Good afternoon folks. As you may recall, more than a month back I gave you all a breakdown of where SBI readers were checking in from. Since the feedback to those figures was so positive I decided to do it again.
Soccer By Ives surpassed the 4 million pageview mark all-time earlier this week, with May setting a new monthly record for visits (a record that looks like it will be broken in June).
Here is a rundown of the Top 20 states and Top 25 cities for SBI readership for the combined months of April and May (stats courtesy of Google Analytics):
TOP 20 STATES
- New York
- California
- New Jersey
- Illinois
- Texas
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
- Florida
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Georgia
- Washington
- Connecticut
- Colorado
- Indiana
- Michigan
- Missouri
Now, onto the Top 25 cities for SBI readership:
Top 25 CITIES
- New York
- Toronto
- Chicago
- District of Columbia
- Los Angeles
- Brooklyn
- Boston
- Dallas
- Atlanta
- Columbus
- Houston
- Denver
- Arlington (Va.)
- Seattle
- Austin
- San Francisco
- Minneapolis
- Long Island City
- Salt Lake City
- Philadelphia
- Newark
- Harrison
- Portland
- Indianapolis
- Hoboken
For those of you wondering what the stats for March-April looked like, here they are. And if you’re wondering about countries, The same ten countries were in the Top 10. Spain moved up (thanks to the Jozy Altidore transfer no doubt) while Mexico moved down. Here are the Top 25 cities outside of North America for SBI readership (Keep in mind that aside from London, which would finish somewhere between 25-30 among overall cities with most SBI readership, the total numbers for these cities are pretty small compared to the U.S. numbers):
Top 20 International Cities
- London
- Paris
- Seoul
- Vienna
- Budapest
- Barcelona
- Buenos Aires
- Granada, Spain
- Rome
- Sydney
- Leipzig, Germany
- Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia
- Heerenveen, Netherlands
- Stockholm
- Tokyo
- Melbourne, Australia
- Frankfurt
- Dublin
- Pyongtaek, South Korea
- Lisbon
What do you think of the rankings? Is your city higher up or lower than you thought it would be? Surprised not to see your city listed? Share your thoughts below and thanks to all of you who have helped SBI get off to a strong start.
Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia?
lol
Any chance of getting real numbers?
Paul – Well, I work here in Mongolia. I’m probably it for SBI, though maybe not. The foreign (Western) population here is in the 1000s with multilateral/international oranizations, foreign government workers (including 100 or so US Peace Corps volunteers and British VSO volunteers), int’l coorporations (massive mineral wealth here), missionary types and more. Plus there are a lot of tourists here in the spring/summer/fall. And the Internet is everywhere – even out in the countryside.
Other than me, I suppose there could be a stray TFC fan or 2 checking in, as one of the biggest mining companies with operations here is Canadian, and they have a LOT of Canadian managers and engineers here.
Add another one for Buenos Aires now that I’m a new permanent resident!
Hey Ives…Am I the only one from South Dakota checking out your blog? -Trevallion
hahhaha and I’m wondering if I’m the only one from North Dakota.
Mongolia wow!
Ives,
Congrats on the popularity of SBI — I hope it is also translating over to an increase in your income. I’m sure there are many loyal readers like myself that hope you are financially benefiting — you do a great job.
Please, someone, explain what (or who) is going on in Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia? Is there a consulate, an American mission or just some dudes from Jersey on an extended vacation?
cheers.
i guess i didn’t check close enough to see buenos aires.
great, now how about some futbol
wow, mongolia!! no cities in south america?
I love that Mongolia beat out Tokyo.
TAKE THAT Heerenveen!
finally! Colombia made it in to the top 5 cities…
Well, I know for a fact that I am the only Arkansan who lives in Edinburgh that reads this blog daily. I am so proud….
Am I the person responsible for the #5 ranking of Budapest? There doesn’t seem to be that many Americans who live here.
Nice, Don
Total numbers of SBI readers is clearly important, but should we be surprised that NY and Cal lead the way since they are numbers 1 and 3 in population. If we take each states rank in population and compare it to the rank in readers, we get a crude measure on state intensity of readership. What do we find? The most overrepresented readership is from CONN (15 in readers, 29 in population=+14) By the way, I am not from CONN. The intensity table reads CONN +14, MD +8, NJ +7, COL/MASS/VA +6 and GA +4. The least intensive readership is from MICH -10, FLA -6 and TX -3. This measure would be improved if we had actual readership versus population. I wonder how my state of OR would do?
Woo hoo SLC!
i suspected i was the only person from arkansas on here. this only confirms it.
Hey Ryan Gennuso, you’re not alone. I had visitors from 38 different cities in Louisiana during April and May (with Baton Rouge the most well-represented).
And Trevallion, with South Dakota checking in at last place among the states you just might be the lone reader in South Dakota. Actually, I’ve had readers from nine South Dakota cities. I’ll assume you’re the Sioux Falls representation (there’s also a regular reader from Rapid City).
Don’t you just love Google analytics?
For those of you wondering, Raleigh was 26th and Phoenix was 27th. Now, if I ranked Raleigh and Durham together, Raleigh/Durham would be 20th overall.
Also, Brooklyn gets its own ranking because Analytics ranks it seperately. I grouped suburbs together with major cities if the suburbs didn’t have their own large rankings.
And Geoff, New York has a pretty good lead right now but Toronto’s total is pretty staggering. For example, Toronto has more than double the visits that LA has and LA is fifth overall. New York has almost three times the visits that LA has.
Hey Ives…Am I the only one from South Dakota checking out your blog?
Very surprised to see that Raleigh, North Carolina is no longer on the list. We were around 18 on the last list I believe.
I think I may be in the only person in Louisiana that reads this blog, and I am certainly the only one that resides in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Another reason why Phoenix won’t ever get an MLS team.
Yes, SBI is that powerful.
Brooklyn is a part of NYC, but most people from Brooklyn (myself included), think of themselves more as being from Brooklyn than NYC which most people think of as Manhattan. For example, most of us refer to a trip into manhattan as a trip into the “city”.
And we have the right to say that, because we are the most populous borough, and if we weren’t part of NYC, we’d be like the 4 largest city anyway.
BROOKLYN STAND UPP!!!
I definitely need to start hitting refresh more often to move Japan up in the rankings.
I’m surprised to see Raleigh, NC drop from 19th to off the map so to speak…
It really is quite striking that Kansas City is the only MLS city that doesn’t crack the top 25.
I wonder how the states stack up if you go by percentage of the population. Because California’s got like 2.5 billion people.
Ahhh, Cali > Jersey, noooooooooooo!
Yeah I want what Hincha wants!
Hey Ives. I’m not surprised not to see anywhere in AZ on the list but I’m proud to be at least one person out in Tucson who checks in everyday.
Keep it up.
I thought Brooklyn was a borough of NYC. Also Arlington is basically Wash DC.
Harrison=Hoboken=Newark.
How does the list look if you combine metro areas?
Why does Brooklyn get a seperate spot from NYC? Isn’t it a borough of NY? I don’t get the geography over there.
Ives,
does toronto have any hope and hell of surpassing new york for top spot any time soon?
Ives,
I think I may be single handedly responsible for SLC’s 19 place ranking. 🙂
Hey Ives, am I the only person who lives in Mississippi and reads your blog daily? I just want to know. I am a displaced Jersey boy.