Blog stats

Numbers from samarthya.me: what people read, where they read from, and how the blog was written.
1,930engaged reading sessions since 2022
12,530page views since 2022
45countries with 3+ engaged sessions
339posts
2.5paperbacks of text (196,749 words)

What people read

The ten most viewed posts since 2022, old WordPress links included.

Failed to connect to bus: No medium found: 216 viewsFailed to connect to bus:…216Privilege Escalation: How a `remote_user` and a `become_user` works: 216 viewsPrivilege Escalation: How…216Docker Registry: 134 viewsDocker Registry134Static IP’s in QEMU VM’s: 133 viewsStatic IP’s in QEMU VM’s133JMX: Monitoring and Managing Kafka: 104 viewsJMX: Monitoring and Manag…104Non root `podman` and `molecule`: 76 viewsNon root `podman` and `mo…76Metric Beat: 71 viewsMetric Beat71Zookeeper mTLS: 67 viewsZookeeper mTLS67KeyStore vs Truststore: 63 viewsKeyStore vs Truststore63`lookup`: Ansible: 55 views`lookup`: Ansible55
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Most read posts since 2022, page views
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Failed to connect to bus: No medium found 216
Privilege Escalation: How a `remote_user` and a `become_user` works 216
Docker Registry 134
Static IP’s in QEMU VM’s 133
JMX: Monitoring and Managing Kafka 104
Non root `podman` and `molecule` 76
Metric Beat 71
Zookeeper mTLS 67
KeyStore vs Truststore 63
`lookup`: Ansible 55
  1. Failed to connect to bus: No medium found · 216 views · 13 s average read
  2. Privilege Escalation: How a `remote_user` and a `become_user` works · 216 views · 16 s average read
  3. Docker Registry · 134 views · 10 s average read
  4. Static IP’s in QEMU VM’s · 133 views · 13 s average read
  5. JMX: Monitoring and Managing Kafka · 104 views · 9 s average read
  6. Non root `podman` and `molecule` · 76 views · 7 s average read
  7. Metric Beat · 71 views · 13 s average read
  8. Zookeeper mTLS · 67 views · 2 s average read
  9. KeyStore vs Truststore · 63 views · 9 s average read
  10. `lookup`: Ansible · 55 views · 8 s average read

Where readers are

Counted in engaged sessions: a visit of 10 seconds or more, two or more pages, or an action on the page. That is Google Analytics’ own test for a real visit, and it filters out most crawlers. Countries with fewer than three engaged sessions are left out.

China: 698 engaged sessionsChina698United States: 493 engaged sessionsUnited States493Russia: 195 engaged sessionsRussia195Singapore: 194 engaged sessionsSingapore194Germany: 45 engaged sessionsGermany45India: 40 engaged sessionsIndia40United Kingdom: 29 engaged sessionsUnited Kingdom29France: 28 engaged sessionsFrance28Brazil: 20 engaged sessionsBrazil20Thailand: 17 engaged sessionsThailand17
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Top 10 countries by engaged sessions since 2022
engaged sessions
China 698
United States 493
Russia 195
Singapore 194
Germany 45
India 40
United Kingdom 29
France 28
Brazil 20
Thailand 17
Fiji: none recordedTanzania: none recordedW. Sahara: none recordedCanada: 9 engaged sessionsUnited States of America: 493 engaged sessionsKazakhstan: none recordedUzbekistan: none recordedPapua New Guinea: none recordedIndonesia: 9 engaged sessionsArgentina: 7 engaged sessionsChile: none recordedDem. Rep. Congo: none recordedSomalia: none recordedKenya: none recordedSudan: none recordedChad: none recordedHaiti: none recordedDominican Rep.: none recordedRussia: 195 engaged sessionsBahamas: none recordedFalkland Is.: none recordedNorway: none recordedGreenland: none recordedFr. S. Antarctic Lands: none recordedTimor-Leste: none recordedSouth Africa: none recordedLesotho: none recordedMexico: 7 engaged sessionsUruguay: none recordedBrazil: 20 engaged sessionsBolivia: none recordedPeru: none recordedColombia: 5 engaged sessionsPanama: none recordedCosta Rica: none recordedNicaragua: none recordedHonduras: none recordedEl Salvador: none recordedGuatemala: none recordedBelize: none recordedVenezuela: 4 engaged sessionsGuyana: none recordedSuriname: none recordedFrance: 28 engaged sessionsEcuador: 3 engaged sessionsPuerto Rico: none recordedJamaica: 3 engaged sessionsCuba: none recordedZimbabwe: none recordedBotswana: none recordedNamibia: none recordedSenegal: none recordedMali: none recordedMauritania: none recordedBenin: none recordedNiger: none recordedNigeria: none recordedCameroon: none recordedTogo: none recordedGhana: none recordedCôte d'Ivoire: none recordedGuinea: none recordedGuinea-Bissau: none recordedLiberia: none recordedSierra Leone: none recordedBurkina Faso: none recordedCentral African Rep.: none recordedCongo: none recordedGabon: none recordedEq. Guinea: none recordedZambia: none recordedMalawi: none recordedMozambique: none recordedeSwatini: none recordedAngola: none recordedBurundi: none recordedIsrael: none recordedLebanon: none recordedMadagascar: none recordedPalestine: none recordedGambia: none recordedTunisia: none recordedAlgeria: none recordedJordan: 3 engaged sessionsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 engaged sessionsQatar: none recordedKuwait: none recordedIraq: 5 engaged sessionsOman: none recordedVanuatu: none recordedCambodia: none recordedThailand: 17 engaged sessionsLaos: none recordedMyanmar: none recordedVietnam: 8 engaged sessionsNorth Korea: none recordedSouth Korea: 4 engaged sessionsMongolia: none recordedIndia: 40 engaged sessionsBangladesh: 3 engaged sessionsBhutan: none recordedNepal: 3 engaged sessionsPakistan: 9 engaged sessionsAfghanistan: none recordedTajikistan: none recordedKyrgyzstan: none recordedTurkmenistan: none recordedIran: none recordedSyria: none recordedArmenia: none recordedSweden: 7 engaged sessionsBelarus: 4 engaged sessionsUkraine: 8 engaged sessionsPoland: 14 engaged sessionsAustria: 8 engaged sessionsHungary: none recordedMoldova: none recordedRomania: none recordedLithuania: none recordedLatvia: none recordedEstonia: none recordedGermany: 45 engaged sessionsBulgaria: none recordedGreece: none recordedTurkey: 4 engaged sessionsAlbania: none recordedCroatia: none recordedSwitzerland: 5 engaged sessionsLuxembourg: none recordedBelgium: 6 engaged sessionsNetherlands: 14 engaged sessionsPortugal: 4 engaged sessionsSpain: 12 engaged sessionsIreland: none recordedNew Caledonia: none recordedSolomon Is.: none recordedNew Zealand: none recordedAustralia: 4 engaged sessionsSri Lanka: none recordedChina: 698 engaged sessionsTaiwan: none recordedItaly: 10 engaged sessionsDenmark: 3 engaged sessionsUnited Kingdom: 29 engaged sessionsIceland: none recordedAzerbaijan: 3 engaged sessionsGeorgia: none recordedPhilippines: none recordedMalaysia: none recordedBrunei: none recordedSlovenia: none recordedFinland: 3 engaged sessionsSlovakia: none recordedCzechia: none recordedEritrea: none recordedJapan: 14 engaged sessionsParaguay: none recordedYemen: none recordedSaudi Arabia: 3 engaged sessionsN. Cyprus: none recordedCyprus: none recordedMorocco: none recordedEgypt: none recordedLibya: none recordedEthiopia: none recordedDjibouti: none recordedSomaliland: none recordedUganda: none recordedRwanda: none recordedBosnia and Herz.: none recordedNorth Macedonia: none recordedSerbia: none recordedMontenegro: none recordedKosovo: none recordedTrinidad and Tobago: none recordedS. Sudan: none recorded
none3–910–2425–99100–399400+

Real readers and bots

From 2025 the number of “users” climbs fast, but engaged sessions don’t follow. Most of that growth is crawlers from data centres, not people.

2022: 108 engaged sessions10820222023: 144 engaged sessions14420232024: 175 engaged sessions17520242025: 937 engaged sessions93720252026: 568 engaged sessions5682026
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Engaged sessions per year
engaged sessions
2022 108
2023 144
2024 175
2025 937
2026 568
Year "Users" counted Engaged sessions Not engaged
2022 157 108 31%
2023 131 144 0%
2024 182 175 4%
2025 2,074 937 55%
2026 7,470 568 92%

How the blog was written

Posts per year

2019: 20 posts2020192020: 92 posts9220202021: 46 posts4620212022: 41 posts4120222023: 54 posts5420232024: 21 posts2120242025: 28 posts2820252026: 37 posts372026
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Posts published per year
posts
2019 20
2020 92
2021 46
2022 41
2023 54
2024 21
2025 28
2026 37

Topics

Security: 50 postsSecurity50Linux: 40 postsLinux40AI & Data: 39 postsAI & Data39Life: 33 postsLife33Kubernetes: 33 postsKubernetes33Go: 21 postsGo21DevOps: 21 postsDevOps21Elastic: 19 postsElastic19Python: 19 postsPython19Notes: 17 postsNotes17
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Top 10 topics by number of posts
posts
Security 50
Linux 40
AI & Data 39
Life 33
Kubernetes 33
Go 21
DevOps 21
Elastic 19
Python 19
Notes 17

Day of the week

Monday: 48 postsMonday48Tuesday: 49 postsTuesday49Wednesday: 60 postsWednesday60Thursday: 63 postsThursday63Friday: 58 postsFriday58Saturday: 36 postsSaturday36Sunday: 25 postsSunday25
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Posts by weekday published
posts
Monday 48
Tuesday 49
Wednesday 60
Thursday 63
Friday 58
Saturday 36
Sunday 25

Odd facts

How these numbers are made

  • Reading data comes from Google Analytics on samarthya.me, as totals only: no visitor IDs, cities or single visits.
  • Post details come from the blog’s public catalog.json.
  • The page is rebuilt when I publish, so the numbers are a snapshot; the date is at the bottom of each build.
  • “Popular” on the home page weighs recent reads more than old ones and multiplies by time spent reading, so a burst of zero-second visits barely counts.