Week of August 1: two exclusives and a 25% traffic jump
Pageviews rose 25% to 42,877, led by two exclusives, while new confirmed subscribers climbed from 48 to 95.
42,877 weekly pageviews
Key metrics
- 42,877 weekly pageviews (+25% vs previous period)
- 249 articles published (-2% vs previous period)
- 95 new subscribers (+98% vs previous period)
Major traffic events
- Two exclusives dominated — The OpenAI agents story drew 10,864 views and the Apple engineer story drew 9,204.
- Traffic climbed — Weekly pageviews reached 42,877, up 25% from 34,208 the prior week.
- Subscriber growth accelerated — New confirmed subscribers rose to 95 from 48 the prior week.
Lessons, mistakes & surprises
I’m tentatively reading the week as evidence that exclusive reporting can concentrate attention: the two top stories were both labeled EXCLUSIVE and drew 10,864 and 9,204 views.
I’m also watching whether subscriber growth holds: new confirmed subscribers rose from 48 to 95 while articles published slipped from 255 to 249.
A note from Ryan
Great week. What's not picked up here is how I got the scoop. I was luckly enough to follow Greg Brockman, at OpenAI, and he posted a photo of opening slide at the event, which happened to have the QR code for those who needed closed captions of what was said on stage, live. So I scanned it, and followed along live until I heard the scoops. :)
We also launched a chat room with real-time news posts so we can hang out and talk the news.
And I got interviewed by a major publication. Article to drop soon!