Most Popular Posts of 2015

Eddie Chin - The Window Cleaner

 According to my Blogger 'view count' stats, these are the most popular posts of 2015 

(titles link to original posts)

Posn	Title (+link)	Hits	Published
1	The Art of Eddie Chin	955	Apr
2	Nous Sommes Charlie!	669	Jan
3	You're Going Down! - 1	640	Jul
4	Ulf Retrospective - 2000	613	May
5	Yomero Transformation Art -1	533	Apr
6	You're Going Down - 4	523	Jul
7	Baron & Sherwin - Doubly Intimidating	473	May
8	Tagame is most popular post in 2014	461	Jan
9	Vintage Bondage - Leonard Chambers	442	Feb
10	You're Going Down! - 5	438	Jul
11	Ulf Retrospective - 2004 (Dangerous Marine)	383	Aug
12	You're Going Down! - 3	382	Jul
13	Ulf Retrospective - 2001	380	May
14	Most popular 'mitchmen posts of all time	365	Jan
15	First Catch Your Rogue - 5	363	Mar
16	I'm on the Train!	359	Apr
17	You're Going Down! -2	358	Jul
18	Real Men Ride The Wedge at Bound Gods	341	Aug
19	Ulf Retrospective 2004	334	Aug
20	Men Sharing Clothes 19 - Tight Gym Vests	331	Apr

This is for entertainment only, I don't know how valid or representative Google's stats really are and obviously posts from January have an advantage over December. That effect probably wouldn't have changed the winners much this year as nothing after August even made the cut, despite that figure being only 331, considerably lower than last year's 426. 

2015 was obviously not a vintage year for mitchmen posting! The top post would have been 2nd to Tagame last year, but the runner up would have only made 8th (see Last year's top 20). Only 10 posts beat the last years cut-off figure. My Artist Index page which started up this year got 723 hits but I haven't included it in the rankings.

There are plenty of surprises in this years ranking, not least at No 1, way ahead of the rest, my article on Eddie Chin's work. His subject matter of glamorous, celebrity beefcake imaginings doesn't fit my usual fetish-oriented style, but there's always room for clean art and handsome men! The transformational art of Yomero showing at an equally unexpected No 5, has similar technical qualities plus a wickedly inventive slant on the theme of race.

'Nous Sommes Charlie' at No 2 is a surprise we'd all rather not have had, but the cartoons assembled for this article remain superbly witty and incisive. It's ranking has no doubt been boosted by the prominent link I have placed in the blog sidebar. That will remain as a reminder that Freedom of Expression is our fight too.

This table is usually dominated by entries from my A-Z of Fetish Artists but I didn't post many of them in 2015 and none got into the top 20. However the 'Ulf Retrospective' articles which are excluded from the A-Z on technical grounds only, claimed 4 places despite my erratic posting schedule. This series will continue in 2016.

I'm particularly pleased that every one of the articles posted under the heading: 'You're Going Down' got into the top 20. This collection explored sex in prison through the work of various artists. The article dedicated to Kalabro's uncompromising lesson coming in at No 6 is a much deserved recognition of his ability.

The final big surprise is the presence of both of last year's 'most popular' articles at Nos 8 & 14. At one point it looked like these might head up this year's rankings which would be rather absurd. I suspect this result is more due to the popularity of Tagame and Mike Carcel (the two winners) than my analytical musings! 

The number of articles with photographic content rather than artwork in the top 20 this year was 3 compared with 2 last year. 

I will publish the updated list of all-time favourites shortly.

 To see previous results click on the MPP label below