Autocade reaches 42 million page views

Surprisingly, we have cracked 42 million page views in two months, and that’s with “AI” bot blocks. We’re also blocking bot activity from Semrush (there is a lot of attempted entry), and letting through Ahrefs in a controlled way (a page a day, I believe).

I’ve detailed the maths elsewhere: the original site netted at least 27,647,011 views before the reinstalled one appeared on our current server. Unfortunately, the friend I had helping me was unable to import the old stats and the counter was reset.

Page views were actually higher than 27,647,011 but that was the last figure I recorded, a day before the switchover. Add the 14,356,310 that the counter now shows, and we get 42,003,321.

The latest entry (the 5,329th model) is the Saab Sonett III, which my friend Keith Adams (AROnline, Parker’s) wrote many years ago. However, he entered it as part of a broader Saab Sonett II entry. I’ve divided them into two but preserved Keith’s words, while adding a few tiny things.

Here’s how the traffic has developed—the sort of anorak info that used to appear on my blog.

March 2008: launch
April 2011: 1,000,000 (three years for first million)
March 2012: 2,000,000 (11 months for second million)
May 2013: 3,000,000 (14 months for third million)
January 2014: 4,000,000 (eight months for fourth million)
September 2014: 5,000,000 (eight months for fifth million)
May 2015: 6,000,000 (eight months for sixth million)
October 2015: 7,000,000 (five months for seventh million)
March 2016: 8,000,000 (five months for eighth million)
August 2016: 9,000,000 (five months for ninth million)
February 2017: 10,000,000 (six months for 10th million)
June 2017: 11,000,000 (four months for 11th million)
January 2018: 12,000,000 (seven months for 12th million)
May 2018: 13,000,000 (four months for 13th million)
September 2018: 14,000,000 (four months for 14th million)
February 2019: 15,000,000 (five months for 15th million)
June 2019: 16,000,000 (four months for 16th million)
October 2019: 17,000,000 (four months for 17th million)
December 2019: 18,000,000 (just under three months for 18th million)
April 2020: 19,000,000 (just over three months for 19th million)
July 2020: 20,000,000 (just over three-and-a-half months for 20th million)
October 2020: 21,000,000 (three months for 21st million)
January 2021: 22,000,000 (three months for 22nd million)
April 2021: 23,000,000 (three months for 23rd million)
June 2021: 24,000,000 (two months for 24th million)
August 2021: 25,000,000 (two months for 25th million)
October 2021: 26,000,000 (two months for 26th million)
January 2022: 27,000,000 (three months for 27th million)
April 2022: 28,000,000 (three months for 28th million)
August 2022: 29,000,000 (four months for 29th million)
December 2022: 30,000,000 (three months, 10 days for 30th million)
April 2023: 31,000,000 (four months for 31st million)
August 2023: 32,000,000 (four months for 32nd million)
October 2023: 33,000,000 (two months for 33rd million)
December 2023: 34,000,000 (two months for 34th million)
February 2024: 35,000,000 (one month, 10 days for 35th million)
March 2024: 36,000,000 (two months for 36th million)
May 2024: 37,000,000 (two months for 37th million)
July 2024: 38,000,000 (two months for 38th million)
September 2024: 39,000,000 (two months for 39th million)
December 2024: 40,000,000 (three months for 40th million)
February 2025: 41,000,000 (two months for 41st million)
April 2025: 42,000,000 (two months for 42nd million)

I take nothing for granted, and we have seen fluctuations before. Never time to rest on one’s laurels.