Hashnode August update: 2330 new blogs, 300K unique readers and 1M views
Hey everyone!
I hope you all are safe and are doing well. I am thrilled to share another strong update this month. Here's a quick overview of our August growth numbers. I hope you will find it interesting.
Traction Update 📈
- New blogs (individual publications) created: 2330 ( > 50% jump compared to July)
- Around 1000 developers wrote 2048 blog posts. Last month we saw around 1000 blog posts from 500 writers. So, we have hit more than 50% growth here as well.
- Content produced by the Hashnode community has been read close to 1M times this month. Unique reads is around 300,000. Compared to last month, growth is more than 60%.
- New sign ups this month: 4000 (33.3% growth compared to July)
I would say this is a big win for the whole Hashnode community 🥳. Let's stay motivated and hit > 20% growth in September too.
You can read my July growth update here: hashnode.com/post/hashnode-july-update-150…
We listened to you and shipped tons of features this month. Here is a list of the major additions:
- Hashnode Ambassador Program
- Medium Importer
- Custom Widget Support
- Edit post permalink
- RSS feeds for tags
- Allow authors to delete comments on their posts
- Support Web Monetization
- Add any meta tag to blog’s
<head> - Upgrade Feature Requests
- Drag and drop support in the Editor
- Upload image from clipboard
.. and many more small enhancements
Welcoming Edidiong, our new team member 🙌
I am excited to announce that Edidiong Asikpo has joined us as a Developer Advocate. She has been a Hashnode power user and loves creating content for developers. I am sure we'll make a huge impact together.
Lastly, I would like to thank you for you continued support. 🙏 With this kind of growth we are more motivated and excited than ever. Be a part of our growth, invite your developer friends to Hashnode and unlock some of the exclusive features for an enhanced experience.