Open Thread: YARPP Stats Update 2023
If you visit a lot of blogs, you may have noticed “related posts” at the bottom of current posts, inviting you down a rabbit hole of content that in theory will also interest you. The plugin I use to create that selection is YARPP, and back in 2020, I went through and found out which posts got the most incoming links. It’s been three years since then, so I decided to do it again.
Anthologies still top the list thanks to having a lot of tags in common with each other and also solo works. The ones that were tops last time remain there, but are proportionately less dominating than they were, due to new anthologies drawing off some of the links. Series where I reviewed more than one of the same thing tended to perform strongly. And since I’ve started being much more proactive about reviewing movies since 2019, more of those have joined the list at at least ten incoming links.
Again from last time, several of the top performers in this category are not among the posts that are most popular or that draw people to my blog. They just have a lot in common with posts that do.
Let’s look at the list!
Great Thrillers: 101 Suspenseful Tales-121
Great Supernatural Stories: 101 Horrifying Tales-108
Classic American Short Stories-88
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories-59
Weekly Shonen Jump-53
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2014-48
The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch Volume 3-41
Showcase Presents Robin the Boy Wonder Vol. 1-38
Shonen Jump Weekly-35
Showcase Presents: DC Comics Presents Superman Team-Ups-32
Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1-30
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology-28
Showcase Presents Super Friends-26
Comic Book History of Comics: Birth of a Medium-25
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1952-25
The Book of Cthulhu-23
Rediscovery: Science Fiction by Women Volume 2-23
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Heroes 1-22
The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries-21
Essential Ms. Marvel Vol. 1-21
The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume 9: The Millenium Express-20
Writers of the Future, Volume 34-20
Jewish Noir-19
Rad Women Worldwide-19
The Valancourt Book of World Horror Stories Vol. 1-19
The Good, the Bad, and the Mad-18
Rin-Ne Volumes 38-40-18
Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories-17
Dick Tracy-17
Essential Defenders Vol. 6-17
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1949-16
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2021-16
The Jail Gates Are Open-16
The Case of the Fenced-In Woman | Inspector West Takes Charge-15
Conjunctions: 51 The Death Issue-15
Dirty Harry-15
Futaba-kun Change! Vol. 1-15
Headstrong-15
Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters-15
A Man Lay Dead-15
Penny Dreadfuls: Sensational Tales of Terror-15
The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume Two 1937-1939-15
Showcase Presents: Superman Family Volume 4-15
Showcase Presents the Great Disaster Featuring the Atomic Knights-15
Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition-15
100 Wicked Little Witch Stories-14
Case Closed, Volumes 77-79-14
Dragon Lord-14
Essential Captain Marvel Vol. 2-14
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table-14
Last Hope Island-14
Shonen Jump-14
Showcase Presents: The Brave and the Bold Batman Team-ups, Volume 1-14
Showcase Presents the Flash, Volume 4-14
Vampire Princess Miyu Volume Two: Encounters-14
Analog Science Fiction Science Fact December 1984-13
Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021-13
The Best of Planet Stories #1-13
The Black Bat #1: Brand of the Black Bat & Murder Calls the Black Bat-13
The Blue Fairy Book-13
Case Closed, Volumes 74, 75 & 76-13
Dangerous Visions and New Worlds-13
Demon Slayer-13
Essential Tomb of Dracula, Volume 2-13
High Adventure #160: Ten Detective Aces Special-13
Insurrections of the Mind-13
Lapham’s Quarterly: Spring 2015 Swindle & Fraud-13
Project A 2-13
Rin-Ne Volume 33-13
Rio Bravo-13
Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Volume 2-13
War Wings-13
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May/June 2021-12
Batman Archives Volume 1-12
Call Me Princess-12
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard-12
Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1953-12
The Pocket Book of Adventure Stories-12
Rin-Ne Volume 25-12
Rin-Ne Volumes 7,8 & 9-12
The Superman Chronicles Volume One-12
Action Presidents: George Washington-11
Destroy All Monsters-11
Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space-11
High Adventure #170: Best of Science Fiction Stories-11
I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying-11
InuYasha Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island-11
Magnum Force-11
Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics-11
Monster Collection: The Girl Who Can Deal with Magic Monsters, Volume 5-11
Rin-Ne Volumes 21, 24 & 26-11
Rin-Ne Volumes 36 & 37-11
Showcase Presents Men of War-11
Vinland Saga Volume Ten-11
The War of the Worlds-11
World’s Best Science Fiction: Third Series-11
Wounded Tiger-11
The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Second Annual Volume-11
The 36 Ancient Chinese Strategies for Modern Business-10
2000 AD #2020-24-10
Anime for Speculative Fiction Fans-10
The Chinese Cat-10
Cromartie High School, Vol. 3-10
Detective Fiction Weekly April 8 1939-10
Essential Rampaging Hulk, Vol. 1-10
Fist of Fury-10
From the Cross to the Church-10
Great Historical Coincidences-10
Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?-10
Lone Wolf & Cub Omnibus 1-10
Mamma Mia! The Movie-10
The Man with the Iron Fists-10
My Love Story!! Volume 1-10
Octavia’s Brood-10
The Pocket Book of Science Fiction-10
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collection 1-10
Princess Knight-10
The Return of the Five Deadly Venoms-10
Season of Marvels: Viking Tales-10
The Shadow #61: The Triple Trail & Murder Genius-10
Showcase Presents: Batman, Volume 6-10
Star Trek 2-10
A Storm of Swords-10
Twin Dragons-10
UQ Holder! Vol. 1-10
USA Noir-10
Vertigo CYMK-10
Water~Stone Review Volume 9: What Prevails-10
Anything here that looks good or intriguing to you? Anything you’re surprised by? Your own experience with related posts? Let me know!
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