Celebrating 50,000 Views: 7-Year Journey of Palaeontological Website Development

In this article I cover the websites growth and statistics for 2024 so far, alongside info about the websites development.

The website cleared a major viewership milestone over the past week passing over 50,000 views worldwide, a big achievement! I have put a lot of work into developing the website over the past seven years. It doesn’t really feel real actually reaching such a major viewership/reader milestone.

So far in 2024 the website has had 6,778 views. The final view count for 2023 saw a total of 11,831 readers. So, the websites stats this year so far are proceeding as expected.

If you have enjoyed the content on the website, please consider donating. I do not get paid for any of the content I do on here, so any donations received will go towards the costs of developing the website fully and ensuring the website has a secure future. Any donations received will be much appreciated! You can also find the donations form at the support my scicomm page.

The website started off as a pretty basic blog back in 2018 promoting scientific content covering palaeontological news stories. Today the website has become more of a base for me to showcase my palaeontological experience and work. It has been great to have such a fun online base to share everything palaeontology!

A big Thank You to everyone who has checked out the website and explored all its pages over the years! Especially those of you who keep coming back to read something new. I hope you have found something positive to take away from it all. A fossil fact you did not know about or some insight about how to pursue a career in palaeontology perhaps?

Maybe you just wanted to find out more information about dinosaurs! Whatever your interest, I hope you have found it fun, engaging and most importantly informative!

It is interesting looking back on when I started the blog as it was way back when in 2018. I had no idea of what I would go on to achieve!

This was pre-Masters, pre-studying palaeontology properly and pre-fieldwork experiences as well. I was just a writer who was passionate about sharing information about fossil discoveries and dinosaurs with the world.

I believe I have written seventy-six blog posts so far on the website! All of them are quite different and don’t just cover the standard fossil discovery or research. So, there is a lot of knowledge to gain from them. The blog archive is well worth exploring for some dinosaur and palaeo knowledge if you are new to the website, and haven’t checked it out yet.

I have many plans for the website’s continued and future development. I am working on content behind the scenes and the progress on this can be a bit slow. Everything on the website is ran solely by me I am afraid. No big social media palaeo team here!

It is pretty amazing to see how far the website has developed though in a fairly short space of time, despite being run by only one person. I wouldn’t have it any other way, but yeah the website has been a lot of work!

Over the past few months, I have made significant revisions to some of the websites pages. Some examples of this include the about page which is a lot more informative and engaging now. Other pages have developed further like the Jurassic Coast Trust Ambassador page and the fieldwork page.

I have added the latest blog article for the Jurassic Coast Trust to the website as well, here is the link: Faunal Diversity: Judith River Formation and the Jurassic Coast. The article covers my most recent fieldwork in Montana. It focuses on the fossil faunal diversity in comparison with what is seen on the Jurassic Coast.

I am excited to develop the website further this year and beyond. Who knows, in another seven years the website might even hit 100,000 global views?

I highly recommend following the website to keep to date with the latest developments. You can find all relevant science communication links at the scicomm links page as well.