Where did YWSers come from in 2017?
A lot has changed since then! In particular, the geographic diversity of the site has grown tremendously. Once a bastion of indifference toward our fair site, South America now accounts for 5.7% of all visits. That may not sound like a lot, but consider that in 2017, South America made up less than 1%! Moreover, Brazil is now a top 10 country for the site. Another surprising statistic for me is that the United States now makes up less than half of all visits to YWS! There was a time when it accounted for over 80%, so that's quite a change.
Global
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
India
Philippines
Australia
Top 10 Countries
1. United States - 48.38% of site visits
2. United Kingdom - 7.05%
3. Canada -5.15%
4. India - 4.7%
5. Philippines - 4.61%
6. Australia - 3.86%
7. Germany - 3.25%
8. Brazil - 2.92%
9. South Africa - 1.74%
10. France - 0.85%
Top 10 Cities
1. New York City, NY, USA
2. Houston, TX, USA
3. London, UK
4. Ashburn, VA, USA
5. Berlin, Germany
6. Las Vegas, NV, USA
7. Washington, D.C., USA
8. Sydney, NSW, AU
9. Sao Paulo, Brazil
10. Chicago, IL, USA
On a quick sidenote, I suspect that the number 4 city, Ashburn, may be a mistake. Ashburn is a suburb of Washington, DC, but it's also home to some very large data centers, which tend to host a significant amount of bot traffic. So Ashburn might be showing up just because of bots.
