There are a few people on Hive whose posts I read quite regularly; and you're one of them. I find Ecency's new feature at the top of each post which shows "views" and "visitors" very handy. It gives you a good "feeling" as to how many peeps actually read what you write. Couple that with the rewards each post gets and it gives you a great overview as to how Hive works aka the automated bots that upvote stuff according to "whatever".
Wishing you a fantastic New Year!🥂🍾🎉