By Don Hall

2019 was an odd year for The Ape. By far, the most significant change came when Dana and I decided to move to Las Vegas leaving David to take the helm in Chicago. We added some writers, lost some writers, and quickly discovered how tenuous our crummy business model was in light of a bi-coastal, non-marketing platform.

We had some LLC difficulties, some banking difficulties, and Himmel and I had to figure out how to accomplish the ApeCast via FaceTime.

That being laid out, we’ve still managed to keep our modest publication alive and continued to publish some intriguing work along the way. Over the course of 2019, the site has had 98,507 unique pageviews with 69,682 unique visitors. Considering that 2018 had roughly 73,000 pageviews, it seems like progress.

Here are the top ten most read pieces in 2019—apparently the problematic movies of the 1980s has been popular so you’ll all buy the book when it comes out in 2020, right?

#10 Real Life Ghost Stories: The Witch's Chair
J.L. Thurston
1,191 Unique Pageviews

#9 Problematic Movies of the '80s | Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Don Hall
1,459 Unique Pageviews

#8 Problematic Movies of the '80s | Bachelor Party (1984)
Don Hall
1,545 Unique Pageviews

#7 The Word of 2018 was “WTF?”
Don Hall
1,786 Unique Pageviews

#6 Problematic Movies of the '80s | Weird Science (1985)
Don Hall
2,296 Unique Pageviews

#5 Problematic Movies of the '80s | The Three Amigos (1986)
Don Hall
2,399 Unique Pageviews

#4 Problematic Movies of the '80s | Blame it on Rio (1984)
Don Hall
2,886 Unique Pageviews

#3 We Need To Talk About Heathcliff
Brian Sweeney
3,134 Unique Pageviews

#2 Problematic Movies of the ’80s | Porky’s (1981)
Don Hall
3,174 Unique Pageviews

#1 Saying “I Love You to the Moon and Back” is an Empty Sentiment
David Himmel
5,856 Unique Pageviews