The results are in from the reader survey. The response rate is fairly disappointing — 232 completed surveys. According to Google Analytics, on 6 of the last 13 days this blog had over 1,000 unique visitors, so less than 25% (probably less than 20%) filled out the survey. Additionally, the findings aren’t too surprising.

Mostly male readers. Mostly yeshiva educated but with a sizable minority who are not. A sizable minority of readers have their own blogs. Most readers read the blog once a day, with many who read it a few times a day and many a few times a week. The likes and dislikes are all over the place, maybe not even but not uneven enough to make much of a difference. See below for the charts.

The comments on the surveys, however, were interesting. There was an almost exact even number who said less me, less Steve, less Ari and less Joel. People wanted less opinion and more opinion, less halakhah and more of it, less Bible and more of it. Some wanted more Ortho-skeptic posts and others wanted more anti-Ortho-skeptic posts. Some wanted less of a Charedi viewpoint and others wanted less of a Modern viewpoint. Yet these people still read the blog! What I’m seeing is that this blog offers a healthy variety and people of different backgrounds and tastes have enough to enjoy.

Two noteworthy suggestions are more guest posts and opportunities to suggest topics. I’m working on those. There were also a number of other good suggestions that I am not mentioning here but am thinking about if and how to implement them.