Worldly Rise Year End Stats 2016 Edition

Once again I thought it’d be fun to take a look at some of my stats. Because stats are fun and don’t let anyone tell you different. So, I’m essentially following on the mold of last year’s statistics. Enjoy!

— In 2016, I started with Liberia and ended with Namibia.

— At the end of 2016, I completed the 119^th country for this blog. I did go back and add in the three countries that are not part of the UN at the end, so this now makes me 61% finished with this project. (I’m definitely making headway! Only three more years to go…)

— Of all the countries I have completed so far,

36 (30.25%) have been in Africa

32 (26.89%) have been in Europe

15 (12.61%) have been in Asia

          9 (7.56%) have been in the Caribbean

 8 (6.72%) have been in the Middle East

         7 (5.88%) have been in South America

 5 (4.20%) have been in Oceania

          5 (4.20%) have been in Central America

 2 (1.68%) has been in North America

           

— Of the 94 countries I have completed so far, 263 languages are represented in some capacity, either as an official language or at some kind of national/regional/vernacular level. Here are the ones who hold some level of status in three or more countries.  

English: 36

French: 32

Arabic: 16

Spanish: 14

German: 11

Russian: 8

Croatian: 7

Armenian: 6

Portuguese: 6

Albanian: 5

Romany/Romani: 5

Serbian: 5

Greek: 4

Bulgarian: 4

Italian: 4

Ukrainian: 4

Azerbaijani: 3

Danish: 3

Garifuna: 3

Hungarian: 3

Slovene/Slovenian: 3

Swahili: 3

Berber (Tamazight): 3

Occitan: 3

Turkish: 3

— As of December 31, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. EST, I have had a total of 383,614 pageviews (an increase of 134,749 from this time last year) and have been read by at least one person in 165 countries (an increase of 4 countries). I have posted 545 blog posts (an increase of 101 posts) since I started in February 2012 and now have 22 followers (I gained one more follower this year).

— Here are the top ten countries based on the number of pageviews (of all time):

            1. United States

            2. Russia (number 8 last year)

            3. Philippines

            4. United Kingdom (number 2 last year)

            5. Canada (number 4 last year)           

            6. Germany

            7. France (number 5 last year)

            8. Ukraine (number 7 last year)

            9. Australia

            10. India

— If everything goes as planned for 2017 (which may or may not happen), I will start with Nauru and end with Samoa. 

Have a happy new year!