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active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (May 2008)

following up on last month's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for May 2008, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 196523 active avatars during May. the population size of the USA in July 2008 is projected to be 303824646. this means that 0.06 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during May.

i took the top 40 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the April figures, Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny. Other countries excluded for the same reason from this list of 40 are Egypt and Romania; in the latter's case, its proportion has declined below 0.01 percent.

here's what the numbers for May look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.10 % (unchanged)

2. United Kingdom 0.07 % (unchanged)

3. USA 0.06 % (unchanged)

4. Australia 0.06 % (unchanged)

5. Belgium 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Denmark)

6. Denmark 0.06 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Belgium)

7. Germany 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Canada)

8. Canada 0.05 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Germany)

9. Switzerland 0.05 % (unchanged)

10. New Zealand 0.05 % (proportion has increased, from 0.04 %; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia, Portugal, Ireland, Spain, France, and Italy)

11. Portugal 0.05 % (unchanged)

12. Slovenia 0.05 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by New Zealand and Portugal)

13. Spain 0.04 % (unchanged)

14. France 0.04 % (unchanged)

15. Italy 0.04 % (unchanged)

16. Ireland 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displaced in rank by New Zealand, Spain, France and Italy)

17. Sweden 0.04 % (unchanged)

18. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Singapore)

19. Norway 0.03 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Singapore)

20. Singapore 0.03 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Austria and Norway)

21. Finland 0.02 % (unchanged)

22. Greece 0.02 % (unchanged)

23. Japan 0.02 % (unchanged)

24. Israel 0.01 % (unchanged)

25. Brazil 0.01 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing the Czech Republic and Poland)

26. the Czech Republic 0.01 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Brazil)

27. Poland 0.01 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Brazil)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (April 2008)

following up on last month's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for April 2008, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 189629 active avatars during April. the population size of the USA in July 2008 is projected to be 303824646. this means that 0.06 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during April.

i took the top 40 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the March figures, Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny.

here's what the numbers for April look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.10 % (unchanged)

2. United Kingdom 0.07 % (unchanged)

3. USA 0.06 % (unchanged)

4. Australia 0.06 % (unchanged)

5. Denmark 0.06 % (unchanged)

6. Belgium 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; rank is stable)

7. Canada 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia and Switzerland)

8. Germany 0.05 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia and Switzerland)

9. Switzerland 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; displaced in rank by Canada and Germany)

10. Slovenia 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; displaced in rank by Canada and Germany)

11. Portugal 0.05 % (unchanged)

12. Ireland 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Sweden and Spain)

13. Spain 0.04 % (unchanged)

14. France 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Sweden)

15. Italy 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Sweden)

16. New Zealand 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Sweden)

17. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Ireland, Spain, France, Italy and New Zealand)

18. Singapore 0.03 % (unchanged)

19. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Norway)

20. Norway 0.03 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Austria)

21. Finland 0.02 % (unchanged)

22. Greece 0.02 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Japan)

23. Japan 0.02 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Greece)

24. Israel 0.01 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing the Czech Republic)

25. the Czech Republic 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %; displaced in rank by Israel)

26. Poland 0.01 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Brazil)

27. Brazil 0.01 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Poland)

28. Romania 0.01 % (unchanged)

29. Hungary 0.01 % (new entry)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (March 2008)

following up on the preceding post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for March 2008, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 194899 active avatars during March. the population size of the USA in July 2008 is projected to be 303824646. this means that 0.06 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during March.

i took the top 40 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the February figures, Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny.

here's what the numbers for March look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.10 % (unchanged)

2. United Kingdom 0.07 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.08 %; rank is stable)

3. USA 0.06 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Denmark)

4. Australia 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Denmark)

5. Denmark 0.06 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by the USA and Australia)

6. Belgium 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia, Germany and Switzerland)

7. Switzerland 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Germany)

8. Slovenia 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; displaced in rank by Belgium and Switzerland)

9. Canada 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Germany)

10. Germany 0.05 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Belgium, Switzerland and Canada)

11. Portugal 0.05 % (proportion has increased, from 0.04 %; rank has increased, displacing Spain, Ireland, France and Sweden)

12. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Spain, Ireland and France)

13. Spain 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Portugal and Sweden)

14. Ireland 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Portugal and Sweden)

15. France 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Portugal and Sweden)

16. Italy 0.04 % (unchanged)

17. New Zealand 0.04 % (proportion has increased, from 0.03 %; rank is stable)

18. Singapore 0.03 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Norway and Austria)

19. Norway 0.03 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Singapore)

20. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by SIngapore)

21. Finland 0.02 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Japan)

22. Japan 0.02 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Finland)

23. Greece 0.02 % (unchanged)

24. the Czech Republic 0.02 % (proportion has increased, from 0.01 %; rank has increased, displacing Brazil and Israel)

25. Israel 0.01 % (unchanged)

26. Brazil 0.01 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by the Czech Republic and Israel)

27. Poland 0.01 % (unchanged)

28. Romania 0.01 % (unchanged)

29. Hungary 0.01 % (new entry)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (February 2008)

following up on February's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for February 2008, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 182698 active avatars during February. the population size of the USA in July 2008 is projected to be 303824646. this means that 0.06 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during February.

i took the top 40 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the January figures, Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny. excluded for the same reason from this list of 40 is Afghanistan.

here's what the numbers for February look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.10 % (unchanged)

2. United Kingdom 0.08 % (proportion has increased, from 0.07 %; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia)

3. Denmark 0.06 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia and the USA)

4. USA 0.06 % (unchanged)

5. Australia 0.05 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia, Switzerland and Germany)

6. Slovenia 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.07 %; displaced in rank by the United Kingdom, Denmark, the USA and Australia)

7. Germany 0.05 % (unchanged)

8. Switzerland 0.05 % (unchanged)

9. Belgium 0.05 % (unchanged)

10. Canada 0.05 % (unchanged)

11. Spain 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Norway)

12. Ireland 0.04 % (unchanged)

13. France 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Spain and Ireland)

14. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Italy, Portugal and Norway)

15. Portugal 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Spain and Sweden)

16. Italy 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Spain, Sweden and Portugal)

17. New Zealand 0.03 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.04 %; rank has increased, displacing Norway)

18. Norway 0.03 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.04 %; displaced in rank by Spain, Sweden and New Zealand)

19. Austria 0.03 % (unchanged)

20. Singapore 0.03 % (proportion has increased, from 0.02 %; rank is stable)

21. Japan 0.02 % (unchanged)

22. Finland 0.02 % (unchanged)

23. Greece 0.02 % (unchanged)

24. Brazil 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %; rank is stable)

25. Israel 0.01 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing the Czech Republic)

26. the Czech Republic 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %; displaced in rank by Israel)

27. Poland 0.01 % (unchanged)

28. Romania 0.01 % (new entry)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (January 2008)

following up on last month's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for January 2008, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 190018 active avatars during January. the population size of the USA in July 2007 was 301139947. this means that 0.06 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during January.

i took the top 40 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the December figures, Argentina, Chile, China, Colombia, Hungary, India, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Turkey and Venezuela have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny.

here's what the numbers for January look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.10 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Slovenia)

2. Slovenia 0.07 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.11 %; displaced in rank by the Netherlands)

3. United Kingdom 0.07 % (proportion has increased, from 0.06 %; rank has increased, displacing the USA and Denmark)

4. USA 0.06 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by the United Kingdom)

5. Denmark 0.06 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by the United Kingdom)

6. Switzerland 0.05 % (unchanged)

7. Germany 0.05 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Australia and Belgium)

8. Australia 0.05 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Germany)

9. Belgium 0.05 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Germany)

10. Canada 0.05 % (unchanged)

11. France 0.04 % (unchanged)

12. Ireland 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Spain)

13. Italy 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Spain)

14. Portugal 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Spain)

15. Norway 0.04 % (proportion has increased, from 0.03 %; rank has increased, displacing Spain, Sweden, New Zealand and Austria)

16. Spain 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Norway)

17. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Norway)

18. New Zealand 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Norway)

19. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Norway)

20. Singapore 0.02 % (unchanged)

21. Japan 0.02 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Finland)

22. Finland 0.02 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Japan)

23. Greece 0.02 % (unchanged)

24. Brazil 0.02 % (proportion has increased, from 0.01 %; rank has increased, displacing the Czech Republic and Israel)

25. the Czech Republic 0.02 % (proportion has increased, from 0.01%; rank is stable)

26. Israel 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %; displaced in rank by Brazil and the Czech Republic)

27. Poland 0.01 % (unchanged)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (December 2007)

following up on last month's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for December 2007, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 186734 active avatars during December. the population size of the USA in July was 301139947. this means that 0.06 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during December.

i took the top 40 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the November figures, China, Colombia, India, Russia, Mexico, South Korea and Turkey have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny. other countries excluded for the same reason from this list of 40 are Argentina, Chile, Hungary, Peru, Romania, and Venezuela.

here's what the numbers for December look like :-)

1. Slovenia 0.11 % (new entrant)

2. the Netherlands 0.10 % (proportion of population has fallen, from 0.11 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia)

3. USA 0.06 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.07 %)

4. Denmark 0.06 % (unchanged)

5. United Kingdom 0.06 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.07 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia, the USA and Denmark)

6. Switzerland 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %)

7. Australia 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia and Switzerland)

8. Belgium 0.05 % (unchanged)

9. Germany 0.05 % (unchanged)

10. Canada 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia, Belgium and Germany)

11. France 0.04 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.05 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia)

12. Spain 0.04 % (unchanged)

13. Ireland 0.04 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.05 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia and Spain)

14. Italy 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Portugal, Sweden and New Zealand)

15. Portugal 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia and Italy)

16. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia)

17. New Zealand 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia, Italy and Sweden)

18. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia)

19. Norway 0.03 % (unchanged)

20. Singapore 0.02 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.03 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia and Norway)

21. Finland 0.02 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia)

22. Japan 0.02 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia)

23. Greece 0.02 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia)

24. Israel 0.02 % (new entrant)

25. the Czech Republic 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %; displaced in rank by Slovenia and Israel)

26. Brazil 0.01 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia and Israel)

27. Poland 0.01 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Slovenia and Israel)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (November 2007)

following up on the preceding post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for November 2007, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 197638 active avatars during November. the population size of the USA in July was 301139947. this means that 0.07 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during November.

i took the top 35 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the October figures, China, India, Russia, Mexico, South Korea and Turkey have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny. another country excluded for the same reason from this list of 35 is Colombia.

here's what the numbers for November look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.11 % (unchanged)

2. United Kingdom 0.07 % (proportion of population is stable, but rank has increased, displacing the USA and Denmark)

3. USA 0.07 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by the United Kingdom)

4. Denmark 0.06 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by the United Kingdom)

5. Australia 0.06 % (unchanged)

6. Switzerland 0.06 % (unchanged)

7. Canada 0.06 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Belgium)

8. Belgium 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; displaced in rank by Canada)

9. Germany 0.05 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Portugal)

10. France 0.05 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Portugal)

11. Ireland 0.05 % (proportion has increased, from 0.04 %; rank has increased, displacing Sweden, New Zealand and Portugal)

12. Spain 0.04 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Sweden, New Zealand and Portugal)

13. Portugal 0.04 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.05 %; displaced in rank by Germany, France, Ireland and Spain)

14. New Zealand 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Ireland and Spain)

15. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Ireland and Spain)

16. Italy 0.04 % (unchanged)

17. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Singapore and Norway)

18. Singapore 0.03 % (unchanged)

19. Norway 0.03 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Austria)

20. Finland 0.02 % (proportion is stable; rank has increased, displacing Japan)

21. Japan 0.02 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.03 %; displaced in rank by Finland)

22. Greece 0.02 % (unchanged)

23. the Czech Republic 0.02 % (proportion has increased, from 0.01 %; rank has increased, displacing Brazil)

24. Brazil 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %; displaced in rank by the Czech Republic)

25. Poland 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %)

26. Romania 0.01 % (unchanged)

27. Argentina 0.01 % (unchanged)

28. Chile 0.01 % (unchanged)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (October 2007)

following up on October's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for October 2007, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

October was the first full month of the imposition of VAT on European residents. it was also during that month that CBS aired its special Second Life-focussed episode of CSI: NY.

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post from September 2007 on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 201396 active avatars during October. the population size of the USA in July was 301139947. this means that 0.07 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life during October.

i took the top 35 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like for the September figures, China, India, Russia, Mexico and Turkey have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny. other countries excluded for the same reason from this list of 35 are Peru and South Korea.

here's what the numbers for October look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.11 % (unchanged)

2. USA 0.07 % (proportion of population has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Australia, the United Kingdom and Switzerland)

3. Denmark 0.06 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.08 %; displaced in rank by the USA)

4. United Kingdom 0.06 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Portugal, Belgium and Australia)

5. Australia 0.06 % (unchanged; displaced by the United Kingdom, yet also displacing Portugal)

6. Switzerland 0.06 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Portugal and Belgium)

7. Belgium 0.06 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by the USA, the United Kingdom and Switzerland)

8. Canada 0.06 % (proportion has increased, from 0.05 %; rank has increased, displacing Portugal and Germany)

9. Portugal 0.05 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.06 %; displaced in rank by the USA, the United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland and Canada)

10. Germany 0.05 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by Canada)

11. France 0.05 % (proportion has increased, from 0.04 %; rank has increased, displacing Italy and New Zealand)

12. New Zealand 0.04 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.05 %, displaced in rank by France)

13. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Spain and Italy)

14. Ireland 0.04 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Spain and Italy)

15. Spain 0.04 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by Sweden and Ireland)

16. Italy 0.04 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by France, Sweden, Ireland and Spain)

17. Norway 0.03 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.04 %; rank is unchanged)

18. Singapore 0.03 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Austria)

19. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by Singapore)

20. Japan 0.03 % (unchanged)

21. Finland 0.02 % (new entrant, displacing Greece and Poland)

22. Greece 0.02 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by Finland, yet also displacing Brazil)

23. Brazil 0.02 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by Greece)

24. the Czech Republic 0.01 % (new entrant, displacing Poland and Argentina)

25. Poland 0.01 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.02 %; displaced in rank by Finland and the Czech Republic, yet also displacing Argentina)

26. Romania 0.01 % (new entrant, displacing Argentina)

27. Argentina 0.01 % (proportion is stable, but displaced in rank by the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania)

28. Chile 0.01 % (new entrant)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

Technorati Tags: geography, globalization, Second Life, Singapore

active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes (September 2007)

following up on last month's post, here is the breakdown of figures for active avatars per country for September 2007, normalised against the respective population sizes (again, population totals were obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

for those of you who are new to this, i'll give you a concrete example (if you've read my post last month on the same topic, you can just skip ahead to the next paragraph). the United States had 156516 active avatars last month. the population size of the USA in July was 301139947. this means that 0.05 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life last month.

i took the top 30 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as proportion of country population'. just like last month, China, Mexico and Turkey have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny. other countries excluded for the same reason from this list of 30 are Romania, India and Russia. this means that Romania's proportion has declined below 0.01 percent. further, in terms of absolute numbers, India and Russia are now in the top 30 list, having displaced South Korea, Finland and Israel.

here's what the numbers for September look like :-)

1. the Netherlands 0.11 % (proportion of population has increased, from 0.10 %)

2. Denmark 0.07 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.08 %)

3. Portugal 0.06 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.07 %)

4. Belgium 0.06 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Australia and the UK)

5. Australia 0.06 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.07 %; displaced in rank by Belgium)

6. United Kingdom 0.06 % (proportion is stable; displaced in rank by Belgium)

7. Switzerland 0.06 % (unchanged)

8. USA 0.05 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing New Zealand)

9. Germany 0.05 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing New Zealand)

10. Canada 0.05 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing New Zealand)

11. New Zealand 0.05 % (proportion is stable, displaced in rank by the USA, Germany and Canada)

12. Italy 0.04 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Ireland, France and Spain)

13. France 0.04 % (unchanged)

14. Spain 0.04 % (unchanged)

15. Sweden 0.04 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Ireland)

16. Ireland 0.04 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.05 %; displaced in rank by Italy, France, Spain and Sweden)

17. Norway 0.04 % (new entrant)

18. Austria 0.03 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Singapore, Finland and Japan)

19. Singapore 0.03 % (proportion has fallen, from 0.04 %; displaced in rank by Norway and Austria)

20. Japan 0.03 % (proportion is stable, displaced in rank by Norway and Austria, yet also displacing Finland)

21. Greece 0.02 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Finland, Israel and Brazil)

22. Brazil 0.02 % (unchanged)

23. Poland 0.02 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Finland and Israel)

24. Argentina 0.01 % (proportion is stable, but rank has increased, displacing Finland, Israel and Romania)

analysed this way, Singapore is still the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life.

it will be interesting to see if and how these figures change next month, as October was the first full month of the imposition of VAT on European residents.

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active avatars in Second Life, ranked as a proportion of countries' respective population sizes

[prelude: a very warm welcome to all visitors browsing by from Hamlet Au's (RL: Wagner James Au's) kind referencing of this post at his New World Notes blog :-) thank you very much, Hamlet :-) i truly appreciate it! ]

the Lindens have just released the key metrics for last month :-)

partly prompted by a question which one of my friends in RL had asked me a couple of days' ago, and also prompted by a blog post somewhere in the ether from a few months' back, i decided to make a quick go at how the population numbers by country look, when equalized against total population size of the respective countries (as obtained from the CIA's World Factbook).

the United States, for example, had 157289 active avatars last month. the population size of the USA in July was 301139947. this means that 0.05 percent of the US population had avatars active in Second Life last month.

i took the top 30 countries by active avatars (ranked by absolute numbers), and processed them by 'active avatars as a proportion of country population'. China, Mexico, South Korea and Turkey have been excluded, because the proportions are really tiny.

here's what the numbers look like :-)

the Netherlands 0.10 %
Denmark 0.08 %
Portugal 0.07 %
Australia 0.07 %
United Kingdom 0.06 %
Belgium 0.06 %
Switzerland 0.06 %
New Zealand 0.05 %
USA 0.05 %
Germany 0.05 %
Canada 0.05 %
Ireland 0.05 %
France 0.04 %
Spain 0.04 %
Italy 0.04 %
Sweden 0.04 %
Singapore 0.04 %
Finland 0.03 %
Japan 0.03 %
Austria 0.03 %
Israel 0.03 %
Brazil 0.02 %
Greece 0.02 %
Poland 0.02 %
Romania 0.01 %
Argentina 0.01 %

analysed this way, Singapore is the Asian country with the highest proportion of active avatars in Second Life :-)

[update: the World Bank has just released the 2006/7 edition of its Doing Business guide. for the second year running, Singapore tops the list of 178 countries :-) ]

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