All Time Most Popular Post, up to 2025 (MPP3)

A gym assistant performs oral, stim spotting for heavyweight favourite, Julio Rodriguez, as he ramps up his preparations for the Nationals later this year.

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 Art by this year's MPP3 winner - IFNB.

 

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I've flipped the 'all time' popularity listings again this year to give precedence to hit rates averaged out over the number of years since publication. This is a method that gives recent articles the same chance as older ones. The figure in the last column illustrates the benefit to younger articles. I have retained the 'total number of hits since publication' as a secondary measure, but it has reached a point where older articles have established unassailable totals.

 

 

Table 1

Articles with the Highest Average Hits per Year Since Publication (to 2025)

 

Article	Year Published	Ave Hits per year (last yr)	Position (& last year)	'Total Hits' position
IFNB – A Fantasy World of Bodybuilders	2018	7596 (8226)	1 (1)	2
The Milking Factory	2017	6888 (7209)	2 (2)	1
Milking Factories - 3	2018	3557 (3937)	3 (5)	6
The Art of Amalaric – 1, A Slave To Passion	2020	3542 (4140)	4 (3)	13
Priapus of Milet - 1	2012	3504 (3643)	5 (6)	3
Homoeros Gallery Guide	2018	3496 (3981)	6 (4)	7
Art by Shenguanlin	2023	3023	7 (-)	61
Etienne - Index of articles at mitchmen	2016	2577 (2771)	8 (7)	9
Milking Factories-4	2019	2432 (2664)	9 (8)	14
A-Z of Fetish Artists – Mike Carcel	2010	2348 (2438)	10 (9)	5
A-Z of Fetish Artists - Cavelo	2008	2301 (2358)	11 (12)	4
The Art of Homoeros - 6 (Art of The Cross)	2018	2224 (2362)	12 (11)	15
The Art of BrosFate – 3	2020	2085 (2408)	13 (10)	23
The Art of BrosFate – 1	2020	1951 (2222)	14 (13)	28
Ain Postolos - Milking Fact Workers	2024	1908	15 (-)	297
The Art of Amalaric – 3 Hunks & Manipulators	2020	1746 (1966)	16 (14)	37
The Art of Homoeros - 1 (Beefcake Boys)	2018	1629 (1782)	17 (15)	24
Another Milking Factory, No 2	2018	1614 (1729)	18 (17)	21
A New Life For Our Air Force Boys	2017	1524 (1665)	19 (18)	22
A Christmas Criminal	2015	1513 (1593)	20 (20)	17
Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Jotto	2009	1484	21 (-)	8
IFNB 3 - International Federation of Naked Bodybuilders Newsletter	2024	1484	21 (-)	312

Stats compiled 31/12/25

Shortcut to Last Year's Table (2024)

IFNB and Milking Factory topped the table again this year and continue to comfortably outscore every other post in the blog on a regular basis (bar one this year). They both benefitted from related, new posts - namely, IFNB Newsletter, which reached 21 on this ranking, just outside the chart and the continuing stream of Milking Factory posts, including ones by this year's golden boy, Shenguanlin and the other new entry from Ain Postolos, who creditably sustained his initial popularity into a second year.

The gap between the top two closed again this year, but the chasing pack has been falling further and further behind, including 'Milking Factory 3' which leapfrogged the competition into 3rd place. The only post keeping pace with the heavy scoring of the top two this year was Art by Shenguanlin, which gatecrashed the table into 7th place. 

Some former giants drifted downwards  - Amalaric (at 4, 16), MCarcel (10) and Brosfate (13, 14). Also Homoeros (6, 12, 17) despite his good showing in the new posts chart. They were all either elbowed aside by the new bloods or displaced by some old hands showing their longevity - Priapus at 5 (up 1), Cavelo at 11 (up 1).  

Etienne's index of articles (8) also declined, but was one of the few articles to register higher hits in 2025 than the previous year, thanks to synergies generated with the Exclusively-Etienne Google Group. My marketing efforts at 'X' helped my own 'A Christmas Criminal' to do the same trick, managing to hang onto 20th spot despite strong challenges from IFNB Revisted and Shenguanlin's Milking Factory 14.

Dropping out of the table, were 'Come and Get It!' (was 16) which has become redundant with the transfer of Royale Studio material to the new Royale blog.  Also, 'Milking Factories 5 -Development Lab' (was 19)

The entry level to this table is now 1484 down 7% from 1593 last year. That score is not beyond the scores of the best new articles, but I don't allow articles less than one year old in this table. There were several this year whose time-averaged scores would have got them in, but only thanks to ultra short periods since publication.

The A-Z Index of Artists at mitchmen hit score presently averages 10,363

The table below shows the old 'Total Hits' measure 

Table 2 mitchmen Articles With Most Hits Since Publication to end 2025

Posn (last yr)	Title of Post (& link)	Year of Pub'n	Cum Hits	Hits in 2025
1 (1)	The Milking Factory	2017	61107	4367
2 (2)	IFNB – A Fantasy World of Bodybuilders	2018	59393	3298
3 (3)	Priapus of Milet - 1	2012	48,051	1740
4 (4)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Cavelo	2008	40547	1354
5 (5)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – Mike Carcel	2010	36643	1048
6 (6)	Milking Factories - 3	2018	27070	1043
7 (7)	Homoeros Gallery Guide	2018	24655	559
8 (8)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Jotto	2009	24001	477
9 (9)	Etienne - index of articles at mitchmen	2016	23590	1000
10 (11)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Franco	2009	20937	893
11 (10)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Malex	2010	20645	358
12 (12)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Brick	2008	20379	2299
13 (13)	The Art of Amalaric 1 - A Slave To Passion	2020	18971	937
14 (14)	Milking Factories-4	2019	16928	1046
15 (16)	The Art of Homoeros – 6 (Art of The Cross)	2018	16396	1347
16 (15)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – Martin of Holland	2010	15818	529
17 (17)	A Christmas Criminal by Mitchell (1-5)	2015	15171	782
18 (18)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – The Hun	2009	14496	238
19 (19)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Kalabro	2009	13632	741
20 (20)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Julius	2009	12983	451

 

As expected, there were no major upheavals in the Total Hits list. Franco and Malex swapped positions at 10 & 11 and Homoeros - Part 6 overtook Martin of Holland (at 15 & 16). There wasn't a single new entry. The last column shows how strongly the leaders continue to pull away from the rest of the pack, who are now a long, long way behind them. Only Brick at 12 looks set to make any progress. 

 

This table has a number of older articles which no longer feature in Table 1, but have built up big totals in earlier years which are almost unassailable by new entries. Franco, Malex, Brick, Martin of Holland, The Hun, Kalabro and Julius are all a long way down the hit rate table, but their position here doesn't seem under serious challenge. 

 

The entry level to this all-time top 20 is now 12,983 about 450 more than last year. It's about 10 times the winning total of most new posts these days.

 

The mitchmen  'Index of Artists' page reached 105,844 hits at the end of 2024, a 6% rise (compared with 13% last time). It would have earned top spot in this ranking if I counted it as a post.

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The articles I post to this blog are very much based on my own interests and fancies but the results of this survey do help me plan future offerings. My readers preferences doesn't always match my own (where are Les, JoeT and Link?). Nevertheless it's gratifying to see such interest in the great gay fetish artists who often have a fairly low visibility on the web.

Remember, this comparison is only made for entertainment, since I don't really know how accurate Google's stats are, they don't seem to add up to the overall hits at the blog and I suspect they don't count the activity of people who just browse through the blog roll.

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

 

This annual set of articles is made up of 3 charts

MPP1 - Most Popular New Post of the Year 

MPP2 - Most Popular Post during the Year (All articles )

MPP3 - Most Popular Post of All Time (i.e. cumulative performance)

that's this article!

 

Charts and reviews for earlier years can be accessed by clicking the 'MPP' label below

Most Popular Post in 2025 (MPP2)

Shenguanlin - Slave Delivery

Shenguanlin's niche take on sanitaryware design
was the most visited of all the posts at mitchmen in 2025. 

 The table below lists the top 20. Commentary notes follow. 
(Titles have links to the original posts).

 

TABLE 1 - Top 20 Posts at mitchmen (in 2024)

 

Rank (last yr)	Title (+link)	Total Hits	Last year	Pub Date	Note
1 (18)	Art by Shenguanlin	6065	929	2023	1
2 (1)	The Milking Factory - No 1	4367	5355	2017	4
3 (2)	IFNB A Fantasy World of Body Builders	3298	4338	2018	4
4 (3)	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Brick	2299	2671	2008	2
5 (-)	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists -Teddy of Paris	1907	645	2014	2
6 (11)	Milking Factory 14 by Shenguanlin	1813	1127	2023	1
7 (-)	IFNB 3 - Newsletter	1794	955	2024	4
8 (7)	Priapus of Milet - 1	1740	1936	2012	2
9 (-)	Art by Shenguanlin - 2	1662	447	2023	1
10 (4)	A-Z of Fetish Artists - Cavelo	1354	2572	2008	2
11 (6)	The Art of Homoeros - 6 (Crucifixion)	1347	2001	2018	3
12 (-)	Ain Postolos - Milking Factory Recruits	1332	1475	2024	3
13 (12)	A-Z of Fetish Artists – Mike Carcel	1048	1100	2010	2
14 (8)	Milking Factories – No 4	1046	1489	2019	4
15 (10)	Milking Factories - No 3	1043	1170	2018	4
n/a	Homoeros Recent Work - 1	1030	-	2025	3
16 (17)	Etienne/Stephen – Index to Articles	1000	933	2016	1,2
17 (5)	The Art of Amalaric – 1 A Slave To Passion	937	2169	2020	1
18 (-)	Mitchell's A-Z of Fetish Artists - Franco	893	716	2009	2
19 (15)	Another Milking Factory (No 2)	836	965	2018	4
20 (-)	Milking Parlour by Jakarta and Muscle Destroyer	792	604	2022	4

 

(Stats collected on 31st December 2025) 

 

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The top members of this table haven't changed much over the last few years, so Shenguanlin's leap into the No 1 position is a dramatic change, the most since the Etienne/Stephen – Index of Articles entered at No 1 in 2020.  Such events usually result in no more than a minor shuffling of the top names, but not so this year. 3 new articles entered in top 10 positions, and those previously occupying 4th and 5th places had dramatic falls. 6 articles dropped out of the table altogether*, the most since 2021. It's still the case, however, that the top three are way ahead of everyone else.  

 

The surge of interest in Shenguanlin pulled his 'Milking Factory 14' up to No 6 and the follow-up article 'Sheguanlin 2' into the table for the first time at 9. This phenomenon was triggered by the artist seeing my articles and suggesting to his followers on 'X' that they might have a look.

 

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I have no equivalent explanation as to why Teddy of Paris has made such a dramatic return to this chart (for the first time since 2019). Last year he was down at 40th position, but he is a classy artist and deserves all the recognition he can get. Class does tell in this chart, as witness the gaggle of articles from as long ago as 2008-2012. Old hands, like Brick, Franco and Priapus may have been boosted by their recent new works and Etienne, by 'rediscoveries' and AI adaptations publicised here, but Cavelo and Mike Carcel seem to constantly win new followers purely based on their back catalogue and reputation. 

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As usual, I have excluded last year's new posts from this table, because their initial flush of visits in a short space of time can be misleading. In practice, only one qualified this year, Homoeros Recent Work - 1 the Top 2025 New Post. I have shown where it would have finished in the table. Its publication may have mitigated the decline of The Art of Homoeros - 6 (Crucifixion) and loss of 

The Art of Homoeros -1 (Beefcake Boys) from the chart. 

 

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Two of last year's new posts made their debut this year. 'IFNB Newsletter', at 7, was my attempt to recreate the spirit of the original IFNB blog. It joined the long-running, original IFNB post (3), but effectively displaced the follow-up 'IFNB Revisited' from the table.  

 

 'Ain Postolos - Milking Factory Recruits' came in at 12 bringing the total of Milking Factory articles in the table to 7, including a welcome first appearance for the astonishing videoettes taken from an Australian TV series in Milking Parlour at No 20. Milking Factory 1 relinquished its top position after 3 years but, as entry point to the series, continues to score heavily. Ain Postolos is the only AI article in this year's table, which doesn't cover that trend in last year's new posts.

 

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*Articles that dropped out of the table this year (previous position in brackets) were:

 The Art of Amalaric – 3 Hunks & Manipulators (9) 

 IFNB Revisited (13)

The Art of Brosfate – 1 (14) 

A New Life For Our Air Force Boys (16)

 The Bondage Art of Black Prof (19)

The Art of Homoeros -1 (Beefcake Boys) (20) 

 

 

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Articles from no less than 13 different years are represented in this year's table. 10 by traditional artists, 5 are by renderers, 3 by photo-manipulators, 1 video edit and 1 AI.   

The mitchmen 'Index of Artists' page recorded 6540 hits in 2025, down by nearly a half on 2024.  Overall hit counts at the blog increased, but much of this was spam traffic attracted by my signposting of the blog at 'X'. Analysis of the top 200 articles suggests a small drop in genuine visits. Blogger seems to have been switching sign-in barriers on and off this year, and its whole approach to adult content has become less tolerant, very muddled and opaque, leaving me frustrated and confused. 'X' is refreshingly straightforward, but not suited to in-depth articles. Promotions there have boosted visits to the blog but only temporarily, apart from the Shenguanlin phenomenon.

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  Nexttime,e I will reveal the most popular mitchmen post of all time, based on cumulative hits,

To look at other charts for earlier years, just click on the MPP label at the foot of this post.

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

Keep the restraint tight in 2025!

Most popular New post of 2025 (MPP1)

At this time of year, I always look back over the 12 months just ended to see which post was the most popular amongst the blog readership. In this first article, I look at the new posts added to the blog during the year.

 

Homoeros - Hill Billy Elegy 7

Stripped naked with his hands tied behind his back, hiker Leo is confronted by his scary, fem-dom nemesis at the Hill Billy camp. An image I did not include in my selection from the story produced by this year's winner, Homoeros. 

 

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The table below lists the most popular of the new mitchmen posts during 2025. I'm sticking with last year's method of simply counting hits with a mention of other factors in the notes.

(Titles have links to the original posts, column 4 shows hit rate ranking (i.e. hits divided by time since publication. On mobiles, the table is best viewed by turning your phone sideways)

 

TABLE 1 - Top 20 New Posts at mitchmen in 2025

 

Rank	Title (+link)	Total Hits	Hit Rate Ranking	Pub Month	Note
1	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 1	1030	1	Feb	1
2	Dr Smith (Film 911)	667	13	Feb	3
3	Etienne's Medical Images	659	3	Sep	4
4	AI Art by Hongd542 - 1	644	11	Mar	5
5	Recent Art by Hongd542	634	5	Aug	5
6	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 2	620	14	Feb	1
7	Punishment of a Sailor (Miloinvinculis)	592	2	Oct	2
8	Milking Factories by Hijaden2	590	18	Jan	6
9	Most Popular New Post of 2024 (MPP1)	487	26	Jan	6
10	Milking Factory 24 by BedVC	476	6	Sep	6
11	Franco Milking Machine Art	469	12	Jun	7
12	The Art of Miloinvinculis	461	1	Nov	2
13	AI Art by Hongd542 - 2	451	20	Mar	5
14	New Art By 'Gay-Roman-Fantasy' (AI)	437	15	Apr	7
15	Milking Factory 25 by BedVC	436	7	Sep	6
16	Etienne - 'Fishing is a Dangerous Sport'	434	8	Aug	4
17	Julius Milk Collection	428	27	Feb	4
18	'Meet The Spartans' by Moosemind (AI)	416	17	Apr	7
19	Naked Bondage Art by tru3ai	402	4	Oct	7
20	Homoeros Recent Work (2025) - 3	401	23	Jan	1

 

(Stats collected on 31st Dec 2025) 

NOTES

 

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In a year that seemed destined to be dominated by AI imagery, it was an old friend, Homoeros, using non-AI, render technique, who provided the most popular post of the year - and No 6, and No 20 (which literally crept in on the last day of the count!). His winning total did not match the 1475 scored by last year's winner, but comfortably beat the runner-up in both years. This artist regularly features in the mitchmen charts, but this was his first win in any category. His success was foreshadowed in 2024 by the interest shown in the 'Ross in Trouble' post. (View last year's table).

 

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Homoseros' 3 posts had the benefit of a full year to pick up hits, which meant a poorer showing (at 9) in the hit-rate chart, which averages out the scores over time. On that measure, the laurels were won by Miloinvinculis whose spectacular, AI, water torture videoettes put him first and second in that chart. However his late appearance at the blog restricted him to 7th and 12th in the main chart. It remains to be seen if this promising performance can be sustained over a much longer period than the present, meagre 6 to 7 weeks. I have a feeling I will be posting more of his work which will stimulate interest.

 

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The runner-up in the total hits chart was an article which featured medical interventions on hunks, by Dr Smith of Film 911. It was the only photograph-based article in the chart. I don't produce them very often, but there were three more just outside the top 20 this year - the cinematic Lost Patrol (22), the Chained Heroes' torture of Mercenary Nick (26) and the chilling, Dr Smith sequel, Mike, the Construction Worker (30). 

 

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Arguably the best all-round performance this year was by 'Etienne's Medical Images' which came 3rd in both measures, demonstrating the lasting appeal of traditional art in the hands of the old masters. Etienne is a regular in these charts, benefiting from AI updates by other artists (Car Wash just missed the cut this year) and also my own promotion of his art, which gave him another entry at 16 with 'Fishing is a Dangerous Sport'. My revision of Julius Milk Collection images at 17 was the other traditional art entry in the chart. My own art 'Jimmy's Midnight Visitor' finished at 22 just outside the cut-off.

 

5. 

The top AI posts came from Hongd542 at No 4 and No 5. He had another at 13 and a fourth, 'Hongd542 - Part 4' at 21, was just edged out of the chart by Homoeros at the last minute. Hong manages to wring an exceptional level of sexiness out of the restraints of commercial AI, and his attention to clothing amply compensates for the low level of explicitness. He can claim to be the most popular AI contributor of 2025.  

 

Since posting this, I have learned that Hongd542's account at Deviant Art has been deactivated (see comment below). I'll keep an eye out for him returning elsewhere 

  

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It wouldn't be mitchmen blog without a Milking Factory in the chart. This year, Hijaden2's, relatively modest and delicate renders of latex-clad, milk drones had a head start in January, which enabled him to secure 8th position, holding off the late charge of BedVC's sensual, testosterone-dripping, rubber clad 'Combatants' in September in numbers 24 and 25 in the Milking Factory series. BedVC had to content himself with 10th and 16th positions, but gained 6th and 7th in the time-adjusted table (compared with Hijaden2's 18th position) showing it might easily have been a different story. 

 

In a more equal universe, however, he might have also been up against another strong contender - Milking Factory 19 by Ain Postolos. Posted in Oct 2024, it scored only 355 hits in 2025, but 579 on a time averaged basis since first appearing, which would have qualified for 9th place if I had allowed it. His most recent work seems to have deepened his obsession with cavernous holes and gushing, giant penetrations. Hot, but not the stuff of this blog. However, I have to concede that his 'Dungeon Milking' image is largely responsible for last year's edition of this MPP1 post, Most Popular New Post of 2024, securing 9th position in the table.

 

7. 

Also on the subject of milking, Franco's AI-updated versions of his famed milking machines captured 11th position, showing yet again his incredible ability to adapt to and exploit new technology. Franco is an ever-present in the 'all-time' table (MPP3) and his evolving style is well-documented here from traditional drawings, through photo-manips to his current, modern computer-aided style. You obviously can teach an old dog new tricks! His latest iteration gifts us even more handsome test subjects, all being relentlessly tormented by impressive-looking engineering.

 

Franco, newly reborn as an AI artist, heads up a gaggle of AI contributors in the second half of the table. Besides Miloinvinculis and Hongd542, we have Gay Roman Fantasy at 14 and Moosemind at 18 both featuring ancient civilisations with enslavement themes and men to die for. Gay Roman Fantasy, like Miloinvinculis, gave us a video - of a Roman Slave Auction, an impressive demonstration of what AI will provide as it matures. 

 

Tru3ai, at 19, is arguably on a par with Hongd542 in the sexiness stakes but with a leaning towards bondage scenarios. His position was depressed by a late start (in October) but judging by his 4th place in the 'rate' table he may do better as time goes by. 

 

AI posts secured 12 of the 20 positions in the table, but not the top ones, which perhaps tells you something about the present standard and capabilities of the technology in the eyes of the blog readers. However, the remarkable AI videos that formed a major element of the last months of the year suggest it is too early to pass judgement. 

 

8. 

There was another deserving post from late 2024 which might have registered in this chart had its publication date fallen more favourably. I find it hard to assign a genre to the luscious cartoons represented in 'More Art by Doodlefish'. Released in mid-December 2024, it stood no chance of registering in that year's chart, but actually scored 596 hits in 2025 alone (and 660 on a time averaged basis). Either measure would have easily secured a place in the top 7 for this year.  

 

Scores overall were marginally down on last year, with the cut being 401 hits vs 428 last yr.

 

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This year's table features articles based on photographs, comics, cartoons, renders, traditional art and AI. The wealth of gay, artistic talent enhances all of our lives in difficult times. Long may it continue!

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Next time - The most viewed post of all the posts at mitchmen during 2025. 

 

 

A big, big Thank You! 

to all my readers for your interest in my blog, 

I hope mitchmen has managed to divert you from the tribulations of the world in 2025

 

 

 

 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

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