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CleverDude.com has hit 1,000,000 page views!

April 29, 2009
By Cleverdude
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Here’s an arbitrary multiple of 10 for you: CleverDude.com has hit 1 million page views since inception less than 3 years ago. Check out my running tally here. Also, I have over 600,000 unique visitors and almost 1,100 articles during that time too.

Now, other personal finance blogs have hit double or triple that number in the same or less time, but for a site I still consider a hobby (because writing for a business would no longer be fun), I think it’s a pretty remarkable achievement.

My goal with this site has never been to get the most visitors or page loads, or even to make much money. I just really enjoyed writing. Recent things like school and work have gotten in the way of that enjoyment, but I haven’t given up!

So, thank you to all my visitors, whether you intended to come here or not. Next up, 1 million visitors! Ooh, I guess I should write something that makes you want to come here…

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About Cleverdude

Mike founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.

In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.

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  1. the weakonomist says

    April 29, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Congrats dude, 1,000,000 is huge. If I got there in the next two years I’d be proud. Even the biggest of the PF blogs still represent a small fraction of the blogging community. I think we still if a lot of room to grow. Congrats again.

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  2. Do You Dave Ramsey? says

    April 29, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    Congratulations! That’s an incredible achievement! Good Work!

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  3. Tyler says

    April 29, 2009 at 9:41 pm

    That is awesome. We hit 100 posts today on our blog today! Looks like I am missing a few zeroes and a few thousand readers!

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  4. Baker @ ManVsDebt says

    April 30, 2009 at 12:18 am

    Truly an inspiration to those of us who are just getting started! Awesome work!

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  5. Jeff@StretchyDollar says

    April 30, 2009 at 12:42 am

    Wow – that’s awesome! Congratulations on the milestone.

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  6. Steve says

    April 30, 2009 at 5:34 am

    Congrats! wishes to reach 2 million page views very soon!!

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  7. sherin says

    April 30, 2009 at 8:27 am

    Congrats… this post opening your responsibility by tracking each and every aspects in the blog. Excellant nature and any bloggers should follow you.

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  8. My Journey says

    April 30, 2009 at 1:06 pm

    Great Stats! Exciting stuff. I think the coolest part about that number is that you still have fresh information/posts and I remember when we were discussing politics I even had a brief E-Mail exchange with you.

    I have to wonder just how many of your fav inspirations (older PF Blogs) are still being updated?

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  9. J. Money says

    May 3, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    Congrats my man! that’s brilliant – good work. And it looks like you’ve had an extra 5,000 more since this post 😉

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  10. Craig says

    May 4, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Congrats, that’s a huge accomplishment. Keep it going strong.

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  11. mbhunter says

    May 6, 2009 at 11:33 pm

    Ha … my SM stats just put me past 1M pageviews as well … congrats! It’s quite a milestone.

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  12. NCN says

    May 8, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    I’m a few days late, but I wanted to add my “congratulations” to the mix. Rock on!

    Reply

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