Now nearly five months into our bricks-and-mortar life on Fifth Avenue, Downtown, by far the most fun facet of the HQ/shop operation's been the opportunity to meet so many of you.
And from, literally, all over the world.
I used to occasionally share our international readership numbers here on Site Stuff, and I'll do that again below. But there's a big difference between tracking Google Analytics and having Tarmo Uba from Estonia pop into the place and point to the wall with his Building Brick on it, or having Tomas Fliegl from Czechia pop in a day later to do precisely the same thing.
Sure, all subscribers are equally valued, whether they're in Vietnam -- two weeks after Tomas! -- or from one of the Market Square apartments adjacent to our building. Maybe it's because of my childhood rooted in a ton of global travel to visit my birth father in Africa, Asia and all across Europe that I've got a special place in my professional heart for hearing from those who are so, so far away. I've told tales of how the former U.S. ambassador to Madagascar was a Lunatic, and how we had an especially dedicated reader/commenter in the Central African Republic.
But to have them just walk through the double-doors and say hello?
And to have met subscribers face-to-face now in Brazil, England, Ireland, Mexico and now Serbia ... and of course, Canada on a regular basis ... yeah, that's extra.
On Thursday and Friday of this week alone, we had several visitors who traveled from Mexico to see their beloved Steelers, as well as one from London and the two pictured above from Scotland.
As promised, the Google Analytics readership breakdown of our top 25 countries for 2022 to date, with a total of 213 nations having at least one:
1. United States 🇺🇸
2. Canada 🇨🇦
3. United Kingdom 🇬🇧
4. Japan 🇯🇵
5. Mexico 🇲🇽
6. Germany 🇩🇪
7. China 🇨🇳
8. Australia 🇦🇺
9. Sweden 🇸🇪
10. Finland 🇫🇮
11. Indonesia 🇮🇩
12. Ireland 🇮🇪
13. France 🇫🇷
14. Brazil 🇧🇷
15. India 🇮🇳
16. Netherlands 🇳🇱
17. Italy 🇮🇹
18. South Korea 🇰🇷
19. Switzerland 🇨🇭
20. Puerto Rico (U.S.) 🇵🇷
21. Phillippines 🇵🇭
22. Spain 🇪🇸
23. Russia 🇺🇦 😇
24. Czechia 🇨🇿
25. New Zealand 🇳🇿
If you're reading this a million miles away, let's hear from you in comments today!
