Dear Readers, obrigado, xie xie, takk, danke!
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 9:00PM Before Fall Film Season hits us like a ton of bricks in 3...2...1.. we wanted to thank the faithful readers wherever you're from. Running a daily site is not even remotely easy though it may sometimes appear to be from the outside. We truly cherish those of you who tune in regularly. Especially those of you who take the time to tweet out articles, or email them to friends or share them on facebook or what not.
Your editor Nathaniel (c'est moi) has always loved globes & maps. This could account for some of our obsession with oscar's foreign film submissions each year (today was the final day for countries to submit their Oscar contenders!).
Whilst pitching an ad block to a distributor recently we got lost in statistics to where the readership actually is. More...
NYC, home base, and of course the broader United States are a huge hub for us of course. Otherwise readership is spread out evenly in lots of places and frustratingly weak in a few and puzzlingly good elsewhere -- I've never known quite what to make of our popularity in Brazil but we're deeply happy about it! Was it our oft-stated belief that Fernando Montenegro was the best Best Actress nominee in 1998?
Anyway. I thought it might be fun for those of you who are interested in maps, or global audiences, or just your own country, to see where we're most and least popular. So here are our top 10 countries and top 10 cities...
Brazil and Germany are the top non-English language countries where we have healthy readerships though I was a bit surprised to find France down at #8 since our obsession for French actors is ever robust.
Here are the 6 most popular places within the nine most popular sub-continents just for fun...
Northern Europe being most popular doesn't really surprise given with the hefty UK readership and Nathaniel's own affinity for Scandinavian cinema. Does anything here interest or surprise you?
Next comes South America (with Brazil and Argentina doing the heavy lifting to make the site more popular there than in Asian or Eastern European countries) and The Philippines doing way more than its fair share for Southeast Asia. Interest in Eastern Asia is fairly evenly spread out, not super popular anywhere but somewhat healthy overall.
These last Asian and Eastern European countries *sniffle* aren't really into The Film Experience much at all (apart from good readership pockets in India, Poland, Pakistan, and Turkey). And African readers are, no surprise, few and far between.
Any ideas on how to spread the good news about TFE everywhere? Please do share. And give a shout out in the comments to tell us where you're reading from.
Reader Comments (48)
Eu que agradeço, Nathaniel! O seu site é maravilhoso!
Genuinely surprised that you have more readers in Estonia than Norway. And Norwegian cinema gets relatively good coverage here too.
very interesting statistics.
and thank you for this website!
we brazilians are everywhere lol
Brasil!!!!!!!!! Obrigada Nathaniel. And go see "The second mother".
Hi Nat -- Perhaps more world cinema treats? Although that can be convenience-based because you can only see what comes your way and a lot of foreign movies have limited to zero runs in the US.
Your blog is one of my first stops whenever I'm online for so many years already, even prior to your changing of URL. Your very positive review of Bwakaw in 2012 circulated in the Philippines and perhaps helped in your blog being discovered here (and us realizing how fun your blog is, maintained our readership).
TFE is always fun to read and there is something to the way you write that keeps the atmosphere light, fun, and positive -- just easy reading.
More power!
Good to see that southamerica being well represented here.
Just wondering how many readers from Paraguay are we.
Really great that you did this - and very interesting. Awesome! Here's to many more years!
cool stuff. thanks!
Except for one hateful poster, I love everything about this site. Thank you.
greetings from beautiful downtown (not set)!
@ Marie Antoinette, just curious, who's the hateful poster?
I can think of more than one...
Sweet! Congrats! Nice to see Venezuela there. I got excited just yesterday with Edgar Ramírez's mention in Supporting Actor prediction for Joy.
I try to get in here daily to see what's around, though I'm now in Argentina so I guess it counts from here, but anyway.
Salam dari Indonesia. hahaha
Where's Sudan?... I need to do some heavy promotion.
For some reason I assumed this article would signal your appreciation of the Golden Globe statuette?
I've been mostly reading from New York for the last two years but when I'm not here and even before the move, it's been my home country of the Bahamas. I've been lurking around here nearly every day for quite some time now that I think about it. Even during the Blogspot days. Awesome!
Not alot of Caribbean countries tend to visit it seems. *shrug*
Nice to see that Canada is very supportive of your excellent site. I'm in Vancouver, I'm not sure how many of us are here on the West coast, but I will try to spread the word.
It's wonderful to see such a wide range of readers, it makes for more interesting comments.
I read from all over the world. Today I happen to be in France. Last time I commented I was in Jordan. I will be in Kenya next February, I'll do my beet to boost the readership from Africa! ;)
Most of the Polish views is probably me being bored at work :)
Representing New York City here.
The day I moved to the city, I just happened to run into Lady Gaga on the streets. That was fun, but I was nowhere near as excited as the day I ran into Nathaniel at a film screening. ;-)
Thanks for years--almost a decade for me!-- of entertainment.
Watch out Estonians, the Norwegians are coming! ;)
Félicitations !
Couldn't think of a day without reading you, guys :) The best coverage of the Foreign Language Oscar race.
Hugs from Paris
@cinecharlie
Felicidades! I'm glad of being from the #1 southern Europe country that finds your blog irresistible! Hugs from Spain.
Quite an impressive reach, I'd say! My
dailyhourly visits add mostly to the UK readership, as well as Spain's when I go back for vacations every now and then. The French don't know what they're missing! ;)Go Brazil! Love the site!
Selamat Petang from Malaysia! :)
Now I'm curious to know what is my percentage of the views from Estonia. I've been reading TFE daily for several years - and I'm not planning to stop, Mysjkin, so you'll have to work hard for Norway to catch up!
@Derreck Yeh, I figured there wouldn't be too many Caribbean readers. But it make sense since the arthouse/indie scene is pretty non-existent in our cinemas.
But us few Caribbean fans (I'm from Jamaica), are very passionate and loyal! Keep up the good work Nathaniel.
-Shane
I'm one of the spaniards fascinated by your magnificent blog more than a decade now. I don't visit regularly but compulsively. Thanks for the inspiring and thought provoking writing.
I have been visiting for 15 years and can't imagine a day without a visit! Here's to another great awards season! #juliannemoorehasanoscar
Woot Woot!! Toronto REPRESENT!
Been visiting your site for almost ten years!! Can't believe it! ... but also can't imagine going a day without checking in ;)
Much love from Glasgow, Scotland!
@johnnyherbin
Greetings from Hong Kong! Thanks for all of your love and mentions of Chinese cinemas these years. You are one of the few sites that will consistently highlight the Golden Horse awards/HK film awards, so really we should say xie xie to you!
Faithful reader here from Vienna, Austria!
I love thefilmexperience!!!
Yo como mis propias heces.
XOXOXO everyone commenting.
I have a stalker.
Greeting from Niterói - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil... I've been reading you for quite a long time... "Keep up with the good work!!!"
This post makes me happy.
@Jan: Game on! :D
From Los Angeles and occasionally from St. Louis, Love!!!
Hello from PORTUGAL :)
Since 2007 this has been my to-go site for everyting movie-related - and I'm hoping you keep doing this for a long, long time - even if every once in a while you find yourself in a rough spot - because what you do is invaluable and unique in the moviegoing community. :)
Grande abraço (a great hug), Nathaniel! Cheers! :)
LOL @ Fernando Montenegro
Love from Denver.
Obrigadooo! From Portugal
I visit your blog on a daily basis, my favorite since 2006 ;) Long live NKidman
Big fan
Pakistan Represent!
I'm not much of a Bollywood fan, but people around me are suckers for Indian cinema.I feel more articles on that industry would increase an audience in South East Asia, the Middle East and even the UK and Australia.So many immigrants, all who love Indian cinema. Maybe one Monthly article on how Indian cinema is faring or interesting tidbits from there?
heh. loving these competitions forming in the comments. I sometimes worry all of you are the only reader from your country but you're just clicking refresh constantly :)
anyway THANK YOU for the kind words
What's the second city on your top ten list? "(not set)" is no city I've ever heard of ;-)
My case is closed but thanks for the laugh.