It's weird as fuck being proud of something you can't actually show anyone you personally know.
I just checked the deviantart page where I post my (potentially, if you're aware of the fetish, but otherwise mostly clean) NSFW stories, and I've officially hit 150,000 page views. I've got individual stories with more than 38,000 views only counting one of the three places I posted it. I've been in contact with a sorta-kinda-semi-professional model in that world who knew/appreciated my stuff.
I have reason to be proud, dammit, but I still would be weirded the eff out if anyone I knew personally made the link between that username and me.