Dear Russia, Thanks for reading.

So, I've been monitoring my blog stats and apparently about half of my consistent readers are Russian. 

In the vacuum of my own community it's been easy to forget the potentially global reach of my rather local little project. It's strange to think that there are people on the other side of the world who might be interested in my blog (or maybe who just happen to stumble upon it).

Anyway, thanks Russian readers. This past month you've outnumbered my American friends. Privet!
 

Check out your own stats and post anything interesting you find as a comment on this post. If we can get enough info I'll follow it up with another post.

In general you should be able to reach the "Stats" tab from the same page where you edit your posts. Along the top of the page, right under the title of your blog, there should be different tabs. The last one on the right should say "Stats.

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You can also click a link to view those statistics directly from your dashboard. From there you should be able to see your profile and a list of the blogs you edit. Underneath the title of your blog is a BIG BLUE button (orange in updated view) that says "New Post" but there are also buttons like "Design" and, wait for it... "Stats!!!" (If you have the updated blogger interface then instead of tabs you have a notebook icon with a drop-down menu.)