Top 5 Posts from August 2016

Most viewed map from August 2016.

Well summer is winding down so lets take a look again at what you all thought were the best articles in the waning days of the season:

1) World War II Was a Team Effort, Deal With It by Dale Cozort.

2) Technology in Alternate History by Rvbomally.

3) Map Monday: Colonization of Europe, 1855 by Falkanner by Matt Mitrovich.

4) New Releases 8/16/16 by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Map Monday: And Mighty Be Her Powers by SRegan by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger for Amazing Stories, a volunteer interviewer for SFFWorld and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not exploring alternate timelines he enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from July 2016

Most viewed map from July 2016.

So July wasn't one my best months in terms of page views, probably because I took a whole week off from blogging in the middle of it, but we still had some amazing articles. Check them out below.

1) Why Are Alternate History Adaptations So Poorly Made? by Josh Weiss.

2) Flag Friday: Concept Flags for Hearts of Iron 4 by Rock by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Anime Review: Full Metal Panic! by Sam McDonald.

4) The Alphabet of Alternate History: C by Dale Cozort.

5) Map Monday: Greater Lebanon by Simon Regan by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger for Amazing Stories, a volunteer interviewer for SFFWorld and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not exploring alternate timelines he enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from June 2016

Most viewed map from June 2016.

So June was fourth highest month in terms of page views. Not bad. Lets take a look at the articles that got us to that point:

1) The Limits of Nazi Germany by Chris Nuttall.

2) Weekly Update #235! 1066 Turned Upside Down Coming Later This Summer and More by Matt Mitrovich.

3) The Inevitability of Tragedy or: How Alternate History tends towards Misery by Alex Wallace.

4) The Audio File: 5 Year Anniversary Special by Sam McDonald.

5) The Secret Alternate History of Earth 2 by Ben Ronning.

Fun fact: all these posts happened within the first 8 days of June.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger for Amazing Stories, a volunteer interviewer for SFFWorld and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not exploring alternate timelines he enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from May 2016

Thankfully I was able to get this in before we got to far into June. So enough talking, here are the most viewed articles from last month:

1) Map Monday: Colonisation of the Japanese Archipelago by Rubberduck3y6 by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Map Monday: Alternate North America 1789 by YNot1989 by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Dystopia in Alternate History by Rvbomally.

4) Anime Review: Hetalia by Sam McDonald.

5) Weekly Update #233! Time After Time Picked Up by ABC and More by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger for Amazing Stories, a volunteer interviewer for SFFWorld and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not exploring alternate timelines he enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from March 2016

This list of the most viewed articles in March is not an April Fools joke. So enjoy!

1) Map Monday: What Remains, Part 2: 1961 A.D. by Zek Sora by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Map Monday: Constantinople Not Istanbul by Rvbomally by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Flag Friday: US Imperial Naval Ensign by Hellerick by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Anime Review: The Place Promised in Our Early Days by Sam McDonald.

5) Was a "Man In The High Castle" Scenario Ever Possible? by Dale Cozort.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger for Amazing Stories, a volunteer interviewer for SFFWorld and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not exploring alternate timelines he enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from February 2016

February was a short month, but there was still enough time for some great articles. Here are the top 5 most viewed articles from last month:

1) Map Monday: The European Continent in 1960 AD by DPKdebator by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Map Monday: 2016 Turtledove Award Nominees by Matt Mitrovich.

3) The Audio File: Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine and Far-Fetched Fables by Sam McDonald.

4) Book Review: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Map Monday: The Truest Republicans by Rvbomally and Mumby by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from January 2016

No video today (but I will be doing a review of the alternate history in 11/22/63 sometime soon), but with a start of a new month its time again to look back at the most viewed articles of the previous month. Here are the top 5 articles of January 2016:

1) Map Monday: Europe After a Central Powers Victory by Blomma by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Anime Review: Code Geass by Sam McDonald.

3) In Defense of Forums by Alexander Wallace.

4) Map Monday: The Biomes of a Tilted Earth by Lowtuff by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Interview: Grey Wolf conducted by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from December 2015

I hope everyone is enjoying National Hangover Day. Here is the top 5 most viewed articles of December to help get you through the worst of it:

1) Map Monday: Europe, If Britain Had Won WW2 by Facthole by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Coming Soon in 2016 by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Weekly Update #214: The Massacre of Mankind, The Curse of Jacob Tracy and a New Segment Debuts! by Matt Mitrovich.

4) The Audio File: The Moonlit Road by Sam McDonald.

5) Interview: Chris Nuttall (Part 3).

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from November 2015

I am thankful for November 2015 being the third best month in terms of page views in The Update's short history. Here are the top 5 articles that helped make it happen:

1) Is the Alternate History Community Over-Centralized? by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Map Monday: Twenty-Eight Equally Sized European Union Member States by Alasdair Gunn by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Why Are World War II Alternate Histories So Popular? by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Map Monday: A Russian In the Pacific by Lynn Davis by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Weekly Update #213: The Man in the High Castle Ad Campaign Backfires by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from October 2015

The end of October means the holiday season has officially begun. Before you get wrapped up in the usual end of the year stresses, why not take a break and check out our top of 5 articles from October?

1) Three Terrifying Alternate History Scenarios by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Map Monday: Kaiserreich 1936 by Milites by Matt Mitrovich.

3) The Audio File: Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons and Cast of Wonders by Sam McDonald.

4) Map Monday: Frankish Empire (1651) by Zrew33 by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Map Monday: Affiliated States of Boreoamerica in 1730 by False Dmitri/Ben Carnehl by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from September 2015

A new month means another look at the top 5 most viewed articles from the month before. Enough stalling, lets see what articles stood out amongst the rest:

1) What Happens Next: Harry Turtledove's Worldwar & Colonization by Matt Mitrovich.

2) The Audio File: Escape Pod 2 by Sam McDonald.

3) Do Alternate Historians Hate Steampunk? by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Map Monday: Western Rump (or The Roman World in 771 AD) by Bruce Munro by Matt Mitrovich.

5) What the Hell Happened to the AltHistory Wiki? by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from August 2015

Do you see that map right there? The map you see before you has introduced more people to alternate history and Amazing Stories than I can ever hope to reach in a lifetime. No wonder it's Map Monday post was the most viewed post from last month. (Spoiler alert, I guess.)

With that said, let's look at our top five posts from August 2015:

1) Map Monday: A map where Europe never discovered America by liminalsoup by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Weekly Update #200: Special Announcement Incoming by Matt Mitrovich.

3) 7 What Ifs About An Earlier WWI by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Map Monday: The Baltic Region by False Dmitri/Ben Carnehl by Matt Mitrovich.

5) What If Wednesday: The Last English King of England by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Learn how you can support his alternate history projects on Patreon.

Top 5 Posts from July 2015

I would've got every spot on the top 5 list, if it wasn't for that meddling Sam McDonald!

1) Was the American Revolution a Mistake? by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Queer Timelines: A Brief Overview of Homosexuality and Alternate History by Matt Mitrovich.

3) What If Wednesday: The British Republic, No Iraq War and the Hong Kong Diaspora by Matt Mitrovich.

4) The Audio File: StarShipSofa by Sam McDonald.

5) New Releases 7/21/15 by Matt Mitrovich.

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger on Amazing Stories and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the day when travel between parallel universes becomes a reality. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Top 5 Posts from March 2015

It was short month for content, but we still had a lot of great articles. Check out the five most viewed below:

1) Alternate Nuclear Wars by Mark Appleton.

2) Map Monday: American Theater, 1941-1945 by CourageousLife by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Book Review: Never Wars: The US Plans to Invade the World by Blaine L. Pardoe by Matt Mitrovich.

4) On Truly Alternate History (Plus an Excerpt from Dark Sun, Bright Moon) by Oliver Sparrow.

5) Weekly Update #183 by Matt Mitrovich.

Top 5 Posts from February 2015

It may have been a short month, but there was still a lot of great alternate history posts in February. Here are the top 5:

1) The Audio File: PodCastle by Sam McDonald.

2) Map Monday: The Former United States in The Man in the High Castle by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Map Monday: Great War Naval War in Western Hemisphere by President Mahan by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Book Review: Joe Steele by Harry Turtledove by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Black Alternate History Month by Matt Mitrovich.

Top 5 Posts from January 2015

Which articles from the start of 2015 caught your attention? Here they are:

1) Map Monday: Premier Empire by Lynn Davis by Matt Mitrovich.

2) The Audio File: Escape Pod by Sam McDonald.

3) You Can Now Watch The Man in the High Castle Pilot For Free by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Preview: Joe Steele by Harry Turtledove by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Map Monday: Union of American Federal Republics by Rvbomally by Matt Mitrovich.

January was a good month to be an alternate historian!

Top 5 Posts from December 2014

Its that time again for the top posts of the month before. Here is what you liked before the end of the year:

1) Best of 2014 by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Map Monday: 1000th Post Special Edition by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Map Monday: People's Republic of China by Dorozhand by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Map Monday: Some North America Or Other, 2014 by Bruce Munro by Matt Mitrovich.

5) Weekly Update #173 by Matt Mitrovich.

Good to see some non-map articles getting attention.

Top 5 Posts from November 2014

What were the most popular articles of last month? Check it out:

1) Twilight Histories Cover: Aztec Steel by Sam McDonald.

2) Map Monday: The Grand War by PlatoonSgt by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Map Monday: Royal Province of Maryland by False Dmitri by Matt Mitrovich.

4) Nagumo’s Missing Turkey: The Kido Butai’s “Third Strike” at Pearl Harbor by James Young.

5) Map Monday: Map of Venus by NuclearVacuum by Matt Mitrovich.

Another month and another strong showing for alternate maps.

Top 5 Posts from October 2014

What were the most popular articles of last month? Check it out:

1) Map Monday: The World Cromwell Made on December 25, 1955 by PlatoonSgt by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Maps of Twilight Histories by Sam McDonald.

3) Map Monday: American Caesar by rvbomally/General_Finley by Matt Mitrovich.

4) My Thoughts on Irish Alternative History in the Modern Era by Mark Lynch.

5) Interview: Christopher M. Cevasco by Matt Mitrovich.

People like maps.

Top 5 Posts from September 2014

What were the most popular articles of last month? Check it out:

1) Comic Review: Pariah, Missouri #1 by Andres Salazar by Matt Mitrovich.

2) Map Monday: Maps of the Change by Matt Mitrovich.

3) Weekly Update #160 by Matt Mitrovich.

4) What if Wednesday: The German-American War of 1902 by Matt Mitrovich.

5) What If Wednesday: NATO Did Not Expand Into Eastern Europe by Matt Mitrovich.

Everything is coming up Mitro!