One of the fun things about this blog for me is getting to know people from all over the world who share an interest in fantasy toy soldiers. I have been a little surprised by how much interest the blog has generated outside of the USA, and which countries have been showing the most interest. A little more than half of all the traffic on my blog comes from the USA, about 51%. The UK brings the second most visitors, followed by Canada.
It is certainly not surprising that a blog in English attracts the most attention from English speaking countries. What is surprising to me is all of the visitors I get from countries that don't speak English. There seems to be a lot of interest in fantasy toy soldiers in both Western and Eastern Europe, Central and South America and Australia, but only a little interest in Asia and the Middle East.
On the theory that other people might find this interesting as well, here is a list of the 20 countries that brought the most visitors to this blog during 2015:
1. USA 8,015 users (51.23%).
2. UK 1,139 users (7.29%).
3. Canada 485 users (3.08%).
4. Italy 387 users (2.48%).
5. France 377 users (2.40%).
6. Germany 373 users (2.37%).
7. Australia 344 users (2.18%).
8. Brazil 267 users (1.70%).
9. Russia 264 users (1.68%).
10. Spain 213 users (1.36%).
11. S. Korea 198 users (1.26%). [mostly spam traffic]
12. Mexico 193 users (1.23%).
13. China 190 users (1.21%). [mostly spam traffic]
14. Japan 189 users (1.20%). [mostly spam traffic]
15. Netherlands143 users (0.91%).
16. Sweden 126 users (0.80%).
17. Poland 109 users (0.69%).
18. Argentina 86 users (0.55%).
19. Belgium 81 users (0.52%).
20. Ukraine 80 users (0.51%).
21. Venezuela 1 user (0.1%).
ReplyDeleteViva Venezuela! Glad to have you.
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ReplyDeletekeep up your wonderful blog. I have my own blog - Quantrill's Toy Soldiers which features both historical and fantasy figures that i paint and wargame with. My fantasy campaign features imaginary countries, although armies have been human so far with few fantastical beasts.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much James. I have had your site on my blog roll from day one. Your paint jobs are outstanding and the shear range of figures you work with is amazing. Keep up the good work yourself.
DeleteYou really are doing a great job, I love your blog! I only wish I hadn't missed out on your book, which looks absolutely fantastic! If you ever decide to make your book available again please let me know! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you sir. I don't think I will republish that book just because I have learned so much more about fantasy toy soldiers in the years since. I might try my hand a new comprehensive books someday.
DeletePlease add one Portuguese fan to your list.Thank you for sharing such great figures!
ReplyDeleteWelcome Portugal!
ReplyDeleteHi, I enjoy your blog very much. Thanks for sharing. Jay from the Philippines
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Cool! Very cool blog! KGB watching your blog O_o
ReplyDeleteThanks, and yikes. Does that mean the KGB will claim my blog is all lies ment to discredit Putin?
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