MAD’s Workshop: Updates and Insights

This website has always been a work in progress. What began as a personal repository for my writing has gradually grown into a larger workshop for my creative work, academic research, reflections, videos, and self-improvement advocacy. Recently, I made several changes to improve its appearance, organization, and accessibility. I also took a closer look at its statistics and discovered some interesting—and pleasantly surprising—details about where my visitors come from, which posts and pages get the most views, and which PDF files are downloaded most frequently. Allow me to share these updates and discoveries with you.

DATE OF UPDATE: August 15, 2026

As of August 15, 2026, my website had already received thousands of views from different countries. Most came from the Philippines (109,438), followed by the United States (22,497), South Korea (8,419), India (2,336), and Singapore (2,082). According to WordPress statistics, the website had accumulated a total of 166,604 views.

Overall, the vast majority of my website’s views have come from my home country, the Philippines, with the United States in a distant second. However, since April 2026, the website has received more views from the United States than from the Philippines. During the past 30 days, the ratio was almost 2:1, with 1,594 views from the United States and 832 from the Philippines.

The following are the most-viewed posts and pages on my website, together with the number of views each has received. At the top of the list is a Filipino short story entitled “Ang Tatay Kong Taxi Driver.” “The Confession Wives” is my review of a Filipino drama series, while “Maikling Nobela” is the landing page for my Filipino works classified as short novels.

In addition to showing which posts and pages have received the most views, WordPress statistics also reveal how many times visitors have downloaded the PDF files available on my website. I hadn’t examined these figures closely until now, and I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my one-act plays rank among my most-downloaded files, followed by several of my research works.

These statistics have given me a better understanding of the types of materials that attract the greatest interest from my visitors.