BrickNerd 2024: Numbers and New Years Resolutions

Four years ago, we brought BrickNerd back to life with a mission to celebrate the creativity of the LEGO community, share the stories of both builders and builds, and provide a place to really get nerdy about the bricks. Every year since then, we’ve been amazed by the positive reception to all of our hard work and how much we’ve been able to accomplish together.

As 2024 comes to a close, we wanted to share with you some of the numbers, notable articles, and New Year resolutions for 2025.

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Reflecting on 2024

Looking back, it’s incredible to see all that BrickNerd achieved in 2024. We published many excellent articles, hosted gatherings at dozens of events, collaborated with some truly exceptional people, and awarded many more of our “Nerd of Note” awards. We even helped make the internet a little more “AdoraBuild.”

We’ve also continued trying to help increase representation and visibility of all perspectives throughout the LEGO community. The map below shows the countries we’ve highlighted through features on their cultures, communities, builders, or events. We’ve worked hard to represent a wide range of voices, but there’s still more ground to cover!

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We’re deeply honored by the global support and excitement for BrickNerd and everything it stands for. This platform exists for you—our fellow LEGO enthusiasts—to share, learn, and grow together. Now, let’s dive into the numbers from 2024 to reflect on what we’ve accomplished as a community.

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BrickNerd 2024 By The Numbers

• 1,727,000 articles read during the year (30% more than last year)

• 19,344 combined followers on various social media platforms

• 5,117 days worth of non-stop 24-hour reading if all the visits to BrickNerd in 2024 were accessed by a single person (more than 14 years!)

• 365 days published (we posted something interesting every single day)

• 267 brand new articles

• 216 countries where readers accessed the site (with significant increases in South America, India and Africa)

• 179 feature articles linked to from other LEGO fan media

• 127 building contest reminders

• 115 MOCs built for our Adorabuild contest

• 114 deep dives on nerdy LEGO topics

• 99 Best of BrickNerd articles highlighted

• 88 builder showcases, MOC spotlights and MOC round-ups

• 84 interviews (almost impossible to count since we try to talk to EVERYONE)

• 46 current contributors from around the world who speak dozens of languages

• 40+ custom Nerdlies built for our Nerdvember: Animation Edition contest

• 36 guest articles highlighting the best minds from the AFOL community

• 39 paid Patrons supporting BrickNerd every month (thank you!)

• 24 event and convention reports

• 14 instructions published for custom LEGO creations

• 4 minutes 16 seconds average read time per article

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Top 15 BrickNerd Articles of 2024

At BrickNerd, we are proud of the wide variety of content we publish and how relevant our articles are, no matter when readers come across them. As you can see from the list below, we cover a vast range of topics, showcasing the incredible depth of knowledge within the LEGO community.

From tutorials on building techniques to detailed instructions, in-depth deep dives to standout MOC features, these are the top 15 BrickNerd articles from 2024. (A quick note: since this list is based on the calendar year, it naturally gives an edge to articles published earlier—though a few from later in the year made a strong showing!)

1. LEGO To Impose Lifetime Purchase Limits with LEGO Max

2. How to Part Out LEGO Sets: Sorting Your Way Out of a Dark Age

3. The Silmarillion in LEGO

4. Bonus Bits: A Quick Take on Extra Pieces in LEGO Sets

5. A New Take on LEGO Space

6. An Opinionated Parents Guide to Legoland California

7. A Non-LEGO Gift Guide for Serious LEGO Builders

8. A Close Look at LEGO’s New Visual Brand Identity

9. Heigh-Ho! Making a Motorized Mine for the Seven Dwarfs

10. For the Birds: A Field Guide to LEGO Brick-Built Birds

11. The Future of LEGO: A Builder's Perspective on AI

12. 15 Ways to Build LEGO Walls With Texture

13. How To Make a DIY LEGO Brick Sifter

14. Everything You Want to Know About LEGO Gears

15. Skillful Habitats: The Five Keys to Building Small

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Fan Favorite Articles

Of course, numbers aren’t everything! I reached out to some of BrickNerd’s patrons and contributors to hear about their personal favorites from the year, and these 15 articles stood out among the hundreds of fantastic pieces we published in 2024:

• Every LEGO Collab Standard, Themed Month and Recurring Contest

• Token Observation: The Impact of Tokens of Appreciation at LEGO Conventions

• Obscure Parts Usage: The Typesetter Tile

• The B Boys of Canada: Creating Community Through AfobLife

• The Five Core Mechanisms of Great Ball Contraptions

• LEGO Treasure Chests and How to Build Them

• Bricks to Broadway: Building LEGO with the Cast of Wicked

• A Builder's Guide to the Scrumptious LEGO Sausage

• Around the World in Microscale: Global Mini Modulars

• Achieving Greeble Greatness

• Simon Trilogy: Three Articles on Building a LEGO Legacy

• Instructions, Please! How to Ask for LEGO MOC Instructions

• How To Make Custom Printed Cloth Flags for LEGO Projects

• There Will Never Be Another LEGO Club TV

• Falling Down The Gravity Well: Orbits of the LEGO Orrery

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New Years Resolutions

So, what can you expect from BrickNerd in 2025? Of course, we’ll have more of the quality LEGO content that you’ve come to expect from us. We are also expanding our contributor group and editing team. Other site improvements we are working on include improving our archive, having swag available to those who want it, collecting all our instructions in one place, and revamping our social media presence.

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A Big Thank You

That’s a wrap on what BrickNerd has achieved this year and where we’re headed next. None of this would be possible without the countless hours of research and writing from our incredible contributors, the generosity of our amazing Patrons and sponsors, and the enthusiasm of every one of you who reads and supports BrickNerd.

If you want to get involved or support us as we head into 2025, we’d love to have you as part of the BrickNerd contributor team or as one of our Patrons. Or you can help out by making a donation, using our affiliate codes, or by simply sharing the articles you enjoy with your friends. Have suggestions on how we can improve? Drop us a comment—we’d love to hear your thoughts!

Thank you again, and Happy New Year from all of us at BrickNerd!

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