At the end of each year, I like to reflect on my blog. In this post, I want to see which of my blog posts had the most views in 2025.
My Most Popular Posts in 2025
#10 15 Mystery Games to Play Like Nancy Drew
The Nancy Drew PC games are one of my favorite series that I have been playing since I was a kid. However, the last 2 Nancy Drew games have not been the best, with terrible graphics, clunky movement, and convoluted gameplay. I published this post in March 2025 to share a list of mystery games I recommend that have similar vibes to the Nancy Drew games.
#9 10 Cozy Winter Games to Play
Near the end of 2024, I recommended 10 cozy games to play during winter. The games themselves are set during winter, or they have winter themes.
#8 The 25 Best Cozy Games to Play on PC and Console
I published this blog post in 2023, sharing a list of cozy games I recommend playing, including farming, adventure, puzzle, and narrative games. With this list, you will hopefully find a game that piques your interest. Also, this post was my 2nd most popular post in 2024, and it moved down to 8th for 2025.
#7 10 Cozy Witchy Games
I published this post in 2024 to share a list of 10 cozy games I have played and would recommend, where the main character you play as is a witch. There are farming, life simulation, story-based, and puzzle games on the list.
#6 Norse Organics Skincare Review
In 2024, I was gifted the Kill Acne & Redness Ritual from Norse Organics. I shared my experience of using the products in a review.
#5 Ranking Every Sims 4 Stuff Pack from Worst to Best
I published my ranking of all 20 The Sims 4 Stuff Packs in 2024. The ranking starts with the Stuff Packs that I do not think are worth the money to the ones I highly recommend buying. Furthermore, this post was my 8th most popular post in 2024, and it moved up to my 5th best post in 2025.
#4 The Top 10 Cozy Mobile Games to Play for Free
In 2023, I shared a list of 10 mobile games I have played and would recommend. The mobile games are all free-to-play and do not have intrusive pop-up ads. Last year, I had to update the post as I included Animal Crossing Pocket Camp, which went paid, and another mobile game was shut down. Also, this post was my top post in 2024, and it moved down to 4th for 2025.
#3 The Best Free Cozy Games on PC
To follow up on my free mobile game recommendations, I shared a list of free cozy games to play on PC in 2024. There are over 15 games on the list, from short puzzle games to life simulation games with open-ended playtime.
#2 10 Cozy Cooking Games to Play
In April 2025, I published a list of cozy cooking games I recommend playing. For the games on the list, the main gameplay is focused on cooking from cooking dishes in a food truck to running a pizzeria.
#1 Frøya Organics Natural Skincare Review
I was gifted The Complete System for Mature Women’s Skin from Frøya Organics, and I published my review in 2024. In the post, I share my thoughts after trying the four products. This post was my 3rd most popular post in 2024, and it moved up to first. I am surprised that my review is still popular in 2025.
My Thoughts on My Most Popular Posts
Out of my most popular posts, 2 were published in 2025, 6 in 2024, and 2 were from 2023. It is great to see that 2 posts I published in 2025 make my top 10 list. It is also nice that a few posts I published in 2023 and 2024 remained on my top posts list.
Of my most popular posts, 8 are gaming, and 2 are beauty-related. There is less variety of topics than in 2024. Of the gaming posts, 6 are related to cozy gaming, 1 is on The Sims 4, and 1 is about mystery games. For the beauty posts, Frøya Organics and Norse Organics are sister companies, and it is interesting that both are popular on my blog.
Over the years, my views have been steadily increasing. For 2025, my views are almost double the amount from 2024. Search engines continue to be my largest source for views. Pinterest is my second-highest source for views, and the number of views from Pinterest has remained about the same as in 2024.
The other social media sources that have contributed to my blog’s views have been Facebook and Twitter/X. The views from Facebook actually increased somewhat in 2025, while views from Twitter/X continue to decrease. In 2024, I joined Bluesky, and I was curious to see if Bluesky would have any impact on my blog views, but there were no noticeable views. However, for 2025, there is a noticeable increase in views from ChatGPT. When people use ChatGPT, the AI chatbot will include links and sources. Apparently, ChatGPT has been linking to my blog, as I have had more views from ChatGPT than Twitter/X. I am looking forward to seeing what is in store for my blog in 2026.
That’s really interesting that the most popular posts are beauty and gaming. Also that you have older posts still generating plenty of traffic – proof that keywords and SEO does work!
It is a bit different from 2024 where I had gaming, beauty, blogging, and shopping posts in my top 10 for the year. Yes SEO does work!
It’s always interesting to see what resonates most with people.
I agree! I had no idea most of my popular posts would be on gaming!
thanks for your sharing have a nice new week
You’re welcome and I hope you have a great week too!
Those are amazing posts. Some of my highest ranking pages were also written years ago.
It is interesting to see older posts become popular, and in 2024, I had a post from 2018 make my top 10 list!