Visitor trends to my blog

The above graphic shows the visitor trends to my blog. Here are some interesting observations:

1. The peaks tend to appear mid-week. The troughs on week-ends
2. As my readership increases, the height difference between the intra week lows and highs increases. In other words – the drop off always seem to remain the same – I would think that these are my loyal blog readers. The highs probably occur because of search generated referrals.
3. The peak in october coincides with the release of the Colorado ballot measures document and the summary of how different organizations wanted voters to vote on them. The peak in April – I am not sure what caused it.

The following graphic shows the cities from where the visitors arrived on my site:

 

That is 8,713 cities on the above map.