Magwood
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The recent thread https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/forum-demoscopic-ivar.30801/ inspired me to waste the best part of a day playing with the stats from my blog. I find it infinitely interesting to discover the countries from whence my visitors come (although I am sure not everyone will share my enthusiasm!). Although I write a little about life as an expat in Spain, my blog is overwhelmingly about my camino experiences.
It probably won't surprise anyone to know that the majority of visitors arrive from the USA (31% - 44,000), followed by Canada, UK, Australia, Spain, Ireland and Portugal. The figures for Spain are rather skewed because I live there and a lot of friends follow my blog who wouldn't ordinarily have an interest in the camino.
The blog stats provide a world map with the visiting countries shaded, and it is now looking quite colourful. Lots of gaps in Africa as would be expected, and although I have a few of the 'stans' there are still four remaining blank. I've had visits from remote countries I've not previously heard of (North Mariana Islands) and many that I've had to look up to find out where in the world they are situated.
Interestingly, there was an unexpected surge of visitors in the first week of January, doubling and on one day quadrupling the average numbers, so I guess a lot of people were looking for a new year's challenge. Here is a link to a PDF file of the stats with percentqges, listing all countries with numbers of visitors. Many only number one, but that still qualifies for a spot of colour on my map.
If anyone out there lives in an unlisted country I would really welcome a visit from you, as of course I would welcome a visit from anyone.
http://www.magwood.me
It probably won't surprise anyone to know that the majority of visitors arrive from the USA (31% - 44,000), followed by Canada, UK, Australia, Spain, Ireland and Portugal. The figures for Spain are rather skewed because I live there and a lot of friends follow my blog who wouldn't ordinarily have an interest in the camino.
The blog stats provide a world map with the visiting countries shaded, and it is now looking quite colourful. Lots of gaps in Africa as would be expected, and although I have a few of the 'stans' there are still four remaining blank. I've had visits from remote countries I've not previously heard of (North Mariana Islands) and many that I've had to look up to find out where in the world they are situated.
Interestingly, there was an unexpected surge of visitors in the first week of January, doubling and on one day quadrupling the average numbers, so I guess a lot of people were looking for a new year's challenge. Here is a link to a PDF file of the stats with percentqges, listing all countries with numbers of visitors. Many only number one, but that still qualifies for a spot of colour on my map.
If anyone out there lives in an unlisted country I would really welcome a visit from you, as of course I would welcome a visit from anyone.
http://www.magwood.me