Rog was going to write an intro to the annual report provided by WordPress, passing me a draft to add a numerical list of visitors by country, bots excepted, ripped out of the code for the WP map. This will go stale fast as news so with Rog taking 5 somewhere else, here goes.
[I expect Rog will edit this to add his take about the blog]
There were large traffic humps beginning and end of 2012, neither intended by us. First the attention given by the police raid on Tallbloke just before Christmas 2011, combined with somehow acting as a conduit for Nikolov and Zeller sounding out the blogosphere. Recently one of the lunatic fringe came to light indirectly libelling and wanting death for Tallbloke… suppressed anger leaking out more likely, a continuing demonstration of why immediate communication is unwise for many. Betcha he would not say that to your face but released by the lack of face to face, how it goes. To me though this is utterly damning of anyone holding a position of responsibility.
Below is the WordPress report where I have appended the country list. I was surprised by some of the details yet this means there are people with some kind of interest. A significant number from the West Bank was a surprise given all their troubles but on thinking about this a year ago the blog did mention Palestine, a region where there could be so much interest for everyone if only it was not torn apart by strife. So who was it in Bhutan? Zeros for Iran, North Korea are no surprise, although proxy connections and cloaking means the list is only approximate anyway. How may unusual locations are cloaking? Wish I knew.
As an English language blog, getting much attention outside of the anglo-phone world is unlikely.
And you the reader are part of all this, without you there would be nothing. Together we make more.
Thank you.
Tim Channon, co-moderator
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 820,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 15 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had more visits than a small country in Europe!
Click here to see the complete report.
| Country | Count | Code |
|---|---|---|
| The United States | 178421 | US |
| The United Kingdom | 173931 | GB |
| Australia | 58139 | AU |
| Canada | 37688 | CA |
| New Zealand | 18130 | NZ |
| Sweden | 16958 | SE |
| Germany | 14867 | DE |
| Italy | 13595 | IT |
| Finland | 12559 | FI |
| Mexico | 10768 | MX |
| Netherlands | 10291 | NL |
| Norway | 9926 | NO |
| France | 9155 | FR |
| IE | 6659 | IE |
| Spain | 5307 | ES |
| Peru | 3802 | PE |
| India | 3391 | IN |
| Denmark | 3345 | DK |
| Indonesia | 2997 | ID |
| Switzerland | 2567 | CH |
| Belgium | 2440 | BE |
| Brazil | 2163 | BR |
| Austria | 2116 | AT |
| Czech Republic | 1833 | CZ |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1822 | BA |
| Portugal | 1785 | PT |
| Philippines | 1768 | PH |
| South Africa | 1684 | ZA |
| Hungary | 1670 | HU |
| Japan | 1598 | JP |
| Poland | 1414 | PL |
| Malaysia | 1134 | MY |
| Turkey | 1006 | TR |
| Thailand | 984 | TH |
| Uganda | 979 | UG |
| Iceland | 908 | IS |
| Greece | 853 | GR |
| Egypt | 825 | EG |
| United Arab Emirates | 810 | AE |
| Russia | 719 | RU |
| Argentina | 715 | AR |
| Slovakia | 709 | SK |
| Chile | 684 | CL |
| South Korea | 637 | KR |
| Hong Kong | 617 | HK |
| Lithuania | 569 | LT |
| Romania | 542 | RO |
| Croatia | 529 | HR |
| Israel | 523 | IL |
| Namibia | 520 | NA |
| Malta | 478 | MT |
| Bulgaria | 468 | BG |
| Singapore | 461 | SG |
| Slovenia | 391 | SI |
| Serbia | 360 | RS |
| TW | 356 | TW |
| Pakistan | 344 | PK |
| Costa Rica | 335 | CR |
| Saudi Arabia | 335 | SA |
| GE | 309 | GE |
| Isle of Man | 309 | IM |
| Ukraine | 308 | UA |
| Estonia | 305 | EE |
| Colombia | 289 | CO |
| EU | 279 | EU |
| Tunisia | 271 | TN |
| Vietnam | 244 | VN |
| Luxembourg | 243 | LU |
| Latvia | 241 | LV |
| Mongolia | 236 | MN |
| Armenia | 204 | AM |
| Algeria | 195 | DZ |
| MD | 184 | MD |
| Cyprus | 183 | CY |
| Jordan | 167 | JO |
| MK | 163 | MK |
| Azerbaijan | 134 | AZ |
| Venezuela | 113 | VE |
| Bangladesh | 112 | BD |
| Iraq | 112 | IQ |
| Nigeria | 103 | NG |
| Sri Lanka | 103 | LK |
| Albania | 95 | AL |
| Morocco | 93 | MA |
| Puerto Rico | 91 | PR |
| Kenya | 78 | KE |
| Tanzania | 73 | TZ |
| Ecuador | 70 | EC |
| Kuwait | 70 | KW |
| Cambodia | 69 | KH |
| Lebanon | 63 | LB |
| PS | 62 | PS |
| Guatemala | 60 | GT |
| Oman | 58 | OM |
| Jamaica | 56 | JM |
| Qatar | 56 | QA |
| Dominican Republic | 53 | DO |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 53 | TT |
| Mauritius | 49 | MU |
| Jersey | 48 | JE |
| Libya | 47 | LY |
| Gibraltar | 43 | GI |
| Papua New Guinea | 43 | PG |
| Guernsey | 42 | GG |
| Paraguay | 41 | PY |
| Uruguay | 40 | UY |
| Panama | 38 | PA |
| Fiji | 35 | FJ |
| Bahrain | 34 | BH |
| Belize | 34 | BZ |
| Belarus | 33 | BY |
| Montenegro | 33 | ME |
| SY | 32 | SY |
| The Bahamas | 31 | BS |
| Zimbabwe | 31 | ZW |
| AP | 28 | AP |
| Cayman Islands | 28 | KY |
| Ethiopia | 28 | ET |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | KZ |
| Nepal | 21 | NP |
| Ghana | 18 | GH |
| Guyana | 18 | GY |
| Sudan | 18 | SD |
| Afghanistan | 17 | AF |
| MM | 17 | MM |
| BN | 16 | BN |
| Bolivia | 15 | BO |
| Honduras | 15 | HN |
| Barbados | 13 | BB |
| China | 12 | CN |
| El Salvador | 12 | SV |
| Guam | 12 | GU |
| LA | 12 | LA |
| MO | 12 | MO |
| Aruba | 11 | AW |
| Nicaragua | 11 | NI |
| Suriname | 10 | SR |
| Yemen | 10 | YE |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | AG |
| Bermuda | 9 | BM |
| GM | 9 | GM |
| Senegal | 9 | SN |
| Cameroon | 8 | CM |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | KG |
| Madagascar | 8 | MG |
| VI | 8 | VI |
| CW | 7 | CW |
| Djibouti | 7 | DJ |
| Liechtenstein | 7 | LI |
| Maldives | 7 | MV |
| RE | 7 | RE |
| Haiti | 6 | HT |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 6 | TC |
| Botswana | 5 | BW |
| Faroe Islands | 5 | FO |
| VG | 5 | VG |
| Angola | 4 | AO |
| Benin | 4 | BJ |
| Cape Verde | 4 | CV |
| Grenada | 4 | GD |
| MQ | 4 | MQ |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | VC |
| u00c5land Islands | 4 | AX |
| Vanuatu | 4 | VU |
| Zambia | 4 | ZM |
| Andorra | 3 | AD |
| French Polynesia | 3 | PF |
| GF | 3 | GF |
| Netherlands Antilles | 3 | AN |
| New Caledonia | 3 | NC |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | BF |
| Cu00f4te d\’Ivoire | 2 | CI |
| Dominica | 2 | DM |
| Guadeloupe | 2 | GP |
| Lesotho | 2 | LS |
| Malawi | 2 | MW |
| Mozambique | 2 | MZ |
| Rwanda | 2 | RW |
| Seychelles | 2 | SC |
| American Samoa | 1 | AS |
| Bhutan | 1 | BT |
| Burundi | 1 | BI |
| Cook Islands | 1 | CK |
| Cuba | 1 | CU |
| Gabon | 1 | GA |
| Greenland | 1 | GL |
| Mauritania | 1 | MR |
| Monaco | 1 | MC |
| Niger | 1 | NE |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | KN |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1 | PM |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | SB |
| ST | 1 | ST |
| Swaziland | 1 | SZ |
| Togo | 1 | TG |
| Tonga | 1 | TO |
| VA | 1 | VA |
Ha! A top ten finish for Mexico. I’ll take the credit for that.
Interesting that France didn’t make the top 10. I wonder why?
Thanks Tim.
I’m looking after a poorly missus just now, I’ve been down with man flu over the last few days too.
Oh dear dear, you both need a hug.
Good to see that you have your man-on-the-spot in Greenland to combat false assertions concerning the Greenland ice sheet.
I think that Kiwis (New Zealanders) are top of the pops on a population basis.
Well done Roger and Team. I’m glad to have been part of the NZ statistic; (although right now I’m giving Aussie a good start into 2013). All the very best for 2013, and get well soon Mr and Mrs Tallbloke.
You have 12 visits from China, and 1 from Cuba. That is most interesting, thank you for posting. Any visitors from those countries are in government.
Rog and team, congrats. Ray & Robin -you have spread the word & you seem to have a good Prime Minister in NZ. Rog (& team) you need to get the word out to Canada -it seems that they have a good Prime Minister and they should be well ahead of Australia based on population (and independent- from USA thinking). Also surprised at the low standing of Denmark – even though some there benefit from selling windmills they can not all be in the pocket of the AGW believers. Lomberg maybe a warmist but at least he says money is being wasted on the climate scam and that there are cheaper engineering solutions to rising sea levels, crop growing and health IF there is a need in future.
People may not fully agree with Prof Claes Johnson (http://claesjohnson.blogspot.com.au/) on everything but I believe he has excellent mathematical and fluid dynamics knowledge and is willing to take on board (in a Swedish way) good ideas.from commentators (of which I have been one). I am sure that his skeptical followers are part of the Swedish traffic to this blog.
Happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all.
Whatever came of all the Nickolov & Zeller (and Jellbring) stuff from last January/February? That drove the Talkshop for a bit, with promise of “we’ll look into it and get back to you.”
What’s the latest?
Can’t find the ‘u00c5land Islands’ on any maps :-/
u00c5land = ISO country code “AX” = Åland, a semi-autonomous Finnish island in the Gulf of Bothnia. “u00c5″ seems to be the closest WordPress can get to an A with a circle over the top.
WordPress identifies about 820,000 visits but the numbers on the table add up to only 637,733, so approximately 180,000 visits were “cloaked”. The Norfolk Constabulary, presumably.
While it is possible to access some sites in China, and while there is a considerable language barrier, 12 hits from China is a reminder of the repressive policy on speech in that country.
Recall that Google long cooperated with Chinese government censorship, until Jan 2011. “The censorship fracas began after Google disclosed it had traced a 2009 cyberattack back to Chinese hackers, who allegedly stole some of the company’s proprietary computer code and attempted to spy on Chinese activists’ Gmail accounts. Chinese officials denied any connection to the incident.
Google subsequently stopped offering Web search on its main Chinese site…
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal back then, Mr. Brin said China’s efforts to censor the Web and suppress dissidents reminded him of the “totalitarianism” of the Soviet Union, where he was born. “In some aspects of their policy, particularly with respect to censorship,” he added, “I see the same earmarks of totalitarianism, and I find that personally quite troubling.”
It is important to remember that the Chinese system is not open, even if you can occasionally access some sites in China. It is in the self-interest of scientists to support an open society, a prosperous citizenry, and individual liberty. China has recently even arrested scientists for working on Golden Rice. China has also taken an aggressive interest in so-called “sustainability” and sustainable practices for western economies, which would considerably weaken agricultural output and raise world grain prices. Is that because China is deeply concerned about the envoironment, and “Saving the World”? Really?
Recall that Sha Zukang was the Secretary General of the Rio +20 sustainablility world summit, and he likewise awarded a peace prize to the General responsible for the Tiananmen Square massacre.