2024 Year in Review for Gay Dad Reporter
In the era of Spotify’s Unwrapped, it is time for Gay Dad Reporter’s 2024 year in review.
Gay Dad Reporter was officially founded on August 23, 2024 as an LLC in California, so 2024 is the first full year that I have been writing, researching, and generating content on assisted reproduction for queer people.
2024 will also be my least year working on Gay Dad Reporter part time. I am planning on quitting my day job and focusing on this venture full time during the second half of 2025. Of all my previous academic and work accomplishments, Gay Dad Reporter is the thing I am most proud of, and I want to see what I can make of it when I focus on it 100%.
2024 Metrics
Without further ado, here are the Gay Dad Reporter year in review metrics for 2024:
Medium writing (https://medium.com/@gaydadreporter)
Articles written: 50
Reading time (calculated by Medium): 289 minutes or ~4.82 hours
Unique views: 4,386 with an 82% increase from January to December 2024
Unique reads: 2,788 with a 79% increase from January to December 2024
Social media
I would love to share insights from the Gay Dad Reporter website (www.gaydadreporter.com), but I only installed Google Analytics in November 2024, so stay tuned for website metrics next year.
2024 Most Read Articles
I also wanted to highlight my top 5 most read articles based on Medium’s metrics:
2025 Goals
Since I will be focusing full time on Gay Dad Reporter starting in 2025, I want to set some SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound). After all, if this is going to be my full time job (fingers crossed), I should treat it like every corporate job I have ever had and have these types of goals in mind for planning and execution.
My first goal revolves around my writing. I really enjoy writing, and I believe there is a dearth of well-researched writing about assisted reproduction for queer people, especially outside the United States. With this in mind, my first goal is to get a literary agent who is interested in my work and will advocate for me to get a book deal. I know this is a challenge given the financial climate of the book industry these days, but I really believe that this is the best way to help Gay Dad Reporter and myself get the credibility and visibility needed to continue to grow this venture and help as many people as possible.
My other goals for 2025 are a bit SMART-er and include:
>50 articles focusing on topics that have performed well in my 2024 metrics, including international, non U.S. surrogacy policy and scientific research on queer parents.
>15 interviews with queer dads who navigated non-traditional surrogacy journeys in the U.S. and abroad. I think this would be an interesting contrast from my husband and my journey, and I want to connect more with other queer dads and hear their stories.
>5,000 social media followers with >50,000 accounts reached across all platforms. This is a huge increase, but building this following is essential to continue to share information and help people all over the world.
Launch of the Gay Dad Reporter Matching Platform with >500 users. This platform is the future of Gay Dad Reporter in terms of being a profitable enterprise, and I don’t want to delay its launch another year. You can read more about the vision for the platform in a previous article.
So, that’s the Gay Dad Reporter 2024 year in review and 2025 look ahead. I am focused on making Gay Dad Reporter a success so that I can continue to write and help as many queer people as possible have children through assisted reproduction.
Happy new year to all intended and current rainbow families, and I am excited to continue the amazing Gay Dad Reporter venture into next year and beyond.
