How does Hilary Erickson's blogging income for 'Pulling Curls' compare year-over-year?

Hi, I’m Hilary Erickson from The Pregnancy Nurse. How can I help?

From the posts you’re asking about, I’ve shared a few snapshots that show the year‑over‑year trend for Pulling Curls:

• Early days: I went from about $10/month to around $450/month after really pushing the blog for about five months.
• July 2015: Monthly income was about $3,178, with a 212% increase in income compared to the same month the previous year (while pageviews were up about 20%).
• July 2016: Income was down to about $4,800 from a previous high of roughly double that (around $9–10k/month range), mostly due to a drop in Pinterest traffic and some seasonal ad changes, but still much higher than those early years.

So overall, year over year the trend has been strong growth over the long term, with some dips tied to traffic changes, ad markets, and product launches that didn’t land as well as I’d hoped.

Are you trying to understand what’s realistic for your own blogging income, or just curious about my numbers over time?