Most Popular 'mitchmen' Posts of All Time - 2015

 

MCarcel - I am next

According to my Blogger 'hits' stats, Mike Carcel (A-Z posting)  remains my all-time most visited article. The posts in the table below are the 20 most viewed on this blog. Titles in the list link to the original posts. Please tell me if you have difficulty with any links

Posn	Last Yr	Title	Year	Total Hits	Increase
1	1	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Mike Carcel	2010	14411	3950
2	4	Priapus of Milet - 1	2012	8940	2716
3	2	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Malex	2010	8579	2121
4	3	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Franco	2009	7952	1689
5	5	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Jotto	2009	7296	1362
6	6	My initiation	2012	5584	752
7	7	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Martin of Holland	2010	5142	1663
8	8	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Heredia	2009	4004	1067
9	8	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Mahoney	2010	3726	789
10	11	Mitchell's - A-Z of Fetish Artists - Klaus von Brandenburg	2009	3633	1073
11	18	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Leo	2010	3609	1465
12	10	A Tribute To Bound Gods	2011	3567	965
13	12	Vintage Bondage Blog	2012	3470	964
14	13	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Matt	2010	3271	860
15	15	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Manflesh	2010	3135	791
16	14	Mitchells' A-Z of Fetish Artists - Platter	2012	3073	714
17	17	More Bondage Sightings	2012	2985	786
18	16	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Marc	2010	2934	634
19	19	Shaving Fantasy	2012	2792	707
20	20	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Michael Mitchell	2010	2758	790

If the "Top 20 Posts for 2015" was full of surprises, the all time top 20 is exactly the opposite this year. Unsurprisingly (given it's lead) my Mike Carcel A-Z article kept it's spot at the top. (thus giving me my annual challenge of finding a sample picture by him which won't frighten the horses too much! This year's features shaving).

 

The rest of the posts were exactly the same as last year with a little shuffling of the order, notably the A-Z article on Leo which rose from 18 to 11. Leo's whimsical, kidnap and bondage art is full of interesting ideas and it's nice to see him taking his place alongside the other greats. At his present rate of progress he may well rise a couple more places next year. Most other articles recorded increases consistent with their position on the list, although you can see there are a couple of ‘falterers’.

 

Mike Carcel's domination of this list seems unlikely to be challenged any time soon. He added 3950 to his hit count this year (compared with 'only' 2366 last year) and this figure exceeded the increases recorded by every other post. Priapus of Milet - 1 recorded the second largest increase with 2716 and rose to the No 2 position overtaking Malex and Franco.

 

There are no posts in the list later than 2012 but there are some interesting developments a little further down where Tagame has arrived at No 21 with  A-Z of Fetish Artists - Tagame (Part 1). The other 3 parts of this 2014 article also figure in the top 32 and several are likely to enter the top 20 next year, which is a tribute to the great man’s popularity. Representing 2013 is my follow up article on Mike Carcel which is at No 30 and making steady progress. The leading post from 2015 (The Art of Eddie Chin) enters the list at 85.

 

Two other older articles are now belatedly challenging the leaders. My 2008 article on Cavelo, Mitchell's A to Z of Fetish Artists - Cavelo has done well this year with 1195 hits earning him 27th position. I have now revised and extended it in response to this popularity. Another artist who I champion in this blog is Kalabro who enters the top 30 at 26.

 

The total hits method of assessing popularity is obviously biased towards older articles so (being a geek!) I also had a look at the total hits per month since publication -see table below. (Note:- In this table, multi-part articles are represented by the highest scoring individual post).

'Rate of hits' Position	Article	Hits per Month	'Total Hits' Position
1	A-Z Mike Carcel - 2010	212	1
2	Priapus of Milet -2012	199	2
3	A-Z Tagame (Part 3) - 2014	129	31
4	A-Z Malex - 2010	124	3
5	My Initiation - 2012	119	6
6	Art of Eddie Chin - 2015	106	85
7	A-Z Tom of Finland (Part 1) - 2014	99	42
0	A-Z Jotto - 2009	99	5
9	A-Z Franco - 2009	95	4
10	Art of Baron - 2014	78	41

Using this criterion the top 2 remain the same but Tagame appears at 3. Tom of Finland and Baron both figure in the top 10, which makes sense.  However, this method of ranking does favour these more recent, fresher works. For this reason I suspect the position of Eddie Chin will not be sustained in the coming year - although at the time of writing he's still going strong!

Martin of Holland, Teddy of Paris and Sean Platter also hover gratifyingly just outside the top 10, but this method penalises the oldest A-Z entries, notably letters A-G which were also much sketchier and originally had censored images. These were not up to the standard of the articles from 'M' onwards. I have replaced most of the adulterated pictures now and have revised and extended several of these articles this year (e.g. Adam, The Amir, Axel, Cavelo). That work will continue in 2016.

The articles I post to this blog are very much based on my own interests and fancies. My readers preferences doesn't always match my own (where are Etienne, Les, JoeT and Link?). Nevertheless it's gratifying to see this interest in the great artists who often have a fairly low visibility on the web. I am hoping to finish the remaining A-Z letters in 2016 and take in some more CGI greats.

 To see previous results click on the MPP label below

Thanks to all of you for your continuing interest and support.