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Me vs You | My Most Viewed & Favourite Posts of 2020

a grid with a few photos of some of my most popular and favourite posts of 2020

Happy New Year everyone! It’s time for my annual Me vs You post where I compare my favourite posts of the year with my most viewed. I’ve done one of these posts every year since I started my blog, and I usually start thinking about what’s going to make my list at the end of November/ start of December. This year was tough. I was scrolling through my archives in December and the blurriness of 2020 had made me forget a lot of my content from January to March was actually this year. 

How this works?  

The concept is very simple. But if I only shared my most viewed, there would be a lot of repeats yearly, which would get boring really quickly. So, I share the real top 5, then the top 5 that were either newly published this year, or didn’t feature in last year’s list with their real ranking in brackets after it.  

The final count for new posts in 2020? 190. 

So, not making the top 5 or top 10 is far from the end of the world.  

Me vs You 2020

My most viewed posts of 2020 

  1. Too Faced Born This Way Foundation Review 
  2. Hungarian Solet Recipe 
  3. Graze Inspired Cacao Vanilla Flapjack Bites 
  4. Biscoff Milkshake Recipe 
  5. Testing Revolution Skincare

All of these posts other than #2 featured in last year’s list, so it would be a little dull if we left it there.  

My Most Viewed New Posts of 2020 

5. XX Revolution Glow Foundation Review (11) 

Revolution posts usually do very well, but I wasn’t sure how popular the new XX Revolution line was, so I was still surprised to see this one in my top 5 newer posts.  

xx revolution foundation and concealer on a white board with other makeup

4. Brownie Batter Baked Oats (10) 

Pinterest loved this one when I first posted it earlier this year. Seeing this one here isn’t a shock at all.  

3 Vegan Peppermint Creams Recipe (9) 

This was a Christmas recipe from last year so it was no shock that this one only started doing well this year. But I was shocked to see this one do so well. It’s been one of my most viewed posts every month since about September this year, but I had no idea it had done so well in such a short space of time to make the top 10.  

vegan peppermint cream bitten into to show the inside

2. High Protein Vegan Stir Fry Recipe (7) 

One of my Plant Sourced posts from earlier this year. It’s a lot easier to get your protein on a vegan diet than some people think it is. And this post deliberately says no tofu to show you can do it on a whole foods diet too. I was very shocked to see this one in my top 10 for the year. This one slipped under my radar completely.  

close up of crunchy vegetable stir fry

1. Biscoff Milkshake Recipe (2) 

This was a recipe a day May 2019 post, so not a new post in 2020. But this started getting a lot of search engine views in the earlier part of 2020 and has done well each month since, so it wasn’t a surprise to see this one take one of the top spots. See, you never know when a post will take off.  

My 5 Favourite Posts of 2020 

This list is always going to be a little bit different for a few reasons. The main one is that my list is exclusively posts I published in 2020, not older ones that did well in 2020. And then sometimes I love a recipe simply because I wasn’t sure if it would work, and it turned out really well. Or maybe I really liked the photos, not necessarily because the post itself was a standout.  

If they don’t have a number in brackets, they were outside of the top 40. 

5. Roasted Mushroom Pasta Recipe 

This one is purely here because I loved the photos so much.  

roasted mushroom pasta in a slate bowl

4. Gluten Free Vegan Cherry Scones (26) 

This one is an ‘I can’t believe this actually worked’ mention. I didn’t think I’d get gluten free vegan scones to turn out this well. A very proud recipe a day May moment. 

gluten free vegan cherry scones sliced open and topped with cherry compote

3. Three Dessert Oatmeal Recipes 

Who doesn’t love the idea of dessert for breakfast? I’m really not a fan of the taste or texture of plain oats, so I had a lot of fun making these recipes and finding a way to actually enjoy oats without baking them. And I know the brownie batter baked oats did better in terms of views, but I think the regular brownie batter oats looked SO much better.  

vegan brownie batter oats in a white bowl. Chocolate oatmeal with a swirl of peanut butter on top with chocolate chips

2. Nutella Smoothie Bowl Recipe (14) 

…back to who doesn’t love dessert for breakfast? And I found a way to make something taste like Nutella and it’s still reasonably healthy.  

close up of the creamy texture of the smoothie bowl with a few spoons eaten

1. Sweet Potato Brownies Recipe (19) 

I made sweet potato brownies for the first time ever and they turned out like this? Need I say more?  

a grey wooden tray with some sliced sweet potato brownies on it

Were any of your favourites on this list, or were you surprised by any of them?  

Until next time, 

Sophie 

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Comments

  1. SWEET POTATO BROWNIES! YUM! I haven’t been that active the past few months so it looks like I got a lot of your posts to catch up on Sophie but have to say the Sweet Potato Brownies is something I’ll be looking and trying very soon!

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  2. I didn’t realise until now you had a biscoff milkshake recipe and now I am dying to read it and make it!

    Over the year I’ve been working hard in cutting out eggs/ meat in diet to become vegan and I’ve enjoyed your recipes so so much! I’ve made so many of them and I’m sure they’ll help me so much through veganuary x

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  3. Your posts throughout 2020 were on point whether it was from vegan gf meals to beauty, to everything in between. It is always nice to be one of the firsts to review a newly released product. That way you’re leading the way of the reviews. The peppermint cream looks delicious. I haven’t had York in FOREVER. Totally gave me vibes of it. I always loved sir frying vegetables. Always nice when you don’t need to include tofu! You make the most bomb breakfast and desserts!! I really need to step up my bowls game. Hope 2021 will be great to you!

    Nancy ✨ mdrnminimalists.com

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  4. This is my first time on your blog, so hi!

    You have a great selection of posts. I’m always up for reading makeup reviews and some of those recipes sound amazing. I’ll be subscribing to your blog so I know of future posts too x

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  5. What an interesting concept, I love this post idea! I always find that my personal favourites differ from reader favourites too I’m definitely checking out the Nutella smoothie bowl, sounds delish!

    Anika | chaptersofmay.com

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  7. I was here for your 2019 edition of this so I was happy to read this today. It is interesting to see what has done well and what has surprised you; I love that you got some happy surprises along the way of putting this together!

    The brownies look so good to me, though I need to try those peppermint creams.
    Thanks for sharing!

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  17. What a great selection of posts, and I can definitely stay I’m going to be stalking your blog for the next few days testing out all of these delish looking recipes – sweet potato brownies had me sold!

    //teandtwosugars.blogspot.com xx

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  19. All of your recipes are gorgeous!! It’s no surprise that they get so many views! Here’s to 2021!

    Daisy xoxo |

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  24. Your photographs always look amazing, I’m very jealous! Nice round-up of posts here, and since I’m aiming to have more vegan days this year I suspect I’ll be coming back to a lot of these…

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  25. This is such a fun way of doing it for those that have been blogging for a while. I can definitely see how the same posts would show up time after time in a round-up type situation – those that do well usually stick around for years to come! I love seeing which posts a blogger loves the most themselves… It’s a fun way to learn a little more about you and what you like most!

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  29. I want to try the nutella smoothie bowl! It’s interesting seeing what your favourites were – it’s nice to look back on the year and the things we are proud of at the end of it! 🙂 We do a lot of things we forget in day to day life, even without 2020 making time seem stranger than usual and making us forgetful, so it’s good to have blogs to look back on and dates to remember things, haha! 🙂

    Hope 2021 is off to a good start for you so far 🙂

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  31. Love the reflection in this post. I haven’t really thought about what my fave posts of the year are. I loved your mushroom pasta post – the pics are amazing & I love mushrooms haha!

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  40. I have really enjoyed reading your posts in 2020 and making a couple of the recipes myself too! It’s always interesting to see how well posts do at the end of the year isn’t it! I remember reading your sweet potato brownie recipe, I haven’t tried it out yet but I am still very much intrigued to try it. xx

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