So, Where Are You From?

I'm in a mood to crunch a few numbers today, and I'm always fascinated by statistics, so I thought I would take a look at where my blog traffic originates.

What surprised me, in addition to a couple of the countries that show up on the list, is that only ten countries provide 99.5% of my hits (according to Google Stats).  These statistics only go back about two years, but I think they are representative of the future.

1.  USA - 70%

2.  United Kingdom - 7%

3.  Canada - 6.5%

4.  Australia - 4%

5.  Germany - 3.5%

6.  Denmark - 3%

7.  South Korea - 2%

8.  France - 1.5%

9.  The Netherlands - 1%

10. India - 1%

All Others - 0.5%

I get a kick out of getting a substantial number of hits from foreign countries - and, when writing a post for Book Chase, I do try to keep in mind that I will have readers from around the world.  I don't do that in a sense of trying to be "politically correct," but I have to admit that knowing this helps me consider my words a little more carefully.  I don't necessarily worry about offending foreign readers, as such; it is more a case of not wanting to offend them accidentally through a poor choice of words or by using a misleading tone of voice.