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Charles Rotter
We missed this story twelve days ago but this is still something worth noting and celebrating.
We can celebrate a remarkable milestone for a beacon of reason in the climate debate: Watts Up With That (WUWT) has surpassed an astounding 500 million pageviews!
For more than a decade and a half WUWT has been a stalwart in challenging the mainstream narrative on climate change, providing a platform for rigorous scientific discussion, and highlighting the inconsistencies and failures often glossed over by climate alarmists. This achievement is not just a testament to the quality of content and the dedication of its contributors but also to the discerning readers who seek truth over sensationalism.
In a world where alarmist headlines often overshadow rational discourse, WUWT has consistently provided a space for critical thinking and open debate.
This milestone is not merely a number; it’s a reflection of the trust and credibility WUWT has built over the years. It’s a reminder that there’s a vast audience out there hungry for balanced, well-researched, and honest perspectives on climate science.
As we celebrate this achievement, let’s also take a moment to reflect on the importance of free speech and open dialogue in science. The road to understanding is paved with questions, skepticism, and rigorous debate. WUWT has been a champion of this approach, and the 500 million pageviews are a testament to its success in fostering informed discussions.
Science thrives in openness. In a domain as complex and multifaceted as climate science, platforms like WUWT are essential to ensure that discussion is allowed.”
In conclusion, congratulations to Watts Up With That for this monumental achievement. Here’s to many more milestones, many more debates, and a continued commitment to truth and transparency in the realm of climate science.
Note: The counter in our sidebar says “hits” not pageviews which in the earlier Internet days meant every request to the server, including every image download, etc. This is not the case with this current version. Over the years we get a range of 1.5 million to 4 million pageviews a month which is absolutely congruent with the counter noting pageviews.
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wh
October 9, 2023 2:02 pm
Yay! Hooray for Anthony and WUWT!! 🔥🔥
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Forrest Mims
October 9, 2023 2:05 pm
This is fantastic news! Congratulations to Anthony and the WUWT team for providing a superb forum for serious discussions and presentations on the state of the climate.
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SCInotFI
October 9, 2023 2:06 pm
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! So glad WUWT exists 👍💪🌟
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bigoilbob
Reply to SCInotFI
October 9, 2023 2:13 pm
Yes, a Proud Tradition of Existence. Cognescenti, which movie?
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DonM
Reply to bigoilbob
October 10, 2023 11:08 am
501,079,401 … 501,079,402
Thanks bob
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Energywise
Reply to bigoilbob
October 10, 2023 10:17 am
Is that you Klaus?
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Rich Davis
Reply to bigoilbob
October 9, 2023 3:58 pm
I would not have expected any classier comment from you boob. You lived down to our expectations.
And the line is “Delta House has a long tradition of existence to its members.”
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Energywise
Reply to SCInotFI
October 10, 2023 10:15 am
All we realists are – it’s the minority climate grifters & shills that have nothing but deceit and faux science to cling to in their ever shrinking echo chamber
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Tom Halla
October 9, 2023 2:08 pm
Comgratulations.
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Tom Halla
Reply to Tom Halla
October 9, 2023 2:09 pm
I hate not having edit.
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Charles Rotter
Author
Reply to Tom Halla
October 9, 2023 2:29 pm
I know how you feen.
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Clyde Spencer
Reply to Charles Rotter
October 9, 2023 8:26 pm
How about sharing with us what’s going on?
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Charles Rotter
Author
Reply to Clyde Spencer
October 10, 2023 5:59 am
It was broken, so we turned off the feature. At some point we will try and figure out the problem and bring it back.
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Energywise
Reply to Charles Rotter
October 10, 2023 11:18 am
I understand Paul Homewoods NALOPKT site is affected too – probably some lefty hacker attacking the truth, they hate the truth
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SteveG
Reply to Charles Rotter
October 11, 2023 3:56 am
The problem is no doubt related to a trace gas in the atmosphere.
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KevinM
Reply to Charles Rotter
October 11, 2023 9:52 am
Deep my to it
Joseph Zorzin
Reply to Tom Halla
October 10, 2023 3:37 am
Has it been determined why it’s gone?
cagwsceptic
Reply to Tom Halla
October 11, 2023 2:48 am
What is a pageview?
KevinM
Reply to cagwsceptic
October 11, 2023 9:54 am
page view
noun
noun: pageview
an instance of an internet user visiting a particular page on a website
cagwsceptic
Reply to KevinM
October 12, 2023 4:03 am
A page on a website is an article like this one that we are currently commenting on?
MCourtney
Reply to cagwsceptic
October 13, 2023 3:44 am
Yes, it would be that.
A page with its own URL at the top of the screen.
cagwsceptic
Reply to MCourtney
October 13, 2023 10:29 am
URL on a page means what exactly?
MCourtney
Reply to cagwsceptic
October 11, 2023 2:56 pm
Thank you cagwsceptic and KevinM.
When I read that I thought it meant something like a visit to a webpage. But when I read your question I realised that this is technical jargon that I’m unfamiliar with and my guess may well have been wrong.
Good question to ask and thanks for the clarification.
Rud Istvan
October 9, 2023 2:26 pm
Congratulations to AW and CR, who made it happen.
Thanks to all the guest posters whose content quality helped make it happen.
Now, let’s spread the WUWT word.
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Javier Vinós
October 9, 2023 2:26 pm
Well done! 🥇
I’m proud to have contributed since 2015 with my articles.
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BobM
October 9, 2023 2:27 pm
Superb achievement for a superb website that I visit every day, knowing I’ll find something of interest.
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Gary Pearse
October 9, 2023 2:28 pm
I came across WUWT in 2007, the year following its founding, so it’s been a constant part of my intellectual diet for the duration. I owe a lot to the many for the education I got here and to the creator, Anthony Watts, moderators, like Charles and contributors. Great stuff!)
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Michael S. Kelly
October 9, 2023 2:35 pm
I noted this in a comment to the #570 Climate Weekly…Roundup, but I guess I failed to flag it as a story tip. I did donate, though, and suggest that anyone who can afford to do the same by way of celebration and congratulations.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/10/02/weekly-climate-and-energy-news-roundup-570/#comment-3794240
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Charles Rotter
Author
Reply to Michael S. Kelly
October 9, 2023 2:39 pm
Something like this may have happened.
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Mike McMillan
October 9, 2023 2:35 pm
Awesome. We’re halfway there.
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Gunga Din
October 9, 2023 2:47 pm
Congratulations!
Keep up the good work!
Keeping it open, honest and fair is why it’s the successful site it’s been.
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barryjo
October 9, 2023 3:03 pm
and still “apparently widely distributed”. Thanks, WUWT.
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Energywise
Reply to barryjo
October 10, 2023 10:19 am
Even Mann reads it to keep up
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KevinM
Reply to Energywise
October 11, 2023 9:58 am
1.click article
2. Ctrl-F “Mann”
ResourceGuy
October 9, 2023 3:03 pm
Well done Anthony and WUWT!!!!
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John V. Wright
October 9, 2023 3:15 pm
Take a bow Anthony and the team of contributors who keep WUWT as a beacon of rectitude, enquiry and scientific rigour in the global warming debate. This is a well-deserved pat on the back for standing up for objective, fact-based discussions – and in some cases for facing up to threat of being ‘cancelled’ by weak-minded colleagues who lack the moral fibre to do the right thing. That sound you can hear is a huge round of applause coming from the U.K.
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Joseph Zorzin
Reply to John V. Wright
October 10, 2023 3:41 am
There’s a debate?
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Richard Page
Reply to Joseph Zorzin
October 10, 2023 11:10 am
There is still a debate, despite strong efforts to supress and stifle – thanks to sites like these that keep the flame burning.
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pflashgordon
October 9, 2023 3:18 pm
Battling the climatistas and sustainists in regressive higher education for 22 years, I’ve read and greatly benefitted from WUWT almost daily for well over a decade. This is THE authoritative place for science news and analysis regarding climate.
Activist science, media, NGOs, societies, “philanthropies,” and government are always welcome but are afraid to engage or debate here.
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Energywise
Reply to pflashgordon
October 10, 2023 11:24 am
And that is the reality – the genuinely indoctrinated alarmists are a very tiny minority with loud, shouty voices, destroying careers with their deceit and science corrupting practices – it’s time the silent majority took control
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Bob Tisdale
Editor
October 9, 2023 3:25 pm
YAY!! Congratulations to Anthony, to CTM, to all of the contributors past and present, to the moderators, and to all of the denizens who make their voices heard in the comment threads.
Regards,
Bob
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Mr.
October 9, 2023 3:31 pm
And what the WUWT team can be particularly proud of is offering open debate for all viewpoints in the comments sections.
We all notice that in many msm sites and blogs, comments sections are either not opened at all, and / or any submitted comments that aren’t robustly supportive of “the narrative” are unceremoniously blocked.
Stay true to your commitment to open, free speech guys.
It’s becoming a scarcer commodity by the week.
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Ron Long
October 9, 2023 3:59 pm
Congratulations! I check in several times a day, for two reasons: WUWT is a great place to follow scientists talking about real science, and for immense respect for Anthony Watts and his efforts.
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michael hart
October 9, 2023 5:01 pm
Congratulations to all who contribute. Keep it up.
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Rick K
October 9, 2023 5:07 pm
Congrats Anthony, Mods, Contributors, Commenters, and Readers. Together… we make the internet look good! And actually worthwhile!
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drhealy
October 9, 2023 6:46 pm
Congratulations Anthony!!! Kudos to you, the moderators and all the contributors that have provided and will continue to provide the type of input necessary to fully realize the scientific method. Like your Surface Station Project, WUWT has been a true community effort, but your effort and leadership has made it all possible.
Thank you for all you have done!!!
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antigtiff
October 9, 2023 6:55 pm
I am glad that it was not made obscene -WTHFIUWT.
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October 9, 2023 7:46 pm
Bravo to your ability to staying on the air and keeping focused on the topics you and your team have presented over the years, I remember your first days when I was daily looking for climate-based articles on the internet back in 2007 to post in a young forum I was helping run when your blog showed up one day with an article for me to post.
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David Dibbell
October 9, 2023 8:16 pm
Good for WUWT!! This platform is a gem, thanks to AW and CR and all the contributors, commenters, and others behind the scenes.
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Rick C
October 9, 2023 8:22 pm
Congratulations – WUWT makes having internet access worthwhile. I’m sure I’m responsible for a few thousand of those views. The large following of mostly intelligent critical thinkers gives me hope that we may see an end to the madness before I expire. Keep up the great work.
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Bob
October 9, 2023 10:26 pm
Nice job.
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Keitho
Editor
October 9, 2023 11:21 pm
Very glad to be a small part of this excellent achievement. Well done Anthony Watts.
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Rod Evans
October 9, 2023 11:29 pm
Many thanks to Anthony and Charles plus the whole WUWT team. You provide a window…. no, more of a door into the actual world of science and real scientific debate.
This is one of only three sites I have daily loaded on my computer. I love the back and for scientific rallies that take place.
Long may this open source of wisdom and truth seeking continue.
I also thank the real scientific contributors for their balance and ability to present complex issues in a style and manner, that those outside the world of academia can follow and readily absorb ‘real’ science.
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joe x
October 10, 2023 4:16 am
i visit wuwt two or three times a day. i can’t over state the educational value it provides. thanks to all that make it happen and press on.
joex
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karlomonte
October 10, 2023 6:55 am
Conrats Anthony, Charles, & Co., much appreciated.
This is my favorite quote: “…flashy (apparently widely distributed)”—Michael E. Mann
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Krishna Gans
October 10, 2023 10:01 am
Congratulations !
Is there any acceleration to detect in the increase of visitors ?
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MCourtney
Reply to Krishna Gans
October 10, 2023 10:50 am
I was going to ask the exact opposite question, considering changes to the Google algorithm,
Oh and, Congratulations!
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Energywise
October 10, 2023 10:13 am
Congrats WUWT team – your efforts to keep it real are reaching ever increasing masses, meanwhile all the alarmist grifters have, are deceit, hubris, humanity loathing and greed
Sometime in the future, when the con is finally outed and eradicated, the history books will look back at the early 21st century alarmist flat earthers and laugh
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John Oliver
October 10, 2023 10:27 am
WUWT remains just specialized enough and just far enough off the the beaten path . Just right. In the top 1 % of intellectual integrity. It is possible to test the waters of an idea, opinion, concept or theory here at WUWT without being subjected to the ruinous on slot of trolls, and dogmatic shallow minded from the various useful idiot groups.
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Neil Lock
October 10, 2023 10:28 am
I’m old enough (in WUWT terms) to remember the “20 million hits” moment back in 2009. Not so long before Climategate.
Well done, Anthony, Charles and everyone else who have put so much into this site.
Energywise
October 10, 2023 11:20 am
I’m surprised nitpit Nick et Al haven’t commented – they do spend some time on here being educated – apparently Griff was pulled by the far left Stasi for beginning to believe the truth, he’s now in room 101 being reprogrammed
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Energywise
October 10, 2023 12:03 pm
When you hear UK politicians, possibly the Govt next year, spouting such utter, incompetent, headline seeking drivel, you realise how important sites like WUWT are to counter the absolute idiocy that the political class are drenched in
These idiots will ruin a nation over a corrupt lie, then ride off into the sunset with their ill gotten gains and gold plated pensions, to enjoy a good life, whilst the destroyed masses left behind, sink in despair and poverty
strativarius
October 10, 2023 12:04 pm
Congratulations to all at WUWT
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Energywise
October 10, 2023 12:09 pm
JASchrumpf
October 10, 2023 12:31 pm
Congrats to Anthony and the WUWT team, and all the authors and commenters who have made this such an enjoyable and useful reference.
Next stop: a Billion views.
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Joseph Zorzin
October 10, 2023 12:52 pm
Lost power for 4 hours today. A bridge leading to my ‘hood had to be completely rebuilt. Today the power company (National Grid) turned off power – not sure why. It really sucked. No furnace, no cooking, no internet, no TV, no lights, no computer. I suppose I should get used to it- now that we’re heading towards net zero nirvana- it’ll happen more and more often.
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LT3
October 10, 2023 1:02 pm
I remember seeing the link to the first post in 2006 about Station Bias and problems with the US temperature record on Yahoo Answers Global Warming section. Been coming here ever since.
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sherro01
October 10, 2023 2:36 pm
Yes, congrats are due for Anthony, Charles and all of the team.
How about a special topic to commemorate?
My story tip would have to be “Never forget the evil of Climategate.”
Geoff S
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Khaldun
October 10, 2023 4:09 pm
Congrats! I have enjoyed this content from the very beginning. I don’t comment, normally, and this is a special occasion. I do enjoy reading the debate in the comment section. Congrats. You are doing good work.
One wonders how long before they shut you down. The PEW numbers are usually pretty good and suggest roughly 40% of the citizens support not only “re-education” camps but certainly controlling content available to the public. I have followed PEW and used extensively in my work life with some success. The demographics of this world view are pretty clear. Demographics drive the information control issue and information control drives the climate nonsense.
This site is the proverbial “canary in a coal mine.” for me. When you go offline, it will be a milestone.
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KevinM
October 10, 2023 4:21 pm
Congratulations and well done,
Ive come and gone three times as a regular reader and I;m so glad it exists.
Thanks AW.
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terrihanson
October 10, 2023 10:25 pm
Congratulations to the entire team and the vibrant community of ‘Watts Up With That’!
Achieving the monumental milestone of 500 million pageviews is no small feat. It stands as a testament to your relentless pursuit of disseminating information, sparking curiosity, and fostering a dynamic community of avid readers and contributors.
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michel
October 11, 2023 2:02 am
Potential story tip….
“Luton airport closed and flights suspended after huge fire in car park”. The building seems to have partially collapsed.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/10/huge-fire-breaks-out-at-luton-airport-car-park
Enquiring minds want to know: there was apparently one car which started the conflagration, and work was underway to extinguish it when the fire spread very rapidly from it.
What kind of car was that one?
Krishna Gans
Reply to michel
October 11, 2023 3:04 am
It’s said a Diesel was starting the fire….
BCBill
October 11, 2023 5:55 am
About ten years ago I, along with a few other bovine fellow Canadians who believed everything CBC said, went to see Tim Ball speak. I expected to ridicule him but instead I was dismayed to find that we were being told less than half the story about global warming. I went looking for answers and found WUWT. Ever since it has been my anchor in a sea of lies, exaggeration, half truths and fear. When I find myself doubting my sanity I can go to WUWT and find sensible critiques of the latest MSM fear campaigns and I know I am not alone. I even enjoy the warmist trolls who now comment on nearly every article. I wonder if a few might see the light if we took the time to reason with them instead of just ridiculing them? Anyway, WUWT has been a minor miracle for me. Thanks team. (listening to CBC now makes me feel sick to my stomach)
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GMan
October 11, 2023 6:22 am
A big Congratulations
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Steve Oregon
October 11, 2023 7:56 am
I have to guess that 10,000 or more are mine.
Shouldn’t I get a piece of the big oil money action? 🙂
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JBP
October 11, 2023 6:05 pm
and then……..
https://www.insider.com/rickroll-music-video-hit-a-billion-views-on-youtube-2021-8
for gosh sake if one tenth of those hoo-haas read an article here instead…. well they’d get a brain cramp probably
JC
October 12, 2023 8:44 am
0.000011% of the 500,000,000 views have been mine since August 2008. Congratulations Anthony for providing an excellent public service! I arrived a WUWT in 2008 with little knowledge about climate, meteorology, geology, physics, astronomy and their applied fields. At that time even as a democrat, I was convinced that ‘Global Warming’ (‘climate change’ didn’t become a popular label until after the solar minimum of the 23rd cycle) was a political movement because it’s one variable theory…(human civilization) with the fallacy of consensus as proof. Theories about complex phenomena that restrict to one variable are self-serving pseudoscience.
My entire family learned so much about science in general… a huge benefit!
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