IBS Impact’s Top Countries and Top Posts of 2022
For the New Year, IBS Impact is once again participating in the common December-January blogger tradition of highlighting popular posts and interesting blog statistics from the year just past.
This blog reached readers in 59 countries and territories during 2022. The cumulative total is 168 for the eleven years WordPress has made country statistics available to individual blog owners. While, predictably for an English-language site, most of the top 10 countries/territories this year are ones where English is one of the official languages, total blog hits span every continent, underscoring that IBS is a global problem, not the common, inaccurate stereotype of it as a nuisance disorder caused by overindulgent North American diets and lifestyles. A list of the top 15 countries, which is actually 22 this year, because of several ties of multiple countries each– better reflects the diversity of countries of origin represented, which appears to change somewhat every year. It is hoped that the vast majority are legitimate visits, even from those who might not have been searching specifically for information about IBS, and not simply potential spammers. In order, the countries are:
1. United States
2. United Kingdom
3. Australia
4. Canada
5. Netherlands
6. Ireland
7. New Zealand
8. India
9. Spain
10. Singapore and Saudi Arabia and the Philippines (tie)
11.Italy
12. France and Belgium and Mexico (tie)
13. Romania
14. Sweden and Pakistan (tie)
15. Japan and Bangladesh and China (tie)
Below are the top 15 individual posts that received the most hits during 2022.
Most of the posts in 2022’s top 15 list were first published in 2011 through 2021. However, they continue to attract attention because most address topics that are of ongoing interest to people with IBS. Perhaps longtime readers can refresh their memories and newer readers will discover something interesting and useful.
There are also four posts from 2022 on this top 20 list that readers may have missed when they were first published in recent months. If so, take a look.
Please note that since this blog has been in continuous existence for 11 1/2 years, some links embedded in posts that are several years old, while valid at the time of publication, have inevitably become out of date and may lead to a dead link or completely different site. You may find the updated or a similar current resource on our main website. If not, feel free to leave a comment, and IBS Impact or other readers may be able to assist. In order, the posts are:
1.Designer Mychael Knight Could NOT Have Died from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), October 23, 2017
2. Education Laws and Resources for Students with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), August 27, 2013
3. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), July 30, 2012
4. Guest Post from a Teen for IBS Awareness Month: I Am No Longer A Lost Boy April 9, 2021
5. Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Making Sense of Unsupportive Family and Friends and Finding Supportive Others
6. Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: My Perceptions and Tips on Being a Supportive Spouse April 22, 2022
7. Public Restroom Access and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), February 21, 2011
8. New Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Unveiled May 2016, June 9, 2016
9. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and a Debate on “Can’t Wait” Cards, November 25, 2012 Please note that the blog originally linked in the above post as a basis for discussion no longer exists on WordPress.com. However, the ideas raised and the invitation by IBS Impact for readers and the IBS community to continue to discuss related concerns are still valid.
10. Guest Post From a Parent for IBS Awareness Month: An Emotional Journey, April 26, 2021
11. April is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month 2022 April 1, 2022
12. Restroom Access Act (Ally’s Law) Updates in Maryland and Maine, May 10, 2013
13. Resources for People with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in Australia 2017, February 16, 2017
14. 14 Years and 15 IBS Awareness Months: Holding on to Hope 2021-2022 April 30, 2022
15. Massachusetts Enacts Restroom Access Act, August 20, 2012
This blog was begun in July 2011, a few months after the launch of the main IBS Impact website, and a bit over a year after the inception of IBS Impact itself. It is intended as a supplement to the many resources on our main site, one that can be updated relatively quickly with time-sensitive news, advocacy and clinical trial opportunities, as well as providing well-researched, scientifically reputable information on IBS and commentary on broader issues affecting the IBS community that may not be widely discussed on other sites. It is meant to be useful to a broad readership: people with IBS and related conditions, both those who may have lived with IBS for some time and those with recent onset or who are new to IBS sites online, family members and friends, health care and human service professionals who may interact with us, and the general public. We are pleased that it continues to fulfill this role.
IBS Impact wishes everyone a happy, healthy, prosperous and productive New Year and looks forward in 2023 to advances in awareness, advocacy, research, treatment and community support systems that benefit the worldwide IBS community.
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