IBS Impact’s Top Countries and Top Posts of 2023

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 63 countries and territories during 2023. The cumulative total is169 for the 12 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 23 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. Singapore

5. Canada

6. Ireland

7. India

8. New Zealand

9. Spain and Romania (tie)

10. The Philippines and South Africa (tie)

11.Brazil and Belgium (tie)

12. Japan

13. France and Mexico and Vietnam (tie)

14. Finland

15. Germany and Portugal and Saudi Arabia and Austria (tie)

Below are the top 15 individual posts that received the most hits during 2023.

Most of the posts in 2023’s top 15 list were first published in 2011 through 2022. 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 three posts from 2023 on this top 15 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 12 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some links embedded in posts that are several years old, while valid at the time of publication, have inevitably become out of date and may lead to a dead link or completely different site.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. Guest Post from a Teen for IBS Awareness Month: I Am No Longer A Lost Boy April 9, 2021

4. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), July 30, 2012

5.  Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: Making Sense of Unsupportive Family and Friends and Finding Supportive Others April 14, 2022

6. Guest Post From Australia for IBS Awareness Month: A Personal and Professional Journey  April 13, 2019

7. Public Restroom Access and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS),  February 21, 2011

8: Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: A Bit of Hope April 11, 2023

9. New Rome IV Diagnostic Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Unveiled May 2016, June 9, 2016

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 2023 April 1, 2023

12. 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.

13. Restroom Access Act (Ally’s Law) Updates in Maryland and Maine, May 10, 2013

14. Guest Post for IBS Awareness Month: My Perceptions and Tips on Being a Supportive Spouse April 22, 2022

15. 15 Years and 16 IBS Awareness Months: Step by Step April 29, 2023

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 2024 to advances in awareness, advocacy, research, treatment and community support systems that benefit the worldwide IBS community.

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