Nationality of PFians: Poll & Country Distribution

[Gokul43201]

Comparisons of traffic demographics :

Alexa Ranking                              Poll Numbers (from this thread)


1. United States     29.3%               1. United States     48%
2. India             19.4%               2. India              8%
3. United Kingdom     6.0%               2. United Kingdom     8%
4. Pakistan           4.3%               4. Australia          7%
5. Australia          3.3%               4. Canada             7%
6. Canada             3.2%               6. Norway             3%
7. China              2.4%               7. China              3%


Ref: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/physicsforums.com

Some differences between the two measurements:
1. visitors vs members
2. PF demographics vs GD demographics

I think GD tends to have more natural English speakers as non-native English users may not be as much at ease in shooting the breeze (no rhyme intended).

 

[rootX]

Comparisons of traffic demographics :

Alexa Ranking                              Poll Numbers (from this thread)


1. United States     29.3%               1. United States     48%
2. India             19.4%               2. India              8%
3. United Kingdom     6.0%               2. United Kingdom     8%
4. Pakistan           4.3%               4. Australia          7%
5. Australia          3.3%               4. Canada             7%
6. Canada             3.2%               6. Norway             3%
7. China              2.4%               7. China              3%


Ref: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/physicsforums.com

Some differences between the two measurements:
1. visitors vs members
2. PF demographics vs GD demographics

I think GD tends to have more natural English speakers as non-native English users may not be as much at ease in shooting the breeze (no rhyme intended).

In addition, countries like Japan have most of their websites in Japanese.

 

[Astronuc]

Greg needs to develop 物理学フォーラム

Needs an extended Japanese character set.


or Форум физики

or فوروم فيزيك

or طبات فورم

or भौतिकी मंच

 

[Danger]

How about a compromise -- Quebec?

Clever, but unfortunately inaccurate. Quebec is to France what Mexico is to Spain. (Aside from it being a province rather than a country, despite some fanatical attempts to the contrary.)

 

[DaveC426913]

Clever, but unfortunately inaccurate.

Thus, the

 

[Danger]

Thus, the

I got the joke, but was just clarifying for others who might not know better. I probably should have used a () myself.

 

[mugaliens]

The distribution is roughly what I expected, except for India, nearly as high as the UK and Australia/NZ. That was a surprise.

 

[Gokul43201]

The distribution is roughly what I expected, except for India, nearly as high as the UK and Australia/NZ. That was a surprise.

I think the numbers from India are due to:
i) Fair bit of importance given to Math and Science in school, like many other countries in Asia, but also
ii) Reasonable exposure to communicating in English, not to mention
iii) There are a LOT of people in India!