Thirteen months ago, we published a ranking of how popular Postcrossing was in a given country, based on the number of postcrossers for every 100,000 inhabitants.
It’s been a while since then, so we thought it was time to compile some fresh statistics, and check if there were any noticeable differences. Here is the updated ranking:
| Ranking (current) | Country | Postcrossers (per 100,000 inhabitants) | Previous ranking (in Dec. 2010) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 275 | ↔ 1 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 164 | ↑ 3 |
| 3 | Belarus | 161 | ↑ 8 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 157 | ↔ 4 |
| 5 | Estonia | 154 | ↓ 2 |
| 6 | Taiwan | 142 | ↔ 6 |
| 7 | Latvia | 98 | ↔ 7 |
| 8 | Macao | 91 | ↓ 5 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 66 | ↑ 19 |
| 10 | Åland Islands | 56 | ↑ >50 |
| 11 | Czech Republic | 55 | ↑ 15 |
| 12 | Poland | 54 | ↑ 16 |
| 13 | Iceland | 50 | ↓ 9 |
| 14 | Singapore | 43 | ↓ 11 |
| 15 | Portugal | 43 | ↓ 10 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 39 | ↑ 35 |
| 17 | Germany | 38 | ↔ 17 |
| 18 | Slovenia | 35 | ↓ 13 |
| 19 | Guernsey | 31 | ↓ 12 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 30 | ↓ 14 |
| 21 | Russia | 30 | ↑ 29 |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 28 | ↓ 20 |
| 23 | Belgium | 23 | ↑ 26 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 22 | ↑ 25 |
| 25 | Austria | 21 | ↑ 28 |
| 26 | Australia | 20 | ↓ 18 |
| 27 | Canada | 17 | ↓ 24 |
| 28 | Norway | 16 | ↓ 23 |
| 29 | Jersey | 15 | ↓ 27 |
| 30 | Malta | 15 | ↓ 21 |
| 31 | Ireland | 13 | ↑ 33 |
| 32 | U.S.A. | 13 | ↓ 31 |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 13 | ↓ 32 |
| 34 | Hungary | 10 | ↔ 34 |
| 35 | Croatia | 10 | ↓ 30 |
| 36 | Slovakia | 10 | ↑ 38 |
| 37 | Malaysia | 9 | ↑ 40 |
| 38 | Brunei | 9 | ↓ 37 |
| 39 | Spain | 9 | ↑ 44 |
| 40 | Sweden | 9 | ↓ 36 |
| 41 | Guam | 8 | ↑ >50 |
| 42 | Moldova | 8 | ↑ 49 |
| 43 | Thailand | 7 | ↓ 39 |
| 44 | France | 7 | ↓ 42 |
| 45 | Montenegro | 6 | ↓ 43 |
| 46 | Korea (South) | 6 | ↑ >50 |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 6 | ↑ 48 |
| 48 | Turkey | 6 | ↓ 47 |
| 49 | Denmark | 6 | ↓ 45 |
| 50 | Israel | 5 | ↑ >50 |
What do you know? Finland is still leading the ranking by a mile! :) New-comers to the table include the Åland Islands, Guam, South Korea and Israel. Please note that in the case of the Åland Islands, the ranking is skewed, as their population is about 26,000 inhabitants.
On the fast-climbers side, Hong Kong jumped 10 places (from 19th to 9th) but the most surprising climb comes from Ukraine, which rose from 35th place to 16th! Well done!
Are there other statistics you would be curious to see here? Let us know!
PS: Like the last time, to calculate the data above we took into account only countries with more than 10 members and excluded countries which were too small or of which we did not have any relevant population data.
50 comments so far
Each time after news' airing we in ukrainian community watched as the number of ukrainian users grows even more rapidly :)
I hope they enjoy this :)
And my vote is for a league table of popular cards...by year, by country and all time.
P.s yes hmthompson it would be interesting to see active member stats for 2012 although it doesnt really worry me
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The Netherlands is 4th. Great but why do i only know one other person in real live who does postcrossing. :D
But, no Japan...
I try to calculate,
Japan has...
3.95 Postcrossers/100,000person
As someone who is very interested in social inequalities and works at a place where statistis are part of everyday life I would also find it very interesting to look into why there are few postcrossers in some parts of the world. Is it for financial reasons? Lack of acccess to computers? Limited availability of postal services? Or maybe it's just that writing postcards is less rooted in local cultures? Questions upon questions ...
Maybe now the Lithuanian postcrossers will give up their "I live in a small country near the Baltic Sea"-shyness. In Postcrossing, Lithuania is a bright spot on the map of the world! (By the way, I owe my connection to Postcrossing to one long-term member from Lithuania ... ačiū ačiū ačiū = thanks ever so much!) Great country, great people. :)
- Apart from that, yes, I would like to see the grade of activity of members... maybe an average of cards sent per month over the last year or so. I suppose that would be a lot of work, but it would definitely be appreciated by many postcrossers.
- Thanks for taking the effort of compiling this fascinating statistics! And please publish a similar blog post in about another 13 months, so everyone can see how things evolve / develop further.
My sister is a journalist and she made some news for local TV channel. My student was involved in this video too. I personally tell A LOT about PC. and 7 of my students were involved.They are beginners but I am so happy that they practice English and learn new facts about the world
well done, everybody
I'm so sad about the situation :(
You have to admit this is a pretty high ratio of members to population (infinity, in fact)
:-)
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How about ranking of favorite postcard numbers among countries.. It will be fun to see.. :)
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