Worldly Rise Year End Stats -- 2018 Edition

I always look forward to doing these posts. I like to see how far I’ve come and what I actually did this year. This is such a long project, so it’s nice to reflect. And… 2019 will be my last full year of this project. I’m slated to end halfway through 2020 (and that’s including the three non-UN countries that I added at the end). Here’s what I did this year and where we are in this thing:

— In 2018, I started with St. Kitts & Nevis and ended with South Korea (there are TON of countries that start with S!).

— At the end of 2018, I completed the 160^th country for this blog. This now makes me 81.6% finished with this project.

— Of all the countries I have completed so far,

46 (28.75%) have been in Africa

43 (26.88%) have been in Europe

21 (13.13%) have been in Asia

12 (7.5%) have been in the Middle East

12 (7.5%) have been in the Caribbean

11 (7.04%) have been in Oceania

9 (6.88%) have been in South America

7 (4.38%) have been in Central America

2 (1.25%) has been in North America

           

— Of the 160 countries I have completed so far, 382 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: 57

French: 36

Arabic: 22

Spanish: 19

German: 13

Russian: 10

Croatian: 9

Romany/Romani: 9

Italian: 8

Portuguese: 8

Albanian: 7

Armenian: 7

Hungarian: 7

Serbian: 7

Ukrainian: 7

Bulgarian: 6

Greek: 5

Rusyn: 5

Slovak: 5

Swahili: 5

Garifuna: 4

Romanian: 4

Slovene/Slovenian: 4

Turkish: 4

Azerbaijani: 3

Belarusian: 3

Berber (Tamazight): 3

Bosnian: 3

Chinese (Mandarin): 3

Danish: 3

Fula: 3

Malay (Bahasa Malaya): 3

Mandinka: 3

Occitan: 3

Polish: 3

Somali: 3

Tatar: 3

Urdu: 3

Wolof: 3

— As of December 31, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. EST, I have had a total of pageviews 661,691 (an increase of 132,721 from this time last year) and have been read by at least one person in 181 countries (an increase of 11 countries). I have posted 710 blog posts (an increase of 74 posts) since I started in February 2012 and now have 28 followers (I gained 1 more follower this year).

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

            1. United States

            2. Philippines (number 3 last year)

3. Russia (number 2 last year)

            4. Canada (number 5 last year)

5. United Kingdom (number 4 last year)

            6. Germany

            7. France

            8. Australia (number 9 last year)

9. Ukraine (number 8 last year)

            10. India

— If everything goes as planned for 2019 (which may or may not happen), I will start with South Sudan and end with the United Kingdom. 

Have a happy new year!

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!

Worldly Rise Year End Stats 2015 Edition

I started doing this last year for the first time, and I thought it’d be fun to do this again. Mostly because I’m procrastinating on something I’m sure. So, I’m essentially following on the mold of last year’s statistics. Enjoy!

— In 2015, I started with Guinea-Bissau and ended with Lesotho.

— At the end of 2015, I completed the 94^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 49% finished with this project. (I’m so close to the halfway point!)

— Of all the countries I have completed so far,

26 (27.65%) have been in Africa

24 (25.53%) have been in Europe

22 (23.40%) have been in Asia

            9 (9.57%) have been in the Caribbean

            7 (7.45%) have been in South America

              5 (5.32%) have been in Central America

1 (1.06%) has been in North America

           

— Of the 94 countries I have completed so far, 212 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.  

French: 25

English: 25

Arabic: 13

Spanish: 13

German: 8

Russian: 8

Armenian: 6

Croatian: 6

Portuguese: 5

Greek: 4

Romany/Romani: 4

Bulgarian: 3

Albanian: 3

Azerbaijani: 3

Danish: 3

Garifuna: 3

Hungarian: 3

Serbian: 3

Slovene/Slovenian: 3

Swahili: 3

Ukrainian: 3

— As of December 31, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. EST, I have had a total of 248,865 pageviews (an increase of 125,270 from this time last year) and have been read by at least one person in 161 countries (an increase of 9 countries). I have posted 444 blog posts (an increase of 104 posts) since I started in February 2012 and now have 21 followers (I gained two more followers this year).

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

            1. United States

            2. United Kingdom

            3. Philippines

            4. Canada            

            5. France

            6. Germany

            7. Ukraine

            8. Russia

            9. Australia

            10. India

— If everything goes as planned for 2016 (which may or may not happen), I will start with Liberia’s meal and end with Nauru’s.

Worldly Rise Statistics 2014

I put together a few statistics from my blog to sum up 2014. I thought I’d share them with you:

— In 2014, I started with the Dominican Republic and ended with Guinea.

— At the end of 2014, I completed the 69^th country for this blog.  I am now 35.8% finished with this project.

— Of the countries I have completed,

23 (33.33%) have been in Africa

19 (27.54%) have been in Europe

9 (13.04%) have been in Asia

             7 (10.14%) have been in the Caribbean

             6 (0.09%) have been in South America

             4 (0.06%) have been in Central America

             1 (0.01%) have been in North America

           

— Of the 69 countries I have completed so far, 127 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 have some kind of status in three or more countries.   

              French: 19

              English: 15

              Spanish: 11

Arabic: 7

German: 5

Croatian: 4

Greek: 3

Portuguese: 3

Armenian: 3

Bulgarian: 3

Romany/Romani: 3

Russian: 3

— As of December 31, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. EST, I have had a total of 123,595 pageviews and have been read by at least one person in 152 countries. I have posted 340 blog posts since I started in February 2012 and now have 19 followers.

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

            1. United States

            2. United Kingdom

            3. Philippines

            4. Ukraine           

            5. Canada

            6. France

            7. Germany

            8. Australia

            9. India

            10. Russia

— If everything goes as planned for 2015, I will start with Guinea-Bissau and end with Liberia.  And then I will only be two countries away from the halfway point of this project. 

Thank you for reading my blog, and I hope you continue into 2015.  And as always: stay global, my friends.

FOLLOW-UP: WORLDLY RISE MENTIONS

Word of mouth is an awesome tool, and so is a Google search. But in my opinion as a writer, promoting your own work is one of the hardest things for me to do. It’s almost schizophrenic: I like what I write, but there are times I’m afraid to put it out there for people, afraid they will think it’s garbage writing. The editor part of me does have to step in and mitigate the internal battle and reassure everyone that we did a good job. It’s the same with my music.

And then when opportunities arise, the agent in me tells me I better take it. Earlier this week, I was reading through my Twitterfeed and saw a post from Huffington Post Women asking them to send a picture of what fun things you did this weekend. Well, I posted the picture of the final meal we did for the Australian food, with a link to the blog, of course.  And I got an e-mail back saying that they included it in their slide show! It’s slide 42 of 44, I think. Something I did was mentioned on a website that I have so much respect for, and I feel so proud of myself, it's ethereal. Check it out here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/11/best-weekend-ever-june-8_n_1587222.html?utm_hp_ref=women&ir=Women#s=1086637

The next day, I got a write-up on The Armenian Kitchen’s website (posted on 06/13/2012) about my posts of Armenian culture and food. All of my recipes came from their website, and after I was finished doing Armenia, I sent them an e-mail saying how much I enjoyed their site. So, she wrote about this blog and how it got started. I am still so flattered.

www.thearmeniankitchen.com

Social media and the Internet can be a wonderful thing. It certainly allows us to share ideas and cultures and lets us connect with people all over the world. When you learn more about other places and people, you begin to understand them. And when you understand them, you greatly lower your chances at unsubstantiated hate and discrimination. These are the things that make our worlds smaller. (This should be my mission statement.)