#123 - What about the pageviews?

#123

                July 4, 2022

            #123 - What about the pageviews?

                On our millions of pageviews, reaching a new user signup milestone, a not so nerve-wracking database upgrade, and an upcoming search dropdown.

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#123 | 4 July 2022

What about the pageviews?

I'm often too busy talking about the number of signups, active users, and paying users, that I forget to talk about our pageview stats!

One million pages and five million different books are viewed on StoryGraph each day! 🤩

And because of things like our public Browse All Books and Reading Challenge Directory sections, millions of people can get value from the product and discover new books without needing an account! 😊

Since last time...

We surpassed our millionth user signup! 🎉

13k more signups since we hit one million on June 26th!

Just over one year ago I started this newsletter as a way to stay accountable as a solo founder, asking my one hundred readers (there are almost five thousand of you now) as I embarked on building a beta app: Will people actually use it?

Well....

😌 😁

The day before we hit our millionth signup, I had cause to remember this tweet of mine from August 2019:

That's because we were doing a database upgrade!

Despite having a million more user accounts to worry about, what makes database maintenance work a lot less nerve-wracking? Having Rob Frelow as your co-founder and doing weeks of planning and preparation together. 🥰

Next two weeks

I hope the search dropdown has launched! There are quite a few bits and pieces to take care of to ensure that it works smoothly across all sorts of devices. 🤞🏾

Don't y'all worry. It's not going to look like this!

This is some real behind-the-scenes footage for ya. 😅😆

What I'm reading

I'm almost done with my first Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel, her debut, Purple Hibiscus, and my Up Next Suggestions pointed me in the direction of Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah Harari. His Sapiens is one of my all-time faves!

Have a great week,

Nadia

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