What Was Popular in 2011?

2011 has been a great year for Steal Her Style. We’ve published over 400 new posts and our traffic has grown from 1.4 million pageviews in 2010 to 4.5 million this year. Thanks to everyone who visited the site, spread the word, followed us (we’re on Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr), and especially those who submitted posts.

I know it’s a few days late, but I love numbers (and Google Docs!), so I wanted to share a run-down of what’s been popular this year.

What You Read

most viewed pages

Tattoo pages have been very popular, with Miley Cyrus leading the pack.

Who You Wanted To Dress Like

artists with the most traffic to style pages

Longstanding Steal Her Style favorites occupy spots 1 through 5, but Disney queens Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, and Miley Cyrus have become increasingly popular.

What You Shared

pages with the most Twitter and Facebook interactions

What You Searched

Google search terms that lead you to Steal Her Style

miley cyrus tattoos
steal her style
demi lovato tattoo
miley cyrus tattoo
katy perry tattoo
demi lovato tattoos
sierra kusterbeck
stealherstyle
katy perry tattoos
sierra kusterbeck hair

Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato’s ever-growing tattoo collections have lead loads of people to the tattoo pages to check out all of their ink and the stories behind it.

Who We Posted

most posts in 2011

Ellie Goulding, who I first posted in January, had the most posts of 2011. We continued adding even more posts about Sierra Kusterbeck, bringing her total count to over 150, the most overall posts of any artist.

Who We Added

most popular new artists in 2011

Dev has had a huge year this year, blasted from relative obscurity to being featured on a number one mega-hit to seeing her own songs rise on the charts, so it’s no surprise that she was the most popular new artist. What you love most are the crazy pairs of sunglasses that she wears in her music videos.

No artist that I’ve posted about has ever been as polarizing as Kreayshawn. Some of y’all hate her, like really hate her. And yet enough of you have viewed her pages to make her the number two new artist even though I didn’t start posting her until August. Most of you are curious about her many tattoos, but others have come looking for her outfits. She was most popular in October when people were looking for Halloween costume ideas.

Steal Her Style has grown more diverse and includes a variety of music styles from metal to pop and everything in between. Pop artists have always had their place here – Ashlee Simpson and Katy Perry were two of the most posted about artists in the early days of the site. But it has been a goal of mine to post things that can’t be found on any other site, so I’ve included more of my personal favorite lesser-known pop singers like Kerli, Natalia Kills, and Ellie Goulding.

I’m always on the lookout for new artists with an edgy and unique style who will fit in here. I don’t post every single artist that’s suggested, but I definitely listen to and value your suggestions. There are quite a few musicians on Steal Her Style that I dodn’t know about until they were suggested to me. So let me know: Who should we add in 2012?

-Linda

2 Comments