Popularity Contest, part II

Fourteen months ago, I blogged about my most popular photos on my Flickr! photostream, ordered by number of views they've received. I'm revisiting the topic because not only has the list changed a little bit, but I noticed upon looking back at that blog that the overall number of views in general has surged. Plus I like the way Mack lists comparative statistics on his blog.

No change in the first two rankings: Horny Moses and Playboy Socks still garner the most peeks, which I concluded last year was due to internet searchers' religiosity (or religio-curiosity) and prurience, respectively.





In its first year, however, the Moses photo earned what I once deemed a "whopping" 568 views. In its second year it has attracted almost 5 times that amount: 2,807 total views. Fourteen months ago, the photo of the Japanese schoolgirl's bunny-embroidered socks had attracted 343 views; today its total is 1,586.

From this point on there are changes to the top five. Last year's #3 and #4, two pics of Japanese girls garbed in unique fashions, have dropped down to #11 and #13. As Gwen Stefani's popularity recedes into the past, so do internet searches for "Harajuku Girls".

The current #3 is Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak (1,276 views). This one has only recently leaped in popularity, bypassing the Chunky Monkey (see below) only a month or two back.



Next up with 1,173 views is Mingo, the fattest monkey on la isla de Roatán en Honduras. For some reason, there are hundreds of websurfers searching for photos of fat monkeys, and that fact has helped increase the exposure of this pic.



Finally, with 1,083 views, is a photo I took of a bamboo grove in Nara. People like looking at bamboo, I guess. That's more views than last year's top two combined.