Following up on Blender's 20th birthday (please remember to share your personal Blender story, if you haven't done already!), BlenderNation now also celebrates its birthday. It's hard for me to comprehend this, but it's been 8 YEARS since I started BlenderNation (on the infamous vrotvrot.com domain at that time ;-)! Hardly a day has passed where I haven't spent some time collecting your stories and giving you a podium, it's a kind of addiction :)
I'd like to give all of you a BIG THANK YOU, both for creating such wonderful projects as well as coming to BlenderNation every day, reading the news and adding to the discussion.
If you'd ever like to financially support BlenderNation (which would very, very, very much appreciated!), then please consider:
- switching off AdBlock on this site
- doing your Amazon.com purchases through my referral link
- contacting me to purchase banner space for your commercial product.
Thanks!
Now, on for some fun facts!
Last year, BlenderNation had:
- 2M Unique Visitors
- 5.6M Visits
- 11.2M Pageviews
Over the last 8 years, we produced:
- 6120 posts
- 117k genuine comments
- 1.3M spam comments
I wrote BlenderNation posts in:
- The Netherlands
- United States (New York, Los Angeles)
- France (Toulouse Area)
- United Kingdom (London, Newcastle)
Estimated time invested in 2013: close to 600 hours. Pfew!
On to the next 8 years!
53 Comments
Congrats Bart, we appreciate everything you do:) Thanks for being there all these years!
Thanks!
Congratulations Bart, and thanks for all your efforts to inform us!! Such a great site and awesome daily content. Keep on rolling! ++
Thanks Paul!
A really big thank you! Blendernation is an obligatory daily reading for me!!
Brilliant, thanks!
Likewise... I visit every day, and BlenderNation owns 1 of only 3 buttons on my Favorites bar... alongside Google and Wikipedia!
Ha! I like the idea that I rank next to Google and Wikipedia ;-)
Hi Bart !
Best whishes and kudos for this ninth year of Blender Nation, and many, many thanks for this so valuable source of information !
Keep goin' on and take care. :)
Thanks!
Congrats Blender Nation
Thank you!
Congratulations Bart. I really enjoy reading blendernation. It is an important part of the community. Thanks!
I like to think so too, thanks!
For every genuine comment,
TEN pieces of spam?? º_º
Incredible. Go Bart!
Thanks!
The internet is an insane place, isn't it?
1 Blender + 1 addict => BlenderNation + 2M addicts
= Blender maths ! :-D
Congratulations Bart !
Haha, thanks!
Thank you Bart, you give us an opportunity every day!
You're welcome!
Your contribution to the community is greatly appreciated, Bart! While I wouldn't normally encourage an addiction, I hope BlenderNation is one monkey you don't get off your back (and that monkey's name is Suzanne!).
Thanks John! I see no signs of withdrawal yet ;-)
Congrats Bart and thanks a lot for your continuous effort to provide great news around Blender. Blender nation being my home page it's a great pleasure to visit the site every day. have a great year Bart :-)
Glad to hear it, thanks!
Congratulations! I wish you prosperity and big luck!
Thanks Kirill!
Bart, Thanks for all the years of delivering news on Blender and other 3D apps. One thing I like in particular about this site is you give people at different levels of artistic levels a shot at being seen. I think this is a great way to encourage up-and-coming artists as it let's them know they don't have to be masters to be appreciated for their talent that needs to further their skills. I've grown as an artists due to this from constructive feedback I've seen on other people's work here. Thanks for keeping a positive upbeat site for blender users to share and exchange thoughts and here's to many more years!
Thanks so much for your feedback!
Just wanted to say thanks for an awesome sight.
Pleasure!
Congrats on the past 8 years, and good luck in the next 8! Thanks for all your work to bring us the latest and greatest in Blender news!
As long as you guys keep doing cool projects, I'll be sure to feature them!
Happy Birthday!!...I've taken this site for granted as simply being a solid source for 3D schtuff.
Since B~2.45 this has been my on/off/on home-page. I keep coming back to stay in-tune with what's going on.
Cheers!
Glad to hear it, thanks!
Bart, thank you for maintaining this site! In my view, it's one of the best Blender-related resources. You deserve all the respect for it. For sure, I'll be using your referral link to make purchases, it's the least I can do to support this site. :)
Thanks Spelle!!
Hey Bart, where is the cake?
I am sure other want see the cake . Lol
Anyway, Happy Birthday Blendernation.com.
I read your Blendernation.com everyday. I am enjoying read.
Thanks for open up Blendernation.com
I wish I had cake ;-) Thanks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwOh5qoAdv0
HAHAHA,
we want cake now , lol
That's right! ;-)
BlenderNation has become such a staple reason for me to open my browser, it's rather hard to remember life before it. Congrats on this milestone, Bart!
xD That moment you delete your comment by mistake, meaning to edit it instead, but it posts up as "Guest" anyways. YouTube's integration of Google+ comments has got me searching for "Edit" to the right of comments now, instead of the bottom as with Disqus comments. I just clicked the drop-down out of new habit and clicked "Delete" instead of "Edit" before I realized what happened!. Anyways, this comment above is mine.
Argh :-/
Congrats!!
My hat's off, bowing in respect. Congratulations and thank you for an awesome site!
Happy BD BN!! I do all my Amazon shopping through you. Hats off!
Thanks!!
Happy Birthday BlenderNation!!
Thank you Bart for this wonderful blog! I love it!
Thank you for such a great resource, it is the one place I always go to whenever I am online, even is I skip email.
Thanks Byron!