How many page views/day for your blog?

5-6 on average

that rises to 10-11 , if i am lucky..

i have daily hits of 100 -  120

i guess thats coz i do not have much on my blog. I usually do promotions on fb tweets and on blogger communities

My blog www.readitt.in  (18 months old) gets 1300 -1600 page views a day.

it takes time and effort to build blog traffic, I suggest to use effective seo if you want high traffic..

high traffic is only possible through search engines

Gowardhan Doddi

The simple truth is that the the various tips that people suggest never work for personal blogs. The majority of traffic needs to come from Google and to get such traffic, one needs to blog about things which people search for: technology, gadgets, movies, information ( academics: like programming, robotics), blogging tips etc. For such kind of blogs/ sites, the target audience is much larger. For a personal blog where one shares poems, stories and experiences, the majority of readers are co bloggers, who are a small number of the people on this earth and the page views are bound to be lesser. 

Even then, a personal blog can get more page views by blogging about things that are a good fit for personal blogs and are the things which people search for. A few examples are:

• Reviews of new books/ all time popular books.
• Opinions about trending news
• Essays on proverbs and other things ( A lot of students search for them ) 'Love vs Arranged Marriage' is a term people frequently search for. Some people might have been lucky enough to receive traffic to their entries through Google. Such a thing happened to me with my entry 'Colours of Life' for HP contest.

To get an estimate of the number of people who search a particular term, use Google Keyword Tool  A high number of searches/month doesn't guarantee that your traffic will increase, because a lot of people might have already written on that topic. You need to choose a search term and google it to see how many pages already exist on that topic. If the number if less than 10, (don't ask me why only 10?  Replace it with whatever number you want) your attempt will succeed, else your attempts may or may not succeed.

It might happen by chance that the one who has entered your blog through google is a reader of blogs. So, it is a good idea to do something that would make him return back to your blog. For example, for people who reach your site through google, you can display the facebook gadget and  e mail subscription gadget before any other gadget in the right margin.

If all the above things fail, move ahead and start a blog ( which looks like a website) full of educational content related to your undergraduate study. Students search for these things a lot and the number of websites catering to their needs are very few, with a lot of them being websites of professors. You can actually earn a good deal of money this way! 

I get around 5-15 a day. Dont really promote it except here. Cant on FB because I'm writing anonymously.

I launched my blog on 1st Jan 2013.  I had an average of 74 visits and 884 pages per day during January and hope it will increase this month.  Rather than focusing on the traffic, a lot of efforts are required to make presence on the Social Network and by visiting different blogs, sincerely writing comments and appreciating other bloggers.  This would certainly help in promoting the blog and eventually draw good traffic.

I also get in the 250-350 range. Not sure if a personal and fiction/poetry blog can go more than that. Guess Ranjith's advice is quite sensible.

around 500 at average 

I get around 450-500 unique visitors per day and my blog is 4 months old.

                 The most important thing is on-site optimisation if you want to get ranked in google better.Keyword density,optimising the titles of your blog posts are some of the few factors.

         And one more thing,the more you write,more the no of visitors!

Well can the page views per day be directly or indirectly related to the blog age? I have come across some non technology bloggers whose blog age < 3 months and still manage to hit 1000+ /day. My blog is 6 yrs old and still generating in the range 250 - 400 range!!

I would suggest that you should blog more often.I have 503 posts till now.

@Ranjith -Thanks ! great tips shared 

@TSW - Ranjith is right, Google keyword tool helps a lot to attract traffic other than that for a personal blog (poems /stories ), it depends on time and luck .Moreover , blogspots secure google pr less than that of the  websites , So, if you want to increase traffic , a domain (not blogspot) is the first step you should take.

TSW: 'Plate' turns ten at the end of this year and I just reached the 500 post mark!! So totally get what you mean.  And on average I get around 90-120 hits per day, but that's the increased number to what it was a few months ago.

In addition to all the tips mentioned here, the only other thing I can think of is just the simple thing about building relationships. Commenting on forums, and just being active :)

In order to get an idea of the number of hits the top websites get, take a look at BuyAds. Here are the page views and visitors ( monthly )  of some popular sites:

Tech Sites

• TechCrunch: 21,000,000 pageviews, 13,000,000 visitors
• Mashable: 100,000,000 pageviews, 23,000,000 visitors

Educational SItes ( Not blogs )

• Dictionary.com : 300,000,000 pageviews, 24,000,000 visitors
• DaniWeb: 10,000,000 pageviews, 4,700,000 visitors

So, if yours is a tech blog ( or site ) or an educational blog ( or site ), you should be getting anywhere between 1-10 lakh  visitors per month ( considering that those sites are maintained by a a group of people unlike most of our blogs which are run by a single person as a part time job or hobby ) , provided you have a large amount of quality content. If it is not the case, something is being done in the wrong way, probably SEO. 

Now, I am not sure what is the number of page views that can be considered to be high for a personal blog! 

As far as I know, it's difficult for personal bloggers/writers to attract google readers like the way tech/financial/travel and other such blogs-with-a-niche manage to do. One reason could be that the audience that each targets at and works towards building is relatively quite different.

Mine is a travel blog and I recieve around 4000 pageviews/day with majority of it coming from Google. Some things that work are assigning a pin-pointed titles, giving alt tag to images, guest posting, building backlinks by sharing stuff on various websites, social media, etc. But then, honestly speaking, I never went out of my way learning and implementing SEO and stuff. Whatever little that it has been, it's been a gradual progress with learning from and observing other knowledgable and experienced bloggers out here.

I think, before getting dejected by the number of pageviews that you are recieving, it is very important to ask yourself -- why and for whom do are blog? and then work things accordingly. What I have seen is that, a professional blogger who is looking to make money is more likely to go for google juice and link building etc. while the personal ones who look for writing and creative satisfaction generally go for interaction, loyal readership and networking.

Sebin: I know :) But I am actually rooting for the blog, haven't done too much different on it since it started of. except maybe put a few pictures, and participate in contests. But should mission increase traffic ever fully launch off, I'm going over to your blog and ripping off your tips! thank you for your suggestion.

wah... most of u have hits so much higher than mine!! >_< if im lucky i get 15!!! hehe, but then as ranjit and others mentioned, it's a personal blog and i blog as a hobby- to relieve stress etc.. maybe 1 day i might cross the 100 hits per day mark but i'm realistic. T_T

I have actually written an article to increase traffic to your blog no matter how shitty it is. Do check it out. Its already tripled my daily inflow ;)

Hmm! I'd love to bury my head in the sand somewhere :) Hv something like 100+ hits a day after abt a year of serious blogging and 150 + posts. Personal blog, of course, and no real interest in earning money from adsense (would hv continued working - as a policy expert I was earning for writing only and far more than blog ad revenues could ever give me :) ) but who does not love getting more readers.

Btw, are hits the main criterion? My Alexa stats show abt 32% bounces and abt 8 minutes average spent on site. As far as readership goes should one see low bounce rates and time spent on site as a better indicator of good readership? I mean if I get 1000 guys a day to my blog and 999 vanish the moment they see my blog would it not be better that I have two visitors both of whom stay and read? Hits would be 1000 in one case and 2 in the other, would they not? So, for a personal blog, should hits be the main criterion or should it be seen in tandem with other stats?

I'm receiving 450-500 page views on an average now.....I have a target to touch the 1k mark ASAP.....