Hello, Thank you for the numbers, Erik! I wonder why 40 % of the visitors of ksh.WP (the dialect of Cologne) are from Japan. And why 25 % of the visitors of eu.WP (Basque) are from Poland? Kind regards Ziko
2010/1/14 Mark Williamson <node...@gmail.com> > I think there are two main factors influencing this: > > # Fluency of the Internet-using population of a country in English. In a > country like Japan, basic English is widespread but real reading > comprehension on the level necessary for reading WP articles is not (as far > as I know at least). Scandinavians, on the other hand, fall at the other > end > of the spectrum - according to Wikipedia, 89% of Swedes have a "working > knowledge" of English. > > # Quality of the native Wikipedia - if I can speak some English, would it > be > worth it to me to look for articles in English instead of my native > language > due to greater quality or completeness of the English Wikipedia? If I'm > German, I have much less motivation to read articles in English than if my > native language is Burmese. Of course, this is in purely relative terms - > people in Arab countries preferring English to Arabic for Wikipedia does > not > mean that the Arabic Wikipedia is of poor quality, it just means that users > feel that the English Wikipedia is a more reliable or complete resource in > some way. > > Mark > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 2:40 AM, Andre Engels <andreeng...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:27 AM, Erik Zachte <erikzac...@infodisiac.com> > > wrote: > > > Today I released 4 new reports, which all focus on: > > > > > > Where do our readers come from? > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://tinyurl.com/yhdej3j> http://tinyurl.com/yhdej3j > > > > Going through the countries, another remarkable result in my opinion > > is the Ukraine - Ukrainian is not a small language by any means, yet > > Wikipedia visitors tend to be drawn to the Russian Wikipedia instead. > > > > Also, the Q3-Q4 comparison for most countries shows a shift from > > English to the 'vernacular'. Do you have data on this from a longer > > period of time? That is, is this part of an ongoing shift, or is it a > > seasonal effect (perhaps having to do with Q3 containing the school > > holidays in most countries? > > > > To quantify this, I have taken the 50 largest countries, excluding > > languages where English is the main language (United States, United > > Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Philippines, Singapore, Ireland, > > New Zealand, South Africa). For all countries I have compared the > > percentage going to the main language Wikipedia and those going to the > > English Wikipedia (in the Ukrainian case: the Russian Wikipedia), and > > also the 'swing' (in the way the term is used in UK politics, see > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_%28United_Kingdom%29) from English > > to the local language (or in the reverse direction, if it is > > negative). For countries such as Spain and Belgium which have more > > than one local language, the similar data with all local languages are > > also given. > > > > Japan: Japanese 92.2% over English (swing -0.4%) > > Germany: German 72.2% over English (swing 1.5%) > > France: French 67.5% over English (swing 4.1%) > > Poland: Polish 71.5% over English (swing 4.0%) > > Italy: Italian 71.5% over English (swing 4.7%) > > Mexico: Spanish 71.5% over English (swing 3.4%) > > Brazil: Portuguese 67.7% over English (swing 1.1%) > > Spain: Spanish 60.3% over English (swing 7.0%) - vernaculars 64.4% > > over English (swing 8.6%) > > Netherlands: Dutch 10.4% over English (swing 6.6%) > > Russia: Russian 70.2% over English (swing 4.9%) > > Sweden: Swedish 13.8% over English (swing 8.1%) > > Switzerland: German 36.6% over English (swing 2.1%) - vernaculars > > 55.0% over English (swing 2.7%) > > Austria: German 65.1% over English (swing -1.1%) > > Finland: Finnish 24.7% over English (swing 2.2%) - vernaculars 26.8% > > over English (swing 2.8%) > > China: Chinese 4.8% over English (swing -7.3%) > > Turkey: Turkish 48.7% over English (swing 11.7%) > > Belgium: Dutch 9.5% over English (swing 9.2%) - vernaculars 40.1% over > > English (swing 9.6%) > > Argentina: Spanish 66.2% over English (swing 1.2%) > > Norway: Norwegian (Bokmal) 0.9% UNDER English (swing 14.4%) - > > vernaculars 0.1% over English (swing 14.5%) > > Colombia: Spanish 56.3% over English (swing -3.8%) > > Czech Republic: Czech 44.3% over English (swing 10.2%) > > Hong Kong: Chinese equal to English (swing 1.0%) - vernaculars 1.4% > > over English (swing 1.2%) > > Taiwan: Chinese 45.5% over English (swing 3.7%) - vernaculars 45.7% > > over English (swing 3.7%) > > Chile: Spanish 60.6% over English (swing -2.0%) > > Israel: Hebrew 10.9% over English (swing 3.9%) - vernaculars 12.8% > > over English (swing 3.9%) > > Indonesia: Indonesian 10.2% over English (swing 8.5%) - vernaculars > > 11.3% over English (swing 8.4%) > > Portugal: Portuguese 11.9% over English (swing 2.2%) > > South Korea: Korean 2.7% over English (swing 12.8%) > > Malaysia: Malay 74.5% UNDER English (swing -1.0%) > > Peru: Spanish 74.5% over English (swing 2.1%) > > Venezuela: Spanish 77.5% over English (swing 11.1%) > > Ukraine: Ukrainian 56.6% UNDER RUSSIAN (swing 4.4%) > > Romania: Romanian 21.7% UNDER English (swing 12.6%) - vernaculars > > 18.5% UNDER English (swing 13.4%) > > Thailand: Thai 18.9% over English (swing -3.5%) > > Denmark: Danish 12.3% UNDER English (swing 10.7%) > > Hungary: Hungarian 23.8% over English (swing 6.1%) > > Uruguay: Spanish 72.4% over English (swing 1.1%) > > Vietnam: Vietnamese 31.0% over English (swing 8.8%) > > Greece: Greek 42.1% UNDER English (swing 9.0%) > > Bulgaria: Bulgarian 1.4% over English (swing 8.9%) > > United Arab Emirates: Arabic 66.8% UNDER English (swing 5.4%) > > Egypt: Arabic 18.5% UNDER English (swing 11.3%) > > Lithuania: Lithuanian 9.3% UNDER English (swing -6.4%) - vernaculars > > 9.3% under English (swing -6.6%) > > Iran: Persian 0.6% UNDER English (swing 0.5%) > > > > -- > > André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- Ziko van Dijk NL-Silvolde _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l