafts:

Words: 419

Characters: 2291

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 95

Comments: 27

How to Make a Character Terrible

Words: 828

Characters: 4437

Readability Level: 9th-10th grade

Likes: 120

Comments: 43

Smash 5: Melee 2 vs. Smash 4 2

Words: 1015

Characters: 5654

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 115

Comments: 44

How To Be The Best Content Creator You Can Be

Words: 1841

Characters: 9927

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 106

Comments: 37

Melee vs. Smash 4: Viable Characters

Words: 1805

Characters: 9804

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 119

Comments: 19

January

Features: 7

My Thoughts on the New Recommended Ruleset

Words: 762

Characters: 4273

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 85

Comments: 46

RNG in Smash 4

Words: 911

Characters: 5147

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 114

Comments: 15

Frame Data

Words: 1006

Characters: 5344

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 95

Comments: 26

Picking up a Secondary

Words: 821

Characters: 4603

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 115

Comments: 32

The Art of Bombs

Words: 910

Characters: 4993

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 133

Comments: 71

Lucina vs. Dark Pit

Words: 731

Characters: 4083

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 118

Comments: 91

How to Make a Tier List

Words: 1663

Characters: 8990

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 103

Comments: 70

December

Features: 2

Grabs

Words: 1859

Characters: 10337

Readability Level: college student

Likes: 84

Comments: 15

Knockback

Words: 871

Characters: 4647

Readability Level: 11th-12th grade

Likes: 139

Comments: 48

Data

So now let’s take a look at the data. Being the lazy guy I am, I punched all the numbers into a statistics calculator so I could get all these statistics at the same time.

Words

Word counts: 938, 1097, 1517, 879, 928, 1156, 856, 655, 1722, 1677, 952, 578, 422, 1658, 308, 1156, 1199, 1941, 1526, 1221, 1975, 1445, 1329, 2210, 3346, 1089, 824, 811, 1556, 596, 1330, 1559, 661, 1787, 1426, 1827, 1188, 916, 1171, 1672, 798, 1948, 1143, 372, 796, 512, 856, 932, 419, 828, 1015, 1841, 1805, 762, 911, 1006, 821, 910, 731, 1663, 1859, 871

Sum: 73,903

Average: 1191.98

Characters

Character counts: 5327, 6663, 8640, 4939, 5138, 6661, 4608, 3643, 9489, 9175, 5538, 3334, 2509, 9408, 1703, 6176, 6846, 11169, 8496, 6940, 11016, 8338, 7660, 12167, 18516, 5807, 4705, 4695, 8460, 3270, 7147, 8623, 3676, 10109, 7388, 9791, 6630, 4967, 6317, 8933, 4194, 10359, 6218, 2027, 4181, 2740, 4566, 5161, 2291, 4437, 5654, 9927, 9804, 4273, 5147, 5344, 4603, 4993, 4083, 8990, 10337, 4647

Sum: 408,593

Average: 6590.21

Likes

Like counts: 70, 113, 114, 87, 129, 104, 102, 64, 86, 69, 86, 89, 154, 160, 84, 106, 102, 115, 129, 159, 147, 97, 104, 110, 129, 87, 63, 74, 119, 98, 64, 60, 104, 131, 180, 79, 101, 108, 75, 154, 104, 88, 88, 39, 96, 83, 145, 154, 95, 120, 155, 106, 119, 85, 114, 95, 115, 133, 118, 103, 84, 139

Sum: 6,584

Average: 106.19

Comments

Comment counts: 65, 63, 147, 18, 69, 51, 95, 90, 28, 65, 51, 55, 79, 77, 31, 36, 50, 80, 30, 29, 52, 14, 14, 23, 105, 27, 31, 7, 41, 205, 4, 2, 36, 75, 93, 26, 46, 15, 22, 50, 13, 49, 57, 82, 15, 20, 25, 62, 27, 43, 44, 37, 19, 46, 15, 26, 32, 71, 91, 70, 15, 48

Sum: 3,004

Average: 48.45

Readability level

9th-10th grade: 6

11th-12th grade: 38

College student: 18

Trivia

So here are some things I noticed about the data:

-My two featured posts with the fewest comments were the ones about why top and high tiers are good and why mid and low tiers are less good, with 4 and 2 comments respectively. This could be thanks in part to the fact that the featured feed hadn’t been updated very much for several days, so when those posts got late features, they got buried under other posts rather quickly (including two of my own)

-My blog with the most words by far is the one where I criticize Dash’s tier list, with a whopping 3,346 words, which is far more than I would have been able to include in one blog before an update increased the character limit dramatically.

-With all the featured blogs under 100 likes, I’m surprised the average turned out to be 106.

-The post with the fewest likes is my BTFFD: Civil War announcement, with only 39 likes. I’m not surprised by this at all, considering it was an announcement not too many people cared about anyway.

-Out of my 62 features, a cool 56 of them were written at a readability level above my own grade, with only 6 being written at a 9th-10th grade level. Man, you’d think I’d get somewhat better grades on my essays with that kind of statistic.

-My shortest featured blog is my CCReview announcement, with only 308 words. This is pretty darn short compared to my other blogs, especially the one about Dash’s tier list, which is nearly 11 times as long. Sure, some drawings get featured with... no words. But hey, a picture’s worth a thousand words, so a few WIP pictures could easily blow all my blogs out of the water.

-Excluding December, as of posting this blog, I’m averaging exactly 10 features per month.

-With 15 features, March is the month I got featured the most, but I have ample time left in June to sur that. Heck, there should be another blog going up alongside this to potentially bring up my total to 15.

inb4 Matt go on hiatus now that you’ve been featured 15 times

-My two most liked blogs are the top 10 grab games and the top 5 worst explanations for tier placements, with 180 and 160 likes respectively. Perhaps I should make more list blogs. People seem to like those.

Conclusion

Whaddaya reckon? More list blogs maybe?

Welp, that's all the stats I've got for now. A ridiculous amount of work went into this blog, and I'm surprised I was able to finish writing it within 24 hours.

Would I recommend doing this? Well, depends. Do you have fewer features than me? Like, a lot fewer? If so, yes. If you have more or slightly fewer than me, don't torture yourself. This is Matt, g off.