Four Years of FiveCentNickel
Tip It!Wow. I can’t believe that I almost forgot about this, but… Today is FiveCentNickel’s fourth birthday. It’s really hard for me to believe that it’s been four years since I wrote these words:
Welcome to fivecentnickel.com, a new weblog about personal finance written from the perspective of a thirty-something family man.
(I’m still thirty-something, by the way.)
In case you’re not aware of how I came up with the domain name, it comes from the following quote from the Depression-era journalist Franklin P. Adams:
“There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.â€
And now we have one. 
For the numbers freaks amongst you (don’t worry, I’m a numbers freak too), I present the following data:
Total number of posts: 1900
Total number of words in posts: 486,749 (and not a single typo – hah!)
Total number of comments: 17,263 (not counting spam)
Total number of words in comments: 1,390,062
Breaking it down, that’s an average of roughly 256 words/post and 1.3 posts/day (including weekends). As far as comments go, you guys (and me, to a lesser extent) have left an average of 9 comments per post, with an average of roughly 81 words per comment.
The current comment champion is “Dave Ramsey is Bad at Math,” which was published just eight days after this site went live, on May 9th, 2005. As of this writing, that article has drawn 392 comments (and counting!).
And with that… All I can say is thanks for your support.
Hat tip to FD for reminding me!
Published on May 1st, 2009 - 32 Comments
Filed under: About/Admin
About the author: Nickel is the founder and editor-in-chief of this site. He's a thirty-something family man who has been writing about personal finance since 2005, and guess what? He's on Twitter!
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May 1st, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Dang, didn’t know you were that old, grandpa! Nah, just kidding. Congrats on the longevity, especially when so many of us (not me, yet) have gone to “Blogger’s Heaven” long ago. Keep it up!
May 1st, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Dang, you are old…
May 1st, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Congratulations! looking forward to at least four more fun and financial fact filled years.
May 1st, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Ooo, ooo! Can I call Nickel old, too? Pretty please?
Just kidding Nickel. Congrats! Four years is definitely a milestone to be proud of.
May 1st, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Congrats Nickle! Huge accomplishment!
May 1st, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Congrats Nickel! Huge accomplishment!
May 1st, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Congratulation and thank you for your support over the years.
May 1st, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Well done! I just reached my 3 month mark. I do not have nearly the skill or pride that you do. Still, you are an inspiration.
May 1st, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Congratulations on 4 years! Here’s to another 4!
May 1st, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Nicely done sir! When we dumping a keg over you and throwing a party?!
May 1st, 2009 at 9:52 pm
Wow, made me think about it and realize that I’ve been writing for over four years now too.
It’s been a good run, here’s to another 4 years.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:42 pm
The Dave Ramsey post is the MOST famous one.
Congrats.
May 1st, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Happy Anniversary! How time flies!
May 1st, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Cheers to 4 years!
Wow that’s a lot of blogging.
To quote my favorite blogger: “The hard part, as you can guess, is the first 2,500 posts. After that, momentum really starts to build.”
The next 1000 should be even more exciting.
May 2nd, 2009 at 12:38 am
I still can’t get over the fact you can run the site while raising four kids. Makes your 4 year tenure even more impressive. Congrats!
May 2nd, 2009 at 8:13 am
Congratulations FCN. 4 years is a huge accomplishment.
May 2nd, 2009 at 11:37 am
Congratulations! Keep up the great work.
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Happy Birthday!
Keep up the good work. I enjoy reading your site.
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:53 pm
loved the comment about Ramsey’s bad math. I personally believe there are three levels to his bad math, but the dude is actually great at math in that his pockets are lined and that is all he cares about.
Loved the five cent nickel quote as well. I thought it had something to do with the days of the five and dime store being a new thing. I wish you the best of luck on your blog, you don’t need luck you have value for folks to read and comment about so they will keep coming back.
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:56 pm
By the way all these youngsters are calling you old. They haven’t got a clue what old is. Talk to me when your over 50 then come back again when your over 80. You really want to talk old , let’s talk to those approaching 90. Age is a matter of state of mind. 30 something is still a baby! Wish I could trade you places.
Keep up the great work and Happy Birthday to your blog!
May 3rd, 2009 at 2:46 am
Congrats – great to see the numbers. I haven’t thought about adding up comments like that, I should try it out. Love Stephanie’s comment above:) Thanks for the inspiration. Great source for your blog’s title, too. The way I chose mine was just based on an idea/philosophy I had in mind. Unfortunately, it turns out to just look like another cliche “Money” blog title, but that’s not the way I intended it! I was thinking of the Your Money and Your Life book and some of the thoughts I had in relation to it.
Congrats on no typos! Yeah!
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:59 am
Congratulations on 4 years! I think that is like 8 years in blogging years.
May 3rd, 2009 at 11:00 am
Congratulations on 4 years of blogging!
May 3rd, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Congrats Nickel on making 4 years!
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Congrats on 4 years, nickel, keep up the good work!
May 4th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Congrats Nickel! Not only have you made it to four years but you’ve been active and productive the whole time!
May 4th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Congrats from your friends at socialnerdia (dot) com!!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Here’s another comment to add to your total. Congratulations on four great years. I hope that I can have a fraction of your success. I always look forward to your insights. Keep up the good work!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Happy birthday, Nickel!
BTW, with inflation, have you ever considered redubbing the site “Ten cent dime?”
Actually, I guess it’s all relative!
All the best!
Len
May 5th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Congrats, Nickel!
May 5th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Happy anniversary and congratulations.
May 8th, 2009 at 9:31 am
Good golly! Four years! Four kids! That’s a lot of work. Keep up the quality work. I still read your blog because of the high quality (and lack of typos).