and the winner is… london?

One of the most interesting things about today’s freely available and user friendly stats packages for websites and blogs is the ability to see where your readers come from. In the case of Weird Things, about a third of my audience is international and if we break the traffic down by metropolitan area, the city which is home to more readers of this blog than any other is London, England. And it’s not just home to many Weird Things readers. It’s share of visitors is more than 28% greater than the runner up, New York City, and over 50% more than Los Angeles, the second runner up, as well as generating just over two percent of all page views on this blog.

So Londoners, give yourself a pat on the back for making such a big splash on the dashboard and feel free to treat yourselves to some extra tea and jam. Or a pint if that’s more to your tastes. But I do have to say that I’m a bit surprised about this turn of events since Weird Things was created in the United States and when it comes to current events coverage and media references, it will generally skew towards the issues of the blog’s home country. Another pleasant surprise for me are the audiences it gained in Canada, across Western Europe and along Australia’s Pacific coast. As a matter of fact, Sydney rounds out the top five cities the blog’s readers call home. (Just in case you were curious, number four is San Francisco.)

For those of you who’d like to know a little more about your fellow readers and where they come from, head on over to the Weird Things Facebook page, and if you’re not already a member, join in and say hello. It’s quite a diverse group with members across the United States, as well as Sweden, Lebanon, Italy, Turkey, and Hong Kong for starters. And since there’s are a few steady trickles of traffic from cities such as Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Durban, South Africa, you never know who will join next and what perspective they may have on new posts which is a big part of the fun with social media.