October 2017 was the Blogtober Tech Edition month, thanks to the interesting #Blogtober campaign for the tech / virtualization community started by Matt Heldstab – (@mattheldstab on Twitter). Now he has publish some interesting data and results on this page: http://tcwd.net/vblog/2017/11/01/blogtober-results-what-it-means-for-us-all-yes-you-too/

Blogtober by the numbers:

• Total posts by Blogtober bloggers: 340
• Total posts by those bloggers in September, perhaps the most prolific blogging month of the year: 206
• Blogtober Bloggers completing the challenge of 5 posts in October: 41
• How many countries were represented by Blogtober bloggers? 12
• How many continents were represented by Blogtober bloggers? 5

These bloggers have completed Blogtober!

• http://vstellar.com by Manish Jha (@alex_hunt86 on Twitter) – 19 posts
• https://www.tinkertry.com by Paul Braren (@paulbraren on Twitter) – 14 posts
• http://vinfrastructure.it by Andrew Mauro (@andrea_mauro on Twitter) – 13 posts
• http://penguinpunk.net/blog by Dan Frith (@penguinpunk on Twitter) – 10 posts
• https://jorgedelacruz.es by Jorge De La Cruz (@jorgedlcruz on Twitter) – 10 posts
• http://storageioblog.com by Greg Schulz (@storageio on Twitter) – 10 posts
• https://blog.mwpreston.net by Mike Preston (@mwpreston on Twitter) – 9 posts
• http://techstuff.napiza.org by Rob Napiza (@robnapiza on Twitter – 9 posts
• https://www.d8taDude.com by Richard Arnold (@d8taDude on Twitter) – 9 posts
• https://thevirtualboi.wordpress.com by Stephen Owens (@thevirtualboi on Twitter) – 9 posts
• https://www.letsv4real.com by Chestin Hay (@letsv4real on Twitter) – 8 posts
• http://virtualg.uk by Graham (@virtualg_uk on Twitter) – 8 posts
• http://www.vgemba.net by Colin Westwater (@cwestwater on Twitter) – 8 posts
• http://blogs.arielsanchezmora.com by Ariel Sanchez (@arielsanchezmor on Twitter) – 7 posts
• http://www.vmatt.net by Matt Heldstab (@mattheldstab on Twitter) – 6 posts
• https://virtuallyuseful.wordpress.com by Ray Olander (@virtuallyuseful on Twitter) – 6 posts
• https://thecloudxpert.net by Christopher Lewis (@thecloudxpert on Twitter) – 6 posts
• https://www.homelaber.com.br by Valdecir Carvalho (@homelaber on Twitter) – 6 posts
• http://blog.linoproject.net by Lino Telera (@linotelera on Twitter) – 6 posts
• http://www.explorevm.com/ by Paul Woodward Jr. (@explorevm on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://www.sysadmingirl.blog by Mackenzie Meier (@MackenzieKMeier on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://community.vmug.com/browse/vmugvoice by Brad Tompkins (@VMUG_CEO on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://vzilla.co.uk  by Michael Cade (@michaelcade1 on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://42u.ca by Matt Crape (@MattThatITGuy on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://snoopj.wordpress.com by Jon Hildebrand (@snoopj123 on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://www.snurf.co.uk by Ian Sanderson (@ian0x0r on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://pascalswereld.nl by Pascal van de Bor (@pheldoorn on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://www.thehumblelab.com by Cody De Arkland (@codydearkland on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://vninja.net by Christian Mohn (@h0bbel on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://www.lukaswinn.net by Lukas Winn (@lukaswinn on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://www.running-system.com by Andreas Lesslhumer (@lessi001 on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://www.dougdefrank.com by Doug DeFrank (@dougdefrank on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://www.theaaronstrong.com by Aaron Strong (@theaaronstrong on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://www.vmspot.com by Matt Bradford (@vmspot on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://www.digitalvspace.com by Tony Reeves (@importcarguy on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://www.raoconnor.com by Russell O’Connor (@raoconnor on Twitter) – 5 posts
• http://virtubytes.com by Ryan S – 5 posts
• https://www.mueller-tech.com by James Mueller (@JamesMuellerIT on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://virtualvt.wordpress.com by Scott Driver (@VTsnowboarder42 on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://virtualtassie.com by Matt Allford (@mattallford on Twitter) – 5 posts
• https://m1labs.co by Wences Michel (@wmichel on Twitter) – 5 posts

An honorable mention goes to these bloggers that posted three or more times!  Great job, everyone.

• https://www.thevirtualhorizon.com by Sean Massey (@seanpmassey on Twitter) – 4 posts
• http://www.8bitvirtual.net by Jason Davidson (@jasonbdavidson on Twitter) – 4 posts
• http://www.askaresh.com by Aresh Sarkari (@askaresh on Twitter) – 3 posts
• http://vgyan.in by Sujith Surendran (@sujithsn24 on Twitter) – 3 posts
• https://www.vhojan.nl by Johan van Amersfoort (@vhojan on Twitter) – 3 posts
• https://www.technicloud.com by Rebecca Fitzhugh (@rebeccafitzhugh on Twitter) – 3 posts
• https://www.quirkyvirtualization.net by Jeremy Ey (@kayakerscout on Twitter) – 3 posts
• http://joehoughes.com by Joe Houghes (@jhoughes on Twitter) – 3 posts

Andrea Mauro

Virtualization, Cloud and Storage Architect. Tech Field delegate. VMUG IT Co-Founder and board member. VMware VMTN Moderator and vExpert 2010-24. Dell TechCenter Rockstar 2014-15. Microsoft MVP 2014-16. Veeam Vanguard 2015-23. Nutanix NTC 2014-20. Several certifications including: VCDX-DCV, VCP-DCV/DT/Cloud, VCAP-DCA/DCD/CIA/CID/DTA/DTD, MCSA, MCSE, MCITP, CCA, NPP.