2015 Was a Huge Year for Stuck in Iceland and I Say Thank You!

At the end of 2015, I just couldn´t believe how successful my little online travel magazine has become. Of course, I owe its success to all of my readers, people who are looking for beautiful places to visit and fun things to do in Iceland. I do hope that my site has helped you have a great trip to Iceland. I am also indebted to all the wonderful people who have shared their experience of visiting Iceland. I could not have done this without you all, so please keep your wonderful content coming. Together, we have published over 100 Iceland-themed articles in 2015!

Stupendous Traffic Growth
An incredible 120 thousand people used my site in 2015, a growth of over 162 percent from 2014. I am especially gratified by the growth in the number of people finding Iceland-related travel articles on my site through Google, which is up 138 percent compared to 2014. The number of users finding Stuck in Iceland through Google Search in 2015 is an astounding 65 thousand people. The incredibly nice people at Mbl.is and Iceland Monitor also supported the site by covering a lot of articles on the site. 2015 was the year I reached 100,000 readers, but I have to tell you that I seem to be a few weeks away from reaching 200,000. That is just mind-blowing for me.

Thanks to two awesome guys
The co-founder of Stuck in Iceland, Sigurdur Fjalar Jonsson, decided to hand the project over to me since he has been really busy with his day job and his calling in special needs teaching. I thank him for starting Stuck in Iceland with me. Egill R. Erlendsson is one of the leading WordPress programmers in the world, and he has given me invaluable help in improving the site. Thanks, Egill, for your incredible help!

The Icelandic Seasons Project – Thanks for Your Support
 I also want to thank everyone who pledged their support for the Karolina Fund project, Icelandic Seasons, which unfortunately did not meet the minimum funding requirement. But still, the team behind the project got a lot of media coverage and pledges, and for that, we in the team are eternally grateful.

In 2016 I wow to do my very best for you who love Iceland!
This success is both humbling and exhilarating at the same time. In the new year, I will try my very best to source and create quality content, text, video, and photographs, and expand my new online store with quality Icelandic-themed products from Icelandic craftspeople. I run Stuck in Iceland as a hobby project, and I am really busy with my day job. But I will do my very best for you guys.

Here are the most popular articles in 2015:

1. My good friend and rising international music star, Shelita Burke, writes about her experience of playing in Iceland
2. I write about the much-loved Reykjavik hiking trail up Mt. Esja
3. Mike Whitten writes about his incredible Icelandic road trip, including a trip to a volcanic eruption
4. Stan Klasz was interviewed about his incredible Iceland photos
5. The waterfall Gljúfrabúi is a lovely hidden waterfall
6. My good friend Tor Bilski wrote a great piece about her journey to the North of Iceland to find about Agnes, the main character in the novel Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
7. Paul Hutchinson is a good friend of mine and a man of many talents. He found this hidden gem of a hot spring
8. Simeon and Elizabeth Smith are pretty cool people from the UK. They visited Iceland and went all in. Their story is fun to read
9. My great friend Martin Schulz photographed Brúarfoss waterfall. As always, his pictures are a joy to look at
10. Italian filmmakers Sofia E. Rovati and Alex Sykulak were interviewed about their Kickstarter project, which was about creating a documentary about the search for the holy grail in the Icelandic highlands. I kid you not.

I am just so grateful for your continued support, and from the bottom of my heart, I wish you a happy New Year 2016.