Filipino Historian: Two Million Miracles

Filipino Historian: Midyear Update

The leading Filipino history blog

"Samugariya no yume tsumetai kimi no te atatameru mahou wa hitotsu no michi wo shinjiru koto"
(from Houki Gumo)

This is the blog's update for June 2018, and the 31st update article published. The present is fast being devoured by the past as we have now reached the middle of the year. It has been a while since an update is published, but do remember that these articles are for all the readers who love and support the Filipino Historian and the work done in these past years. Indeed, this is a humbling experience for the single author writing somewhere in the archipelago.

Two Million Miracles in 2018

As we reached our fifth year in service, this history blog has made a clear vision in the next few years: reach two million people by 2018. This aim for "two million miracles" is a modified version of the original goal of "one million miracles" set in 2016, since the initial goal was attained last year. As of December 31, 2017, we had 1,250,000 impressions in social media. To add to this, we have reached 402,500 people as of June 30, 2018! To attain the target for year 2018, we need 347,500 more impressions. Of course, the goal may still seem to be a long shot at this point, but each and every one must receive utmost thanks for their continuing patronage.

Readership

In our fifth year anniversary last December 15, this history blog topped off 130,000 reads. This led to modifications in the projection: from 100,000 views in 2018 to 150,000 views. However, as of June 30, 2018, this blog has registered more than 200,000 views. The record exceeded expectations for the year as June 2018 became the most popular month (that is, the month having the most views) for the blog to date.

If you missed it, the new logo has been in use since 2017.
It portrays the site's initials.

Blogger Network

As of May 29, 2017, the Filipino Historian was included as a member of the blogger network of the Philippine Daily Inquirer called ThINQ. You can access the full report here.

Rising Star among Filipino blogs

As of December 2017, the blog has been ranked in the Top 0.1% of live websites worldwide, as confirmed by the ranking website SimilarWeb. Meanwhile, it was ranked in the Top 0.2% of live websites by Alexa. It has also continually ranked nationally (the Philippines) since 2017. Feedspot reveals that Filipino Historian is the only history blog listed in the Top 100 Blogs in the Philippines (ranging from ranks 70 to 80 overall), reinforcing the need for quality history writing in the country and beyond through a free and accessible medium such as this history website.

Worldwide coverage

On June 1, 2015, after recognizing the fact that it was read in 35 nations worldwide since February, the author gave the title International to the blog. To date, this history blog is read in more than 90 nations other than the Philippines. Outside the Philippines, the most reads come from the United States (17%), Canada (2.4%), Russia (1.4%), Saudi Arabia (1.3%), and the United Arab Emirates (1.2%). Meanwhile, in terms of social media, most followers other than the Philippines come from the United States (4.3%), Saudi Arabia (1.2%), the United Arab Emirates (1.2%), India (0.8%), and the United Kingdom (0.8%). The Philippines contributes 59% of the total views (down from 61.1%) and 83.5% of the followers (down from 86.1%) of this blog. The continuing decline of the Philippine share can be seen as a positive note in diversifying the international audience of this history blog.

Filipino Historian is top search entry in Google

Filipino Historian is top search entry in Bing

Filipino Historian is top search entry in Yahoo

Filipino Historian is top search entry in Naver

The followers and readers of this emerging history website are thanked for by its humbled author. A single author sitting somewhere in the archipelago to write may seem unable to do much, but we made a great team and have come so far to become the premier history blog in the country and beyond. Let us continue bringing history to the people, for a nation without a history is like a person without a memory. Today, the nation. Tomorrow, the world.

Since no one knows the future, who can tell someone else what is to come?

(Ecclesiastes 8:7)