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If you’ve spent any time on the internet in December, you’ve probably encountered some version of “Wrapped” data from various apps or media services.

The idea became mainstream with Spotify Wrapped, an annual feature that summarizes a user’s listening habits into a “snapshot of the year”, including features like estimating your age based on the music decade you listened to the most – with the obvious hilarious results. Since then, nearly every major platform has followed suit.

It’s a way for the algorithms to tell a story about how we spend our time. Since I spend most of my time here with you, I thought I could tap into the Ilona Andrews website stats and traffic and create a Wrapped story for the beloved entity that is the Horde.

The Horde Is Vast

Taxonomy: Hordus booki devourensis; Order: Readeriformes; migratory omnivore

Geographically, the Horde spans the globe. Its largest concentration is in the United States, but it ranges far and wide, from Canada and UK to New Zealand, particularly notable in Poland (Cześć!), Singapore to South Africa, and Brazil to Japan.

From one edge of the map to the other, we stand united by a single purpose: getting more books by our favourite authors.

The Horde is Mighty

Population metrics: megacolony

In 2025 so far, the Horde has logged 3,323,051 sessions and generated 7,422,430 pageviews on the Ilona Andrews blog website.

The most visited page this year, after the blog homepage, is the Release Schedule page. This confirms what science has long suspected: the Horde is calm, rational, and merely checking for new book updates. A thousand plus one more time to be safe.

The Horde Is Tidal

Observed behavior: annual feeding cycle

Careful study reveals a powerful seasonal pattern. The BDH activity builds steadily through spring, reaches peak strength in summer, is especially formidable on Fridays in June, only to settle in fluffiness from the bounty of autumn snippets and festive surprises.

This is a yearly cycle tied to free serials, releases, funnies, announcements, giveaways, and mutual understanding that Fridays are when good things happen.

The Horde Is Vocal (and welcoming)

Social structure: highly communicative megafauna; low aggression toward kin

Over 300,000 comments remain on the blog from across the Horde’s lifetime, despite bursts of post archiving – with tens of thousands more added this year alone.

The posts that inspire the most engagement are clear favorites: giveaways and snippets. Like any well-adjusted fantasy species, the Horde enjoys the spoils of victory and loot. A chance at the This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me ARC gathered over 6 thousand comments for one September post alone!

And à propos of nothing at all, we managed to crash the website on 2 separate occasions in 2025. We’re chalant like that.

Participation takes many forms. Reading quietly, sharing posts, or simply showing up from time to time are all valid expressions of Horde membership. Like Dina taught us, not all strength roars. But if you want to ensure you’re not missing anything, you can always subscribe to the Ilona Andrews newsletter.

The Horde Is Devouring (Efficiently!)

Bonding behavior: lifelong, high-fidelity attachment.

On average, the Horde consumes a blog post in 2 minutes and 29 seconds.

Most of this reading happens on mobile devices (61%), indicating a highly adaptable organism capable of devouring content while commuting, waiting in line, or pretending to listen during meetings.

Sustenance may be fast and portable, but we are consuming real nutrition here.

With 179 posts read this year and millions of returning visitors, the Horde data tells a simple story of our time and love for House Andrews: this is a committed relationship, and we’re here to stay for as many adventures as they want to take us on.

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Comments

  1. Someone recommended Burn for Me around Valentine’s Day this year and I LOVED it! I loved it so much… that I can now say I’ve read every single book they’ve written. yup, all of them. For me, this was the year of Ilona Andrews and I’m so happy to be a member of the Horde

  2. Hordus booki devourensis, hehehe. I’m going to tell my grandkids that’s our family name.

  4. Wait, the Horde was only able to crash the website twice? Hark! I hear the faint swish and clanky thump of a gauntlet being thrown down! Let loose the ferrets of heists! 🤣

  9. Happy new year from sunny Singapore ! Heartfelt thanks for all the wonderful stories. Those snippets never fail to make my day 🙂

  13. let’s try to crash the Website again: I wish you – you meaning House Andrews and Family Mod R – a Happy New Year. with all the health issues cleared. Happiness, a year free of mayor problems and the success you’re owned. Love from Germany.

  14. Love the wrapped feature, do not like that my banking app does it! While useful and responsible, i despise this feature, i had a bad year of splurging and i dont need my banking app to remind me im irresponsible and broke!

  15. such a wonderful wrap, I don’t have Spotify, so appreciate the explanation. Happy new year in advance to my fellow BDH 🎉🎉❄️

  23. Wow! Someone put a lot of effort into studying The Horde!
    I just realized that you feed us on Fridays so that you have a quiet weekend. I am not complaining. It is just an interesting observation.
    I particularly love the part about new releases, and you saying that we are calm, rational, and hoping that there is a new book out sooner than last time we checked.

  24. This is my favourite wrap!! Thanks!! All my other wraps are actually overtaken by my children, but this one is all me 🙂 I love how chalant we all are here, *quietly checks the book release page again*
    Happy New Year Horde siblings 🎊❤️

  25. Wishing everyone a Happy healthy and peaceful New Year and 2026 . Also Happy Birthday wishes for you Ilona , you and Gordon write such wonderful stories which make us laugh and cheer on the under dog . One of my favourite clips is still Jim snapping his clipboard outside the fight it and of course the ferret heist legendary 💖

  26. Hilarious, Ms. Mod R, and so very astute. Thank you, again, for all you do for this eager (and pretty spoiled) BDH.

  29. House Andrew’s books are magical medicine for the healing of any type of stress or angst one may be experiencing. Just reading a chapter or two will give you relief from the concerns of your emotional state which you were dealing with. I can personally vouch for the effectiveness of this “mental medication!”

  30. “this is a committed relationship, and we’re here to stay for as many adventures as they want to take us on”. I feel seen!

  35. We are wa*ting for TKWNKM sample. And by waiting I mean scrapping the data for Tors pages to see when they add the content but don’t tell people about it.

  36. Happy New Year to House Andrew’s, ModR, and all the BDH. It’s nice to be reminded that people of good will are all over the world and united in loving the worlds built by our favorite authors.

  38. Yup, the stats sounds about right! 😉

    Nov and Dec has been pretty rough due to a bereavement in the family. 🥺
    Thank you for your wordsmithing: Re-reading various series in the oeuvre helped me cope with some of the grief. 🌻

    Here’s wishing HA a Happy 2026! 🎆

  40. This feels like “Mod R’s 2025 Ode to the Horde.”

    We’re being marinated by our leader in “Anticipating Maggie,” and I am here to bask.

    Thank you Mod R – I love being part of the family, our in-jokes and language, and that we always have room for one more hoardlet.

    I warm myself before the hearth that is built by HA, Mod R, and the BDH.

  41. It’s always good to know when HA books are to be released. Also, whenever you check the release date gets closer. Win! Loved all the stats! Thank you.

    🌟Happy New Year! 🎉

  42. Thank you so much, and welcome back, ModR! I’ve enjoyed this post and the lovely comments. It’s great to be a part of the majestic Horde!

  50. Welcome back Mod R.
    Hope you had a relaxing holiday break.

    I really enjoyed visiting the blog as often as I can. Hoping for something new, when there is none, revisiting the free stories. And reading the comments were always fun.

    Thanks IA for the wonderful and interesting content and for Mod R for keeping the blog “stress” free.

    Looking forward to what 2026 brings 🙂

    Have a happy & safe New Year festivities all.

  51. It is an awesome thing to be a member of the BDH. Here’s to new stories in new worlds and old, here’s to the longtimers and the new hoarders to come, here’s to us The Book Devouring Horde, the most challant group ever, and last but certainly not least, here’s to House Andrews and ModR, HUZZAH! Happy New Year All!

  52. Great year-end wrap-up and interesting stats.

    Thanks for posting the link to subscribe to the newletter. To my horror, I realized I had never actually done that. Fixed now.

    Which two events caused the BDH to crash the website?

  54. Loved it. Is there an award for being last to comment? That seems to be my speed. 😆 ♥️ (a day late and a dollar short?)

  58. Since a couple of posts I loved got archived out of view (while I understand the need for making space for new posts, I still think it is cruel to disappearing those posts without warning us !), I have been PDF-printing a number of posts… This delightful “wrapped” will definitely be joining my growing collection !
    Thank you for improving year 2025 and best wishes for a wonderful year 2026 ! With plenty of snippets, quizzes, new releases and few troubles to domestic bliss

  59. ah yes I am a faithful member of the BDH. always ready for the next release. cheers to you and yours in the new year. your faithful devoted reader

  60. LOL! Thanks Mod R – I had to migrate over from my in-box just to up the stats a bit! 😂
    I mostly read the newsletter in the privacy of my inbox. How many newsletter subscribers are there?

  61. Do the email readers count? I typically read the blog posts in the notification email, and only come over when I want to comment, like now.

  62. it’s a shame it can’t also give you the stats on how many rereads or relistens the Authorlords get. 🤣

  64. someone said Horde Siblings and I love this – thanks for the stats and thanks for being so good to us!

  66. Just wanted to share gratitude… This year has been a very challenging one, and the Horde is one of the things I am most grateful for ….

    I started the Kate Daniels adventure in 2008, when my son was born… I devoured the first two books which make me an original, truly devouring member of the BDH… and here I am, 17 years later, college-bound son and a life that went I don’t know where, still devouring (in hours if I may add) whatever the Author Lords gift us with.

    I am profoundly grateful for Ilona and Gordon: going away in Andrews World was what kept me sane some days… I had somewhere great to escape to…

    Grateful to Mod R for the fabulous way you keep the Horde satisfied and content (I have an image of a fanged beast purring….)

    Grateful for the Horde: we are all brought together and we don’t care about anything else than reading great books, sharing snippets of us, our lives, our loves and struggles…, and caring about each other.

    I think this is what the world should look like…

    Here on then, for a 2026 that we know will be fabulous (with book releases from our favorite authors, how could it not?)

    Wherever you are, HAPPY 2026

  68. “the Horde is calm, rational, and merely checking for new book updates. Repeatedly. And one more time to be safe.”

    hehehe, thats like when you push the lock button on your cars key fob… and then press it another time or two for extra lockiness. i totally do both!

    thank you for making statistics entertaining!

    • Mod R – did there used to be a post about Roman with pictures and explanations of all the various nechist critters? i found the quiz post, but that wasn’t what i was looking for.

      • I believe there was, I remember irving’s to not check the Melalo, and ofc everyone did 😅. Maybe some of it is still in the Facebook group? Nothing surviving on the blog, I just checked 🥰

        There’s ofc also the glossary at the end of the book, but it doesn’t have the pictures.

  69. I love Fridays. I am a proud member of the BDH. I will check the release schedule , just in case. Happy New Year to everyone.

  72. Pretending to listen during meetings…..
    :wince:
    Honestly, there was no reason to call me out like that.
    I do listen to the parts that are relevant to my department.
    Mostly.

  74. Hehehehe these are wonderful! I particularly like that we are classified as a “migratory omnivore” and “megacolony.” V fun, v fun. Happy New Year fellow Hordus booki devourensis!

  75. I can state with all due honesty: I’ve DEFINITELY pretended to listen to meetings while reading the latest newsletter. 🙂

  77. “We’re chalant like that” should be its own Tshirt…I’m just sayin’. And I am happier to be part of the BDH than ever right now….Peace out, y’all!

  78. I love everything about this post
    Happy New Year to the Hoard! Thank you House Andrews and Mod R for a fantastic 2025

  80. hi……can i get this statistician’s number??they have really fone an amazing job in capturing all this data…..

  85. I loved this post!! Thank you Mod R!

    BDH, we’ve been through a lot together, along with all the wa*ting and pat*ence, community members here have left supportive messages through bad times and this is always such a haven!

    Here’s to new books to devour, ships to set sail, and all the fluffy challantness we can muster for 2026!

  88. Cześć i czołem!
    All the best in the 2026 for the uber-creative House Andrews, the beloved Mod R and the vast, mighty, tidal, vocal and devouring Horde!

  89. The Horde is fanatically loyal to House Andrews and is eternally grateful to them for their creative intellect. Happy New Year and long live House Andrews!

  90. Thank you! As always you keep us informed and prepped for all the good things as well as knowing when to send healing thoughts and prayers. I’m grateful to be a part of such a welcoming species.

    I wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. <3

  91. This is *by far* the best version of Wrapped. Thank you for adding new delights to life, as always. Wishing the Andrew’s clan, Mod R and all the best 2026 available to you and yours!

  96. Yes I am one of the ones that look at the release page weekly in hopes to see if there is an update on book two for Julie. I restrain myself from asking on Facebook and every blog, but a person can only have self-control for so long. Lol