New Site Stats Show You Who Comments Most
Ever wanted to know who’s commenting the most on your blog and what posts they are commenting on? Now your Site Stats can tell you.
The new Comments panel in your Site Stats provides three tabs: Top Commenters, Most Commented, and a Summary of comments on your blog.
If your blog has fewer than 1000 total comments, your comment stats are based on all comments made since you started your blog. Comment stats for more active blogs reflect the most recent three months of comment activity.
For example, a blog with 500 total comments will have the most commented post be the one that has had the most comments across the entire life of the blog. For this blog (with 87K comments) the most commented post is chosen from the posts that were posted in the past three months.
The Stats Comments Panel is available now for all WordPress.com blogs. Jetpack users, please bear with us as we improve Jetpack to serve you the new comment stats in the future.
Check out the comment stats on your blog by going to your blog’s Dashboard > Site Stats or from your admin bar under Blogs > [YOUR SITE NAME] > Site Stats.
September 7th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
Perfect! Thank you so much for continual improvements!
Tom Schulte
Linked2Leadership.com
September 7th, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Thank you so much for the ever- growing improvements!
It makes me love WordPress even more. =)
September 7th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
What a great feature! I have long desired this. Thanks for continually upgrading the WordPress stats program. I appreciate it.
September 7th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Oh! And I just saw that I’m one of of the top recent commenters! Haha- Talk about awesome
September 7th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Nice! But I get no comments on my blog
September 7th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Sounds a good idea!
September 7th, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Another powerful feature on wordpress.com! Thanks a lot. Well done!
September 7th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
Fantastic!
is the necessary tool for the stats.
thank you
September 7th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
I noticed this just a few minutes ago — what a great tool! It helps me identify at a glance the posts that have the most comments — and helps me brainstorm how to use that info to create other dialogue-inspiring posts.
Thank you!
September 7th, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Great idea but my most commented post is definitely wrong. The posts listed as having high comments are all very recent – there are earlier posts with higher numbers. (One of my posts has 14 comments – the one you list as top has only 5.) The personal review of the year I was sent back in Jan was wrong as well … afraid it all doesn’t inspire much confidence…sorry. If I have found a mistake then I wonder if any of the other new stats are wrong too -I have no way of checking easily?!
Checking back after writing the above, I can see from above that you are trying to do some statistical stuff so a recent post that has been around less time has a higher pro rata hit rate (think that’s right), but it is common to get more comments on new posts as the blog gets more established and you gain followers, with ones for older posts arriving more rarely. In the end to most people ‘most comments’ means most comments over all – perhaps we could have both stats?
As I said, great idea though!
Thanks…
hopeeternal
‘Meanderings through my Cookbook’
September 7th, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Hi hopeeternal,
Can you point me at the post you have with 14 comments that is not correctly showing up? Always possible that there is a bug.
Your blog has less than 1000 total comments so the most commented post should be selected from all of the posts you’ve written.
I agree, both stats (all time and past three months) are interesting for some blogs. We’ll continue looking at how to balance providing more data with adding too much complexity. Thanks for the feedback.
September 7th, 2011 at 5:34 pm
Great!!it was necessary!!!thank you.
September 7th, 2011 at 5:35 pm
This is good. Thank you!
September 7th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
What a great idea! Thanks for all the improvements you continue to make to WordPress. It is an awesome site for blogging.
September 7th, 2011 at 5:52 pm
Brilliant! Thanks for all those improvements you make for us users. I love wordpress and I use it with educational purpose for my students who work on different projects and the best way to show our work is through WordPress.
September 7th, 2011 at 5:56 pm
This is awesome! I love the idea, I’ll definitely check it out
THank you.
September 7th, 2011 at 6:02 pm
This is fantastic, except it does not show the screen you are showing up there. I am still seeing the old screen
Yes, I closed the window and signed in again.
Hopefully I get that too in the next few days.
September 7th, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Nevah mind, of course it helps to look at the right thing,
Sorry folks. Dinosaur here…
September 7th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
I <3 WordPress even more!!
September 7th, 2011 at 6:11 pm
Wow, now I love this new addition, this is really nice to see at a glance what is going on, you have done a fantastic job with this. now only one question it says under my comments for the time of day when most comments are made 12:00 is this am or pm? or both?
September 7th, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Great point, we used a 24 hour clock to simplify the display. The time displayed is for the local timezone that your blog is set to.
September 7th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Excellent! All additions to the stats page are welcome–my inner nerd rejoices. My outer nerd is quite happy as well.
September 7th, 2011 at 6:43 pm
I really like this feature. Is there a way to show these stats without including me as one of the commenters?
September 7th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Awesome! Thanks WordPress! I always refer potential bloggers to this site!
Very happy blogging here.
http://www.jlee5879.wordpress.com
September 7th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
A wonderful little extra.
Love it.
September 7th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
The idea is great!
September 7th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
I don’t like this idea at all. It’s gathering too much information about my readers; what’s next, their personal information?
I love the anonymity my readers enjoy. I blog anonymously myself and I know for a fact that several of my readers change their comment name for the situation, creating some funny monikers even.
I hope WP doesn’t take this experiment any further.
September 7th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Hi Earth Ocean Sky Redux,
We take privacy for our users very seriously, please take a look at our privacy policy for details.
The comments panel is intended for aggregating information that is already available within the WordPress administration Dashboard but would require you to manually count the number of comments from different users. The comments panel automates gathering that information.
September 7th, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Love this
September 7th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Very cool. Thank you!
September 7th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Brilliant ideas and priceless tools constantly anticipating our requirements.
Thank you for making our ‘high-fly’ with you so comfortable.
September 7th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
Really useful, much appreciated!
September 7th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Hi Greg
Further to my comment above (listed as 7 Sept @ 5.40pm UK time) here is my post with 14 comments (actually 28 comments as I always reply by editing into the original comment rather than adding another myself).
http://hopeeternalcookbook.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/beetroot-chutney/
also the following have 7 views each (14 including my replies)
http://hopeeternalcookbook.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/courgette-lentil-gratin/
http://hopeeternalcookbook.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/lime-pickle/
this has 6 views (12 incl reply)
http://hopeeternalcookbook.wordpress.com/2010/04/30/moroccan-style-plum-pudding/
and there are 8 posts each with 5 comments (10 incl replies), the same as the top listed one, yet only two make it onto your list.
Hope you can sort me out!!
Thanks
hopeeternal
September 7th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Thanks for the details. There was a bug that I’ve now deployed a fix for. Please check your Comments Stats again.
Sorry for the hassle, and thanks for recognizing the issue and reporting it.
September 7th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Cool – now I know who is commenting on my site. Currently not that many but everyone here is invited…
September 7th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Hi Greg,
Thanks for the head’s up. This will definitely be a good thing and I use all of Jetpack now.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:01 pm
I can´t find the option in my site. Can you help me?
September 7th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
The panel will only appear on blogs that have at least one comment. It looks like your primary blog doesn’t currently have any comments.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
It’s a really useful feature, long awaited. Thanks you very much!.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
This is NICE!
September 7th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
It isn´t true. My Blog is http://www.cienciamisterio.wordpress.com. There are comments.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Ah, sorry for the confusion. You should see the Comments Panel if you go to your Dashboard then to Site Stats. Or just click on the traffic graph in your admin bar to go directly to your stats. The comments panel should be on the right side second from the bottom unless you have reordered your panels.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Thank you so much.
September 7th, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Jeez…
“Innovations per day” at WP has increased substantially these days??
Are you guys planning for an IPO or PE funding?
September 7th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
I like this! Even with a small traffic blog like mine, it’s nice to see this kind of breakdown for my comments, and I’m sure it’s even more helpful for blogs with large followings. Thanks for all the work you guys put into making WordPress that much better every time we turn around!
September 7th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
I love this addition to the site stats!
September 7th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Loving this new addition, especially now you have fixed the bug in my stats and we agree on comment numbers! Thanks Greg
September 7th, 2011 at 11:29 pm
I’d love to see that in the next version of wordpress ….
September 7th, 2011 at 11:45 pm
I saw this little gadget this morning and it made me all giddy. My favorite part is how it shows the busiest time of day.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:15 am
فكرة جيدة …اتمنى لكم مزيد من التقدم
September 8th, 2011 at 12:39 am
Thank you. I notice the add today, really lets me know who is talking. Keep up the good work.
September 8th, 2011 at 12:55 am
This is great but it would be better if ones own comments weren’t included. Can that be fixed?
September 8th, 2011 at 2:01 am
Its an interesting point. Our thinking in including the author or authors is that seeing how authors on a multi-author blog interact is helpful, and on a blog with a single author it only takes up a single slot out of the eleven in the panel. It is also a gentle reminder that responding to comments is a good way to encourage people to comment on your blog.
Do you feel like you would rather have that one more slot filled by a user, or is the underlying issue that we should be displaying number of comments for all commenters? That’s not functionality we can provide right now, but something we can keep in mind as we continue to make improvements.
September 8th, 2011 at 1:29 am
Good Job!!
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September 8th, 2011 at 1:42 am
You guys keep amazing me with the stuff you guys create for WP platform…awesome!!!
September 8th, 2011 at 1:53 am
It would be better, if ‘Most Comments’ is available as widgets. We can inspire people to comment.
September 8th, 2011 at 2:06 am
i saw this today, very cool!
September 8th, 2011 at 2:15 am
Love it! Thank you! =)
September 8th, 2011 at 2:39 am
Wickedly kewl. I don’t have to look to know who mine is. I wish we had this same app for countries. I write for an international audience so I have an app on my sidebar to keep up with those stats. However, it would be even better if WordPress had their own app or site stats to tally that info….I’m sure I’m not the only one who writes for like 40 different countries on a regular basis!
September 8th, 2011 at 3:15 am
I am so totally wp for life. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
September 8th, 2011 at 4:48 am
Nicely done WordPress, and a big thank you!
September 8th, 2011 at 4:52 am
thanks a lot
September 8th, 2011 at 5:25 am
Cool. A handy little feature.
September 8th, 2011 at 5:39 am
I saw it today and loved it…thanks for this!
September 8th, 2011 at 5:46 am
Great and growth continuously of wordpress… good luck
September 8th, 2011 at 6:23 am
Awesome!!
September 8th, 2011 at 7:59 am
yes I see..and Wow..it’s really cool, when and where we have commenting display in here..
September 8th, 2011 at 8:06 am
This is good! But one widget like that on my side bar can i have? That will help me to reward the best commenter ! Sorry for the bad english!
September 8th, 2011 at 8:07 am
That’s great!
When are you going to do the IP-Country mapping for the stats?
September 8th, 2011 at 8:55 am
That one cool feature. Can’t wait to use it. Thanks.
September 8th, 2011 at 11:08 am
This is really a great way for me to see and communicate with my commentors. Thank you. Tom B.
http://power4homeproducts.com
September 8th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
Very nice! Thank you WP
September 8th, 2011 at 12:45 pm
another great innovation… thanks…
September 8th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
This is without doubt an excellent tool and will provide the kind of help that i needed. as a newbie you are all over the place to collect information ta assist you. this will help me to be more organized. thank you very much.
September 8th, 2011 at 1:31 pm
I may enable comments to see how effectively Akismet blocks spam, so I don’t need to spend ages checking comments myself. If it filters as well as gmail does I would be happy.
September 8th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
I did not see your notification in my in box.
I was pleasantly surprised to see this feature .
Keep up the good work, wp, as you always do.
September 8th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
You know, I’d ALSO like to know who gives me four or five stars.
Or maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t know how to obtaing this info . . .
September 8th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT WORK AND I AM GLAD THAT I JOINED THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY.GOD IS THE GREATEST.
September 8th, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Thank you !
September 8th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Thanks, this is very helpful info.
I’ve been wanting to see separate totals for reader comments and my replies. Gotta do a little math to see total reader comments, but at least it’s there.
September 8th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
thanls lot for ur informs
September 8th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Thank you! This is great – also the ‘most commented’ is so welcome!
September 8th, 2011 at 7:29 pm
Great! Thank you for regular improvements.
http://agroekonomija.wordpress.com/
September 8th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Thank you, I now dont need to a third part website for stat.
September 8th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
It would also be lovely to have unique visior stats, not just page views (which is SO inaccurate if you want to get a rough estimate of viewers of your blog). I figured this out when I installed sitemeter… and then found out that this is standard on blogger! Will this be happening any time soon? I’m sure it would be useful to a LOT of wordpress.com users.
September 8th, 2011 at 8:04 pm
That’s Great. WordPress is really making everything happen for us. Thanks My blog: http://ethanchellan.wordpress.com
September 8th, 2011 at 11:00 pm
this seems cool but I’ve looked everywhere and I don’t see it.
i checked under comments, under stats and I don’t see this panel :/ I have over 5000 comments on my blog so disappointing that I can’t see this.
September 9th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Go to your site’s stats dashboard at: https://breadmasterlee.wordpress.com/wp-admin/?page=stats
The comments panel should be on the lower right side.
September 8th, 2011 at 11:01 pm
wait ignore my comment, I found it! it was out of my sigh haha please disregard!
September 9th, 2011 at 4:33 am
geohibio reblogged this from geohibio.
September 9th, 2011 at 7:28 am
Very nice! Thank you .
September 9th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Thank you so much for this:-)!
wordpress.com is getting better and better all the time! I love it<3
I am always surprise when I see something new in the stats field:-D
have a great weekend
September 9th, 2011 at 9:35 am
Also..
I agree with what “Emily @ Wardrobe Block” says about unique visitors or at least visits not only page wives
best regards
L.o
September 9th, 2011 at 9:58 am
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September 9th, 2011 at 11:33 am
fraternal greetings from the Democratic People’s Republic of Glossolalia. We commend you on your improvements. In areas where you have not improved, we admonish you, for your own good.
September 9th, 2011 at 7:05 pm
Greg, marvellous addition to the stats… any chance you’ll expand it to list the amount of comments for all time? My blog has had quite a few comments… it would be cool to give my readers a league table of the most active users.
September 12th, 2011 at 10:53 pm
Possibly, we have to balance time to aggregate the data vs number of comments we are counting. Certainly something we will look at.
September 9th, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Very helpful! Thank you
September 10th, 2011 at 12:37 am
is good for me, I have 999 comments !!
September 10th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
I would love it if you rolled this feature into the .org backend (JetPack).
September 12th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
That is the plan, just not there yet
September 10th, 2011 at 9:37 pm
Ha ha! Cool! Now we can discover and thus stalk our top commenters! I love this. =P
September 10th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
Oh, I love it! It’s very good thing for anybody like me, ho must keep track of all about blog’s stats! Thank you for it…
September 11th, 2011 at 3:31 am
I have over 12000 comments in my blog so it is quite useful. Is there any way to display the commenter wise comments on the home page ? It may be useful.
September 12th, 2011 at 10:44 pm
Currently we don’t have a widget for displaying top commenters.