Worldly Rise Year End Stats 2017 Edition

I’ve done these for the past few years. I think of it as a way to measure my growth and how much I’ve covered. It’s a long project, so it’s nice to know where I’ve been around the world so far. We’re heading into the home stretch. Only two more years to go! Enjoy!

— In 2017, I started with Nauru and ended with Rwanda.

— At the end of 2017, I completed the 142^nd 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 72% finished with this project.

— Of all the countries I have completed so far,

39 (27.46%) have been in Africa

38 (26.76%) have been in Europe

17 (11.97%) have been in Asia

11 (7.75%) have been in the Middle East

10 (7.04%) have been in Oceania

9 (6.34%) have been in the Caribbean

9 (6.34%) have been in South America

7 (4.93%) have been in Central America

2 (1.41%) has been in North America

           

— Of the 142 countries I have completed so far, 349 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: 47

French: 34

Arabic: 20

Spanish: 19

German: 13

Russian: 10

Croatian: 8

Romany/Romani: 8

Armenian: 7

Portuguese: 7

Ukrainian: 7

Albanian: 6

Serbian: 6

Bulgarian: 5

Greek: 5

Italian: 5

Swahili: 5

Garifuna: 4

Hungarian: 4

Turkish: 4

Azerbaijani: 3

Belarusian: 3

Berber (Tamazight): 3

Danish: 3

Fula: 3

Occitan: 3

Polish: 3

Romanian: 3

Rusyn: 3

Slovak: 3

Slovene/Slovenian: 3

Tatar: 3

Urdu: 3

— As of December 31, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. EST, I have had a total of 528,970 pageviews (an increase of 145,356 from this time last year) and have been read by at least one person in 170 countries (an increase of 5 countries). I have posted 636 blog posts (an increase of 91 posts) since I started in February 2012 and now have 27 followers (I gained 5 more followers this year).

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

            1. United States

            2. Russia

            3. Philippines

            5. Canada (number 5 last year)           

4. United Kingdom (number 4 last year)

            6. Germany

            7. France

            8. Ukraine

            9. Australia

            10. India

— If everything goes as planned for 2018 (which may or may not happen), I will start with Saint Kitts & Nevis and end with Switzerland. 

Have a happy new year!