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# Posting stats — 2024
- URL: https://balaustine.mymagic.page/posting-stats-2024/
- Published: 2025-01-19T09:11:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-23T11:26:50.000Z
- Author: VM
- Tags: Life notes, blogging, Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita Guerrero, monkey of the inkpot, The Book of Imaginary Beings, The Hindu, The Wire, #Migrated-1787484114599, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 11:22

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When I joined *The Wire* in 2015, the average length of my blog posts increased from around 700 words to around 850 words, and over time to 1,000 words. This wasn't forced so much as a natural reflection of the average length of pieces that worked on *The Wire*, also around 1,000 words. The trend held through 2018 and 2019 as well: the average post length dipped in these years because I published a very large number of posts and many of them were short, vignette-like. The same 'natural forcing' happened when I joined *The Hindu* in January 2023, with the average blog post length matching what worked at my workplace. I don't understand exactly how this happens but I'm glad that it does.

On a related note, I recently discovered this amusing snippet in *The Book of Imaginary Beings* (1969) by Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero. Now I like to imagine I keep writing to prevent the monkey from drinking whatever is left of the ink…

![](https://balaustine.mymagic.page/content/images/2026/08/8622d-e274c-20784-001xscreenshot-2025-01-06-at-9-07-58-am.png)