As we celebrate our one-year anniversary around the hallowed halls of IN Kansas City, we thought it only proper to do a “By The Numbers” on all of our achievements, accomplishments and accolades. (insert golf clap here)
A big shout-out to all of you—our ever-present readers—for helping our company become a stark-raving success—everything from the magazine to the website to our social media channels. Our lifestyle content has become what we’re known for and what we take pride in.
Here’s a random look back at all the stats that are fit to print, so to speak:
Number of magazines published: 13
Number of unique peeps to visit our website: 319,579
Number of countries who have visited our website: 176 (We’re big-HUGE in Canada! Our neighbors to the north love us.)
Number of photo shoots: 105 (whew, that’s a lot of shutter clicks)
Number of contributing photographers: 10
Number of contributing writers: 33
Number of Tim Finn concert reviews: 43 (His fave? Beck. The most read? Fleetwood Mac.)
Number of original digital articles published: 1,387
Most read online article: 6,600+ hits — Five Things You Don’t Know About Me: Cartoonist Brian Gordon
Longest magazine article: 2,555 words—Troost Renaissance: Revitalization or Gentrification? Or Can It Be Both? (Also, one of our most shared articles as well.)
Total magazine pages published: 1,714
Most shared article: Five Things You Don’t Know About Me: Cartoonist Brian Gordon
Second most shared article: Guy Fieri Set To Open His New KCP&L Taco Restaurant Next Month
Number of celebs we’ve interviewed: 22 (Shout out Paul Rudd! Shout out Jane Fonda! Shout out Queer Eye boys! Shout out, Don Cheadle!)
Number of times Andrew Dice Clay %&^$# swore in our %*&^%$# interview with him: 2,492,666—give or %&^$# take.
Number of professional wrestlers we’ve profiled: 1 — Niles Plonk. (And he’s a villain!)
Number of show reviews courtesy of our theater critics Lonita Cook and Brandon Tietz: 22 (Lonita’s fave? KC Ballet’s West Side Story. Brandon’s fave? Book of Mormon.)
Number of sponsored events: 48. (We see you Kansas City Fashion Week! Hey there, Bloom! Cheers, Kemper Gala! Bring it on, Bra Couture!)
Number of advertising partners: 241
Number of This Week In Kansas City e-newsletters: 53 (That’s 5,356,290 emails, but who’s counting?)
Biggest seller: Natch! Our first edition! Sold out!
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