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Overview
30 Aug – 28 Sep 2026
Busiest day — Wed 16 Sep, 2,294 visitors
| day | Visitors | Pageviews |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 30 Aug | 681 | 1,090 |
| Mon 31 Aug | 937 | 1,725 |
| Tue 1 Sep | 889 | 1,537 |
| Wed 2 Sep | 887 | 1,267 |
| Thu 3 Sep | 1,025 | 1,414 |
| Fri 4 Sep | 916 | 1,515 |
| Sat 5 Sep | 551 | 1,019 |
| Sun 6 Sep | 656 | 1,102 |
| Mon 7 Sep | 953 | 1,328 |
| Tue 8 Sep | 905 | 1,276 |
| Wed 9 Sep | 846 | 1,442 |
| Thu 10 Sep | 1,076 | 1,987 |
| Fri 11 Sep | 854 | 1,389 |
| Sat 12 Sep | 607 | 830 |
| Sun 13 Sep | 583 | 845 |
| Mon 14 Sep | 1,077 | 1,886 |
| Tue 15 Sep | 780 | 1,429 |
| Wed 16 Sep | 2,294 | 3,608 |
| Thu 17 Sep | 931 | 1,260 |
| Fri 18 Sep | 1,010 | 1,510 |
| Sat 19 Sep | 509 | 911 |
| Sun 20 Sep | 672 | 1,214 |
| Mon 21 Sep | 944 | 1,435 |
| Tue 22 Sep | 916 | 1,237 |
| Wed 23 Sep | 849 | 1,313 |
| Thu 24 Sep | 1,033 | 1,881 |
| Fri 25 Sep | 929 | 1,646 |
| Sat 26 Sep | 556 | 818 |
| Sun 27 Sep | 632 | 859 |
| Mon 28 Sep (incomplete) | 570 | 912 |
| Page | Visitors | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
/ | 10,312 | 46% |
/notes/2026/09/why-we-stopped-using-cookies-and-what-happened-to-our-numbers-afterwards | 7,631 | 34% |
/notes/2026/09/a-year-of-bread | 3,197 | 14% |
/about | 2,269 | 10% |
| Source | Visitors | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
news.ycombinator.com | 7,174 | 32% |
Direct / None | 6,456 | 29% |
Google | 3,139 | 14% |
DuckDuckGo | 1,435 | 6% |
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| Path | Visitors |
|---|---|
/ → /about → /uses | 420 |
/notes/2026/09/why-we-stopped-using-cookies-and-what-happened-to-our-numbers-afterwards → / → /about | 390 |
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fieldnotes.blog had 4,739 visitors and 9,012 pageviews in the last 7 days.
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943visitors from AI, last 30 days
| Assistant | Visitors | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
ChatGPT | 471 | 2% |
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Claude | 135 | less than 1% |
Gemini | 90 | less than 1% |
Copilot | 45 | less than 1% |
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